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!

Hooray! You can learn to use interjections in your own writing with this engaging worksheet for fifth through eighth graders!

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

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Give students a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt featuring two quotes about friendship.

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

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

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.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

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

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

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

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 students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a suspicious snowball that zips by while on a walk down the snowy city sidewalk!

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.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

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

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.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about summer screen time limits!

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

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about giving middle school students access to recess!

Inspire students' reflections with this summer-themed writing prompt about their favorite summer memory!

Think about how daylight affects you with this fun winter worksheet!

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

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