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.

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

In this seventh-grade language and writing worksheet, students will read a variety of sentences and determine which words or phrases are redundant or unnecessary.

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

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.

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

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

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

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

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

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.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about summer reading requirements!

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

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

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

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

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

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

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

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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

Students practice expressing ideas precisely and concisely by revising sentences to remove vague and redundant words or phrases.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

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

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