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

Don’t be a copycat! Learn how to cite sources and spot plagiarism with this middle-grade worksheet.

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

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

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

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

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

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

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 form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

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.

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

Designed for middle grades, this grammar worksheet is a great way to give students practice using different transition words in the context of informational texts.

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

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

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

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

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.

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.

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

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.

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