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

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

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

Use this worksheet with your students to help them build their vocabulary and language skills

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

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

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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

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.

In this seventh-grade language and writing worksheet, students will read a variety of sentences and determine which words or phrases are redundant or unnecessary.

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

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

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

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 Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Assess students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning with this grammar worksheet.

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new vocabulary with this Vocabulary Connections Map.

Help young writers build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills with this great grammar worksheet!

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

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, students describe the difference between related words to bring to light the different connotations the words carry.

Have your students describe themselves using numerical expressions in this fun math-based get-to-know-you activity!

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

Practice using parallel structure in writing with this fill-in-the-blank grammar exercise!