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

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

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

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

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze! 

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

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

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

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

Learn about common patterns in storytelling with this middle-grade worksheet!

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

Use foreshadowing to guess what will happen on this train ride!

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!

Get ready, this activity transforms middle school students into experts at understanding and decoding characters in all their favorite stories!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.