middle school samples

Middle School Composition

Teaching middle school composition does not have to include tear-filled tissues. Our engaging and sometimes humorous courses speak directly to your students and equip them for success.

Jump In is designed for grades 5 – 8.

Jump In covers, print and digital

Click or tap here for a sample chapter of Jump In.

And here’s a sample of the teacher’s guide, including a grading grid.

For more info on this practical, easy-to-use course, click or tap here.

How to Write an Outstanding Report in Grades 5 and 6 is perfect for your upper elementary writers, even for those who have not written an essay or report before.

Click or tap here for a sample lesson from How to Write an Outstanding Report in Grades 5 and 6. The sample also includes a free grading grid.

For more info on this step-by-step course, click or tap here.


Middle School Literature

their blood tingled

Their Blood Tingled: Junior High Literature and Story Writing will equip your 7th and 8th grader to understand what is going on in books they read for pleasure and in literature. They get a peek behind the curtain to see what the writer is up to, and they have fun writing fiction themselves. Their Blood Tingled uses C. S. Lewis’s The Magician’s Nephew to teach literary elements.

Click or tap here for a sample lesson from Their Blood Tingled.

For the table of contents, a reading schedule, and a sample worksheet, click or tap here.

For more info on Their Blood Tingled, head here.