Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Can middle-grade chemists recover the missing information about these elements from the periodic table?

Knowing how to use semicolons is important; practice using them in sentences in this helpful grammar worksheet!

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

Give students a chance to apply their geometry learning to real-world scenarios with these surface area word problems!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Break down area of polygons and compound shapes with this two-page geometry worksheet!

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

Are kids today spending enough time outdoors?  Make your case in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle grades!

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

Give students practice finding the area of triangles using the area formula with this sixth- and seventh-grade geometry worksheet!

Give students extra practice finding the area of triangles using the area formula with this sixth- and seventh-grade geometry worksheet!

Practice representing word problems with algebraic expressions with this sixth-grade algebra worksheet!

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

This enticing worksheet invites students to envision a delicious pie in which each slice represents a different aspect of gratitude.

Just like animals, you also need time to rest and recharge. Write about it with this reflective writing prompt!