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!

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

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

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

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

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

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

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

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

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

Identify irony in context in this helpful 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.

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

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, summer-themed figurative language maze!

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

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