Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

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

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Practice identifying similes like a seasoned expert with this fun, spring-themed maze!

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

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!