You may not think drama and theater is its own literary genre, but it requires a whole different style of writing and storytelling.

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

Students will answer who, what, when, where, when, why, and how questions after reading a story by Rudyard Kipling.

Use these discussion cards to get your students talking about the elements that are unique to the fantasy genre.

This is a comprehension resource for students to record their questions before, during, and after they have read nonfiction text.

Comparing characters in books is a great way to learn more about them, and learn more about how important characters are to books.

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

With this storyboard, students will draw and write about events in a chronological order.

Use this concept web to teach your students about how to make inferences.

Use this exercise with your students as they focus on finding the similarities between two short fiction texts.

Learners practice comparing two stories with similar characters and themes in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Assemble your favorite actors and find the perfect parts for them in your summer reading book.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Read with Expression!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing Literature Themes.

Children will practice active reading with this engaging template.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

Florence Nightingale revolutionized nursing. Your little historian can learn about Florence's life in this biography worksheet.

Learning to read chapter books and summarize the key components is an important skill for young readers. Use this handy guide to assist your child in writing about the characters, setting, conflict, and goals in the book they are reading.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Shifting Points of View.

Not all reading comprehension questions are created equal: some are easily answered by reading the text, while others require looking beyond the text to make inferences. This worksheet teaches students how to ask both kinds of questions as they read.

While learning about literary genres, if you're suddenly being approached by magical little men and menacing monsters, you have been swept away into fantasy.

Read about the earth's coldest land biome, the tundra, then fill in the blanks to review what you've learned.

Students will provide details of cause and effect events directly related to theme.

Use the game Two Truths and One Lie to help your students research facts about Martin Luther King, Jr. Learners will decide which two statements are true and which is a lie.

Take a trip back in time to visit the temple of the Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis!

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

It can be tricky to sort out different perspectives in a complex book! Use this activity to help your learner think about how two different characters feel about the same event or challenge.