After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

In this seventh-grade language and writing worksheet, students will read a variety of sentences and determine which words or phrases are redundant or unnecessary.

Encourage students to use vivid, descriptive imagery with this creative worksheet!

Students will review and play with three basic sentence structures to liven up their writing.

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!

When writing dialogue, it's important to know where to place quotation marks and other punctuation. Get some practice with this passage from The Secret Garden.

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

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

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.

Help your students write letters to a pen pal, faraway relative, and others! This letter template gives students practice writing formal letters — like persuasive or business correspondence — and friendly, informal letters.

Students practice expressing ideas precisely and concisely by revising sentences to remove vague and redundant words or phrases.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about fall break requirements!

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

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about school dress codes!

Introduce your students to the five parts of an effective argument.

This prewriting activity walks students through making an outline of a narrative essay, from the central ideas to the important details.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Exercise your beginning writer's creativity and sentence-building skills with this fun family project, all about mom!

Take mystery and suspenseful writing to the next level with this worksheet! Students can revise sentences and then use this exercise to make their own writing more evocative. Use this worksheet to practice adding vivid details to sentences.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Introduce your students to words and phrases that will strengthen their argument writing.

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

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

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

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

In this worksheet, young writers will read two simple descriptions, then rewrite them using more vivid verbs and adjectives.

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Transition words introduce new ideas and connect key elements in a story. In this exercise, your students will identify and use transition words in a series of sentences.