8th Grade English Language Arts Worksheets : Page 6

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

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

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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

Give this adjective-filled handout to students as a reference document they can refer to now and save for later!

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.

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

Give your seventh-and eighth-grade students practice determining word relationships with this fun analogies worksheet!

Use this eighth-grade grammar worksheet to give students practice using verb mood for different effects in sentences.

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

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

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

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

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

Practice differentiating between commonly confused words while exploring our nation's capital with this spelling worksheet!

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

Discover the differences between gerunds, infinitives, and participles with this one-page grammar worksheet!

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

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

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

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 eighth-grade grammar worksheet will give students practice using commas with interjections, appositives, direct addresses, and introductory phrases or clauses.

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

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

In this eighth-grade grammar worksheet, learners will read sentences and determine whether the underlined section is written in active or passive voice.

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

Identifying gerunds and gerund phrases is smooth sailing with this simple, one-page worksheet for seventh- and eighth-grade students!

Practice completing analogies with this summer-themed grammar worksheet!