If your child is reading a novel for school, encourage him to draw parallels to the real world in this fun news scavenger hunt.

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

Deepen your students’ literary comprehension by comparing texts within a genre.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Comparing with Transition Words.

What's the best way to get to know a city? Play tourist! In this activity, students create a travel brochure on the 2008 Olympic host city, Beijing.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Cause and Effect in Nonfiction Texts.

This worksheet features writing prompts to help your kid think analytically about the story of Bridge to Terabithia and get the most out of the book and movie.

What happens when you have a foolish friend? Introduce your stellar reader to the Panchatantra stories, animal fables with a moral lesson.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Match Author's Point with Evidence.

Introduce young historians to Amelia Bloomer, an influential 19th century women's rights activist, in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Practice comparing texts that share a distinctive feature within a genre.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Fact & Opinion Statements with Adjectives.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Two Perspectives.

Here's a Hans Christian Andersen tale you might not know: The Tinder Box, where a soldier goes on a magical adventure.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Information from Multiple Sources.

In this fun worksheet, read all about the Vodnici and then answer some critical thinking questions about the eyewitness accounts.

Close reading texts from mixed media puts a fun twist on the usual compare and contrast. This writing worksheet guides your kid in examining the story's climax.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Internal & External Character Traits.

Encourage students to turn vacations into educational experiences. This activity asks students to research a famous destination, pull key information, and plug that information into a travel brochure.

Your students will pick their favorite information and create a travel brochure all about Amsterdam, complete with a map!

This activity invites kids to explore Norway's history, attractions, and get to know its famous residents. After learning more about Oslo, your child will create a travel brochure and map of the city.

Students imagine a hypothetical interview with Malala Yousafzai, using their research skills to form and answer thoughtful interview questions.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Signal Words, Facts, and Opinions.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Text Features Evaluation.

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

Pick up some fun movie trivia and learn about how special sound effects are made on this reading comprehension worksheet!

Read the eyewitness accounts of sightings at Russell Hotel, then do some comparing and contrasting using the Venn diagram at the bottom.

Learn about movie sound effects with this reading and writing worksheet. Your young movie fan will enjoy learning about the job of sound designers.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Supporting Details.

Children are invited to create their own works of fan fiction with this inventive worksheet template.