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.

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

Use this reading survey to get to know your students’ reading habits and encourage them to reflect on their relationship with reading.

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!

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

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

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

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

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

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

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Have your students describe themselves using numerical expressions in this fun math-based get-to-know-you activity!

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

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

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

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.

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

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

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

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

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

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.