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!

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

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

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

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

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

In this two-page grammar worksheet for eighth grade, students will read sentences written using passive voice and rewrite them using active voice!

Use this worksheet to help middle-school writers correctly use ellipses to indicate a pause in narrative dialogue.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

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

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags. 

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!

Share your writing with the world through any of the unique formats from this Writing With Technology Choice Board worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to guide students' reflections after listening to an episode of a podcast.