Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Words That Show Cause and Effect.

Learn about famous nonfiction writers such as Henry David Thoreau and Jack London in this fun worksheet, then try writing some nonfiction yourself.

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

Use this organizer to dig deep when comparing and contrasting texts within a genre.

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.

Read about this dry, warm biome, then review what you've learned as you play a round or two of this fun-fact card game.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Compound Sentences in Nonfiction.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Actions and Emotions.

Here's a language arts worksheet that's sure to boost reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Think mom is challenging? Try the media! With this worksheet, your child can pretend to be president and answer the media's tough questions.

Hang out with two seriously challenged love birds, the god Cupid and his human girlfriend Psyche.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.

If the zombie outbreak happens, will you be prepared? Help your child familiarize with disaster preparedness through the lens of a zompocalypse!

Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

Learn more about one of the most accomplished scientists of the 20th century with this worksheet about Stephen Hawking.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 26–33 of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what they read.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

Learn about one of the world's most mysterious pieces of written text, the Voynich manuscript, which has never been deciphered.

Learn about first Lady Dolley Madison with this history worksheet, complete with some reading comprehension exercises.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Character Comparisons.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Help your child read this page about the Sumatran rhinoceros, where they can color an illustration as they learn about why this animal is endangered.

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

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.