Especially appropriate for classroom use on Veteran's Day or Remembrance Day, this poetry activity asks learners to read Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's famous poem "In Flanders Fields." After reading, class members answer comprehension...

Both poetry analysis and waste disposal are more engaging topics for young readers with a worksheet to accompany the Shel Silverstein poem 'Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only...

Delve into the mysterious lines of T.S. Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Focusing on simple recall of the poem, this quiz can then spark discussion about the odd comparisons and allusions within the lines. A simple quiz that...

These reading comprehension questions are pointed to references in Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace." Specific quotes paired with multiple-choice answers ask the reader to recall the poem. Receive answers when students submit...

The epic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight follows the traditional themes of chivalry, gallantry, and heroism. After reading the poem, quiz your readers with these ten multiple choice questions.

In this writing learning exercise, students make a list of all the things that make them sad, happy, lonely, angry, afraid and silly. Students then write 6 short poems and put them together to make their own personal book of poems.

Examine Dylan Thomas' poem "A Child's Christmas in Wales" with this quiz. This quiz refers to the narrator as the poet, which is largely agreed upon.

Check reading comprehension for "The Death of the Hired Man" by Robert Frost with this quiz. The tone of the questions match the serious tone of the poem and are very straightforward.

What does the raven say and do in the poem by the same name by Edgar Allan Poe? Test your readers' understanding of the raven and the narrator's thoughts and actions with this multiple-choice quiz.

Challenge your learners with this trivia learning exercise. They can use research techniques to find the answers to questions about famous poems, world history, and vocabulary terms.

"Timid, scared, terrified." High school scholars examine words, their denotations and connotations, in a series of exercises that use lines from Shakespeare to explore figurative language and word relationships. Participants then...

As part of a study of poetic devices, kids are asked to identify the assonance, consonance, and alliteration found in a series of lines of poetry, and then identify the rhyme scheme and the types of rhyme found in Poe's "Annabel Lee,"...

Your assessment is to figure out if I am being figurative or connotative with this statement: This is a great resource. Can’t do it? Then you had better review how to break down Common Core skill RL.11-12.4. In simple language that you...

In this reading practice worksheet, students read poems and biographies and answer twenty six multiple choice questions related to the different passages.

Using the five senses is a creative way to write descriptively. Learners read 25 words, both nouns and verbs, and place them into the category labeled with the correct sense.

Fourth graders have likely heard the expression to cry wolf, but they may not know the saying's origin. A short reading passage tells the story and includes four comprehension questions for pupils to demonstrate their...

Learning how to use adjectives isn't just about adding describing words! Pupils select original nouns to add to ten adjectives in a straightforward grammar worksheet.

If you are teaching a unit on Robert Frost's poetry, you might consider this quiz. These 10 questions require identifying missing words from lines of poems and demonstrating understanding of several different poems including "Oven Bird,"...

What is parallelism? Novice writers learn about parallelism and practice balancing 10 sentences for better syntax and parallel structure. A clear, straightforward worksheet with answers included.

If you're looking to start a unit based around narrative writing, make sure to consider this resource while you're planning. This book covers five topics: writing personal narratives, writing narratives about others, writing...

As your authors prepare to write a hypothetical novel, they need all the inspiration they can find! Using a book they have already read (and enjoyed), learners complete a literary analysis by filling in eight short-answer...

How are mood and tone similar? Different? Help your readers understand the difference between the two with this helpful guide. On the first page, they read the definition for both tone and mood and identify words that are describe each....

In this poetry worksheet, students use the format to write an 'I am' poem about themselves. Students complete eighteen sections for the poem.

In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students write an acrostic poem about the holiday. Students use the letters in THANKSGIVING to start each new line of poetry.