Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

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

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

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.

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

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

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

Practice differentiating between commonly confused words while exploring our nation's capital with this spelling worksheet!

Students learn how writers use verb moods in sentences to indicate the purpose or attitude of the speaker and practice using the different verb moods in context.

Identifying gerunds and gerund phrases is smooth sailing with this simple, one-page worksheet for seventh- and eighth-grade students!

Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet! 

In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.

Motivate readers to read more and track their reading habits with this simple and engaging reading log!

Learners practice identifying restrictive and nonrestrictive elements in this middle grades grammar worksheet!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

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

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Practice using parallel structure in writing with this fill-in-the-blank grammar exercise!

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

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

Use this one-page grammar worksheet to give your eighth graders practice identifying and correcting indicative and subjunctive mood in sentences!

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

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

In this eighth-grade grammar worksheet, learners will read sentences and determine whether the underlined section is written in active or passive voice.

Assess your students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.