Who built the Transcontinental Railroad and why was it important? Your class can learn about the laying down of these tracks by reading a short passage. Pupils then respond to five questions related to the text.

Need a quick assessment of your middle schoolers' reading comprehension skills? The four questions on this quiz ask readers to identify the likely source of the article, define words based on context, and identify the main idea of the...

These questions are designed to accompany Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," and could be used to guide and focus readers or as an assessment of reading skill and knowledge of the elements of a story. Page one focuses on questions of...

Readers of Measure for Measure use words from Act II, scene 2 to complete a magic squares vocabulary exercise.  An answer sheet is included.

Need a quick, but well-designed worksheet that covers shifts in verb tense? Then print out the copies here and get the kids busy. The resource would also work great as homework, or a grammar quiz.    

Blank verse, stichomythia, soliloquy, allusion, oxymoron, malaprop? Readers of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will need to know these terms to successfully complete a study guide designed for the first two acts of Shakespeare’s comedy. The...

Still working on deciphering the Common Core standards? Let this resource help you out with the fourth speaking and listening standard! After a brief explanation of the standard, the resource details two example activities and provides...

Introduce your class to "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe with this series of activities, exercises, and worksheets. Class members examine an image, analyze a movie trailer, read a prose version of the poem, look up vocabulary, and pick out...

Introduce "The Inn of Lost Time" by Lensey Namioka to your middle schoolers with a reader's resource page. It includes links to different activities, including a creative writing prompt about losing fifty years of your life, and a...

How can you tell the author's purpose from just a short summary? Kids read three different summaries of books to determine whether the author meant to entertain, persuade, or inform.

In this foreign language activity, students discover that many Polish words are similar to those in English and the meanings can be guessed. Students read a chart of 220 Polish words and their English translations. Example: balon (balloon).

In this English history worksheet, students read 20 clues about entertainment in the Tudor culture. Students complete a crossword puzzle with their answers.

In this World History worksheet, students complete an activity by filling in various categories that refer to the ancient Greeks. They identify their government, religion, and education. Finally, student identify various transportation...

In this food history worksheet, students complete a 5 question quiz about ancient and modern foods. Students unscramble the letters to make each answer. This is an on-line interactive quiz.

In this 5th grade social studies standardized test practice instructional activity, students examine documents and tables. Students respond to 1 essay and 5 short answer questions that require them to review their knowledge of ...

In this literacy instructional activity, students find the words in the word search related to the concept of castles. The answers are found by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

For this Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension worksheet students will read a passage about the history of the holiday and answer 10 multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question.

In this reading response instructional activity, students read about caves being used as homes. They read the history from ancient times to the use of caves today. They answer 6 fill in the blank questions based the reading.

In this My Country Report instructional activity, students research and write about one important part of this countries history, describe the geography of this country and list some of the countries natural resources on the lines provided.

For this US history worksheet, students read a passage about Betsy Ross. Students fill in 6 missing words in the text with a choice from the word bank.

In this biography comprehension worksheet, students read a 3 page selection on President Roosevelt and answer 8 multiple choice question about the selection. The selection is a

In this American history instructional activity, students read two information texts about the White House and the Alamo. Students answer a multiple choice sequencing question about each text.

In this American history worksheet, students complete a chart comparing 6 aspects of American Indian and White American culture. Students then answer 2 essay questions.

In this Tennessee worksheet, learners unscramble words that have to do with Tennessee's history. Students unscramble 20 words.