In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.

Motivate readers to read more and track their reading habits with this simple and engaging reading log!

Learners practice identifying restrictive and nonrestrictive elements in this middle grades grammar worksheet!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Practice using parallel structure in writing with this fill-in-the-blank grammar exercise!

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

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

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

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Assess your students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Use this sixth-grade graphic organizer worksheet to plan an argumentative essay about whether more should be done to solve a problem facing our society.

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

To infinitives and beyond! This worksheet helps students master the skill of identifying infinitives and infinitive phrases in sentences.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

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.

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

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.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

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