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

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

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

Get learners' creative juices flowing with this fun leap year-inspired writing prompt!

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Students read background information about July as National Anti-Boredom Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet 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!

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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.

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

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

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt.

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

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