Students will look closely at roots, prefixes, and suffixes in order to better understand how a group of words can share a common word part.

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

Get learners giggling and their wheels turning with these fun rebus puzzle brainteasers!

Unlock the secret to words like “physics” and “aerial!” Expand your vocabulary with this matching worksheet for common Greek roots.

Clarify the meaning of your sentences by learning to identify and avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers with this seventh-grade worksheet!

In this middle school grammar worksheet, learners will read short narrative passages and choose the transitions that best connect the ideas and sentences.

In this vocabulary-building worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their lesser known synonyms.

Expand your reader’s knowledge of world folklore with this unique and engaging reading comprehension worksheet! 

In this grammar worksheet, students will look closely at roots, prefixes, and suffixes in order to better understand how a group of words can share a common word part.

Use this vocabulary-building worksheet to help middle school students expand their knowledge of academic words in an authentic and multi-faceted way.

Get middle schoolers talking about the nuance and connotation of words and how they affect the meaning of a sentence with this helpful worksheet.

Use this grammar worksheet to give middle school learners' a vocabulary boost as they practice determining the meaning of words using antonyms in context.

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 12–17 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Explore the relationships between words while celebrating spring with this analogies worksheet!

Help students clarify the meaning of their sentences and improve their writing by learning to identify and avoid misplaced and dangling modifiers.

With this middle-school revision checklist, students will be guided to review their informational writing with a critical eye in order to improve their writing.

Students consider nuance and context in order to choose the word with a more positive connotation. 

Give learners a chance to hone their copyediting skills with this one-page grammar worksheet!

Students explore nuance and shades of meaning with this engaging grammar worksheet!

Read and analyze an excerpt adapted from “The Wreck of the Golden Mary” by Charles Dickens with this reading comprehension worksheet!

Help students hone reading comprehension skills and techniques with this classic Robert Frost poem.

Students gain valuable practice understanding how words are related while building their vocabulary with this analogy worksheet.

Students hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this adapted excerpt from the first chapter of The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

Assess your students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning.

Analyze fun analogies with this foundational worksheet!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a visit to a haunted house!

Use this multiple-meaning words worksheet to support middle school students as they explore a word with more than one meaning. 

Practice identifying bias with this worksheet for sixth through eighth graders!

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