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Short stories Common Core CCRA.R.8 resources under $5
"A Sound of Thunder" Short Story Stations: CCSS Print or Digital Google Apps
I just did an overhaul of this unit and created 12 short story stations that include a review of several literary devices, Sensory Imagery, Conflict, Hyperbole, and Symbolism, word wall activity, graphic organizers, constructed responses, and a mini-Socratic seminar. This short story has everything, time travel, a controversial presidential election,and dinosaurs.Ray Bradbury wrapped all of this together in a powerful short story rich with imagery and filled with literary devices. Use this less
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8th - 11th
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Historical Fiction Reading Passages and Questions on The Holocaust WWII
Help students analyze and understand the Holocaust with this standards-based, historical fiction story. In this passage, a depressed narrator takes the reader through a sensory journey of his surroundings in Auschwitz-Birkenau in his final days, while he questions his belief in God. This thought-provoking story will lead to strong discussion in your classroom. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources
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6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale Resources
"The Wife of Bath's Tale" from Canterbury Tales is so much easier and more enjoyable to teach with these resources! The story can be difficult for students to understand because of the Wife of Bath's numerous digressions, but these resources help them focus on what matters and help them strengthen their reading comprehension skills. Here's what's included:Resources for The Wife of Bath's Prologue Summary outline of the Prologue to the tale that sorts out the Wife of Bath's main points and puts t
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: British Literature Mega-Bundle
The Book of Unknown Americans Excerpt Unit Aligned with HMH 8 Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive unit over the excerpt from The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Into Literature HMH 8. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent argumentative unit. Skills covered include context clue vocabulary, drawing the plot, comprehension questions, theme, theme writing, imagery, figurative language, internal and external conflict, and supporting answers with tex
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
Short Story (any) : Writing Prompts Constructed Response Practice Unit
Let me make your life easier. Use these 13 constructed responses to test knowledge of the CCSS standards after any short story. They include questions about: theme, characterization, text structure, word use, literary devices, comparison and contrast of similar short stories, mood, tone, conflict, and more. I've also included a handy rubric for easy grading. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Check out these other
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
2BR02B By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. — Dystopian Short Story Analysis
In this resource, your students will read and analyze the dystopian short story "2BR02B" By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. where all aging and diseases have been cured, so now society must deal with the consequences of overpopulation. The story is pronounced "To be or not to be" symbolically alluding to Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. Included in this purchase:Suggested Lesson Procedure for teachers3 Pre-reading activities to build anticipation and personal connectionsPowerpoint presentation that includes: brief
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Demon Lover (Elizabeth Bowen) Literary Analysis Worksheets
These literary analysis worksheets for "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen will help you go in-depth on this complex short story and keep your students engaged with its many thought-provoking ambiguities. The packet includes:Background information about Elizabeth Bowen, The Blitz during World War II, and the literary influences that shape the story. 6 questions to check reading comprehensionPrompts for analyzing how the story features 7 characteristics common to gothic fiction and explaining ho
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Modernist Short Stories 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
Reading Passages Paragraphs Short Stories Comprehension Questions Worksheets
This 175 page PDF file includes 100 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topics include, but are not limited to, animals, food, sports, cars, family, science, school, and much more!These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5. Online distance learning6. Class work7. Independent
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Funny Short Story Teaching Guide Priscilla and the Wimps by Richard Peck
The best short stories for middle school students are the ones that are short, engaging, funny and authentic, since secondary grades have tough audiences! "Priscilla and the Wimps" is the perfect short story for your students and this is the perfect teaching guide for you. This teaching guide includes everything you need, especially graphic organizers and visual for all your students, but especially if they are multilingual learners or students with special needs. In the short story "Priscilla a
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Bundle Short Stories for Middle and High School
Reading Comprehension Mystery No Prep Worksheets - Critical Thinking & Inference
Are you ready to watch reading comprehension skills skyrocket?! These no prep worksheets are sure to be a student AND teacher favorite. Students solve the mystery and practice a variety of academic skills including; inferencing, critical thinking, problem solving, reading comprehension, and much more! The material is so fun and engaging, students won't even know they are actually learning! This activity can be used anytime of year and is a fantastic way to get students excited about learning.
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Mystery Inference Worksheets - 2 Reading Levels
Lesson Plan for "The Tell-Tale Heart"
This lesson plan for "The Tell-Tale Heart" can be used any time during the year, but I like to study this Gothic story around Halloween so that students can enjoy a haunting lesson while I still hit the standards.With your lesson plan for "The Tell-Tale Heart" purchase, you'll receive the following: "The Tell-Tale Heart" lessons (step-by-step) with TEKS and CCSS"The Tell-Tale Heart" PDF with lines for annotatinga sample of annotating with hashtagsa slideshow to introduce the mock trial to studen
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7th - 9th
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The Difficult Path by Grace Lin Short Story Unit Digital and Print
This is a comprehensive short story unit covering the short story The Difficult Path by Grace Lin. This is a story about a girl named Lingsi who is a servant for the Li Household. The short story is from the book Flying Lessons and Other Stories. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with Common Core Standards. Skills covered include mapping the plot, support with textual evidence, character inferencing, context clue vocabulary, comprehension, short response questions, theme,
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Flying Lessons and Other Stories Bundle Digital and Print
Funny Science Fiction Sci-Fi Short Story Teaching Guide The Zoo by Hoch
I am always looking for a great short, and I mean short, story that will engage my middle and high school students. If it is ironic and has humor- even better! This is why I chose the short story "The Zoo" by Edward D. Hoch. It is a science fiction very, short story for which I have created this teacher's guide. Most activities are various graphic organizer to make the learning visual. In the short story, "The Zoo" an intergalactic zoo comes to Earth with horse-spider aliens from a different pla
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Bundle Short Stories for Middle and High School
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Whole Book Quiz & Vocabulary Activities
Follow up your reading of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson with this engaging vocabulary Google Slides digital notebook and Google Form Quiz. The quiz is over the vocabulary words AND the entire short story. The digital vocabulary notebook includes a teacher notebook with answer key. Teachers can place the notebook on their interactive whiteboard and the whole class can drag and drop, match, and write the meaningful sentences together OR it can be assigned individually through Google Classroo
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7th - 12th
Reading Story with Story Elements and Writing Prompt ELA "Butterfly Pillow"
“Crack the Case” makes finding “evidence” to support text a fun learning adventure! Check out the Table of Contents below to view a highlight of the quality, science of reading, resources you will receive:Cover PagePage 1: Quality Short Story• Written by three-time Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthor, Angela Abbott• Character building passagePage 2: Character• In-depth activity to help students use text to identify character such as • Character age• Physical features• Personality• Thoughts/fe
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3rd - 6th
Culturally Relevant Short Story Teaching Guide No Guitar Blues by Gary Soto
The best short stories for middle school students are the ones that are short, culturally relevant, engaging and authentic, since secondary are tough audiences! "No Guitar Blues" by Gary Soto is the perfect short story for your students and this is the perfect teaching guide for you. This teaching guide includes everything you need, especially graphic organizers and visual for all your students, but especially if they are multilingual learners or students with special needs. In the short story,
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Bundle Short Stories for Middle and High School
Unreliable Narrator Short Story Teaching Guide Charles by Shirley Jackson
The best short stories for middle and high school students are the ones that are short, relatable, and funny (or ironic). This makes them engaging and authentic, since secondary are tough audiences! "Charles" by Shirley Jackson is the perfect short story for your students and this is the perfect teaching guide for you. If you haven't read "Charles", I don't want to spoil the twist ending, but suffice to say--an unreliable narrator might be involved! You'll love it and so will your students, even
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Bundle Short Stories for Middle and High School
Snow by Julia Álvarez — Short Story Analysis
Snow by Julia Álvarez is a short story about a young immigrant girl named Yolanda experiencing New York snow for the first time. This story is a quick read, excerpted from the novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, only 435 words in length!Alvarez captures the emotional struggle of adapting to a new culture, especially during a time of great turmoil. As if learning a new culture isn’t a challenge enough, Alvarez highlights how the transition goes beyond the obvious elements of finding on
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8th - 12th
CAMBIO DEL PERSONAJE (+20 TEXTOS) - CHARACTER CHANGE - Lección 3.1
Este producto está alineado con nuestra lección 3.1. Al comprar este producto podrá enseñar a su hijo/a a identificar el cambio de los personajes en un cuento. 3 niveles diferenciados para cumplir con las necesidades de lectores bajos, medios y altos.3 niveles diferenciados para cumplir con las necesidades de lectores bajos, medios y altos.Contiene: 4 hojas para examinar en la identificación de los elementos de un cuento de nivel 1 (2 exámenes) , 2 (2 exámenes) y 3 (2 exámenes).5 textos de nivel
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K - 5th
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Also included in: BUNDLE COMPRENSIÓN LECTORA (120+ TEXTOS) - GUIDED READING SPANISH
Paw Patrol Dinosaurs Movie Story Book -Fan Art for Reading Practice w Easel Quiz
This inspired by fan art created promotional story book is loosely based on Paw Patrol movie by Spin Master Entertainment. It includes an Easel Quiz that you can send to your students. What better way to help a child to read by having them practice with a topic that they love and know? Paw Patrol and dinosaurs! We highly recommend watching the movie coming soon in 2025 and we are promoting it by bringing this useful item to teachers and students.Ideas for using this PDF:Great for online teachers
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2nd - 8th
Alternative Summative Assessments: Any Novel or Short Story
Add interest and engagement to the end of your lesson by using a creative project based assessment instead of the common multiple choice test.I included four summative assessments that you may use with any novel or short story. These creative assessments offer an alternative to the standard test and allow students to creatively demonstrate knowledge of characterization, tone, mood, symbolism, etc.Each project is self explanatory and includes a page full of rubrics for your students.What Teacher
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
By Any Other Name A Short Quiz
A Short quiz about the short story "By Any Other Name" By Santha Rama Rau, this short multiple choice quiz provides a chance for the teachers to give a quick assessment and check for understanding after reading the text of the story. It is suitable for the students who want to review the story , and it can be used for online assignment and assessment.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Yellow Wallpaper Final Exam Test
Teaching the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper"? Assess your students' comprehension level and access higher order thinking skills with the "The Yellow Wallpaper" Final Exam. Questions include multiple choice, short answer, and a rigorous five-paragraph essay on the thematic message of traditional gender roles. Common Core aligned. Answer key included.Introduce this riveting short story with my engaging, student-friendly PowerPoint: "The Yellow Wallpaper" PowerPointNeed more products for "The Y
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Literary Horror Jumbo Bundle
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