Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

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

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

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

In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.

Identify restrictive and nonrestrictive elements and add commas as needed in this essential grammar worksheet!

Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills. 

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

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

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

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

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Help readers keep track of their independent reading with this one-page template!

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Students will look closely at roots, prefixes, and suffixes in order to better understand how a group of words can share a common word part.

Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Use this worksheet with your students to help them build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.