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

Spend a day in the park with five different friends in this middle-grade logic puzzle!

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

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

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

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Learners will use five clues to piece together four ghost stories in this fun logic challenge.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

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

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by Laotian American author Bryan Thao Worra.

Students read the primary-source text of the first 10 amendments and summarize each one using their own words.

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

There's been a periodic table of the elements robbery! Channel your chemistry detective skills with this fun worksheet.

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

Stay calm and centered during your next quiz or exam with these test-taking tips!

Give students another chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a Maya Angelou quote.

This colorful worksheet builds an early chemistry foundation, giving middle school students practice with the periodic table of elements.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Students will look closely at roots, prefixes, and suffixes in order to better understand how a group of words can share a common word part.

Students learn about the judicial branch of the U.S. government and explore 10 key facts about the Supreme Court in this engaging civics worksheet!

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19–23 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide! 

Use this guide to promote in-depth discussion after students have finished reading chapters 10–13 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Boost your understanding of exponents with this eighth-grade worksheet!

Experiment with exponent equations in this excellent eighth-grade worksheet!