Middle school students typically face 8 Kinds of Writing assignments:

• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• Cause and effect
• Evaluation
• Information reports
• Observational writing
• Problem/solution writing, and
• Short stories.
  

Use this flexible resource to strengthen your students’ capability in each format and bolster their test-prep skills. Each lesson includes four prompts, a graphic organizer, suggested approaches, and a final-draft checklist. The lessons are correlated to state standards.