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Short stories activities
Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in
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8th - 11th
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Second Grade Word Work Activities with Phonics Focused Passages - SOR Aligned
This is an all-year Science of Reading aligned Word Work for 2nd graders, now with the zero-prep EASEL by TpT Digital Option. Word Families are introduced in short stories, and reinforced daily in different activities. This resource promotes word recognition, vocabulary development and text comprehension, which makes it a great addition to literacy centers and small groups!The weekly activities included in this Word Work packet consist of reading a story and identifying Word Work words, writing
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1st - 2nd
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Third Grade Word Work Worksheets with Phonics Focused Passages and Activities
This is an all-year Word Work packet for 3rd Graders. Spelling Patterns are introduced in Phonics Focused Short Stories and reinforced daily in different Reading and Writing Activities. These word work worksheets promote word recognition, vocabulary development and text comprehension, which makes them a great addition to your Third Grade Literacy Centers and Small Groups! Each week's activities focus on two to three spelling patterns, suffixes, or prefixes. There is a short story written with he
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3rd
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Also included in: Word Work and Reading Passages Bundle with Digital Option
Prefix and Suffix Reading Comprehension Passages with Questions First Grade
All-in-One Prefix and Suffix Reading Passages ADD-ON Pack!Help your students practice reading words with prefixes and suffixes within controlled text with these All-in-One Reading Passages. Additionally, students will practice fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and using words (with the target skill) in context.——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 13, 2020—— ***I have now added DIGITAL versions of every single passage! These passages have been formatted for use with Google Classroom™️. The passage
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1st - 2nd
Wh Questions Short Stories Speech Therapy Answering What Where When Language
Wh- questions in 15 short stories to improve answering questions, auditory and reading comprehension and recall for speech therapy and classroom lessons. What, where, why, when, who, and how questions are included for every story!Multiple levels of difficulty, including both shorter and longer paragraphs for a variety of length and detail in the stories.⭐ Wh- Questions in Short Stories15 Paragraph Short Stories6 Wh- Questions for every storyStories are 5-9 sentences in lengthWhat, where, who, wh
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1st - 4th
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Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - The Black Cat - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven
Print and go short story annotations activities and projects for your next Edgar Allan Poe unit, Tell Tale Heart unit, Raven unit, or Black Cat unit! These short stories with comprehension questions contain short story annotations activities, graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys. The included activities ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. This Poe unit is a great addition to a short story unit on classic literature.✅While t
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7th - 10th
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Compare and Contrast Passages | Animals, Insects, Adventures, & Amphibians
Compare & Contrast Non-fiction & Fiction PassagesComparing and contrasting takes a lot of practice and these passages are perfect to meet the needs of all your readers. There are 25 pages included in this product with two passages per page. There passages have the students comparing and contrasting characters, while others are comparing and contrasting similar topics. These passages vary in reading level. There are Lexile Levels from 2nd grade through 4th grade included in this product.
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2nd - 4th
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Also included in: Comprehension Practice Passages
The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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CVC Stories Reading passages with comprehension questions CVC Words Sight Words
These adorable stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing so many reading skills. Each story targets CVC and sight words to build their fluency and comprehension. I read the story first, then we read it together chorally and finally I have students read it on their own. Then we read the comprehension questions and fill in the answers. 30 different stories are included, and they each come in both color and black/white. This download is for CVC stories set #1.-
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K - 2nd
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Greek Mythology Stories and Activities (aligned with CCSS)
I have made another Greek Mythology unit! This one ties perfectly with the other Greek Mythology unit I have in my store already. Why did I create another one? Since the adoption of the Common Core State Standards, I have been looking for ways to address the standards that require the students to read and understand Greek myths and words and phrases that come from them. I have found that there are not an abundance of myths that are necessarily appropriate for fourth grade students. With thi
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4th - 5th
Phonics Reading Comprehension Passages Prefix Suffix Ending Blends Trigraphs
Phonics reading passages provide perfect practice for reading fluency and reading comprehension! The reading passages focus on phonics, but they also provide the opportunity to practice fluency AND comprehension IN the context of reading. This ADD-ON BUNDLE includes the most commonly requested skills after the release of the top selling All-in-One Reading Passages Bundle! Note: These bundles CAN be used independently of each other.——DISTANCE LEARNING UPDATE: April 4, 2020—— ***I have now added D
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1st - 2nd
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Fairly Tales: Grimm, ELA Reading Digital Escape Room: Middle School Escape
⭐IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A GRIMM FAIRY TALE WITHOUT AN ADVENTURE OR ENCHANTED FOREST. ⭐ This fully immersive 360° Grimm Digital Escape conjures up enchanted forests, villains, and happily-ever-afters. ⭐ Young teen students are invited to escape this Grimm Adventure using clues that practice reading, listening, sequencing, comparisons, logic, and other important skills!Now with two versions! A flat version with self-checking answers is included, no Google form is required. ⭐ Want a printable versio
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: *ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle
Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Making Inferences Worksheets 3rd grade 4th grade Inference Reading Passages
Use these inference reading comprehension passage worksheets to practice making predictions and inferences in the text for your 3rd-grade, 4th-grade, and 5th-grade students. This reading packet is great for classroom use, tutoring, or homeschooling. This comprehension packet contains 8 passages that are focused on this reading skill. Each passage is a page long with 5-6 comprehension questions. The teacher can use multiple-choice, short answer, or digital(Google Forms). The short answer option i
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3rd - 6th
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Junior Reading Comprehension Mystery Activity - Worksheets & Digital Game Pack
This Junior Reading Mystery is a fun way to incorporate reading comprehension, spelling, and the start of learning the art of deductive reasoning. The Case of Miss Muffet's Missing Muffins is the first in my new 'Junior Reading Mystery - Once Upon a Crime' series. It is structured and packaged differently from my more challenging Once Upon a Crime Reading Mysteries. The mysteries in this range are easier and target 1st Grade and 2nd Grade students (please note that the level of difficulty for yo
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1st - 2nd
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Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension Passages | Activities & Projects
This resource includes activities for 33 short stories and poems. The goal of this reading literature journal is prepare students to recall, understand, apply, analyze, and evaluate a variety of texts while also using creative mini-projects to help encourage deeper thinking! This resource has everything you'll need to teach a short story or poem once a week for the ENTIRE school year. ZERO prep necessary! Answer keys for the short stories ARE INCLUDED in this resource. NOTE 2: This resource ha
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5th - 9th
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CVC words reading passages BUNDLE Fluency and Comprehension Reading Sight Words
These no prep, short vowel stories will have your kindergarten and/or first grade students practicing phonics, fluency, comprehension and so much more. Each short story focuses on CVC words and sight words to build student's reading confidence. This comprehensive bundle includes all FOUR SETS of our popular CVC stories.Each set comes with 30 different stories for a total of 120 CVC reading passages.⭐ Spring Sale: 50% off for a limited time! ⭐How do I use these reading passages?I read the story
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PreK - 1st
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3rd Grade Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions | Toothy® Bundle
Have you heard of Toothy® yet?! Toothy® task kits are highly engaging games that allow students to practice reading comprehension skills by answering questions in a fun, motivating way. The answers on the back of the passages make the activity self-paced and self-correcting. Teach the rules for Toothy® once at the beginning of the year, then simply switch out the topic each week and use the activity all year! Toothy® Task Kits- an original idea from Angie Olson at ©Lucky Little Learners, LLC.⭐️D
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3rd
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Sequence of Events- Activities
⭐️✅Looking for a way to engage your students with retell and sequencing? This is perfect for students to show what they know! Answer keys included!✔️Cut and paste, worksheets, and activities✔️Susie works at the Zoo and loves her job. Mr. Farmer has a busy day! Molly is having a birthday party! Read the stories and order the events.✔️Maria is baking a cake, help her make her cake in the correct order✔️Sequence task cards for whole group or small group reteach if you like. Use as an intro to your
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K - 4th
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"Examination Day" Short Story Escape Room Activity: Practice Plot & Theme
Practice comprehension, plot structure, textual evidence, theme, and more with this engaging escape room for the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. If you've never read or heard of this dystopian/sci-fi story, check it out - it's the PERFECT accessible, high-interest, twist-ending story for middle schoolers. This activity can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will answer questions, identify elem
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6th - 9th
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Paper Bag Book Report Project - Novel Study Templates - Reading Comprehension
Paper Bag Book Report: Fun Book Report Project for ANY Novel or Short Story - This package is perfect for your upcoming novel study unit or short story unit, as it provides students with everything they need to create a Paper Bag Book Report on ANY novel or short story! All activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts, information sheets, detailed instructions, and templates! Two separate Paper Bag Book Report packages have been included: one for use with ANY novel, and one tha
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3rd - 6th
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Back From Winter Break Activities, Writing Pages, New Years Printables No Prep
The first week back from winter break can be hard to plan for, but you can add these fun activities and booklet to your lesson plans to make it a little easier! This pack includes a fun snowman craft, all about winter break booklet with New Year’s writing, and some “chat cards” to get your students up and moving! You can use the booklet throughout your whole first week back. It has lots of writing opportunities included. Ease your students back into school mode with the cards that get your stude
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K - 3rd
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Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Passages
Use these simple stories and comprehension questions to help your kindergarten students become confident early readers! Practice tracking, phonics, sight words, fluency, & comprehension all on the same page!
Included are 10 stories with easy to read CVC words and Kindergarten sight words. Each story is 5 lines.
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-2 fill in the blank/short answer comprehension questions
-2 multiple choice questions
-read and review CVC words: CVC words on the bottom of the passage for extr
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PreK - 1st
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Also included in: Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Passages {BUNDLE}
Easy Reader's Theatre Fairy Tale Scripts BUNDLE
***BUY THE BUNDLE AND SAVE 20%!***Reader's theatre scripts provide a perfect opportunity for repeated reading and fluency practice, but often, scripts are difficult for many of our early learners and emergent readers.These easy reader's theatre scripts are based on eight popular fairy tales. This bundle includes the following fairy tales:*Goldilocks and the Three Bears (6 parts)*Rumpelstiltskin (6 parts)*Hansel and Gretel (7 parts)*The Three Little Pigs (6 parts)*The Little Red Hen (6 parts)*The
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K - 2nd
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