Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

When students finish reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help them think about cause and effect with this graphic organizer!

What’s all the buzz about beekeeping? Give students this four-page nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet to find out!

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

In Reading Comprehension: The Adventure Begins, learners will read an engaging one-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions about the text. 

Students practice essential reading comprehension skills in this worksheet that features a passage about a boy who takes hang gliding lessons and becomes airborne for the first time.

Students will read an excerpt from the classic adventure story White Fang by Jack London before answering comprehension questions about the text.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

Build your reading stamina and comprehension skills with this worksheet based on “Ashputtel,” the Grimm Brothers’ version of another famous fairy tale.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

Prepare students for reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan by accessing and building background knowledge with this pre-reading activity!

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

Support critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Prepare students for reading A Night to Remember by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity.

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

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

Prepare students for reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by having them complete this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

After students read R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, watch the film adaptation of the movie to compare and contrast the written and film versions of the story!
 

After finishing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help learners analyze two characters from the book with this creative extension activity!

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, readers reflect on the theme of individuality vs. conformity in this fun post-reading activity. 

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reading about the holiday’s history and imagery!

After finishing Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students explore the role that resistance played in the Holocaust.

Have students compare and contrast fictional and historical accounts with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!