This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

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

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

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

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

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

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

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

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

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

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.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

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

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

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

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

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.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Practice analyzing point of view and perspective with this relatable excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Use this simple organizer to help students track and record key ideas when reading and summarizing nonfiction texts.

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

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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!