8th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 8

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

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

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Students get helpful practice changing passive voice to active voice in the second installment of this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet!

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

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

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

Brush up on some St. Patrick's Day-themed spelling words with this creative word search activity!

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

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

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

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Learners will practice placing either one or two dashes, as directed, in given sentences to indicate a pause or break as appropriate.

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

Share your writing with the world through any of the unique formats from this Writing With Technology Choice Board worksheet!

Should students have to complete assignments over winter break? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

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

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 characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new vocabulary with this Vocabulary Connections Map.

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

Incorporate spelling practice into your St. Patrick's Day celebrations with this fun word search activity!

Commas and dashes are both used to indicate pauses or breaks, but what’s the difference? Help your learners find out with this engaging one-page worksheet!

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

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

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