Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Expand your reader’s knowledge of world folklore with this unique and engaging reading comprehension worksheet! 

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

Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

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

Help students build their vocabulary and language skills with this helpful grammar worksheet! 

Help middle school students learn to determine the different shades of meaning of related words with this language and vocabulary worksheet!

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

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

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

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

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

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

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

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

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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

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.