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

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

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about giving middle school students access to recess!

Give your students a chance to reflect on the importance of learning and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

Students read background information about August as National Sandwich Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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.

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Invite learners to get creative with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day parade!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

After finishing Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor, readers reflect on the major elements of the story with these writing prompts.

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.

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

Give students another opportunity to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt, featuring a quote by Helen Keller.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

Students read background information about January as National Hobby Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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

Practice argumentative writing with this Earth Day-themed prompt about tourism's impact on the environment. 

Encourage an entrepreneurial spirit with this Respond to a Topic worksheet that gets kids thinking about what type of business they could build!

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Learners will love thinking and writing creatively with this fun, seasonal writing prompt inspired by St. Patrick's Day!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students take inspiration from the main character as they rename people and places in their lives.

Get students looking ahead and setting goals for themselves in the new year with this resolutions writing worksheet.

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about fall break requirements!

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

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