Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

Spend a day in the park with five different friends in this middle-grade logic puzzle!

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

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

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

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!

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 9–18 of Anne of Green Gables.

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

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Give your middle school math learners practice finding the surface area of three-dimensional figures with this geometry worksheet!

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

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

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

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

Students read the primary-source text of the first 10 amendments and summarize each one using their own words.

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by Laotian American author Bryan Thao Worra.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

There's been a periodic table of the elements robbery! Channel your chemistry detective skills with this fun worksheet.

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

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Give students another chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a Maya Angelou quote.

Stay calm and centered during your next quiz or exam with these test-taking tips!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

This colorful worksheet builds an early chemistry foundation, giving middle school students practice with the periodic table of elements.