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

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!

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

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

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

Help readers keep track of their independent reading with this one-page template!

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

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

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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

Classify and create clauses in this clear, concise worksheet!

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

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

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

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

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

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

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.

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

Fall into clause practice in this autumnal worksheet!

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

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

In this worksheet, learn to use appositives, noun phrases (like this one) that usually follow and rename or describe another noun!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

Explore the meaning of Latin roots like "scribe" and "spect" with this matching activity! Build essential vocabulary skills with this simple one-page worksheet.