Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Give students extra practice naming the function of clauses in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

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

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

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

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

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Practice using a tricky punctuation mark: the colon!

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

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

Students will look closely at roots, prefixes, and suffixes in order to better understand how a group of words can share a common word part.

Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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.

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

Add some spice to your writing by varying sentence patterns with this two-page writing worksheet for sixth graders!

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

To infinitives and beyond! This worksheet helps students master the skill of identifying infinitives and infinitive phrases in sentences.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.