Meet some famous short stories with our set of printable mini books.

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

In this worksheet students will be challenged to compare and contrast the effects of different weather phenomena.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 26–33 of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables.

Use this graphic organizer to analyze a common topic and theme between fiction texts.

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.

Students make sense of literary elements like protagonists and challenges while drawing comparisons between fiction texts.

Help your EL students will practice differentiating between big ideas and details.

Read this passage from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and get both reading and writing practice in one fell swoop.

Tap into your students’ creativity by challenging them to create an infographic using content from their reading!

Learn more about Julia Morgan, the woman who designed her way into California history, and also practice reading informational paragraphs.

Neverland: an imaginary place where your child never grows up. Have him read this passage from the story of Peter Pan and draw his own Neverland.

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

Young readers will love digging into this passage's cool piano facts, and they'll get a nice reading comprehension workout in the process.

Complete the story by writing the main events.

Use this graphic organizer with your students to re-imagine story dialogue with characters from another story.

As your students read the nonfiction text in this travel brochure activity, they will learn about the many cultures that have enriched the diverse city of Lisbon.

Celebrate Halloween with a spooky reading exercise, where you'll learn all about werewolves! Read up on the history behind these legendary beasts.

Poetry is a vibrant genre, especially as infused with visual and multimedia elements. Use this graphic organizer with your class to analyze such features in poetry.

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book with this thoughtful extension activity! 

Use this organizer to draw comparisons between problems and solutions in fiction texts.

Get to know nonfiction text features! Use this resource with your class to compare nonfiction text features for same-topic selections. This resource goes along with the Comparing Nonfiction Text Features lesson plan.

Students practice using keywords to prepare for summary writing.

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to watch a movie adaptation and compare the written and visual forms of the story.

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

Select a topic that interests you, then learn about it from a variety of sources, such as books, websites, and articles.

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.

Get ready for a ghostly reading activity! Here's a Halloween sheet that will teach your child all about ghosts and the history behind these spooks.

Children are invited to come up with a new ending to a book they have read in this inventive fan fiction worksheet template.

Use this two-page graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast informational narratives from two different genres.