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

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.

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

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with the PEEL strategy!

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

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

In this middle school grammar worksheet, learners will read short narrative passages and choose the transitions that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new vocabulary with this Vocabulary Connections Map.

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

Learners will learn about a winter holiday, then complete the graphic organizer with their notes, using this festive research template.

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

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.

Let your learner try their hand at 15 rhyming riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet!

Invite learners to research Ramadan and record their findings using this festive research template!

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

After completing this middle-grade worksheet, you’ll be a pro at using subordinating conjunctions!

Explore spring-themed hink pink riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet! 

Explore summer-themed hink pink riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet! 

Help middle school students learn to determine the different shades of meaning of related words with this language and vocabulary worksheet!

Identify sentences with parallel structure quickly, consistently, and accurately with this essential worksheet!

If you need to practice your subordinating conjunctions, check out this helpful worksheet!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

Imagine you find a time machine that sends you 200 years into the future—what would you tell your present-day self?

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!