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High school short stories research under $5
Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt
This resource features a comprehensive list of questions to introduce the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe. Students will be shocked to learn some of the gruesome details of his life. This resource works great as homework prior to beginning your Poe unit or can be done in the classroom with computer access.Resource includes:15 questions about Edgar Allan PoeFull answer keyList of credible websites for students to explore when looking for answers__________________________________________________
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle
The Tell-Tale Heart — Guilty or Not Guilty Trial Activity using Textual Evidence
Guilty or not guilty?! Let your students decide the fate of the narrator from The Tell-Tale Heart!This activity requires research, critical thinking, close reading, literary analysis, and finding textual evidence to justify responses. Students will research the different degrees of murder in the United States. Then they will take on the role of the judge for the trial against the narrator in the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Students will use both critical thinking skills and e
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: The Tell-Tale Heart Reading Comprehension Activities BUNDLE
AP English Literature Research Paper Assignment
This is the research paper assignment that I give my AP English Literature students, though it could be used for any upper level high school English class. The assignments asks students to make a literary argument about the short fiction of a writer of world literature.
The assignment requires students to blend their own analysis of literature with several published works of literary criticism. It requires students to synthesize close readings of two or more short stories by their writer with
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11th - 12th
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John Updike A&P Short Story Quiz
John Updike's Short Story A&P Quiz - Includes 20 questions and answers to assess student comprehension and understanding. Also great to be used as a Research Paper Idea (See my Short Story Research Assignment)
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8th - 12th
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Urban Legend Webquest
An 18 question mini research assignment on urban legends.
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7th - 10th
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A Creative Research Project for Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day" {CCSS}
This activity is the perfect way to blend research and creativity! It is CCSS aligned and best used after students have spent time reading and comprehending Ray Bradbury's short story, "All Summer in a Day." It easily complements any science-fiction, dystopian, or short story unit!
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-Provides students with clear guidelines and four web links to reliable sources.
-Includes graphic organizer with columns for tracking sources, recording information, and evaluating recorded information (cr
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6th - 9th
Animal Book Report- Non-Fiction Animal Study
I used this book report after introducing informational texts to my students. I had them split into groups and use non-fiction books to study each of the animals. They had to first learn about it themselves, and then introduce the animal to a peer. It was a great way to encourage presentations as well.
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2nd - 9th
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3-LS2-1
Author Introduction: Ray Bradbury Biography, Bio, All Summer in a Day, CCSS
This Ray Bradbury intro lesson bundle includes two great activities for teaching students about the life and biography of Ray Bradbury and helping them analyze his famous short story, "All Summer in a Day." The highly engaging, CCSS aligned Ray Bradbury biography activity is designed to look like an Instagram profile/post that students fill out using their own research on the author. The short story analysis activity (a digital or printable gallery walk) helps students collaboratively discuss im
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8th - 11th
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"Threading" Document
What is Threading? Life and literature are all about creating connections. Now that students have read a text in its entirety and completed an array of activities on it, they are pulling out some small “threads” or ideas they are curious to learn more about or want to connect to other knowledge they have about the world. A Thread is any idea, concept, event, reference, etc. that generates additional thinking…and makes you want to research to find out more about it. This threading tracker has st
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9th - 10th
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Also included in: Lit. Circle Bundle
Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel" Reading Guide
Arthur C. Clarke's "The Sentinel" is a short story written in the 1950s that details the discovery of an alien artifact on the moon. The story formed the basis for Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it can also provide an interdisciplinary experience for science students. As a teacher, I assign the story in a class dealing with Astronomy of the Solar System along with stories by H.P. Lovecraft (The Colour out of Space) and Ray Bradbury (The Martian Chronicles: The Third Expedition
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Three Science Fiction Stories Bundle
Edgar Allan Poe Digital Scavenger Hunt for Distance Learning
This digital resource features a comprehensive list of questions to introduce the life and times of Edgar Allan Poe. Students will be shocked to learn some of the gruesome details of his life. This resource works great as homework prior to beginning your Poe unit or can be done in the classroom with computer access. As a Google Apps document, this resource is made with distance learning in mind and is therefore completely paperless.Resource includes:15 questions about Edgar Allan Poe on Google s
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8th - 11th
Folklore Research Project
This project is designed to allow students to do research on different kinds of folklore and turn their work into a poster project to share with the class. Students will read and share the story, as well as look into the history and culture where it came from, characterize the protagonists, as well as determine the type of folklore (myth, legend, tall tale, urban legend, or fable).Included in this resource are the directions, rubric, lists of folktales for students to choose from, and an answer
Chaucer Scavenger Hunt
This is an Introductory Activity that I used to introduce Geoffrey Chaucer to my English IV students before they read The Canterbury Tales.
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10th - 12th
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Martian Colony Project
This is a fun and creative project for students to complete after reading "Dark They Were & Golden Eyed" by Ray Bradbury and/or any other type of science fiction stories. It allows students to be creative in a small group setting, while also using critical thinking skills both independently and in their group. Students create their own colonies on Mars by submitting a proposal, creating a flag, writing a pledge and much more!
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4th - 9th
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Veterans Day Activity; The Wall Comprehension
Looking for a fun way to teach Veterans Day? This is an interactive presentation made on Canva. The Canva link is on the slides if you would like to make a template on Canva to share; You can use this as Google Slides also. The presentation includes a story (The Wall by Eve Bunting) and Comprehension questions. This also has a virtual field trip the The Wall Memorial. The students will explore the virtual field trip and write a short 5 sentence essay about their experience.
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4th - 9th
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SANTANATAS (A Christmas Movie) - Short Cinema Animated Mystery Indie Movie
SANTANATAS (A Christmas Movie) - Directed, Written, Edited, Acted, Sound by Curt Eric Clendenin. Voice of Rainbow Crow - Jenny Clendenin Kruger. Voice of All Seeing Eye - Britt Schissler. This Short Cinema by Curt Clendenin is a Holiday sci-fi, animated mystery. It's created with a smart phone camera, using whatever editing apps and resources available. It is great for film teachers to show their students as an example of intriguing movies that are possible to make very quickly, with a small cre
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9th - 12th
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Sports-History Analogies: 1992 NBA Dream Team and the Founding Fathers
**The link below is for all 20 sports-history analogy readings and activities, being sold now for a special discounted price!
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Engage students with these sports and history analogies!
This analogy comes from a series of sports-history comparisons in Nick's store, comparing American sports figures to American historical figures.
This product compares the greatest teams in political
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Cask of Amontillado - Catacombs of Paris
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe always freaks the students out a bit. If you want to freak them out even more, use this download that introduces the Catacombs of Paris.
10 questions, one after each paragraph of the Wikipedia article (linked and legal to use), followed by open source photos of the catacombs. Yes, you could easily create this on your own, but you don't want to spend another prep period or night at home creating this assignment when it's right here for you.
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8th - 12th
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The Monkey's Paw pre-reading questions
This is a list of at least 6 questions for the students to research and provide for class before reading the short story, The Monkey's Paw. The questions are ways for students to visualize the topic of the short story as well as parallel the vocabulary list.
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6th - 12th
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Washington Irving WebQuest
This WebQuest about Washington Irving is an engaging online learning activity designed to help students explore this renowned American author's life, works, and significance. Through carefully crafted questions, students delve into Irving's biography, his contributions to literature, and his impact on American culture.In this WebQuest, students will explore his life and times. They will:1. Investigate Irving's early life, background, and the factors that influenced his writing.2. Explore some of
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Bundle
LAST COVER by Paul Annixter - Quiz, Vocabulary and more
For this story with conflict between man and nature, here is a quiz to check on students' comprehension as well as an essential question to challenge their thinking. Included are -- Quiz; two pages - identify who said or did, indicate whether statements are true or false, multiple choice (from a choice of three), and essay questions,- Word Study - with spelling ladders and synonym/antonym identification exercise and some definition responses,- Short Word Search, on Word Study page,- Essential Q
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6th - 9th
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Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles: "The Third Expedition" Reading Guide
Ray Bradbury's "The Third Expedition" is a scary short story that describes fate of an expedition of humans to Mars. The story is a chapter from Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles, and is appropriate for literature study. The story can also provide an interdisciplinary experience for science students. As a teacher, I assign the story in a class dealing with Astronomy of the Solar System along with stories by H.P. Lovecraft (The Colour out of Space) and Arthur C. Clarke (The Sentinel).The relative
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: Three Science Fiction Stories Bundle
Edgar Allan Poe Background and Spanish Inquisition Webquest
This assignment is a pre-reading research assignment for Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum." It has students find basic background information about Poe's life, as well as information about the Spanish Inquisition which is the setting for the story. Several useful websites are provided as a starting point for students.
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9th - 12th
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Pentecost Projects - Create Picture Books!
This project allows students to demonstrate in a creative way what they have learned about Pentecost. Included is a PowerPoint with guidelines the students will need to complete the project. The first two slides provide an outline to create a picture book about Pentecost using art supplies. For a second option, the last two slides provide an outline to create a picture book that is totally digital by using Google Slides. Students are encouraged to work in groups on this project and to read the
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6th - 10th
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