Help middle school students strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this one-page worksheet on shades of meaning! 

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

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

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

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Help young writers build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills with this great grammar worksheet!

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

In this two-page grammar worksheet for eighth grade, students will read sentences written using passive voice and rewrite them using active voice!

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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

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

Use this worksheet with your students to help them further build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

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

Watch the titles of books you've read stack up with these delightful reading tracker bookmarks!

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.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Students get helpful practice changing passive voice to active voice in the second installment of this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet!

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! 

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags. 

Inspire learners' creativity with this fun, seasonal writing prompt about a St. Patrick's Day-themed adventure!

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Share your writing with the world through any of the unique formats from this Writing With Technology Choice Board worksheet!

Use this graphic organizer to guide students' reflections after listening to an episode of a podcast.

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

Help readers keep track of their independent reading with this one-page template!

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.