Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

Give middle-grade students a painless beginner's introduction to the periodic table of elements with this fun worksheet.

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

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 9–18 of Anne of Green Gables.

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

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

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.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

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

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

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

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

Probability can be as easy as rolling dice! What is the probability of rolling a 2? What about a 6? Practice calculating basic probability with this worksheet.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

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.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Students read the primary-source text of the first 10 amendments and summarize each one using their own words.

Give students the opportunity to think creatively about Louis Sachar’s Holes after they’re done reading!

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

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Give students another chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a Maya Angelou quote.

This colorful worksheet builds an early chemistry foundation, giving middle school students practice with the periodic table of elements.