Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet! 

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

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

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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.

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

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!

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.

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

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

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

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

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.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about summer reading requirements!

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

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

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

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

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

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.