Writing nonfiction can be a daunting task for newbies, but this note-taking sheet contains helpful prompts that keep your young writer on track.

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

Kids identify information about characters and setting in this worksheet.

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, give students this fun artistic assignment as an extension activity! 

This reading and writing worksheet teaches your young film buff about cool Coraline stop motion effects.

Use this worksheet to help students write sentences about the first African American women to enter space, Mae Jemison.

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.

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

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.

After reading Esperanza Rising by Pam Muñoz Ryan, students can reflect on the themes and events of the novel with these writing prompts!

Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practice both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.

Students will look over a sample reading response letter and identify important elements in the text.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

In this writing assessment, see how well your students draw connections between texts and the real world.

After students have learned about reading response letters they can use this checklist to polish their own letter.

The silent film era featured creative storytelling techniques like miming and slapstick. Read and write about silent film era classics like Charlie Chaplin.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Map a Story.

Historic novels are rich sources of reading practice and this graphic organizer is a nod to prairie classics like those written by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

This resource helps ELs incorporate their own thoughts and text connections into a thinking paragraph.

After your students read an excerpt of The Land of the Blue Flower, ask them to respond to a writing prompt. Encourage them to use comparative works like similarly and unlike.

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

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students take inspiration from the main character as they rename people and places in their lives.

Use this stop and jot reflection activity to assess reading comprehension. Your students will choose their favorite response to their reading and explain their choice.

Children are introduced to Sonia Sotomayor, one of the nine Supreme Court justices, and the only Latina, in this reading and writing worksheet.

After completing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, students reflect on the major themes and events of the story with these post-reading response prompts.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Conclude a Story.

If your kid loves the book Bridge to Terabithia, he might enjoy its movie adaptation. He'll have fun reading and watching while honing his analytical skills.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, reflect on T.J. Avery’s decisions and consequences with this extension activity.

Get your kids writing about their reading! When students note key observations as they read, they have a better chance at understanding a text's message.