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

Use this inspirational personal narrative prompt and standards-based rubric to help middle schoolers hone their narrative writing skills.

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

After reading Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, give students an opportunity to engage with the book and their senses in this poetry-based extension activity! 

Give students more fun Valentine's Day spelling practice with this unique and engaging word search!

Assess your students’ argument writing skills with this standards-based rubric for seventh grade!

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

Students design a pet rock and use rhetorical appeals to convince their class to choose it as a mascot!

When writing an informational essay, start with gathering information with the help of this research graphic organizer template.

Get students thinking deeply with this spring-themed writing prompt about new beginnings!

Use this graphic organizer to help students build critical thinking skills as they plan an argumentative essay about whether people or organizations should be allowed to do certain things.

Prepare students for reading A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle by guiding them through this anticipation guide as a pre-reading activity!

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

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

Keep this study aid handy during homework time, or keep a copy in the back of your binder for classroom reference.

Encourage word sense, connotation, and wordplay with this creative worksheet where students personify a vocabulary word!

Get a leap on spelling skills this February with this leap year-inspired word search puzzle!

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

Need more practice using commas with coordinate adjectives? This useful grammar worksheet can help!

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

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–8 of Anne of Green Gables.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

Let your learner try their hand at 15 rhyming riddles with this fun word puzzle worksheet!

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

Help middle school students strengthen their vocabulary knowledge with this one-page worksheet on shades of meaning! 

Students will use this fun graphic organizer to help them plan their own podcast to perfection! 

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

After reading The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, give students the chance to reflect on the novel and respond in writing to five of these post-reading prompts.

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

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!