EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
This gallery of middle school literature features banned or challenged books. Each slide also features a related…
LESSON PLANS
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.
WORKSHEETS
Encourage the development of students' entrepreneurial skills with the economics and math activities in this teacher's…
Help students explore themes, analyse structure, and recognise literary devices in The Chronicles of Narnia with this…
DAILY WARM-UPS
Spark students' imagination with the passage of fantasy fiction and reading comprehension questions in this printable…
BOOK GUIDES
Use this guide on The Secret Garden to stimulate discussions focused on themes, symbols, recurrent motifs, and Frances…
ACTIVITIES
Island of the Blue Dolphins tells the story of an American Indian girl stranded on an island, alone, for 18 years. This…
Mildred D. Taylor's Newbery Award-winning novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, will capture your middle and intermediate…
Get to know your students by making a classroom giving tree. To introduce this activity, you'll read Shel Silverstein's…
After students read Aesop's fable "The Fox and the Goat," they complete a vocabulary activity and draw conclusions about…
After students read Aesop's fable "Two Travelers and the Bear," they complete a vocabulary activity and draw conclusions…
Discussion and activity guide for the harrowing survival story Use this printable when teaching the book My Side of the…
Use this quiz as a way of assessing students' reading comprehension skills on the story Charlotte's Web. This…
After reading a realistic fiction story, the student will write a letter to the author. Use this activity to celebrate…
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…
Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions about the…
Try this fun printable activity that helps students practice their writing and creative thinking skills by filling in…
Encourage critical thinking and discussion about life in ancient Mesopotamia with the comprehension questions in this…
A wealth of resources, lesson plans, and activities that can be used with the story Teammates by Peter Golenbock.
The Keeping Quilt is a multi-generational story that follows a beloved quilt from one family member to another. The…
This printable literature guide to Savvy, a novel by Ingrid Law, includes pre-reading points, discussion questions, and…
This slideshow contains summer reading suggestions for teachers interested in reading for pleasure or professional…
Using the book, Stone Fox, students will explore character, setting, and issues for Native Americans in this multiple…
Connect history and literature with the Boys of Wartime novels by Laurie Calkhoven. Students will experience the Siege…