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.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

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

Give your seventh-and eighth-grade students practice determining word relationships with this fun analogies worksheet!

Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Identifying gerunds and gerund phrases is smooth sailing with this simple, one-page worksheet for seventh- and eighth-grade students!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

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

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

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

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

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

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Help readers keep track of their independent reading with this one-page template!

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

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

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.

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

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about fall break requirements!

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

Enjoy spelling practice alongside your Presidents' Day celebrations with this fun word search activity!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

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

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

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