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Writing · Grades 8–9

Writing a Literary Analysis Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing a literary analysis essay. Students will tell a thesis, its evidence, and the analysis apart, and explain why a literary analysis argues an interpretation instead of retelling a story.

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Writing · Grades 7–9

Writing a Sonnet Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 7-9 on writing a sonnet. Students learn the 14-line structure of quatrains and a couplet, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Creative Writing

Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Memoir Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a memoir. Students learn that a memoir focuses on one meaningful memory, answer eight questions about the form, then plan and draft part of their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 5–9

Writing a Monologue Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 5-9 on writing a monologue. Students learn that a monologue is a first-person speech by a single character driven by an inner conflict and shaped by an arc, then answer eight questions and plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Parody Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a parody. Students learn how a parody imitates a well-known work and exaggerates it for humor, answer eight questions, and plan their own parody. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Podcast Script Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a podcast script. Students learn the parts of an audio show script, answer eight questions, and plan their own podcast episode. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Vignette Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a vignette. Students learn how a vignette captures one moment with sensory detail, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Essay & Paragraph Writing

Writing · Grades 5–9

Writing a Compare and Contrast Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 5-9 on writing a compare and contrast essay. Students learn how the essay shows similarities and differences between two subjects, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 7–9

Writing a Definition Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 7-9 on writing a definition essay. Students learn how a definition essay explains the full meaning of a term using examples and a thesis, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Writing a Literary Analysis Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing a literary analysis essay. Students will tell a thesis, its evidence, and the analysis apart, and explain why a literary analysis argues an interpretation instead of retelling a story.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Narrative Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a narrative essay. Students learn how a narrative essay tells a true personal story with plot, setting, character, and a theme, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing a rhetorical analysis. Students will name which of the four moves a sentence of rhetorical analysis makes, and explain why the analysis is about how a text persuades, not whether the writer agrees.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Writing an Argumentative Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing an argumentative essay. Students will tell a claim, a reason, evidence, and a counterclaim apart, and explain why naming the other side makes an argument stronger.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Writing an Expository Essay Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on writing an expository essay. Students will choose the organizing pattern an explanation needs and tell an expository thesis from an argumentative one.

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Informational & Research Writing

Writing · Grades 8–9

Avoiding Plagiarism Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on avoiding plagiarism. Students will judge whether a use of a source is plagiarism, honest use, or common knowledge, and name the three ways to use a source honestly.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Narrowing a Research Question Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on narrowing a research question. Students will judge a research question as too broad, too narrow, or workable, and narrow a subject until it is a question research can answer.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Synthesizing Sources Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on synthesizing sources. Students will read two sources against each other and write one sentence that uses both, instead of summarizing them one after the other.

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Writing · Grades 8–9

Using In-Text Citations Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on using in-text citations. Students will write the correct MLA parenthetical citation for a source and explain what the citation is for.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Constructed Response Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a constructed response. Students learn the RACE plan – Restate, Answer, Cite, Explain – answer eight questions, then build a response of their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Persuasive Writing

Writing · Grades 8–9

Logical Fallacies in Argument Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on logical fallacies in argument. Students will name the fallacy in a piece of reasoning and explain why a convincing argument can still be a broken one.

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Poetry

Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Ballad Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a ballad. Students learn how a ballad tells a story in song-like stanzas, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Pantoum Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a pantoum. Students learn how a pantoum repeats whole lines from one stanza into the next in an interlocking pattern, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Prose Poem Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a prose poem. Students learn how a prose poem reads like poetry but is written as a paragraph, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 7–9

Writing a Sonnet Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 7-9 on writing a sonnet. Students learn the 14-line structure of quatrains and a couplet, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Villanelle Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a villanelle. Students learn how this nineteen-line poem repeats two refrain lines in a set pattern across five tercets and a quatrain, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing an Ode Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing an ode. Students learn how an ode praises its subject, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Practical & Functional Writing

Writing · Grades 6–9

Writing a Press Release Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 6-9 on writing a press release. Students learn how to announce news with a headline and the five Ws, answer eight questions, then plan their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing · Grades 7–9

Writing a Recommendation Letter Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 7-9 on writing a recommendation letter. Students learn how a formal recommendation letter praises a candidate's qualities with a specific example, answer eight questions about the form, and plan their own. An illustration and complete answer key are included.

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Writing · Grades 7–9

Writing a Resume Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 7-9 on writing a resume. Students learn the parts of a resume and action words, answer eight questions, then draft parts of their own. A complete answer key is included.

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Writing Skills

Writing · Grades 8–9

Peer Review and Revision Worksheet

A printable writing worksheet for grades 8-9 on peer review and revision. Students will tell useful feedback from vague feedback and give a comment a writer can act on.

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