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Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

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.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

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.

Read all about the origins of Oregon’s fascinating Wizard Island in this engaging passage!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Make sense of the microorganisms and microbiome in your body!

Discover the creatures that light up the dark night and the depths of the oceans!

Learn all about the history of candles with this two-page nonfiction reading worksheet!

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

Help students learn how to avoid informal language in their nonfiction writing with this helpful formal writing worksheet.

This four-page worksheet gives students a chance to engage deeply with a rigorous nonfiction text about government funding for space exploration.

Discover the science experiment that tested whether humans could survive in an isolated ecosystem in this fascinating passage!

In this nonfiction writing worksheet, students will practice their narrative writing techniques as they draft a story about their favorite person

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

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

Use this middle school worksheet to introduce learners to the MLA 8th edition format for citing sources and writing a bibliography.

Read an enlightening passage about light pollution and learn ways to bring back the dark night skies in this three-page reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Discover why an odd-looking tree is known as Africa’s "tree of life" with this reading comprehension worksheet.

In this seventh-grade ELA worksheet, students read a fascinating informational text about the history of kites and answer comprehension questions covering a variety of reading skills. 

Give students an opportunity to learn about William Penn and his contributions to early American history.

Introduce students to one of the leading figures of the United States civil rights movement with this reading comprehension worksheet all about Thurgood Marshall!

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Should schools be limited to a certain number of snow days? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

Should students have to complete assignments over winter break? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

Should children have to spend time outdoors during the winter months? Learners write an argumentative response to this winter-themed writing prompt!

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

Read and analyze a classic example of historical fiction with this adapted excerpt from Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper!