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

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.

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt.

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

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

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

Help students to think critically and practice their writing skills with this thoughtful writing prompt based on a quote by poet Julia Alvarez.

Give your students a chance to reflect on the importance of learning and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

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! 

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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.

Use this worksheet to help middle-school writers correctly use ellipses to indicate a pause in narrative dialogue.

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

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

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

Integrate writing and science with this research graphic organizer in which students research and record information about an invasive species in their local region.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

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

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, encourage students to examine the novel's setting with this creative writing worksheet!