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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

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

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

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.

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

Analyze the impact an author’s words can have on the meaning and tone of a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

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

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.