Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

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