Learn to identify appositives, which can provide helpful details, in this middle-grade worksheet!

Use this worksheet with your students to help them further build and strengthen their vocabulary and language skills.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from the next part of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Read and discuss chapters 29–39 of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful guide!

Help eighth-grade learners strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this simple one-page worksheet on shades of meaning.

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

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

Practice your grammar, mechanics, and sentence structure with this foundational middle school worksheet!

Keep your mind and voice active with this seventh- and eighth-grade grammar worksheet!

Assess your students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Inspire learners' creativity with this seasonal writing prompt about finding the perfect gift for a friend!

Use these discussion questions to engage students in thoughtful dialogue as they read chapters 9-12 of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Should children have to spend time outdoors during the winter months? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about requiring stores to stay open on holidays!

Invite learners to practice their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about allowing teachers to hold classes outdoors!

Use context clues to decipher the difference between words like dual and duel in this middle-grade worksheet!

Students tap into their own inner wisdom by writing a letter about a current challenge they are facing, and then responding with advice, perspective, or insight.

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

Support students' critical thinking and literacy skills by asking questions as they read the next few chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

After reading Jim Murphy's novel The Great Fire, allow students to engage with the book with this thoughtful letter-writing extension activity!

Learners hone their argumentative writing skills with this writing prompt about Valentine's Day celebrations at school!

Help students reflect on chapters 9–12 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

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

Get students thinking and writing creatively with this prompt about an unexpected walk down memory lane while stuck inside on a snowy weekend.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 19–25 of Anne of Green Gables.