ReadWorks offers free middle school reading passages with rigorous questions, vocabulary support, and printable worksheets for home practice (better for younger grades.
Newsela provides leveled news articles at grades 6–8 with quizzes and discussion prompts to build critical reading.
CommonLit delivers free ELA lessons with texts, assessments, and teacher/parent guides focused on literary analysis.
Vocabulary.com Middle School Lists includes adaptive word games, quizzes, and root-word activities tailored to grades 6–8 curricula.
Vocabulary.com provides lists and study tools to acquire grade level, novel or subject specific vocabulary.
Reading Rockets Middle School Strategies covers parent guides for discussing themes, making inferences, and tracking progress in complex texts.
NCTE Family Resources shares ideas for book clubs, journaling, and conversations to spark interest in literature.