Semicolons link two related independent clauses together; learn to use them correctly with this middle-grade worksheet!

Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

After reading the next few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s Esperanza Rising, engage students in discussion with this two-page guide!

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Check students’ understanding and analysis of chapters 13 through 28 of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this discussion guide!

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Knowing how to use semicolons is important; practice using them in sentences in this helpful grammar worksheet!

Classify and create clauses in this clear, concise worksheet!

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

Learn how semicolons can be used to combine sentences in this middle-grade grammar worksheet!

Upon finishing The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, readers compare the written and visual forms of the story in this extension activity!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to watch a movie adaptation and compare the written and visual forms of the story.

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Help students reflect on chapters 9–12 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Spend a day at the beach in this engaging middle-grade grammar worksheet!

Watch Louis Sachar’s Holes come to life in the movie adaptation!

Spring has sprung! With the help of this cheerful worksheet, your grammar skills can spring forward too!

Fall into clause practice in this autumnal worksheet!

Weather too chilly to go out? Stay in and learn about clauses in this wintery worksheet!

Practice determining the meaning of unknown words in context with Read and Find Root Words #2!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 9–18 of Anne of Green Gables.

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

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

Give students the opportunity to think creatively about Louis Sachar’s Holes after they’re done reading!

Engage your creative side with this musical companion activity to a unit on Louis Sachar’s Holes!