Explore new vocabulary words in a fun and memorable way with this Vocabulary Acrostic graphic organizer!

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! 

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

Get ready to hunker down this season with these fun winter-themed analogies!

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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.

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

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

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reading about the holiday’s history and imagery!

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

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

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

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

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

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

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.

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

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

Use this one-page grammar worksheet to give your eighth graders practice identifying and correcting indicative and subjunctive mood in sentences!

Use this eighth-grade grammar worksheet to give students practice using verb mood for different effects in sentences.