Inspire your reluctant reader with this comprehension page, featuring a passage from a classic novel, Black Beauty.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Beginning readers, enjoy this passage from Twain's classic "The Prince and the Pauper" and then complete some vocabulary and comprehension questions.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

Read interesting nonfiction texts about natural disasters and practice identifying causes and effects.

In this activity, kids provide evidence by paraphrasing and selecting direct quotes from an informational text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Concept maps are versatile and useful for all subject areas. Use this concept map for word work, main idea and supporting details, or to map out ideas.

In this biography worksheet, children discover the challenges Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor faced in her childhood, and read about how she used those obstacles to become a good lawyer and judge.

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

Many folk tales share similarities, but are also very different. Can you find the similarities and differences between these two stories?

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Ever wonder how the plasma TV came to be? Read a brief history of the television with this ode to inventors.

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Learn all about hurricanes in this earth science Q&A.

This informational text about a topic relevant to students can be used to help explain author’s claims and the reasons used to support them.

Read about the history of the Winchester Mystery House, and then answer some comprehension questions.

In this exercise, students will work through a series of steps to identify the theme of a classic story.

Do you believe in the Bermuda Triangle? Compare witness accounts of these weird waters and draw your own conclusions in this reading worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Get to know astronaut Mae Jemison in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

This sample nonfiction text about basketball helps students to explore author's point.