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8th grade short stories projects for Google Apps
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
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in:Â Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
Editable Spanish Project for Spanish 1 Present Tense | Mi Librito
This editable project is a great assessment for a Spanish 1 class in middle or high school. Students are prompted to design a character and create a visual presentation to introduce them. They will use Spanish subject pronouns, ser, adjectives, gustar, and the present tense of AR verbs (or more!) Students are prompted to create a presentation (can be digital on Keynote, Google Slides, etc.) that will serve as a great review of all the skills they have learned so far!The project will be an opport
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â Spanish 1 Mega Activity Bundle
High School Short Story Unit Technology Projects for ANY Story Analysis
Increase student engagement and enhance your short story unit with 3 literary analysis projects that include a great motivating tool – technology! This teaching bundle includes all of the materials, grading rubrics, student project sheets, and implementation guides for three technology projects designed to be used with ANY short story. Implement these creative high-interest activities and projects throughout the year!Each of the three resources includes access to a project model that will motiv
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7th - 10th
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Literary Crimes:"Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," & "The Landlady"
After reading "Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Landlady," students will become the detectives and analyze the murderers in each story! In this activity, students will fill out a "case file" for each murderer where they will summarize, make inferences, and cite text. Then, they will select one character and respond to the narrative writing prompt. This product includes an outline to help students prewrite.
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6th - 9th
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Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions
Book Report Digital Projects for Any Novel or Short Story - Video Introductions: Ditch the traditional book report and use these six creative digital alternatives suitable for any novel or short story instead. Engage even your most reluctant students with this comprehensive digital bundle, which includes everything you need to implement these innovative projects. Each digital assignment is accompanied by a captivating hand-drawn video introduction by John Spencer, designed to hook students from
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7th - 10th
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Narrative Writing | Creative Short Story Assignment
This writing assignment walks students through the creation of a narrative, short story. The resource includes 3 separate templates, each with its own design: there is a template created for Google Docs, a template created for Google Slides and a PDF template. The two digital versions are both editable, making it a perfect resource for both in-person and virtual learning! It will also allow you to differentiate the assignments to fit your classroom’s, and individual student’s, needs! The PDF ver
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5th - 9th
The Monkey's Paw Digital Owner's Manual - Google slides - Halloween Short Story
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 - conveniently on Google slides!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✅ Stude
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7th - 10th
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The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Alternate Assessment - Children's Book Project
Step into the magical world of "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry with this Children's Book Project—an exciting and imaginative way to assess student comprehension that isn't just another quiz! If you've just uncovered the beauty of this timeless short story, this resource is your gateway to unleashing creativity in the classroom. This is the perfect winter writing activity for the day before winter break, Christmas time, or any time in the month of December to add some spice to the holiday seas
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7th - 10th
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Also included in:Â The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry Short Story Bundle
Short Story Literary Analysis Projects Using Technology - Short Story Unit
This short story unit project will sharpen your students' critical thinking skills and provide an outlet for their creative expression! Who says literary analysis activities must be prescribed and boring? Your students will engage in higher levels of thinking as they analyze and select more than one source type (including multimedia) to showcase their close reading and knowledge of a short story.For their final projects, students create interactive books using Google Slides with representative m
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8th - 11th
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Also included in:Â High School Short Story Unit Technology Projects for ANY Story Analysis
World History and Mythology Student Presentations for Mesoamerica
Elevate your history curriculum with this comprehensive mythology lesson that utilizes book talk presentations, hexagonal thinking, and more to transform learning into an exciting and meaningful exploration of ancient civilizations. Studying mythology can offer valuable insights into ancient civilizations by providing a window into those societies' beliefs, values, and cultural practices. Pair mythology seamlessly with your social studies textbook reading using hexagonal thinking and the paired
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â World History and Mythology Bundle
UNIT PLAN: The Short Story and Narrative Structure
This is the first ELA unit for incoming 9th grade students meant to develop foundational reading and writing skills. The focus of this unit is to develop and refine comprehension skills for understanding narrative texts, including character development, setting, plot structure, and theme. These baseline comprehension skills of narrative texts will be present in all units throughout 9th grade ELA and through all other ELA courses. Students will read short stories in order to analyze the author’s
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6th - 12th
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The Most Dangerous Game Activity Flyer Project - Short Story Analysis
"The Most Dangerous Game" short story unit activity provides a creative way for students to show their literary analysis skills! This digital flyer project exemplifies the personalized learning model and provides you with a unique assessment for your short story unit.Students demonstrate their knowledge of the text in a creative way while still requiring story analysis and textual evidence. They'll create a digital flyer based on Richard Connell's famous short story using symbolic images, relev
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8th - 11th
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Short Story Analysis Project - Digital & Print!
The Short Story Analysis Project is a fun and engaging assessment for the middle school or high school English classroom! For this task, students will be asked to demonstrate their ability to analyze the fictional elements (plot, setting, theme, conflict, character, literary devices) within a short story and make real-world connections! In groups of 2-3, students will read and analyze a short story of their choice (with teacher approval) then conduct a 20-minute mini-lesson that includes activit
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8th - 11th
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World History and Greek Mythology Student Presentations for Ancient Greece
Elevate your history curriculum with this comprehensive Greek mythology lesson that utilizes book talk presentations, hexagonal thinking, and more to transform learning into an exciting and meaningful exploration of ancient civilizations. Studying mythology can offer valuable insights into ancient civilizations by providing a window into those societies' beliefs, values, and cultural practices. Pair mythology seamlessly with your social studies textbook reading using hexagonal thinking and the p
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â World History and Mythology Bundle
Short Story One Pager Summative Assessment
This assessment allows teachers to assess student knowledge and understanding of various literary terms and concepts by using a short story as an anchor. This assessment is intended to be summative in nature, and provides students with the opportunity to not only show that they can define basic literary terminology, but also that they know how to find it, and how it is used to develop ideas within a text.
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8th - 12th
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"The Tell Tale Heart" Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
There is a ton of figurative language in "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe! This allows you to have students match the figurative language terms, identify examples, and then choose one example and make it come to life!Note: You need to make a copy of the file that is located in the eye. I cannot share it with your students.
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6th - 12th
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Short Story Unit Activity for ANY Short Story - Short Story Assessment Project
Ban those boring worksheets and try this interactive short story activity instead! This High School English and Middle School ELA reading project is designed to be used with any story. Literature will come ALIVE for your students while they create a dynamic, interactive image based on their reading!Students will love to showcase their knowledge of story elements through the use of multimedia, such as sound files, songs, images, videos, and hyperlinks to related websites. Each resource that stud
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7th - 12th
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Also included in:Â High School Short Story Unit Technology Projects for ANY Story Analysis
Foreshadowing and Predicting Case File For The Landlady - Digital & Print
Dive into "The Landlady" with this Case File project! This assignment includes predicting, foreshadowing, textual evidence, and characterization! This unit is completely digital and can also be printed for face-to-face learners!
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6th - 11th
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Tone and Mood Rollercoaster Poster Project
Welcome to the Tone and Mood Rollercoaster Poster Project! This engaging teaching resource offers a dynamic way for students to explore the nuances of tone and mood in any literary text while also fostering collaboration and inclusivity in the classroom.The purpose of this project is twofold: first, to help students identify and analyze shifts in tone and mood throughout a story, and second, to provide a creative outlet for representing these shifts visually. By mapping out the fluctuations in t
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5th - 12th
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The Waves of Mood and Tone
Welcome to "The Waves of Mood and Tone" project! Originally designed for the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, this project can be adapted to suit any literary text. It's an outside-the-box endeavor that encourages students to think creatively and engage deeply with the mood and tone of a story.This project offers students the opportunity to explore the emotional nuances of a narrative through sound, utilizing their creativity to select and manipulate audio elements that reflect the
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7th - 12th
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World History and Mythology Student Presentations for Ancient Egypt
Elevate your history curriculum with this comprehensive mythology lesson that utilizes book talk presentations, hexagonal thinking, and more to transform learning into an exciting and meaningful exploration of ancient civilizations. Studying mythology can offer valuable insights into ancient civilizations by providing a window into those societies' beliefs, values, and cultural practices. Pair mythology seamlessly with your social studies textbook reading using hexagonal thinking and the paired
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â World History and Mythology Bundle
World History and Mythology Student Presentations for Ancient India
Elevate your history curriculum with this comprehensive mythology lesson that utilizes book talk presentations, hexagonal thinking, and more to transform learning into an exciting and meaningful exploration of ancient civilizations. Studying mythology can offer valuable insights into ancient civilizations by providing a window into those societies' beliefs, values, and cultural practices. Pair mythology seamlessly with your social studies textbook reading using hexagonal thinking and the paired
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â World History and Mythology Bundle
World History and Mythology Student Presentations for Ancient China
Elevate your history curriculum with this comprehensive mythology lesson that utilizes book talk presentations, hexagonal thinking, and more to transform learning into an exciting and meaningful exploration of ancient civilizations. Studying mythology can offer valuable insights into ancient civilizations by providing a window into those societies' beliefs, values, and cultural practices. Pair mythology seamlessly with your social studies textbook reading using hexagonal thinking and the paired
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Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in:Â World History and Mythology Bundle
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