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 students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

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

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

Use these 24 cards for daily writing exercises, or hand them out to encourage variety in writing!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

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

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

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

How well do you know your siblings? Give your writer a fun activity, where they'll answer questions about their big or little brother!

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

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

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

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Young historians get to put themselves in the shoes of American colonists and report back to the king himself in this creative worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Students will look at a sample essay and try to pick out the kind of details and big ideas that make an informative essay tick.

Get kids in the holiday spirit by practicing 30 Days of Gratitude! This activity is perfect for November, but can also be done year-round.

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

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

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet! 

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!