Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

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!
 

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Encourage critical thinking and support your students’ literacy development by asking questions as they read the final chapters of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

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

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

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.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

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

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

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

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

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

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

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

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

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.