Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about giving middle school students access to recess!

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

Cite your sources correctly with these bibliography guidelines, which show how to properly cite sources like books, magazines, and web articles.

Your budding poet can practice rhythm in this worksheet. They'll read two poems by Robert Louis Stevenson and determine their rhythm.

Celebrate your successes with a fun writing prompt! Your child will have fun using her imagination and honing her writing skills with this writing prompt.

While playing this fun memory game, students will find a piece of evidence that supports each claim.

Assess your students’ proficiency in genre writing. Standards-based rubric included.

In this exercise, your young writers will write a persuasive letter to a person of their choice.

Your young poet can review the important concepts of rhyme and rhythm by completing some practice exercises based on this poem.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

The most precious thing someone can give is their time. Reignite your love of giving with these time-giving activities. There are also some donation suggestions for used objects. This worksheet, 31 Days of Giving, can be used any 31 days of the year!

Explore the major themes of your reading assignment by making a book poster. Don't forget the tagline!

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

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.

Practice argumentative writing with this Earth Day-themed prompt about tourism's impact on the environment. 

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

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

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

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

Use this template to plan and create an original comic.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

Your little writer will use his imagination to bend time and space with this creative writing prompt. Where will he go and what will he see?

This handy checklist helps your students identify all of the necessary components of an effective persuasive letter.

How can you care for your community? Get students thinking deeply with this engaging Ramadan-themed writing prompt!

How do stories of endurance and hope impact us? Inspire students to think deeply with this Passover-themed writing prompt!