Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

What does it all mean? In this sixth-grade worksheet, students will practice using text evidence to identify the theme of a story they've read recently.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Help your students learn to analyze characters in literature with the help of this graphic organizer.

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

Students read an excerpt adapted from L. Frank Baum’s short story “The Girl Who Owned a Bear” and answer reading comprehension questions about the text.

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

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a literary text with this middle school writing worksheet.

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’ points of view in a story in this literary response worksheet for middle grades.

Students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

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.

Applicable to most nonfiction texts, this worksheet has students choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing and evaluating the structure of a nonfiction text.

Choose your literary nonfiction response prompt! Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on analyzing the impact of an author’s word choice.

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.

Students will choose one of two writing prompts focused on identifying and evaluating the argument and claims in a text in this middle grade worksheet.

Don’t let allusions be your white whale; master them with the help of this middle school worksheet!

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

Middle school students will uncover the blueprints of every legendary tale as they learn, identify, and draw symbols for six different plot archetypes!

Write an eloquent, nature-inspired personification poem with this guided worksheet for seventh graders!

Fall for figurative language with this engaging worksheet that helps students master the art of personification!

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

Differentiate learning with this fun after-reading response choice board!

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

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

Individualize middle-grade learning experiences with this fun reading response choice board!

Unmask the cast of every story with this worksheet for middle schoolers on character archetypes!

Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!