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Free middle school short stories resources in English (UK)
Summer Stories Activity Pack - Reading Comprehension
Introducing the "Summer Stories Activity Pack" - a captivating collection of three engaging tales designed to make summer learning a breeze! "Fun in the Sun" - This story is accompanied by a sequencing exercise, perfect for developing critical thinking and reading comprehension skills. Children will love arranging the events in the correct order while enjoying the vibrant summer atmosphere."Camping Adventure" - This riveting story is accompanied by comprehension questions that challenge young mi
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4th - 6th
Story Setting Prompts - Narrative
Useful for quick 5 minute brainstorming activities, group activities, independent writing or NAPLAN planning for the narrative writing task.
Student LOVE using them! Print them 4 to a page and laminate for quick and easy activity cards.
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3rd - 6th
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Roll a dice make a story
Practice vocabulary about family, numbers, prepositions and places of the house with this activity with dice. You have to show the slide in each round and write the sentence according to the number of the dice to create a very original story.
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4th - 8th
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The Ant and the Dove - Comprehension Passage - Moral Story - Grade 3
2nd and 3rd Grade Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions - Worksheet - The Ant and the Dove
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PreK - 6th, Adult Education
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Escaping Pompeii Setting Description Narrative Writing WAGOLL (model text) KS2
A creative setting description WAGOLL (model text) themed around volcanoes.Suitable for UK Keystage 2 / USA 4th-6th Grades. Descriptive features include: powerful verbs, adverbs, expanded noun phrases, similes, metaphors and personification.Great for modelling!
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3rd - 6th
Differentiated 'MY HOLIDAY' Story Writing Template QLD lines
Differentiated QLD lines to cater to age levels and abilities. Each worksheet with the specific lines has another option that is a smaller version to help all student feel success!11 x PDF2 x JPG images of header
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PreK - 8th
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Beginning, Middle, End Graphic Organizer
Beginning, Middle, End graphic organizer great for elementary students!
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PreK - 6th
myPerspectives G7: Grounded - Literary Elements Review
This is a PowerPoint lesson designed for seventh grade students who use myPerspectives. It includes the following:- Review the literary elements (character, setting, plot, theme)- Summary of the short story (Grounded)- Speaking activity
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7th
The Night of the Gargoyles
A smartnotebook full of resources to support the teaching of the fabulous picture book 'The Night of the Gargoyles'. Suitable for 9 years +. This resource can be adapted and used over a few weeks to stimulate amazing creative writing. For more ideas check out my blog www.theliteracyleader.com.
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5th - 8th
Story telling pack
This pack contains templates to help children develop their story telling skills. Children think in images and then transfer these to words. Using a visual prompt will help sequencing, developing a story line and use key vocabulary in a context. The pack may be used with primary aged children and as an ESL, S.E.N and collaborative resource.
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1st - 6th
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Social Story- Broken Pen (it was an accident)
Social Story- A story that helps a child to understand a situation or event. This is a story I wrote one evening for a six year old girl I was working with.It is very basic and the illustrations are very simple.It helped her to understand that, sometimes things just happen by accident.It helped her to understand that, sometimes people can misunderstand what has happened.It helped her to understand that, If we use the wrong body language, what we are thinking may not be clear.It helped her to und
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1st - 6th
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10 easy texts for beginners
With these 10 easily written texts, students can learn how to read and practice scanning for information. The texts are about children who have to face with problems and find solution. You can also utilize these texts for other learning purposes, such as identifying verbs and subjects. It’s up to you how you want to make use of them. I wish you lots of fun and successful learning!
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PreK - 6th
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Exemplar English Extension 1 Creative Writing Story - The Flaming Ladder
Exemplar English Extension 1 Creative Writing Assignment that received full marks in an assignment on writing a hero's journey. Can be used as a reference for students.
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7th - 12th
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Mouse's Underground Adventure / Book Story / Short Story
The story of Max the Mouse is an exciting and adventurous tale that takes place in a small village nestled deep in the heart of a dense forest. The story follows Max, a curious and adventurous mouse, who loves to explore the world around him. One day, while gathering food, Max discovers a mysterious tunnel leading deep into the earth and decides to venture inside.As Max journeys deeper into the tunnel, he discovers a vast underground cavern filled with glittering gems, sparkling crystals, and pr
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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The Trial of the Big Bad Wolf
A Play for Middle Primary, a funny version of the 3 little pigs.
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3rd - 6th
Writing a Fable resource
A fun, original opening to a fable style story, which challenges learners to write an appropriate ending. Differentiated by outcome, this resources is appropriate for 2nd graders onwards. The exercise works well if the story is first read allowed, then the kids can start to generate their ideas on what should happen next.
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2nd - 6th
English lesson warm up games
27 Flashcards that can be used to support teaching in grade 6 and 7.
I use these as a warm up game.
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6th - 7th
Re-write the Text FREEBIE
Included is a mini writing assignment that I have used for an extra credit opportunity in Middle School ELA.Students will a novel being studied to re-write the climax of the story. In the past, I've used this extra credit assignment with: Flush by Carl Hiaasen, The Weirdo by Theodore Taylor, The Explorer by Katherine Rundell, and The Last Wild by Peter Torday -- all in a unit about the environment and conservation.*A link to the digital file is provided for completion online using Google Slides.
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4th - 7th
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Fairytale Adaptation Graphic Organizer
This is a graphic organizer for students to write fiction fairytale adaptations. It can be used for general fiction writing as well! Intro, main events and conclusion.
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2nd - 6th
Story Map
The story map is a graphic organizer that helps students create their own stories or learn the elements of literature as well as other subject matter. TIP: Use storycubes to create stories. You can roll 4 storycubes and place one of them in each element of the Story Map (setting, characters, problem, solution)
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1st - 7th
Writing Editing Poster
A poster to display for students to refer to when editing their work. It shows the different types of editing they can use when improving their work. This poster encourages students to focus on one component at a time, to produce better quality work. Students to use different colours when completing the different types of editing, so it is easier to see what type of editing they still have to do. Additionally, this helps with organisation.Colour & B/W copy included!__________________________
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2nd - 6th
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Also included in:Â Third Grade English Australian Packet
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"Games in the Graveyard" [*New Book Trailer]
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All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a short story that is based off of the novel, "Pure Iron Metal Head: Hideous Praxis." It centers around two junior highers (Colton and Dahlia), who are hanging out near an old pioneer graveyard. As they are sitting there talking, they run into a strange situation involving a boy named Crazy Charlie, his care giver and a group of rowdy boys kno
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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