In this seventh-grade grammar worksheet, students will read a variety of complex sentences and identify the dependent and independent clauses contained in each.

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

Give students extra practice differentiating between an independent clause and a dependent clause with this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Emphasize student choice with this high-interest, differentiated word study activity!

Knowing how to use semicolons is important; practice using them in sentences in this helpful grammar worksheet!

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

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

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

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!

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

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and filmed versions of the story!

Classify and create clauses in this clear, concise worksheet!

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

Learn how semicolons can be used to combine sentences in this middle-grade grammar worksheet!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Spring has sprung! With the help of this cheerful worksheet, your grammar skills can spring forward too!

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Weather too chilly to go out? Stay in and learn about clauses in this wintery worksheet!

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to watch a movie adaptation and compare the written and visual forms of the story.

Spend a day at the beach in this engaging middle-grade grammar worksheet!

Fall into clause practice in this autumnal worksheet!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

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

In this worksheet, learn to use appositives, noun phrases (like this one) that usually follow and rename or describe another noun!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

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 the first part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.