Middle School English Language Arts Resources : Page 8

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

Give students some fun summer-themed spelling practice with this unique and engaging word search!

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

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Unlock the secret to words like “physics” and “aerial!” Expand your vocabulary with this matching worksheet for common Greek roots.

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Give students practice identifying prepositional phrases in context with this seventh grade grammar worksheet!

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

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

Give your seventh-and eighth-grade students practice determining word relationships with this fun analogies worksheet!

Hook your students with this vocabulary builder that encourages them to draw emojis as they explore synonyms and strengthen their emotional intelligence.

In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Unlock the secret to words like “biodegradable” and “astronomer!” Expand your vocabulary with this matching worksheet for common Greek roots.

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