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

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

Give this adjective-filled handout to students as a reference document they can refer to now and save for later!

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

Students practice identifying the pronoun errors in a variety of sentences and then writing in the correct pronoun to best complete each sentence.

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Identifying gerunds and gerund phrases is smooth sailing with this simple, one-page worksheet for seventh- and eighth-grade students!

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

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

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

Give students extra practice naming the function of clauses in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Become a pro at identifying phrases and clauses in sentences with this two-page, seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Learners analyze words to find the shared Greek or Latin affix. The more affixes they can learn, the more their vocabulary will improve!

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

Practice differentiating between commonly confused words while exploring our nation's capital with this spelling worksheet!

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

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

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

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

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

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.