It can be difficult to find the theme of a book or story if you don't know the questions to ask. Teach your kids to discern the universal theme in works of literature with a set of activities that promote critical thinking and...

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!

After reading the 1904 psychological adventure The Sea Wolf, have pupils take this short quiz to test their reading comprehension, or take specific questions from the quiz and create a more comprehensive assessment.

What do you see? Wish a happy birthday to Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? The lesson includes six extension activities for the books and its companion stories, including a maze and...

Little Red Riding Hood brings lovely treats to her grandmother, and valuable reading skills to your pupils. After reading the short fairy tale, fifth graders answer four comprehension questions.

Enrich a primary grade unit on fairy tales with this printable version of the classic story "The Princess and the Pea." With a simple story structure and a blend of short and long sentences, this is a great resource for developing the...

Kindness is never a standalone act. Fourth graders read the classic tale of Androclus and his act of service to the lion, which is repaid to him by the lion in a Roman colosseum. After reading the passage, they answer four comprehension...

In this online classic rock word search, students find classic rock words like Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, and Ozzy Osbourne. There are a total of 15 words to find.

Compression, the process computers use to store information, is the focus of a resource that presents two different stories that describe the concept of compression by eliminating repeated letters and replacing them with a...

In this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story Hansel and Gretel. Students complete 14 questions.

The classic story A Christmas Carol is the focus of these ten multiple-choice questions in this quiz. It addresses numbers and names of characters, as well as a staged version of the story.

In this reading comprehension activity, students answer fifteen short answer questions based on the book Mississippi Bridge.

For this literature worksheet, high schoolers respond to 16 short answer and essay questions about Fielding's Joseph Andrews. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the stories at the bottom of the page.

In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 29 short answer and essay questions based on Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Students may also access an online quiz on the selection using the link at the...

The first thirty-seven questions on this assessment check for knowledge of the events in Beowulf. The short answer prompt asks readers to identify five characteristics of an epic and to give examples from Beowulf in support. Finally,...

We're off to see the wizard! Practice making inferences in literature with two sample paragraphs from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Each passage provides questions about the pleasantness of the place it describes, and...

In this reading comprehension activity, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions based on Lewis Carroll's Alice’s Adventures Through the Looking Glass.

For this present simple verb tense and letter comprehension worksheet, students fill in 8 questions with the correct tense of the given verbs. They read a letter and answer 13 short answer questions based on their comprehension of the...

In this English worksheet, students read "Disney in Talks to Buy Pixar," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.

In this English worksheet, students read "Disney in Talks to Buy Pixar," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Naguib Mahfouz  and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...

Whether using Touching Spirit Bear in the classroom, as an outside reading assignment, or in a homeschool situation, your readers will benefit from this eight-page packet of essay and discussion questions, vocabulary lists, and reading...