Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

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

This worksheet provides a culminating project for Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the third part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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

Help students build critical thinking skills by having them analyze the main characters in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Invite students to reflect on the major themes and events of Wonder with these writing prompts.

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

Engage your students with discussion questions as they read the last part of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Esperanza from Esperanza Rising.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

After completing the novel A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use these discussion questions to engage your readers and support their comprehension of chapters 18–23 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the characters, themes, and events from The One and Only Ivan.

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

After reading Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan, students make comparisons to the true story on which the novel was based.

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

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 Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, students demonstrate their understanding of the novel with these post-reading response prompts.

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

Students build critical thinking skills as they analyze the setting in Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan.

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! 

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

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