W.8.9 Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.9
:"Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Evaluating Sources Checklist
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Evaluating Sources Checklist
Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Theme
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Literary Response Prompt: Theme
This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Story Elements
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Literary Response Prompt: Story Elements
Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Language
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Literary Response Prompt: Language
Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Point of View
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Literary Response Prompt: Point of View
Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Characters
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Literary Response Prompt: Characters
Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Form and Structure in Poetry and Drama
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Literary Response Prompt: Form and Structure in Poetry and Drama
Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.
6th Grade
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Literary Response Prompt: Structure
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Literary Response Prompt: Structure
Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.
6th Grade
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Word Choice
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Word Choice
Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.
6th Grade
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Central Ideas
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.
6th Grade
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Organization
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Organization
Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.
6th Grade
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Author’s Purpose
Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.
6th Grade
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Argument and Claims
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Literary Nonfiction Response Prompt: Argument and Claims
Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.
6th Grade
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Novel Study: The Giver: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Novel Study: The Giver: Post-Reading Response Prompts
These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.
7th Grade
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Mansa Musa: King of Mali
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Mansa Musa: King of Mali
Introduce students to Mansa Musa, a celebrated king of the Mali empire, with this engaging social studies worksheet!
6th Grade
Social studies
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Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Novel Study: A Long Walk to Water: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.
7th Grade
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!
7th Grade
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Costume Symbolism
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Novel Study: The Hunger Games: Costume Symbolism
After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!
7th Grade
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.
7th Grade
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Poetry Analysis of “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Poetry Analysis of “Nothing Gold Can Stay”
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.”
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Greasers vs. Socs
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Novel Study: The Outsiders: Greasers vs. Socs
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!
7th Grade
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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.
8th Grade
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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Role of Resistance
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Book Study: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Role of Resistance
After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.
7th Grade
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: Post-Reading Response Prompts
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: Post-Reading Response Prompts
After completing Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.
7th Grade
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: Read All About It!
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: Read All About It!
After finishing Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember, give readers a chance to act as a reporter in order to share the story with the public!
7th Grade
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: A Maritime Memorial
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Book Study: A Night to Remember: A Maritime Memorial
Students consider the ethics of exploring a maritime memorial in this extension activity for Walter Lord's A Night to Remember.
7th Grade
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Post-Reading Questions
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Post-Reading Questions
After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.
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Newspaper Article Template
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Newspaper Article Template
Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!
4th Grade
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