Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about summer reading requirements!

Help students better understand what it means to have a topic with a broad scope versus a narrow scope with this helpful worksheet! 

Students will use this fun graphic organizer to help them plan their own podcast to perfection! 

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

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

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 these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Help students hone their spelling and vocabulary skills with this fun summer-themed grammar worksheet.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

Give your students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt!

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Use this fun, winter-themed writing worksheet to help students learn the difference between formal and informal writing.

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!

Encourage word sense, connotation, and wordplay with this creative worksheet where students personify a vocabulary word!

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

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

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

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

Guide student research about women’s suffrage around the world with this two-page research graphic organizer!

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

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Give students a chance to voice their opinion and practice their writing skills with this fun “would you rather” writing prompt.

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.

Encourage students to make connections as they learn new words with this creative vocabulary quilt activity!

In this seventh-grade grammar worksheet, learners practice rewriting sentences to include a phrase or clause that correctly modifies the noun or noun phrase.