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!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you

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

Make reading practice fun with this reading comprehension packet, based on Rudyard Kipling's "How the Camel Got His Hump".

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Study the contributions of African American jazz legends with this worksheet on master bassist Charles Mingus.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, encourage students to create their own precepts with this creative extension activity!

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

Support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Build critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for parts 5-7 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

With this exercise, students will think deeply about their reading by describing important events, asking questions, and making comparisons.