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

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

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet! 

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

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

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

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

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

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

Help students consider ways they can show courtesy to others during National Courtesy Month with this engaging writing prompt!

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

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

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

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

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!

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

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.”

In this seventh-grade language and writing worksheet, students will read a variety of sentences and determine which words or phrases are redundant or unnecessary.

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

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

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

Use this sixth-grade graphic organizer worksheet to plan an argumentative essay about whether more should be done to solve a problem facing our society.

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

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about fall break requirements!

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