These storyboxes guide kids through the most important components of a story: The beginning, the middle, and the end.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Draw Beginning, Middle, and End.

Visit the crashing waters of the mighty Iguazú Falls in this middle school passage!

Readers will delight in this first (worst) day of school story, and practice cause and effect with this funny worksheet.

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

Paraphrasing means putting another's writing into your own words. This is an important skill for middle school children to master.

Challenge your middle school student with a quiz about the Civil War! They'll answer questions about important people and places in the Civil War.

Dig deep into the geography of Chile while practicing important informational reading comprehension skills with this middle school worksheet!

How many of our presidents can you name? Challenge your middle school student with this great series of match-up games, featuring U.S. presidents!

Introduce middle school readers to one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance with Langston Hughes’s poem “Mother to Son.”

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 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 analyzing the form and structure of a poem or drama in this worksheet for middle school learners.

Get ready for the back to school season with a printable to-do list full of fall colors, a great start to an organized school year!

Draw a picture of the beginning, middle, and end of this well-loved poem.

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

Introduce students to nonfiction genres in their school or local library!

Flip through a story flipbook with your child, a great way to teach about beginning, middle and end.

Inspire middle-grade learners with this biography of Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space!

Students will cite instances of cause and effect from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their fiction readings.

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

This graphic organizer helps students quickly identify the main events in the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional text.

This worksheet will have your child assemble and decorate a bookmark while reviewing story sequence as divided into beginning, middle, and end.

Go on a reading adventure with Sinbad the Sailor, a hero of Middle Eastern myth and a great excuse to practice reading comprehension.

Kids will first read the story about Alice and her dog Bobo, then write her own middle and ending to the story.

Students will cite stanzas from beginning, middle, and ending portions of their poetry readings and share thoughts, feelings, and ideas about the text.

Use this resource to teach your students how to use signal words as they explain the beginning, middle, and end of a fictional story.

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

Return to school in the fall with a list of your best summer reads by recording them here.