Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

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

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Explore the causes and outcome of the French and Indian War with this two-page social studies worksheet!

Test your geometry skills and use the Pythagorean theorem in this eighth-grade worksheet!

Explore the structure, intent, and ramifications of the Articles of Confederation with this two-page social studies worksheet!

Explore how the fossil record is used to study the evolution of organisms in this engaging science worksheet for middle grades!

Students consider the ethics of exploring a maritime memorial in this extension activity for Walter Lord's A Night to Remember.

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

Prepare students for reading A Night to Remember by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity.

Give your seventh-and eighth-grade students practice determining word relationships with this fun analogies worksheet!

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Did you see the announcement in 2016 about new elements added to the periodic table? Put these new periodic elements flashcards in your study toolkit.

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

After completing Walter Lord’s book A Night to Remember, give students a chance to reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

After completing this middle-grade worksheet, you’ll be a pro at using subordinating conjunctions!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as they read the first chapters of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Help students understand the key differences between the two leading city-states in ancient Greece with this engaging social studies worksheet!

Explore both the causes and outcomes experienced by participants in the War of 1812 with this two-page social studies worksheet! 

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Give middle school learners an opportunity to dig into the original text of this historical document with this two-page social studies worksheet.