8th Grade Writing Worksheets

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

Use this reflective writing worksheet to encourage a growth mindset in students and strengthen important social emotional skills!

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

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

With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.

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

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

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

Give students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt featuring two quotes about friendship.

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

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.

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

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

Don’t be a copycat! Learn how to cite sources and spot plagiarism with this middle-grade worksheet.

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

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

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

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

How can you show love to your friends and family? Get students thinking deeply with this Easter-themed writing prompt!

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Invite learners to research Easter and record their findings using this spring-inspired research template!

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.