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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags. 

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Share your writing with the world through any of the unique formats from this Writing With Technology Choice Board worksheet!

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

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

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

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

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

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

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

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by Laotian American author Bryan Thao Worra.

Students read background information about June as National Great Outdoors Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Give students an opportunity to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a Nelson Mandela quote.

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

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

How can you care for your community? Get students thinking deeply with this engaging Ramadan-themed writing prompt!

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

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts! 

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about allowing teachers to hold classes outdoors!