This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

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

Introduce yourself—and get to know others—with this fun questionnaire!

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

Give students an opportunity to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Nelson Mandela quote.

Get students' wheels turning and stomachs churning with this reflective writing prompt!

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

Inspire students' reflections with this summer-themed writing prompt about their favorite summer memory!

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

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Month with this reflective writing prompt about a unique teaching technique.

What makes your teacher special? In this worksheet, students will describe the qualities that make their teacher stand out.

Learn about your classmates’ preferences on entertainment, weather, food, travel, and everything in between with this “would you rather” activity!

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

Get to know your students and their reading taste with this brief but engaging reading survey!

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

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

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

Practice argumentative writing with this Earth Day-themed prompt about tourism's impact on the environment. 

Hooray! You can learn to use interjections in your own writing with this engaging worksheet for fifth through eighth graders!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

Channel your inner superhero with this fun writing worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “transmit” a memory of their own with this creative extension project! 

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, encourage students to examine the novel's setting with this creative writing worksheet! 

In this creative self-exploration activity, learners will design a unique visual map of what makes them unique!