In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Young writers are guided through the process of planning and writing a persuasive essay in this comprehensive, three-page worksheet.

Teach students all about the Jamestown colony and important settlers with this social studies worksheet.

Help students learn how to identify the main idea and supporting details in a text.

This mentor text can support fifth graders as they learn good technique for argument essay writing.

Introduce students to this graphic organizer to help them outline their ideas for an essay of their own.

Students will practice writing hook questions and then write their own introduction to an informational text about animals that echo.

Hook your students with this cookie-themed exercise that will teach the basics of strong persuasive writing.

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

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

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

Young writers will practice identifying the five parts of an effective argument before writing their own argument.

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

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Order of Operations Sequencing.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

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

Students will use this fun graphic organizer to help them plan their own podcast to perfection! 

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.

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.

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

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

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

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Help students cover proper punctuation, capital letters, grammar and spelling with this editing checklist as they edit their peer's work.