Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

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

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!

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.

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.

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

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

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!

Help students plan their informational writing with this graphic organizer!

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

Students explore the various resources and advantages available to the North and South during the Civil War and examine why neither side had a clear path to victory.

With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.

Should all people have a right to internet access? Argue your stance in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle school!

Are kids today spending enough time outdoors?  Make your case in this argument writing prompt worksheet and rubric for middle grades!

Get students thinking deeply about their personality traits with this engaging reflective writing prompt!

Introduce yourself—and get to know others—with this fun questionnaire!

Practice identifying bias with this worksheet for sixth through eighth graders!

Help students organize their ideas and structure their written responses with the PEEL strategy!

Think about thesis statements in this thorough worksheet!