Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

In this worksheet, students will read two different passages about the platypus. Kids will compare and contrast the passages, and identify the main ideas.

Practice strategic reading and allow children to monitor their own thinking and make connections between texts and life.

Students will draw conclusions about texts by combining what they learn from a text and their background knowledge.

No snow? No problem! Read a story about two kids creating their own snow day in this playful reading comprehension worksheet!

Young readers practice identifying the theme of a story in this thoughtful fable about two friends who find gold in the forest.

Every story has a turning point or two, and this worksheet encourages your kid to examine the main event in a book up close.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Help your student with reading comprehension, and enjoy a favorite short story by Rudyard Kipling, about a King, a Queen and two quarreling butterflies.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Young readers will practice synthesizing information from multiple sources on the same topic in this reading comprehension worksheet.

When paired with nonfiction texts, this classic graphic organizer will help students visualize the similarities and differences between two accounts of the same event.

Read about this dry, warm biome, then review what you've learned as you play a round or two of this fun-fact card game.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

Get your students thinking about themes as they compare and contrast two different picture books of their choice.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

In this worksheet, children determine the order of events in a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy skills with these discussion questions from chapters 7–12 of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Enjoy part two of this classic Christmas tale. Your little dancer can experience the magic of the Nutcracker with this storybook she can color herself!

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 5–9 of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! 

This informative and inspiring worksheet will have your students compare and contrast two athletes who have been instrumental in changing the world of women’s sports!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

In this worksheet, children will learn to identify signal words and visuals that writers use when describing cause and effect.

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!