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

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

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions after students read chapters 1–6 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief. 

Engage readers with a colorful artistic extension activity to go along with The Giver by Lois Lowry!

Read an informational passage about George Washington Carver to learn about his life and achievements!

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

After reading the first few chapters of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with this two-page novel study guide!

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

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

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

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

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

Explore West Africa's historical gold salt trade with this fascinating reading passage and accompanying set of comprehension questions!

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, choose one of Mrs Who's quotes to research, reflect on, and design a bumper sticker around.

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension 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 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

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

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Introduce readers to the poem “When I Was One-and-Twenty” by English poet A. E. Housman with this sixth-grade worksheet! 

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

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.

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.

After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.

After reading Esperanza Rising, get students thinking about point of view with this creative novel study extension activity!

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

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

After finishing the book The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students explore the world of nonrenewable and renewable energy.