After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

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

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this Valentine's Day-themed metaphors maze!

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!

Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze! 

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Predict what will happen during the championship game with this middle-grade worksheet all about foreshadowing!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

Use foreshadowing to guess what will happen on this train ride!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

Become as clever as a fox as you learn to identify and interpret similes and metaphors!

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Learn the uses of symbolic settings with this figurative language worksheet!

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols!