7th and 8th Grade Reading Resources : Page 4

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

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

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!