Middle School English Language Arts Resources : Page 15

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

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Support key literacy skills with these discussion questions as students continue their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Use this graphic organizer to guide students' reflections after listening to an episode of a podcast.

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use this Lunar New Year worksheet for a fun way to help learners improve spelling skills!

Give students another opportunity to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt, featuring a quote by Helen Keller.

Learners practice differentiating between indicative or subjunctive mood in sentences in this eighth-grade grammar worksheet!

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

In this grammar worksheet, 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.

Should schools be limited to a certain number of snow days? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

Use this worksheet to help middle-school writers correctly use ellipses to indicate a pause in narrative dialogue.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students read background information about March as National Music in Our Schools Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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

Need more practice using commas with coordinate adjectives? This useful grammar worksheet can help!

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

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.