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

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

Before reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, help students build background knowledge about the story's setting!

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl by building background knowledge about the rise of Hitler in Germany after World War I.

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

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

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.

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

This graphic organizer helps students work through a nonfiction text to help organize information about the author’s point, and the reasons and evidence used to support it.

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Explore the physics at play in roller coasters with this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet!

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Introduce students to some wild and weird types of lightning with this fascinating reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

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 skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Use these pre-reading discussion prompts to prepare students for reading Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

Prepare students for reading Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor by accessing and building background knowledge!

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Make sense of the microorganisms and microbiome in your body!

Discover the creatures that light up the dark night and the depths of the oceans!