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!

Comparing different stories is a great way to help your young reader get started with analyzing texts. She'll compare and contrast two children's favorites.

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.

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.

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

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.

Your students will use this two-sided worksheet to practice distinguishing between facts and opinions. As they do, they’ll have fun learning about howler monkeys!

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!

Learn about facts vs. opinions in this reading comprehension worksheet. Kids will read two sets of text and decide which is fact and which is opinion.

Children use their logic skills to look at the images and decide which of two statements describes each one best in this second grade literacy worksheet.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read chapters 5-8 of A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Children look at a picture, then decide what should happen next, in this fun early literacy worksheet.

It's up to your 2nd grader to make a story based on a prince, a princess and two huge grins. Try story elements like setting, background and a problem.