5th - 8th Grade Writing Resources

Set goals for the year ahead with this New Year's resolutions template!

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

Get students looking ahead and setting goals for themselves in the new year with this resolutions writing worksheet.

Send a letter to your future self with this back-to-school writing prompt!

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

In this Martin Luther King Jr. Cut-and-Paste Timeline worksheet, students will learn about the life of an important historical figure.

This writing worksheet is a good way for learners to boost vocabulary and spelling, and it's a great tool to prepare for standardized testing.

Let your young writer relax by practicing writing notes to friends, journal entries, and even a grocery list!

Use this reflective writing worksheet to encourage a growth mindset in students and strengthen important social emotional skills!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Students take emojis from text to paper, using them as prompts for identifying and reflecting upon their own feelings.

Young authors will enjoy planning their writing with this memorable burger-themed graphic organizer.

In this middle school grammar worksheet, learners will read short narrative passages and choose the transitions that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

In this thoughtful opinion-writing worksheet, children will describe the season they like best, and why.

Help your child learn to write clearly and concisely by writing her own set of "how to" instructions.

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Young writers practice crafting thoughtful, compelling paragraphs with this persuasive writing worksheet.

This graphic organizer template provides a helpful framework for young scholars as they begin to read to learn.

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.