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

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

Invite students to think deeply while honing their writing skills with this science-themed writing prompt.

Channel your inner superhero with this fun writing worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

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

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

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

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

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

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.

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

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

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

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

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

Support budding authors in developing their informational writing voice with this writing worksheet.

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

Help students learn how to avoid informal language in their nonfiction writing with this helpful formal writing worksheet.

Help students hone their language and vocabulary skills with this worksheet in which learners use sentence-level context clues to write the word that correctly completes each sentence.

Students use sentence-level context clues and their knowledge of vocabulary as they practice using commonly confused word pairs.

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.

Give blossoming authors a chance to practice their creative writing skills with this realistic fiction writing prompt and standards-based rubric.

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

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

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

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!