8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 7

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about summer screen time limits!

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

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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

Learners will love thinking and writing creatively with this fun, seasonal writing prompt inspired by St. Patrick's Day!

Explore summer-themed hink pink riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet! 

Students read background information about April as National Volunteer Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

Give students more fun summer-themed spelling practice with this unique and engaging word search!

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

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.

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

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

Invite learners to research Passover and record their findings using this appealing research template!

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

Practice argumentative writing with this prompt about making Earth Day a national holiday. 

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

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

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

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

How can you care for your community? Get students thinking deeply with this engaging Ramadan-themed writing prompt!

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

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.

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

In this eighth-grade grammar worksheet, learners will read sentences and determine whether the underlined section is written in active or passive voice.

Practice completing analogies with this summer-themed grammar worksheet!

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!