Middle School Make Connections Worksheets

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!
 

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

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

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

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

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

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

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from “The Wreck of the Golden Mary” by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.