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!

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

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.

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

Explore different biomes on your quest to interpret literary symbols!

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

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful worksheet!

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

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

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

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

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

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