Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Give students the opportunity to share their opinions and preferences regarding school-related topics with this fun back-to-school anticipatory activity!

Invite students to learn more about themselves—and others—with this two-page set of self-reflection prompt cards!

This enticing worksheet invites students to envision a delicious pie in which each slice represents a different aspect of gratitude.

Inspire students to think deeply while honing writing skills with this prompt based on an Albert Einstein quote.

Celebrate fall with this fun creative writing prompt!

Get to know your classmates with this interactive bingo board for middle-grade students!

What unusual item could your character find in the library? Find out with this fun writing activity!

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Finish your readthrough of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this essential discussion guide!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for eighth grade!

This rubric for sixth-grade argument writing covers all of the major Common Core standards in the argument writing strand, including introduction, support, transitions, style, and conclusion.

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

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

This standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 8th grade is the perfect tool to assess your students’ narrative writing skills!

Assess your students’ informational writing skills with this standards-based rubric for sixth grade!

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

Learn names, get to know your students, and help break the ice at the start of the school year with this fun name tent template.

Children estimate the answers to four decimal division problems in this math worksheet.

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with a standards-based rubric for eighth grade.

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

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

Give young writers a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

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