12 free writing resources for 8th Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Good writing is planned writing. Every prompt here includes a short planning section, then a writing task with success criteria that match what teachers look for in narrative, persuasive and informative texts.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
Students read an original student speech arguing for a school garden and learn to identify and explain five key persuasive techniques:…
Students learn how writers make readers hold their breath. Using an original suspense passage, they examine techniques such as short…
Students learn to control how certain they sound in formal writing by choosing high, medium or low modality, and to match their certainty…
Students study an original short story opening and learn how authors build character, setting and mood in only a few paragraphs. They…
An 8th grade argumentative writing worksheet on answering the other side. Students analyze a model counterclaim paragraph about requiring…
Students learn to use information from a source without copying it. Working with an original article about bees, they identify the main…
Students learn to plan a narrative before they write it. They study the five stages of a story arc (orientation, complication, rising…
Students read an original poem about a beach at low tide and learn to discuss how a poet creates meaning through imagery, sound and…
An 8th grade argumentative writing worksheet on choosing evidence that holds up. Using a set of practice sources about protected bike…
Students learn how informative writers support each point with evidence and explain it rather than dropping it in. They classify evidence…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
A narrative writing prompt for 8th grade: write a story set on the day before something in a character's life changes for good. Students…
An argumentative essay prompt for 8th graders: students take a position on whether middle and high schools should start later in the…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
