After completing Linda Sue Park's novel A Long Walk to Water, help learners connect with the book with this community-based extension activity! 

After reading Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire, help learners make connections between the book and their community with this engaging extension activity.

Learn about how the satellites that orbit the Earth impact people’s lives in this informational passage!

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development by asking questions as students read the final chapters of The Great Fire.

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, students explore the part boycotts have played in the country’s history.

Discover the fascinating history of New Mexico’s Sky City in this middle school 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.

Encourage critical thinking and support literacy development with these discussion questions for Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. 

Before reading The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, use this pre-reading activity to build background knowledge and engagement.