This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

Give students hands-on editing practice with this grammar worksheet all about parallel structure!

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Use this grammar worksheet to give students practice differentiating between active and passive voice by having them identify the type of voice used in various sentences.

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

Practice using a tricky punctuation mark: the colon!

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

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Assess students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning with this grammar worksheet.

In this seventh-grade grammar worksheet, students will practice identifying the different types of sentences and examples of each.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Students consider nuance and context in order to choose the word with a more positive connotation. 

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

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Celebrate Earth Day with an engaging word search activity that reinforces spelling skills!

Students practice differentiating between gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, and participial phrases in this grammar worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Enjoy fall-themed hink pink riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet! 

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Explore spring-themed hink pink riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet! 

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.