Students will use transition words to support understanding of comparing and contrasting.

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.

Kids learn how to "show" instead of "tell" in their writing.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

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

This pre-writing exercise introduces five parts of a strong argument, including counter-arguments.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

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

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

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.

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students will use this fun graphic organizer to help them plan their own podcast to perfection! 

Get to the point with this worksheet about the main idea and how supporting details help it make sense.

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

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

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