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

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

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

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

Use this guide to promote in-depth discussion after students have finished reading chapters 10–13 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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!

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!

Encourage critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters from A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

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!

Help readers keep track of their independent reading with this one-page template!

Use this final discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapter 15 through the end of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

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 8-11 of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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

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.

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

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

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