Use this resource to teach your students how to use introductory phrases as they cite text evidence in their answers.

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

During or after reading a fictional book, help your learner put their thoughts onto paper with this book or character mind map!

What are the effects of storms and other weather events? Students will create flow charts that represent the multiple effects that are a result of specific weather causes.

Read about the parts of a plot diagram, then fill out the details of a story that you have recently read in the diagram.

Students will use an adjective word bank to help them identify statements of fact and opinion.

Students will practice using pronouns to support their understanding of point of view.

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice writing nonfiction summaries as you read and learn about an interesting ocean creature.

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

Use this resource to help your students identify story elements in sentences.

Compare and contrast your traits with the character traits of other people.

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

It's time to find some rhymes! Help your budding poet learn to identify rhyme schemes in poetry with this worksheet.

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Sail back in time to Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, with this fun, fact-filled worksheet.

This activity guides your readers towards the key details and shows kids how to effectively underline while reading.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of 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. 

Use this resource with your students to practice determining who is telling the story. Your students will also practice distinguishing their own point of view from that of the narrator or characters.

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

In this historical heroes worksheet, second and third graders read a short passage about Owens' life and legacy, then answer the comprehension questions to help determine their understanding.