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

Hone reading comprehension and analysis skills with this worksheet featuring a French fairy tale about a prince, a curse, and the importance of recognizing one's own flaws.

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

Students read and analyze an excerpt from E. Nesbit’s 1906 novel, The Railway Children, in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Give students a chance to engage with a classic science fiction story while practicing crucial reading comprehension skills!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet!

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

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

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

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

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Support students’ comprehension and analysis of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders with these discussion questions for chapters 9-12.

Use this discussion guide to support students’ comprehension and analysis of chapters 1–4 of S.E. Hinton’s novel The Outsiders.

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!