7th and 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 2

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

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

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

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

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

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

Unravel a classic story from Greek mythology with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet for seventh and eighth-grade learners!

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

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

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

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

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.

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.