Use this graphic organizer to help your students identify the four elements of a fictional story: characters, setting, problem, and solution.

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

Use this resource to practice close reading in a fictional text. Your students will look at the adjectives, adverbs, and verbs that give more details about the important story elements.

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Get ready to take an exciting trip as you read this cheerful passage!

Fill in this story map to organize the details of the Jack and the Beanstalk story.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Learners will categorize 12 different types of text according to why the author would write them, using the acronym PIE as a mnemonic device.

Learners will practice identifying the problem and solution in texts in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn all about this significant scientist with this Isaac Newton biography, detailing his life and work.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Children learn about the life and legacy of civil rights activist Rosa Parks in this history worksheet.

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this resource for fluency practice.

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

This resource helps ELs make strong connections with a simple fiction text. After reading a short story, students will think about how they can connect with the text and use sentence frames to explain their thinking.

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Children practice connecting cause to effect in this reading comprehension worksheet.

How did our society become so advanced? Introduce your student to the Industrial Revolution with this reading sheet.

Children will read an excerpt from Stevenson's book, then respond to a reading comprehension and a creative writing prompt.

Get in the spooky spirit of Halloween with our vocab-packed copy of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven."

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

Students will practice using dictionary guide words by matching words to the pages they would appear on.

Step right up to the most famous wall on Earth! Spanning nearly four thousand miles, the Great Wall of China is one of the oldest wonders of the world.

With this Have Fun Reading Choice Board, budding bookworms can choose from a variety of engaging reading-based activities, from reading in a cozy blanket fort to drawing or acting out their favorite part of a story.

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

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