Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Students are introduced to the different types of symbiotic relationships that exist in ecosystems in this life science worksheet.

Students read background information about the Missouri Compromise and examine a map illustrating the Missouri Compromise’s boundaries and special exceptions.

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Get learners giggling and their wheels turning with these fun rebus puzzle brainteasers!

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Give students practice identifying and correcting misused and misspelled words in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Students gain insight into the 1787 Constitutional Convention and the founding ideals of the newly formed government with this engaging social studies 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 Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

In this sixth-grade worksheet, students hone their narrative writing skills by practicing identifying and removing irrelevant details to strengthen a story.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Explore a U.S. national park in this maze activity!

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

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to guide students' reflections after listening to an episode of a podcast.