Great Expectations: Pip Meets a Criminal

Charles Dickens published Great Expectations in 1860. It is the story of Phillip Pirrip, called Pip, growing up from a young boy to a man. Students read a passage and answer related questions.

Mark Antony’s Oration from Julius Caesar

Mark Antony’s oration from Julius Caesar is the focus of this worksheet for determining the purpose of the text.

Reading Comprehension: Uncle Tom’s Cabin

In this activity, students read an excerpt from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and answer related questions.

Setting the Scene: Great Expectations

In this worksheet, your student will analyze the setting in a scene from Dickens’ “Great Expectations.”

Shakespeare’s Henry V: Once More Unto the Breach

In this activity, your students will read an excerpt from “Shakespeare’s Henry V” and answer questions related to the topic.

Shakespeare’s Macbeth Reading Comprehension

Help your students improve their reading comprehension with this “Shakespeare’s Macbeth” activity.

Tension in The Pit and the Pendulum

Here’s a worksheet on how Poe’s uses structure to create tension in “The Pit and the Pendulum.”

Using Inference in Writing

Your student will take the next step in understanding inference in this writing worksheet.

What Can You Infer?

This inference worksheet spotlights text from “The Gift of the Magi.”