Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

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

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Use these thought-provoking prompts to reflect on the plot, characters, and themes in Louis Sachar’s Holes!

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

What unusual item could your character find in the library? Find out with this fun writing activity!

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

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

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

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

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

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

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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

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!

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!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about a mysterious message in a yearbook!

Invite your learners to dive into the world of creative writing with this fun Independence Day writing prompt!  

Celebrate fall with this fun creative writing prompt!

If you could have music class with any famous musician, who would it be? Write about it with this creative writing prompt!

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about an end-of-school-year class trip!

Inspire your learners' creative writing with this fun writing prompt about a surprise discovery!

Invite future authors to invent their own fall-themed story with this creative writing prompt!

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun and seasonal writing prompt about a peculiar engraving!