Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

Use this guide to encourage critical thinking and literacy development as students read the final passages in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

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

Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

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

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

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

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

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

Support critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions for the final chapters of Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

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.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

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.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 12–15 and the epilogue of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students take inspiration from the main character as they rename people and places in their lives.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, reflect on some of Anne's heartfelt and meaningful quotes in this post-reading activity.

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.

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.

After completing Jim Murphy’s book The Great Fire, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

After completing the novel The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts!