Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Figuring Out the Theme.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Sorting & Describing Books.

This short fictional text can be used to help students determine words and phrases the author uses to help the reader figure out the central message of the story.

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

After completing R.J. Palacio’s novel Wonder, help students connect to the novel with this acts of kindness activity.