Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

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

Help your EL students identify big ideas before they write short summaries.

Use this bubble map to compare two things in a visually-appealing way.

Celebrate Black History Month by studying the contributions of African-American jazz legend Charlie Parker!

In this worksheet, children read about the March on Washington, the ideals that inspired it,  and the people who attended it.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Point of View Pronouns.

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Submerge yourself in the fascinating history of submarines! Your little inventor will get a taste of the early stages of this important technology.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

In this exercise, EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

This Frankenstein worksheet is great for teaching kids about classic literature near Halloween. Use this Frankenstein worksheet with your child this October.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the eighth and final part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Students will identify the author’s purpose and strengthen their reading comprehension with the questions that follow the text.

This travel brochure activity summarizes the fascinating history behind the birthplace of the Renaissance.

Your young student will step back in time with this worksheet on the Ming Dynasty. He'll build comprehension skills as he learns some ancient history.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 9–18 of Anne of Green Gables.

Read this famous Norse myth starring Sif and Loki and find out how mythology shapes our understanding of the world around us.

In the worksheet The History of African American Spirituals, children read about how African Americans used spirituals during different moments in history, starting from their enslavement to the civil rights movement.

The Tain, formally known as Tain Bo Cuailnge, is an epic from early Irish literature. Read The Tain for kids in this worksheet, and learn about its characters.

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

Paraphrasing is an important writing skill. With this worksheet, your student will learn some history as he practices paraphrasing.

Students will use content-specific vocabulary in context as they learn about the Revolutionary War.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 19–25 of Anne of Green Gables.