Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

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

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

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

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Prepare students for reading The Great Fire by facilitating a picture walk through the first chapters’ images, pictures, and maps.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students begin reading The Great Fire.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students continue reading The Great Fire.

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

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Engage students' senses and inspire their creativity with this sensory poem template!

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

Everyone loves a birthday party! Write about one of your birthday memories in this prompt worksheet!

Use this discussion guide to engage learners in meaningful dialogue after they've read chapters 14–18 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games. 

Use this reading guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about the final chapters of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

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!

Encourage students to reflect on their reading identities and set a realistic reading goal with this helpful reading survey!

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

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

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

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

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

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

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

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

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

Convince your classmates to read your favorite book with this persuasive writing practice for seventh and eighth graders!