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

Practice analyzing characters with this worksheet that features an excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Use this fun creative writing prompt and accompanying rubric to inspire budding authors and help them hone their narrative writing skills.

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

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

As students read R.J. Palacio’s Wonder, use this graphic organizer to track and analyze the book's characters.

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

Use these thought-provoking prompts to reflect on the plot, characters, and themes in Louis Sachar’s Holes!

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.

Follow Orpheus through the Land of the Dead as he tries to rescue his lover, Eurydice, in this classic Greek myth.

Discover the iconic Roman tale of Echo and Narcissus in this reading comprehension worksheet!

Discover the classical Roman myth of Ceres and Proserpina in this engaging worksheet!

Invite your learners to dive into the world of creative writing with this fun Independence Day writing prompt!  

Celebrate fall with this fun creative writing prompt!

If you could have music class with any famous musician, who would it be? Write about it with this creative writing prompt!

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Compare and contrast two scenes from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe with this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Give students the opportunity to think creatively about Louis Sachar’s Holes after they’re done reading!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for chapter 5–8 of Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Lead students’ dialogue on the first 12 chapters of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this helpful discussion guide!

Finish your readthrough of Louis Sachar’s Holes with this essential discussion guide!

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 read an original two-page story and answer questions to boost essential reading comprehension skills.

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.

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

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Hone key reading comprehension strategies with this engaging five-page worksheet!