Middle School Make Inferences Worksheets

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

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

Support students’ inference skills with this targeted two-page reading worksheet. 

How is a train like a bird? Find out in this sixth-grade informational reading comprehension worksheet all about biomimicry!

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

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

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

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

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

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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

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

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

Introduce readers to the inspiring poem “Thanksgiving” by American poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox with this sixth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from “The Wreck of the Golden Mary” by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Read and answer comprehension questions about Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's classic narrative poem "Paul Revere’s Ride."

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