This middle grades worksheet features two prompts aligned with Common Core standards for writing in response to literature, citing text evidence, and determining theme.

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

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

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

Analyze different points of views and perspectives in a text with this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

Build background knowledge about social classes in the early 1900s as students prepare to read A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Prepare students for reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on determining and analyzing the author’s purpose in a nonfiction text.

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 5–8 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Give students a voice and choice in their learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

This graphic organizer gives students the opportunity to analyze the extent to which a filmed production of a story stays faithful to or departs from the related text.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, allow students to connect to the theme of identity with this engaging reflection activity! 

After finishing the novel The Giver by Lois Lowry, give students a chance to “receive” a memory with this engaging extension activity!

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.