This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Before reading Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, use these pre-reading prompts to engage students in a discussion about key story elements.

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

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the interaction of different story elements in this literary response worksheet for middle school!

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the central ideas of a nonfiction text in this middle grades writing worksheet.

Read a one-page adaptation of the Japanese myth, “The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child” and answer a variety of eighth-grade comprehension questions!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

This pre-reading activity is a great way to prepare students for reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

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

Introduce students to the influential, trailblazing African American athlete Althea Gibson with this reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce readers to the poem “Impressions” by American poet Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson with this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet.

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

Use this discussion guide to encourage thoughtful discussions about chapters 1–4 of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games. 

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

Use this excerpt from Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel Little Women to help your middle schooler analyze plot development!

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

Prepare students for reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind with these research and reflection prompts!

Learn about Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, a Chinese-American suffragist, activist, and minister of the early 20th century with this reading comprehension worksheet!

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!

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

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.

Children revisit Bram Stoker's classic Dracula novel from the perspective of two other characters in this creative writing exercise.

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!

Give your students experience with reading and analyzing primary sources with this powerful excerpt from the memoir of Frederick Douglass.