Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a mysterious letter!

Send a letter to your future self with this back-to-school writing prompt!

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Imagine you find a time machine that sends you 200 years into the future—what would you tell your present-day self?

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Give students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Give students an opportunity to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Nelson Mandela quote.

Think about how daylight affects you with this fun winter worksheet!

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Give students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt featuring two quotes about friendship.

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a peculiar engraving!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.