Teaching Literary Elements Using Poetry: Engaging Poems Paired With Close Reading Lessons That Teach Key Literary―and Help Students Meet Higher Standards

Reading Poetry in the Middle Grades: 20 Poems and Activities That Meet the Common Core Standards and Cultivate a Passion for Poetry

Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core State Standards: Exemplar Poems With Engaging Lessons and Response Activities That Help Students Read, Understand, and Appreciate Poetry

50 Common Core Reading Response Activities: Easy Mini-Lessons and Engaging Activities to Help Students Explore and Analyze Literature and Informational Texts

Common Core: Elements of Literature, Grades 6 - 8

The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School (grades 6-8), Common Core Edition: Poems for the School Year with Connections to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA)

Reading, Grades 6 - 8: Informational Text Learning Stations (English Language Arts)

Poetry Comprehension, Grades 6 - 8

Poetry Patterns & Themes

Reading, Grades 6 - 8: Literature Learning Stations (English Language Arts)

35 Reading Passages for Comprehension: Inferences & Drawing Conclusions