Middle School English Language Arts Resources : Page 13

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

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!

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

Practice identifying the difference between reflexive and intensive pronouns in this Ancient Egypt-themed worksheet!

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

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

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

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

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

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new words with this creative vocabulary quilt activity!

Motivate readers to read more and track their reading habits with this simple and engaging reading log!

Flex those grammar muscles as you put in more practice identifying phrases and clauses in sentences in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

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

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

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

Are kids today spending enough time outdoors?  Make your case in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle grades!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Empower students to get creative with their vocabulary learning in this visual vocabulary worksheet template!

Use this eighth-grade grammar and punctuation worksheet to give students practice determining if ellipses are used correctly in quotations pulled from nonfictions texts.

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

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!