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!

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

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

Watch Louis Sachar’s Holes come to life in the movie adaptation!

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!

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

Students will use an excerpt from the book The Secret Agent Training Manual: How to Make and Break Top Secret Messages by Elizabeth Singer Hunt to study paragraph structure.

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.

Does an octopus have 8 tentacles? Test your fact and opinion identification skills with this colorful undersea adventure.

Use this survey to help students think about their opinions and reasoning for eight high-interest prompts.

Children are invited to plan their ideal Thanksgiving in this creative writing exercise.

Easter decorations are full of pastels, pinks and yellows! But why do those colors represent Easter? Help your child write a response to this question.

It’s fun to think about the future! In this activity, students write a persuasive paragraph about what they need to learn in order to make their dreams come true.

Engage your creative side with this musical companion activity to a unit on Louis Sachar’s Holes!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

See how seasons affect the trees with these printable weather postcards. Learn about the weather, and get some writing practice, with these seasonal postcards.

How would you show your love on Valentine's Day? Be as creative as you want with this fun writing prompt.

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

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

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

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

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