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

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

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

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

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

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!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

Tell your own story about a mysterious carnival with this creative writing prompt!

Invite future authors to invent their own fall-themed story with this creative writing prompt!

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

Students explore the story of the 1787 Constitutional Convention in this social studies worksheet for middle grades!

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Use this short story to help your students practice identifying the root words "son" and "sect" in context.

Learners will use five clues to piece together four ghost stories in this fun logic challenge.

In this sixth-grade worksheet, students hone their narrative writing skills by practicing identifying and removing irrelevant details to strengthen a story.

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

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

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

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this 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.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

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.

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.

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

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!