8th Grade Reading & Writing Educational Resources

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Students use sentence-level context clues and their knowledge of vocabulary as they practice using commonly confused word pairs.

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Give students practice identifying and correcting misused and misspelled words in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Help students hone their language and vocabulary skills with this worksheet in which learners use sentence-level context clues to write the word that correctly completes each sentence.

Practice identifying and correcting misspellings in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Learn all about the fascinating field of food science in this four-page informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

Practice spelling with plurals and possessives in this grammar worksheet for middle grades!

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Use this worksheet to help middle school students learn how to tell the difference between historical facts and opinions!

Use this reference sheet to encourage students to use a variety of transition words in their writing to signal the different relationships between ideas.

Improve students' argument writing skills by identifying and removing irrelevant details with this middle school writing worksheet!

Give students some fun summer-themed spelling practice with this unique and engaging word search!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

Give students extra practice identifying and correcting misused and misspelled words in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Students hone spelling skills and fine-tune their vocabulary knowledge in this engaging grammar worksheet!

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Naming the function of clauses is as easy as pie in this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

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