This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–38 of The One and Only Ivan.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ivan from The One and Only Ivan.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the second part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students begin reading The Great Fire.

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of the first part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Anne Shirley from L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.