Who says reading comprehension exercises can't be fun? Your readers will be engaged with the short story about witch doctor spells that provides the text and the included answer sheet dispells any mystery as to the correct answer. The...

Use this mystery novel worksheet to have learners answer several specific questions about details in the book, the atmosphere of the book, and the main characters in the book. This impressive, four-page worksheet will serve as an...

High schoolers respond to 15 questions about short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and his works. Using the Cliffs Notes website they may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.

Here’s the meatball in the bowl of spaghetti. Readers build a Lunatic Mystery Case Book, collecting evidence to support their prediction about the identity of the lunatic in Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech’s Newbery Medal winning novel....

Test understanding of "The Inn of Lost Time" by Lensey Namoika with an assessment that includes true/false, multiple choice, vocabulary, short answer, and essay questions. The test is not entirely traditional since, for the first 10...

These questions about Poe's The Purloined Letter focus on publication and outside sources along with details of the story. Hopefully this story is not a mystery to you!

Four short stories, two poems, and biographical information about Edgar Allan Poe make up this quiz. Questions about The Cask of Amontillado, The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven, The Black Cat, Annabel Lee, and The Tell-Tale Heart...

For this multiple English activities worksheet, students complete a variety of assignments: write three onomatopoeia sentences, add ten endings to ten words, give the root words to eight words, play two rounds of word chess, find the...

Which is more likely: 130 children followed a magical piper out of Hamelin and disappeared forever, or that they died of the plague? Or could they have escaped from Hamelin via a secret tunnel to Transylvania? Learners investigate...

In this literature worksheet, students follow the directions to write a review of a mystery. They note the title, author, illustrator, and publisher before examining the characters and clues. They point out passage that show suspense,...

In this Nate the Great writing activity worksheet, students fill in the 26 blanks in "The Case of the Missing Book" with noun, adjective, and adverbs to create their own mystery.

In this Pine Park Mystery scavenger hunt activity, students locate 7 vocabulary words, 5 characters, and 5 missing items in the story and record their findings on the graphic organizer.

In this literary prediction worksheet, students predict the topic, genre, setting, characters, and interest level of a book based on its first line. They research the title and author of the book using the line. They write a short story...

In this mystery book report form worksheet, students complete a book report which includes the title and author. They write the names and descriptions of the characters, before the heart of the story, clues to solve of the mystery, and...

In this reading and vocabulary comprehension in a mystery theme worksheet, students read a short story and answer comprehension questions. Students choose nine multiple choice answers.

In these story problems worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Cuckoo Caper' and use the information to help them solve the problems. Students then solve the problem by finding the correct combination.

In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'Mystery of the Peculiar Zoo.' Students use the information within the story to then solve the problems. Students use their multiplication and division skills to...

Make a splash with a math skills resource! Starring characters from the children's story Mystery of the Muddled Marsh, several worksheets create interdisciplinary connections between science, language arts, and math. They...

Your scholars will be hooked after reading the cryptic narrative poem "The Listeners." They explain why it is so mysterious, then use the poem to learn about pronouns. Learners read an excerpt from the poem that has been altered to...

Rather than who done it, the mystery literary detectives have to solve as they examine the evidence found in Edgar Allan Poe's famous "The Tell-Tale Heart" is why did he do it?

Young readers consider ten questions regarding murder mystery stories. The must choose from one of five options: strongly disagree, disagree, depends, agree, or strongly agree. A sample questions is, "A murder mystery must describe the...

In these story problems worksheets, students read the math problem story about 'The Secret of E. Quation the Great.' Students solve the question about the secret weights by using a letter to represent the unknown and circle the equation...

In these story problem worksheets, students read the story problem 'The Case of the Hatcher Hotel Heist' and use the information within the story to help them solve the problem. Students use addition and subtraction to find the next room...

On this language arts learning exercise, students locate 22 words on a word search. Each word is related to the mystery story genre. Students may self check their puzzles by selecting the link at the bottom of the page.