This worksheet offers an engaging, meaningful framework for young writers as they learn to build and write compelling arguments.

Young readers will enjoy reflecting on a recent book with this engaging template.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

Learn more about the life of Anne Frank, a tragic, true-life story of a young girl caught up in the horrors of war.

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

Children keep track of their weekday reading with this useful two-page template.

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

Help your fourth graders organize the structure of their literary essays with this graphic organizer.

This activity will afford your fourth graders the chance to think about the claim they want to make in their literary essays and give them practice writing an intro paragraph.

Children practice summarizing and reflecting more deeply about the books they read by answering four thought-provoking questions.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

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

In this activity, your child will get the chance to adapt a favorite book for the stage or screen.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Students will make meaningful connections between an adapted story from Aesop’s Fables and the world around them!

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

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

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

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.

When students note observations as they read, they gain a deeper understanding of their texts.

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.

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.

Introduce students to the inspiring environmental activist Wangari Maathai. Children will read a short biography about the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Get your students excited about making text connections!

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.