4th - 7th Grade English Language Arts Resources : Page 43

Use this haiku worksheet to add a written element to any afternoon outing in nature.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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!

Learn all about how to write a haiku with this quick and easy worksheet on the structure of this timeless poetry type.

During this reading exercise, students will work in small groups to look at various sample passages and sort them based on firsthand or secondhand accounts.

Get ready for some wordplay! This homographs worksheet will help your child sort out those words that look alike but sound different and mean different things.

Use this resource to support your students as they learn about the most common relative pronouns.

Help students cover proper punctuation, capital letters, grammar and spelling with this editing checklist as they edit their peer's work.

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when using description.

This worksheet focuses on finding details within a nonfiction text. First students will read a short paragraph, then they'll answer questions using words from the text before rewording their answers to make them unique.

Prepositions add valuable information to nonfiction texts by helping us understand where and when something happened. In this activity, students will seek to identify prepositions and use them to complete sentences with the help of a word bank.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

Help young writers build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills with this great grammar worksheet!

Help your child understand why it's so important to take care of the environment with this info-sheet about an endangered species: the spectacled bear.

In this worksheet, children explore what it means to be aware of their emotions, drawing inspiration from the turtle.

Main characters would be lost without their supporting characters! Use this reading comprehension worksheet to compare and contrast characters from classic novels using a graphic organizer and paragraph excerpts.

Help your active readers identify key vocabulary and important details with the help of two graphic organizers!

Develop your students’ critical eye with this nonfiction text features checklist! This resource can be used with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

As your students complete this close reading exercise, they will learn about the Transcontinental Railroad while practicing their active reading skills.

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

Learn all about conflict in literature and how it makes the story possible in this conflict in literature worksheet.