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

Use this original fiction story to give learners practice analyzing story elements, making inferences, and growing their vocabulary using context clues and word relationships.

Use this graphic organizer to give students an opportunity to practice identifying the central idea of a text using key details.

Unlock the secret to words like “physics” and “aerial!” Expand your vocabulary with this matching worksheet for common Greek roots.

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

Students practice expressing ideas precisely and concisely by revising sentences to remove vague and redundant words or phrases.

Young writers map out their essays with the help of this graphic organizer.

Explore cause and effect in a short excerpt from Sharon Creech’s Walk Two Moons with this targeted reading comprehension worksheet!

Before reading S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, use this pre-reading activity to get readers thinking about one of the major themes in the novel: stereotypes.

Help middle school students learn to determine the different shades of meaning of related words with this language and vocabulary worksheet!

Assess your students’ narrative writing skills with this standards-based Narrative Writing Rubric for 6th grade.

Have students step into the role of a journalist with this engaging newspaper-themed writing activity!

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

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Students consider nuance and context in order to choose the word with a more positive connotation. 

Help students boost their critical thinking and reading comprehension skills with this making inferences graphic organizer.

In this language and vocabulary worksheet, learners will read two short passages and choose the transition words that best connect the ideas and sentences.

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Students practice informational reading comprehension skills while learning all about the national artistic tradition of azulejo tiles!

Learners identify and define word parts in this vocabulary worksheet.

In this worksheet, learners come to better understand the different kinds of narratives, and how they are similar and different, by creating a map of narrative genres.

Give students a boost in their vocabulary study skills with this Vocabulary Note Card Template!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Help budding authors practice giving personality to their narrative writing with the exercises in this writing worksheet.

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

Prepare students for reading R.J. Palacio’s Wonder by having them complete this pre-reading activity!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

In this reading and writing worksheet, students will read several short paragraphs and identify and match familiar words with their less familiar antonyms.

Identify restrictive and nonrestrictive elements and add commas as needed in this essential grammar worksheet!