Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from parts 2 and 3 of R.J. Palacio’s Wonder.

Help students hone their argument writing skills with this writing worksheet and graphic organizer.

Students interpret slopes and y-intercepts of lines of best fit based on real-world scenarios in this eighth-grade worksheet!

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

Students practice identifying outliers and the types of associations shown on scatter plots in this eighth-grade data and graphing worksheet!

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

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

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Students gain more practice solving systems of linear equations using the elimination method with this eighth-grade algebra worksheet!

Introduce students to the primary-source text of the Gettysburg Address—and the context in which was delivered—with this three-page social studies worksheet.

Solve the multiplication and division problems in this math worksheet then match the answers with the letters they are paired with to solve the spooky riddle.

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

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

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Help Riley's family renovate their outdoor space while honing important geometry skills with this fun and applicable math worksheet!

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

Help students further hone their algebra skills by challenging them with this fun math maze!

Learners practice calculating the percentage of two- and three-digit numbers in this winter clothing–themed worksheet.

Practice using the periodic table to calculate the number of neutrons in the atom of an element.

Students practice adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing numbers in scientific notation in this fun matching activity!

Use this reference worksheet to help students learn about linear and nonlinear functions! 

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Practice finding the probability of simple events in the context of real-world scenarios with this one-page worksheet!