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

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

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

Students will note details of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Students will note features of theme between two fiction texts and summarize their analysis.

Science fiction is a hugely popular genre of books, movies and TV shows. Read this worksheet to get a taste of some of the originators of sci-fi.

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Main Idea and Details in Fiction.

Let your students choose a scientific concept that they want to base their story on and then, just for fun, ask them to write a few pages of a science fiction story.

Visual and multimedia elements in fiction texts enhance the reader’s experience. Character perspectives, use of language, and creative text physical features bring stories to life!

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then strategy of writing fiction summaries with these reading passages.

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

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

Learn a fun reading strategy and practice writing fiction summaries using a classic text.

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

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

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.

Transition words introduce new ideas and connect key elements in a story. In this exercise, your students will identify and use transition words in a series of sentences.

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Visual and multimedia elements in scripts and plays enhance the reader’s experience and give important directions for how to translate texts for an audience. Get your class analyzing scripts with such elements using this graphic organizer.

Students will make inferences, compare texts, and identify figurative language as they interpret reading passages.

Students will use this graphic organizer to compare and contrast two fiction stories.

Help students practice close reading of fiction or nonfiction texts with this detailed checklist.

Students can use this graphic organizer to make inferences as they read fiction or nonfiction texts.

Children will use their creative writing skills to continue the story in this fiction writing exercise.

Use this organizer to compare facts from a nonfiction text with examples from a novel or short story.

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

History buffs and fiction lovers alike will enjoy learning about legendary writer Mark Twain with this Wild West worksheet!