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

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

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

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

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

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

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

After finishing Mildred D. Taylor’s Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, give students a chance to think about the significance of the symbols used in the novel.

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

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

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

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

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

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

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

May the summer sun smile upon you as you complete this personification worksheet for fourth, fifth, and sixth graders!

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

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