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!

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

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

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

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

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

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!

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

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

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!

Classify and create clauses in this clear, concise worksheet!

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

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

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

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

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

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

Fall into clause practice in this autumnal worksheet!

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

In this worksheet, learn to use appositives, noun phrases (like this one) that usually follow and rename or describe another noun!

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 the first part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

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

Get your feet wet with this one-page reading comprehension worksheet on the challenging sport of artistic swimming!

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

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

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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! 

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