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

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

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

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

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!

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

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

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.

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

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

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

Use this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 7th grade to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

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.

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

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.

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!

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.