8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 2

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

This fun, winter-themed spelling worksheet is a creative way to encourage learners to build their vocabulary and hone their spelling skills.

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

Incorporate spelling practice into your Presidents' Day celebrations with this festive word search activity!

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

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn about invasive species—non-native species that cause harm to native ecosystems—with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

In this advanced comma review, students practice identifying locations in sentences in which commas are needed to indicate a pause or break.

This Lunar New Year worksheet is a fun way for learners to build their vocabulary and hone spelling skills!

Students hone spelling skills and fine-tune their vocabulary knowledge in this engaging grammar worksheet!

Naming the function of clauses is as easy as pie in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

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

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Give students practice using who and whom correctly in the context of written sentences with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Students are asked to think critically and hone their reflective writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. quote.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Improve students' argument writing skills by identifying and removing irrelevant details with this middle school writing worksheet!

With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.