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! 

After finishing the novel Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery, give students a chance to nurture their imaginations with this creative extension activity!

Students read background information about May as Mental Health Awareness Month and then respond to reflective questions.

After reading Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games, have students reflect on the novel and record their responses to these post-reading writing prompts!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Use this guide to promote in-depth discussion after students have finished reading chapters 10–13 of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games.

Students research and record information as they explore the nuances of each of the southern colonies: Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

Invite students to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable writing prompt based on a quote by Anne Frank!

Give students an opportunity to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this inspirational writing prompt based on a quote by Malala Yousafzai.

After reading Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, students reflect on the major themes and events of Anne’s story with these response prompts.

After reading Lois Lowry’s The Giver, watch the movie adaptation in order to compare the written and visual forms of the story!

Explore the first two American political parties with the help of this graphic organizer!

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Booker T. Washington.

Give learners a chance to think deeply and hone their writing skills with this relatable and inspirational writing prompt, featuring a quote by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Explore some of the defining characteristics of Native American cultures of the Eastern Woodlands region with this research-based graphic organizer.

Encourage critical thinking and literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters from A Night to Remember by Walter Lord.

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, summer-themed figurative language maze!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this fun, summer-themed writing prompt about finding something mysterious buried in the sand!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this suspenseful, summer-themed prompt about hearing a rustling noise from the woods at summer camp!

Get your learners thinking and writing creatively with this exciting, summer-themed prompt about a strange encounter at a local carnival!

Learners practice their creative writing with this suspenseful, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a particularly eerie night of trick-or-treating!

Learners practice their creative writing with this fun, Halloween-themed writing prompt about a costume with a superpower twist!

Students will work to identify pairs of unit rates with equivalent non-unit rates with fractions in this fun matching activity. 

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of the first part of William Kamkwamba’s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind.

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a harrowing experience at a baseball game!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a peculiar find at the beach following a storm!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!