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Short stories projects
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.âś…While t
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7th - 10th
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Writing Fractured Fairy Tales (LapBook & Graphic Organizers)
Fractured fairy tales take the traditional fairy tales that you know and change them. Elements such as the characters, setting, point of view or plot might be changed.What is included in this resource?Graphic Organizers:* Prewriting brainstorming (2 worksheets)* Planning Story Elements* Planning Story Sequence* Comparing Stories*** An informational sheet about fractured fairy tales is also included.Mini-LapBook:Students will select a traditional fairy tale and write a new fractured version of
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3rd - 4th
Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Fiction Reading Response Book Report
Short Story and Novel Assignments - Fiction Reading Response Book Report: Gone are the days of boring book reports and reading responses! This multi-faceted resource provides fun ready-to-use assignments that will work for any novel or short story that your students are reading. Each of the one-page assignments can be printed and handed to your students – it’s that easy!What’s great about these activities is they can be used at any of the middle and high school grades, but have also been succes
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5th - 9th
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Also included in:Â ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS RESOURCE BUNDLE
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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Also included in:Â All Things Reading Literature BUNDLE: Middle + High School Reading Resources
Personal Narrative Writing Unit for 4th and 5th Grade | Full Lesson Plans
This is a "no prep" personal narrative unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models are included. Print out the pages you need, and you're all set to teach your students how to write great narratives! This complete unit can be used on its own, or in addition to your Writing Interactive Notebooks! It's great for teaching your class about personal narrative writing! Common Core Standard Aligned - preview for the alignment guide. Works great with other standards!Click "preview" to se
Grades:
4th - 5th
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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Creative Narrative Writing Unit Grades 4-5 | Prompt, Graphic Organizers, Rubric
This is a "no prep" unit, meaning that all of the organizers and teacher models are included. Print out the pages you need, and you're all set to teach your students how to write incredible creative narratives! This complete unit can be used on its own, or in addition to your Writing Interactive Notebooks! It's great for teaching your class about creative narrative writing! Common Core Standard Aligned - preview for the alignment guide. Works great with other standards!Click "preview" to see a l
Grades:
4th - 5th
Characterization Creative Novel Project for Any Novel or Story Character Head
Includes rubric with 15 check points.
Rubric guides students to a high quality product.
Includes character head template.
Includes pictures of
10+ student examples.
Great for summer reading projects.
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6th - 12th
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Summer Reading Creative Novel Project for Any Novel or Story Character Head
Includes rubric with 15 check points.
Rubric guides students to a high quality product.
Includes character head template.
Includes pictures of
10+ student examples.
Great for summer reading projects.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Secondary ELA Curriculum - Full Year of Interactive Notebooks (grades 7-10)
These units for Interactive Notebooks create a whole year of Secondary ELA lessons. Your students will create organized reference tools to show their learning, all while maintaining creativity and choice. These lessons, activities, and assessments are perfect for grades 7-10.Key takeaways of this full year of Secondary ELA:✅ Short Story Unit✅ Novel Study ✅ Drama Unit ✅ Poetry UnitUse this resource as you read any texts! The Short Story Unit and the Poetry Unit come with plenty of suggestions, bu
Grades:
7th - 10th
Flowers for Algernon Multiple Intelligence Projects and Rubrics
It was such a great resource to give my students choice on their projects. They enjoyed creating and sharing them with the class. The rubrics made grading a breeze. Thanks!" - Teaching with Motherbird"Loved this resource! We had our students take the multiple intelligences quiz and then choose activities that aligned with their results." - Stephanie B.This multiple intelligences project list is designed for use with Daniel Keyes's short story, "Flowers for Algernon."The project list is based on
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7th - 10th
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The Hero's Journey | Movie Analysis | Short Story Writing | Activities
This Hero's Journey activity package contains a variety of activities relating to the Hero's Journey as explained by Joseph Campbell. For this activity, students practice their Hero's Journey analysis skills by viewing a heroic movie of your choice (a variety of examples are included), and using the included worksheets to discuss how each stage of the Hero's Journey can be seen. Students then use an included template to illustrate and write their own short stories, following the stages of the
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4th - 7th
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Also included in:Â Middle School ELA Emergency Sub Plans - No Prep English Sub Plans - May
Creative Writing Project: Rewrite a Fairy Tale | Editable, Printable, & Digital
Have students rewrite a fairy tale in this imaginative, fun, and scaffolded project for creative writing students! Teach point-of-view and other story elements without spending days helping students get over their writer's blocks with this Rewrite a Fairy Tale Project.For this fairy tale rewrite project, students will learn about point-of-view before applying a new one to a well-known children's story by rewriting a tale from the villain's perspective. Using the included slideshow, teachers will
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9th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Creative Writing: Complete 9-Week Class & Curriculum for High School
Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Fiction Reading Book Report (Vol 2)
Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Fiction Reading Book Report (Vol 2): Gone are the days of boring book reports and reading responses! This multi-faceted resource provides fun ready-to-use assignments that will work for any novel or short story that your students are reading. Each of the one-page assignments can be printed and handed to your students – it’s that easy!What’s great about these activities is they can be used at any of the middle and high school grades, but have also been s
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5th - 9th
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The Cask of Amontillado Fun Creative Project | Create an Original Coat of Arms
This is a fun, creative project to use before, during, or after reading "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor mentions his family's coat of arms on several occasions in the story, which reinforces the story's theme of revenge. This project gives your students an opportunity to create their own using Montresor's coat of arms as a model. There are 7 different blank templates provided in the document for you and your students to choose from. On the back of their coat of arms, ha
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7th - 10th
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Tacky the Penguin Craft | Helen Lester
Here is a fun and easy craft to go with the book Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester. You and your students will love the end results!
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PreK - 5th
The Monkey's Paw Owner's Manual - Halloween Short Story Activity - W.W. Jacobs
Wrap up your thrilling journey through "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs with a bang! This is the perfect activity to not only ensure your students truly grasp the short story, but also unleash their boundless creativity. Your students dive back into the text, but this time, it's a whole new adventure. It's a fantastic way to reinforce their comprehension and at the same time, supercharge their creative writing skills! Here’s what you’ll get:✅ Teacher guide✅ Student directions + rubric✅ Booklet
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7th - 10th
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The Elevator Short Story Units - Middle School Short Story - Reading Task Cards
The Elevator by William Sleator - Complete Short Stories with Reading Comprehension Questions and Task Cards - This package contains everything you need to teach this spooky short story, including The Elevator comprehension questions, answer keys, short story annotations activities, biography, task cards, and graphic organizers. These elevator activities are classroom tested and include creative handouts templates, and detailed instructions. Very little teacher prep is needed – simply print and
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5th - 8th
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British Literature Activities, Bell Ringers, and Projects Bundle
Breathe life into your British Literature classes with the following fresh, new ideas! This resource includes bundled bellringers, creative activities, and a British literary movements project.Provide your students with meaningful opportunities to connect to British Literature authors, themes, and literary periods. This teaching bundle fosters text-to-text, text-to-world, and text-to-self connections with modern day teens! The British Lit Teaching Resource Bundle includes two resources that ar
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10th - 12th
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi WANTED Poster Final Project
This final project requires students to read and reflect upon the classic short story "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," by Rudyard Kipling. The focus of this assignment is CONFLICT and CHARACTERIZATION. It allows students the freedom to "become" whichever character they wish, while analyzing that character's interactions with everyone else in the story.
This assignment is differentiated for all levels of students, and includes a teacher example as well as student examples.
There are several pages to this d
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6th - 8th
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"Masque of the Red Death" Symbolism & Color Analysis + Masquerade Mask Project
This product includes:Color Symbolism Chart with pre-filled meanings, perfect to use as a handout or for students to place in a journalColor Symbolism Chart with blank column for meanings, enabling students to do their own research for each color, or to fill in as they take notes"Masque of the Red Death" symbolism analysis assignment + teacher keyMasquerade Mask Project w/ instructions + rubric"Masque of the Red Death" is the perfect story to use when teaching symbolism. The assignments in this
Grades:
8th - 12th
Comparing Myths & Legends Writing - Greek Myth Medusa & Iroquois No-Faced Doll
Your students will love this reading and writing assignment that compares the Greek Myth of Medusa with the Iroquois or Haudenosaunee legend, The No-Faced Doll”. While Greek Mythology and Native American legends may seem like two very different genres, with little to no similarities, think again! This project asks students to compare myths and legends from two very different cultures, finding both the similarities and differences. Through this common core linked project, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade
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4th - 6th
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Also included in:Â Paired Texts: Comparing Myths & Legends from Across Cultures
"Masque of the Red Death" Symbolism Analysis Floor Plan Activity
Edgar Allan Poe's short story "Masque of the Red Death" is an allegory, so the focus is on symbolism and setting in this post-reading floor plan activity. To begin, students work in small groups to decode the symbolism of characters, colors, and features of the castle as they closely examine descriptions from the text. This activity is also a good opportunity to discuss the link to Shakespeare's "Seven Ages of Man" and other historical texts with information included in this activity. Next, th
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8th - 12th
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Flash Fiction: Art of The Short, Short Story - High School Creative Writing Unit
Flash fiction, the shortest of the short story, is perfect for teens to write. But difficult, at the same time. They struggle with compacting their many ideas into one coherent, creative, powerful piece...and that's the beauty of constructive struggle. In the process of writing these very personal short short stories, students are able to create plot maps, characters, conflicts, work with others, give and receive feedback, and present their creations. Included in this newly updated bundle: **31-
Grades:
8th - 12th
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