Middle schoolers aren't too young to feel strongly about politics, social issues, consumer rights, or environmental problems. Demonstrate the first steps toward social change with a project about action-oriented writing. Eighth...

Eighth grades can master the ELA Common Core standards! Show your learners the connection between classroom activities and assignments and the standards with this set of "I Can" statement posters. Each standard has been rewritten as an...

How close are your eighth graders to mastering the ELA Common Core standards? Keep an eye on progress with these charts, which include every eighth grade identifier and full standard text. As you move through the year and teach,...

In this activity, students are to read the sentence, and select the complete verb phrase from the options given in an arrow-down box. Java is required.

This Skillswise site focuses on verbs. Included are a video about why identifying verbs is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from BBC are geared to...

Learn the difference between active and passive voice as well as several way to change passive sentences into active voice.

Learn more about active and passive voice by changing the active voice sentences into passive voice.

Learn more about active and passive voice by identifying the doer subject and the action verb of these ten sentences.