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

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

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

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Students practice comparing and contrasting two versions of the same piece of text—written and audio/visual—with this graphic organizer!

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

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

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

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

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

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

Dig into the fascinating hobby of bottle hunting in this reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

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