Middle School Writing Resources : Page 3

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

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

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

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

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

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

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

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.

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!

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

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

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

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

Students practice expressing ideas precisely and concisely by revising sentences to remove vague and redundant words or phrases.

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about allowing teachers to hold classes outdoors!

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

How do stories of endurance and hope impact us? Inspire students to think deeply with this Passover-themed writing prompt!

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

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

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

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

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!