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

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!

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

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

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!

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

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

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

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

Classify and create clauses in this clear, concise worksheet!

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

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

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

Fall into clause practice in this autumnal worksheet!

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

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

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 chapters 9–14 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water. 

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of the next part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

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

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

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “transmit” a memory of their own with this creative extension project! 

Support students’ comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

Use these engaging discussion prompts to support literacy development as students read the next set of entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

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