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

Support key literacy skills with these discussion questions as students continue their reading of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

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

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

After reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba, students compare the movie adaptation to the written story.

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

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

Engage readers with an exciting musical extension activity to be completed after they've finished reading The Giver by Lois Lowry!

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, encourage students to examine the novel's setting with this creative writing worksheet! 

After reading the last sections of Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, engage your students in a discussion with these questions!

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

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

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and filmed versions of the story!

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

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

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, let students use their creativity to model the two main settings from the story!

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! 

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, readers reflect on the theme of individuality vs. conformity in this fun post-reading activity. 

After reading Pam Muñoz Ryan’s novel Esperanza Rising, give learners an opportunity to write a story of their own that is inspired by true events!

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!

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

After reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, students dig deeper into the poem referenced throughout the novel: Robert Frost’s poem “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

Practice analyzing poetry with one of Emily Dickinson’s most popular poems!

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

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

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.