This graphic organizer provides an opportunity to keep track of key vocabulary words they encounter within an informational text.

Use this graphic organizer to help students compare and contrast information from different sources of their choosing while researching a relevant topic.

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

Help students reflect on chapters 1–4 of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time with this two-page discussion guide!

Use this worksheet to encourage critical thinking and support students’ literacy development by asking questions before, during, and after reading.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Use these questions to encourage critical thinking and support literacy development as students read the first few diary entries of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

After students read S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, have them compare and contrast the greasers and the Socs using this two-page novel study extension activity!

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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.

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

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

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the author’s use of language and literary devices in this literary response worksheet.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing characters in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

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.

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

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

Use this discussion guide to help readers reflect on chapters 6–11 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

After finishing Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time, students give thought to the various settings in the story with this creative post-reading prompt!

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

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reading about the holiday’s history and imagery!

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! 

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

Encourage critical thinking with this discussion guide as students read the next set of Anne’s diary entries in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl.

Support students’ comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

After completing The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, have students reflect on the significant themes and events of the story with these response prompts.

Use this discussion guide to support readers’ comprehension of chapters 1–8 of Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water.

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

Invite students to reflect on a book character’s words in this writing response worksheet featuring a quote by Ponyboy From The Outsiders.

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