Practice using parallel structure in writing with this fill-in-the-blank grammar exercise!

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

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

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

Assess students’ understanding of word parts and how they relate to word meaning with this grammar worksheet.

Use this Novel Discussion Guide for Parents as a guide to invite your child into a book discussion about their latest reading!

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

In this fall-themed worksheet, students will practice identifying the relationships between words by completing a series of analogies. 

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Use this Evaluating Sources Checklist to help students evaluate their sources for relevance, accuracy, bias, and reliability.

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Have middle school students use these writing prompts as a jumping off point as they set out to write an informational essay.

These post-reading writing prompts ask students to reflect on the major themes and events from The Giver.

Use this sixth-grade graphic organizer worksheet to plan an argumentative essay about whether more should be done to solve a problem facing our society.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Use this pre-reading discussion guide to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

Get students thinking, reflecting, and writing with this middle school narrative writing prompt and rubric!

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Celebrate Earth Day with an engaging word search activity that reinforces spelling skills!

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

To infinitives and beyond! This worksheet helps students master the skill of identifying infinitives and infinitive phrases in sentences.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

Give students extra practice differentiating between an independent clause and a dependent clause with this seventh-grade grammar worksheet!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.