7th and 8th Grade Writing Types Resources

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

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

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Use this reflective writing worksheet to encourage a growth mindset in students and strengthen important social emotional skills!

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

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!

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

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

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Improve students' argument writing skills by identifying and removing irrelevant details with this middle school writing worksheet!

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

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

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

Should schools be limited to a certain number of snow days? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

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

Should students have to complete assignments over winter break? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

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!

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

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

Students have another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

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