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Free short stories resources for Google Apps
"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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ESL / ELL Short Reading + Task Cards | Level: Beginner Newcomer
This English Language Learner reading comprehension short story is perfect for ESL / ELL / ESOL learners in all classrooms. This comprehensible input story features early, common English words: this is, animal, person, is called, there is, says, is not, and I am alongside many cognates. This story is accompanied by 6 task / question cards for reading comprehension practice. Task cards include: multiple choice, matching, cognate recognition, drawing, & meaning association. This short story is
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2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL / ELL Short Reading + Boom Cards Bundle | Level: Beginner Newcomer
Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell Hero Journey, Free PDF & Google Drive materials
What do Harry Potter, Frodo, and Katniss Everdeen all have in common? All of their stories (and so many others) fit the classic storytelling pattern of a heroic journey, as established by famed scholar Joseph Campbell. Using many of the steps of the heroic journey as chronicled by Campbell, this lecture slide deck (download includes both Prezi and Google Slides versions) will allow you to connect the classic pattern to the stories our students love. From The Matrix to Star Wars to Finding Nemo,
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7th - 10th
Storytelling Arc, FREE Handout to Use With ANY Literature, PDF & Google Drive
This 2-page file (printable PDF & Google Drive version) includes a blank form and a completed sample to serve as a model for students. The sample is from my students’ study of Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado,” but you could use the blank worksheet with ANY book or short story.This activity is designed to work with fifth graders through high school seniors.Need a lecture to go along with this Storytelling Arc handout? A Prezi slide deck overview lecture is available for
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6th - 9th
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3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Narrative Writing Unit Sample - Story Planning Mini Lessons
Do your students need help planning out their narrative stories? Here are two FREE mini-lessons directed at helping students plan their stories out in a meaningful way.Download this free sample to get a peek at what my full writing units look like.This is a sample from my Narrative Writing Unit. Click here to view that unit.This resource includes BOTH printable and Google Drive documents. This will work for you if you are Distance Learning, Face-to-Face, or Hybrid.Students will start planning a
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3rd - 5th
The Lottery Shirley Jackson - Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Bell Ringers
Assess students’ knowledge of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” using these FREE reading comprehension questions! These bell ringer quizzes include six close reading questions that evaluate students' reading comprehension. Includes digital quizzes for Google Classroom®! Included with these Free Reading Comprehension Quizzes:✏️ “The Lottery” Reading Comprehension Quizzes - Digital & PrintSix close reading questions to evaluate knowledge and understanding✏️ Editable Reading Comprehension Que
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8th - 11th
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Problem and Solution Task Cards
If purchased, please leave a review :) Problem and Solution Task Cards- I decided to create this pack because I was in need of a set of comprehension passages that were child friendly and focused mainly on one comprehension strategy. This pack contains 10 passages that focus on identifying the Problem and Solution of the story. Having a set of focused passages makes it easy to follow-up with your whole group mini lessons and comprehension lessons within your small groups. These would also make
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1st - 2nd
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Journal Writing Prompts for Upper Elementary Free
Get ONE week FREE of no prep morning journal writing prompts perfect for bell ringers, free write, or writing centers. Included in this FREEBIE: 5 days worth of writing prompts! Comes in 3 formats- PDF printable, Google Slides digital for teacher display, and digital student journal. You can project writing prompt onto your board and have students write in journals or there is a digital journal version as well. This free week of journal writing prompts can be used at anytime of the year. If you
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Daily Morning Journal Writing Prompts Whole Year Bundle
Short Films FREE LITERARY ELEMENT DEVICES & TECHNIQUES GUIDE
Using shorts or other animated short films to teach literary elements and literary device is hands down the most engaging and effective practice in the ELA classroom! Students absolutely love learning with them! But, it takes forever to sort through thousands of films and figure out which literary elements correlate. This guide lets you bypass all of that and go straight to teaching! ❤ Personal Note: I have viewed and analyzed hundreds of animated short films (I'm kind of obsessed), choosing on
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4th - 8th
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Digital Resources Guided Reading Passages with Comprehension Free Samples
This free sample of my digital resources includes the DIGITAL format of my Guided Reading passages with comprehension questions, which are all set up within Google Slides. These are great to use in your paperless classroom to help your students improve their reading skills throughout the school year.Everything in this digital resources guided reading passages pack is done within Google Slides. Teachers and students simply need access to Google Slides. These digital resources are best shared via
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K - 5th
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FREE Making Inferences and Text Evidence Assessments - Pre and Post Test RL 6.1
Gain your class time back with these inferences quizzes! This pre and post-test set includes two reading passages and questions specifically designed to assess students' knowledge of common core standard RL 6.1, text evidence, and inferences. These passages are NO prep and were created to provide teachers with a QUICK glance of students' understanding of making inferences and text evidence. Does it feel like all your time is wasted taking a test about a test? These short assessments are less th
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6th
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The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors Create Your Own Battle FREEBIE!
Do your students LOVE The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors as much as mine do? I created these Google slides as a fun writing activity where they are able to create their own battles. The assignment asks the students to create a new page to add to the story. They create one new battle for each of the main characters; Rock, Paper, and Scissors. Great activity to add to writing centers, literacy centers, and much more!*Link in download*WARNING: The outcome is hysterical! Be ready to laugh at the fun
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3rd - 5th
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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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Mars Patel Podcast Season 1: Episode 01 Questions
Mars Patel Podcast Season 1 Episode 1 Questions | PDF and Digital Formats: Use this engaging podcast to keep students engaged while practising their reading comprehension skills. This resource contains 5 multiple choice questions for Season 1 - Episode 1 of the Mars Patel podcast. The questions come in PDF and Self-Marking Google Forms formats. Looking for a complete Mars Patel Unit? Click here. Teacher Feedback“My students loved this! It was perfect to get them intrigued to hear more!! The mul
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6th - 8th
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Short Films For The Birds FREE Literary Devices Elements & Techniques Activities
FREE PIXAR SHORT FILM DIALOGUE AND CHARACTER ACTIVITY that students will actually WANT to do! This digital GOOGLE SLIDES resource allows students create 5 dialogue scenes for the bickering birds in the film and an activity to analyze how the dialogue shapes the characters. The TEACH slide explains how writers use dialogue to develop characters, and reminds them to use quotation marks when writing dialogue. This is a simple, stress-free way for students to learn dialogue in a way they will neve
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4th - 7th
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Characters and Settings FREEBIE for Google Slides
This story element characters and settings FREEBIE comes with the following free activity:1- Character Sort1- Setting Sort1- Story Element Sort1- Story ComprehensionIt is perfect for:-small groups-large group lesson on Smart Board-homework-independent work-literacy centersIf you enjoy this freebie resource, you can get the full version below:⭐Characters and Settings⭐If you need similar resources like this freebie, check out my reading comprehension product line, bundle is also available if you
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K - 1st
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Bitmoji Virtual Classroom Background. Distance Learning - Google slides - Canva
If you download this freebie, please leave feedback....even if it's just two words...thank you. I would really appreciate that. Thanks!This is the Google Slides Version: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mrO-GjatMD90FY6dBM153jZ5xfJwNmQcV742b2TshW8/edit?usp=sharingCheck Bitmoji Science classroom and Laboratory Virtual Classroom Rules & Expectations - Bitmoji classroom rules 2020 Etiquette Check Bitmoji Classroom Greeting Choices - Social Distancing Greetings ( in english )Bitmoji Back
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PreK - 9th
Social emotional learning: Stand in my shoes
I have removed the URL's and 3 of the scenario slides from the preview to protect the integrity of the sale. Helping students understand the core value of empathy help's students strengthen their social emotional learning. In this product you will recieve a well thoughtout lesson plan from beginning to end. This lesson plan helps students to engage and work with one another while building their understanding of empathy. The lesson's focal point is the beloved book "Stand in my shoes" by Bob Sorn
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: 7 day Social Emotional Learning Unit
Short Story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury - Cite Literary Devices
This awesome science fiction short story is great for exploring beautifully executed literary devices and getting students to cite them such as: onomatopoeia and other sound words, concrete imagery, metaphors, similes, and dramatic irony. Students read a very short, very well-written short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury that is available free online. It was written in 1950 about a futuristic "smart home" that is alive with automation, but otherwise the occupants have perished
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5th - 11th
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FREE | The Tell-Tale Heart Lit Guide | Literary Devices | by Edgar Allan Poe
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story The Tell-Tale HeartIdentify examples symbolism and how they contribute to the storyIdentify the setting and how it contributes to the toneInsert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsIdentify and interpret foreshadowing and ironyDiscuss mental illness and addiction and its consequencesChallenge students to eva
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories | Bundle of 8 Lit Guides | SAVE 30%
Phonics Decodables for Variant Vowel au, aw, a, augh, al!
Introducing our Phonics Decodable Worksheets with Comprehension Questions pack—an engaging and comprehensive resource designed to enhance early literacy skills in a fun and interactive way! Ideal for educators, parents, and tutors, this carefully curated collection of worksheets is tailored to support young learners as they embark on their reading journey.Key Features:Systematic Phonics Instruction: The worksheets follow a systematic phonics approach, guiding learners through the step-by-step pr
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K - 3rd
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Also included in: Phonics Decodables: BUNDLE!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Slides for the How the Grinch Stole Christmas lesson. I use this lesson to keep my students engaged on the day before Christmas break! It is a really great lesson for character development.
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5th - 8th
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Fiction Reading Comprehension Quiz | Google Forms | Fifth Grade Literature
Elevate your 5th grade reading curriculum with our free, auto-grading Google Forms quiz. This standards-based quiz empowers students to uncover text evidence, compare and contrast, summarize, define unknown words, and analyze story scenes. Enhance comprehension as students engage with a suspenseful short story, honing skills in inferencing, text evidence citation, and more. Access instant data upon students' submission, guiding future instruction!Key Features:6-question Google Forms digital quiz
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4th - 5th
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