Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

Kids will read about the Menehune legend and answer questions about it afterwards.

Here's a Hans Christian Andersen tale you might not know: The Tinder Box, where a soldier goes on a magical adventure.

For those who prefer their fairy tales cheery all the way, here's an alternate ending to Rapunzel that's sure to please. Compare and contrast the two endings!

This worksheet features writing prompts to help your kid think analytically about the story of Bridge to Terabithia and get the most out of the book and movie.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Asking Deeper Questions.

Children reflect on the importance of a book's setting as they design a travel brochure for a work of fiction they have read.

Will visitors see leprechauns while visiting in Dublin? Tell your researching students to find out with this travel brochure activity!

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your learners research facts about Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Special effects in movies have been around almost as long as movies themselves. These worksheets introduce kids to the early filmmaker, Georges Méliès.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Would you decorate your Christmas tree with spider webs? Learn a wacky Christmas fun fact as you reflect on holiday traditions.

Use these vocabulary flashcards with the EL Support Lesson: Understanding Main Ideas and Supporting Details.

Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool saxophone facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction.

Your kid may have seen the movie, but has he ever read the story of Rapunzel? Here, the story of Rapunzel is told in its entirety with two different endings.

Symbolism in A Christmas Carol helps bring out the story's holiday messages. Learn about symbolism in A Christmas Carol with this worksheet.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Scary Story Elements.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Distinguish Between Facts and Opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparative and Superlative.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Signal Cause and Effect.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Inferring with Visual Elements.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sentence Parts and Making Predictions.

Here is a writing activity to review terms and concepts from the Civil War era. Your child will imagine being a soldier in the war and write a journal entry.