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

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

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

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

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

Help your students recognize variations in speaking and writing based on context with this one-page worksheet!

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

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.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

Practice gratitude through poetry with this acrostic poem worksheet!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

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

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

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

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.

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

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

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