Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Build your growth mindset while planning a personal narrative!

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

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

Give students an opportunity to flex their descriptive writing muscles with another engaging picture prompt!

Students have another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Encourage thoughtful discussion after students read chapters 19–23 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games with this helpful discussion guide! 

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

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Explore more complicated sentences as you add details about where, when, why, and how!

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

Give your students a chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this engaging picture prompt! 

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

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 9–14 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water. 

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.

Students research and record information as they explore the nuances of each of the southern colonies: Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!