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.

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.

Take your pick from this packet of writing prompts which focus on one scene that has lots of possibilities. Is your young storyteller ready?

Students will study effective hooks and have the option to craft some hooks for their own writing.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

This engaging worksheet is a fun way to introduce a playful form of figurative language to young writers.

Children learn to structure a paragraph in this hands-on writing organization exercise.

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

In this worksheet, children read an example of a bio poem for jazz musician Thelonious Monk, then use the prompt to create a bio poem for a person of their choosing.

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

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

Are kids today spending enough time outdoors?  Make your case in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle grades!

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Practice creative writing with some simple sentence prompts. Fill in the holes to describe what it's like to swim in the ocean.