LESSON PLANS
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to learn about the characters in a fable by investigating their…
EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
This gallery of middle school literature features banned or challenged books. Each slide also features a related…
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a fable by Aesop.
DAILY WARM-UPS
Students read a passage of fantasy fiction and answer comprehension questions in this printable daily warm-up.
ACTIVITIES
Review the enrichment activities and web resources created for The Very Hungry Caterpillar, plus a bibliography of Eric…
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…
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…
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…
This teaching guide includes a brief overview of A Tale of Two Cities followed by teaching ideas to be used before,…
Students will create a character who immigrates to the United States. They will base a large portion of their stories on…
After students read Aesop's fable "Two Travelers and the Bear," they complete a vocabulary activity and draw conclusions…
Use this quiz as a way of assessing students' reading comprehension skills on the story Charlotte's Web. This…
Discussion and activity guide for the harrowing survival story Use this printable when teaching the book My Side of the…
Develop students' reading skills with this printable passage of historical fiction and comprehension questions about the…
Use a lesson that provides students with an opportunity to draw conclusions using one of Aesop's enjoyable fables.…
After reading a realistic fiction story, the student will write a letter to the author. Use this activity to celebrate…
Use a teaching guide that includes great information about Henry James as well as discussion questions to be used when…
Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers information about Lewis Carroll as well as discussion questions…
REFERENCE
Introduce students to the life and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau through the Henry Bear picture books and related…
