Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

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

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

In this paragraph editing page, kids will have a great time editing this love letter from a Victorian gentleman.

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

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

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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.

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

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

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

The structure of a paragraph becomes clearer when you think critically about the choices a great author made and try to recreate them.

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

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

These example literary responses model how to cite and explain evidence to support a claim.

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!

Unwind the complicated language of the Declaration of Independence with this paraphrasing activity!

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!

Help plan and research a biography with this helpful graphic organizer!

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