Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

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

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.

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

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

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

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

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

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.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Use this sixth-grade graphic organizer worksheet to plan an argumentative essay about whether more should be done to solve a problem facing our society.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!