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

With an emphasis on grammar, mechanics, and style, this checklist is a great way to help writers hone their editing skills and gain familiarity with the writing process.

Help students organize their ideas and structure their paragraph responses with this PEEL graphic organizer!

Give students extra practice identifying and correcting misused and misspelled words in context with this helpful grammar worksheet!

Give this adjective-filled handout to students as a reference document they can refer to now and save for later!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Help students hone spelling skills with this music-themed worksheet!

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Students gain valuable practice understanding how words are related while building their vocabulary with this analogy worksheet.

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Introduce students to the classic poem “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Give your students' spelling skills a boost with this fall-themed word search puzzle!

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Hone spelling skills with this word search puzzle featuring a unique collection of commonly misspelled words!

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about a walk in the woods that takes an unexpected turn when the trail disappears beneath the snow!

Students practice differentiating between gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, and participial phrases in this grammar worksheet!

Dive into the meaning of Latin roots with this vocabulary-building matching activity!

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

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

Give students hands-on editing practice with this grammar worksheet all about parallel structure!

Young writers reflect on a time they worked hard to earn something! Kick off the writing process with this narrative writing graphic organizer.

Introduce students to Japanese American civil rights hero Fred Korematsu with this informational reading comprehension worksheet!

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Use this grammar worksheet to give students practice differentiating between active and passive voice by having them identify the type of voice used in various sentences.

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