Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

Learners practice their argumentative writing skills with this summer-themed writing prompt about spending time outdoors!

Introduce learners to three inspiring indigenous women with this four-page reading comprehension worksheet!

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

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

In this sixth-grade worksheet, students hone their narrative writing skills by practicing identifying and removing irrelevant details to strengthen a story.

Encourage students to explore the notion of identity with this reflective writing and drawing prompt!

Students practice differentiating between gerund phrases, infinitive phrases, and participial phrases in this grammar worksheet!

Learners offer advice to a younger version of themselves in this engaging reflective writing activity.

Research your dream career with this graphic organizer! Pick a career to learn about, and then compile your notes in this worksheet.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Students read a two-page adaptation of the classic short story “The Open Window” by Saki and answer key reading comprehension questions!

Invite your students to practice their creative storytelling with this fun, spring-themed writing prompt about a startling find in the picnic cooler!

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

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

This discussion guide helps readers reflect on chapters 1–5 of Lois Lowry’s The Giver. 

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

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.

Introduce learners to the American advocate Dorothea Dix with this three-page informational reading comprehension worksheet.

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Give students another chance to flex their descriptive writing muscles with this inspiring picture prompt!

Students compare and contrast two fables in this eighth-grade reading comprehension worksheet!

Give students practice changing passive voice to active voice with this eighth-grade grammar and writing worksheet! 

Introduce students to the power of self-appreciation with this inspiring writing activity!

Getting ready to write an informational essay? Use this five-page outline to help think through the next stages of the informational writing process!

Learn about what makes certain elements cooler than others in this chemistry-based informational reading passage! 

In this helpful grammar worksheet, students will review the definition and examples of participles and participial phrases before practicing the skill on their own.

Write a heartfelt letter to someone who has impacted your life with this SEL writing prompt for middle grades!

Give this adjective-filled handout to students as a reference document they can refer to now and save for later!

Motivate readers to read more and track their reading habits with this simple and engaging reading log!