Let’s slice through comma splices to eliminate run-on sentences!

In this advanced comma review, students practice identifying locations in sentences in which commas are needed to indicate a pause or break.

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

This eighth-grade grammar worksheet will give students practice using commas with interjections, appositives, direct addresses, and introductory phrases or clauses.

Need more practice using commas with coordinate adjectives? This useful grammar worksheet can help!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

After completing this middle-grade worksheet, you’ll be a pro at using subordinating conjunctions!

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

Engage readers with a colorful artistic extension activity to go along with The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Semicolons link two related independent clauses together; learn to use them correctly with this middle-grade worksheet!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

After dinner, do you eat desert or dessert? Learn to differentiate between commonly confused words in this middle-grade worksheet!

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Give students extra practice identifying and correcting misplaced and dangling modifiers in this helpful two-page worksheet!

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

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

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

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

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

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students reflect on chapters 5–8 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Identify restrictive and nonrestrictive elements and add commas as needed in this essential grammar worksheet!

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Learners will practice adding commas between coordinate adjectives in sentences in this helpful, one-page worksheet.

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

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Use this graphic organizer to guide students' reflections after listening to an episode of a podcast.