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

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Strengthen reading comprehension and literary analysis skills with this sixth through eighth grade foreshadowing worksheet!

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

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders! 

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

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

Practice identifying hyperboles in this spring-themed maze designed for middle-grade students!

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

Discover the roadmap for your favorite stories with this middle-grade worksheet on plot archetypes!

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.