Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Students read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

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

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

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

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

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

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!