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Higher education short stories pdfs
The Masque of the Red Death - Poe - ESCAPE ROOM - Engaging Activity
Engage your students and practice literary analysis with this engaging, elaborate ESCAPE ROOM for Edgar Allan Poe's Masque of the Red Death. This escape room activity can be facilitated virtually, traditionally, or with a blended/hybrid approach. Get ready to creep your students out even more as they attempt to escape the Red Death at Prince Prospero's masquerade!This sequential escape room takes students through 7 "rooms" (like the story) or challenges. The challenges start simple, with reading
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle: Engaging Activities
MURDER MYSTERY I. - 5 MURDER MYSTERIES TO SOLVE
Five murder mysteries for the students to solve. Students need to solve the mysteries by analyzing clues and testimonies. Fun activities that the whole class can enjoy when learning about detective stories or at any time during the school year. Solution and the instruction to each case included.
It can be purchased as a bundle together with my other murder mysteries:
MURDER MYSTERY BUNDLE
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Monkey's Paw Simplified Halloween Story - TPT Digital and Google Classroom
An adapted text version of the Halloween classic story to assign on TPT Digital, through Google Classroom.Have you ever wanted to read "The Monkey's Paw" with your class but knew your students would be put off by the language? Then this is perfect for you!The chilling classic is adapted to make it accessible to less advanced readers, special education classrooms and intermediate ESL and EFL students. It also makes a fine story for the regular ELA classroom.Tackle vocabulary and ELA critical thin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: The Monkey's Paw - 2-Level Adapted Text Bundle - ESL Halloween Fun!
The Fall of the House of Usher: A Mini-Unit! *Snapchat Activity Included!*
#TheFalloftheHouseofUsher #EdgarAllanPoe #Snapchat #AmericanLiterature
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Need a lesson that lasts in your students' minds for more than 10 seconds? This Edgar Allan Poe mini-unit can help students understand "The Fall of the House of Usher" with a modern twist! This activity pack hits many standards: h
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Murder mystery - Solve the original case of Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band
Students work with the Doyle’s story in a fun and engaging way. It has been written out in the form of clues. There are 25 clues to solve this mystery. Students can get them all at once and then they try to solve the case or you can make it more fun and for example hide the clues around the classroom or them away as some kind of reward – I do that when we are reviewing some area we have already covered – when the group answer the question (from the area that is being reviewed) correctly they wil
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Raven- Edgar Allan Poe- A Mini-Unit!
Raven: "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
#TheRaven #EdgarAllanPoe #Poetry #AmericanLiterature
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This lesson is can also be paired with Edgar Allan Poe- A CSI Activity!
In need of extra activities and resources to enhance your Edgar Allan Poe unit? The Raven- A Mini-Unit activity pack will help you guide your students in a better un
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Egg by Andy Weir Modern Short Story + Media Analysis PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Looking for a short story from a modern writer that’ll get students reading and thinking? “The Egg,” a short story by The Martian author Andy Weir, will hook teens’ attention and hopefully inspire them to think deeply about how we treat each other.Although not particularly religious, the story centers around a God figure talking to his supernatural child. The story includes a bit of science fiction and a bit of philosophy. It’s just under 1,000 words, a very short read.In this 45-minute lesson,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Devil and Tom Walker: Mini Unit! ~ *MEME* Activity Included!
This product is a mini-unit on The Devil and Tom Walker by Washington Irving.
#TheDevilAndTomWalker #WashingtonIrving #AmericanRomanticism #Romanticism #MemeActivity
This Washington Irving classic is updated for the current classroom! This lesson helps with understanding the author, reading comprehension, and understanding literary devices (satire) with a creative MEME worksheet! Help your students understand Tom's dealings with the devil with this mini-unit!
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*Washington Irving B
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Minister's Black Veil: A Mini-Unit!
In need of materials that will compliment your unit on The Minister's Black Veil? This *Mini-Unit* can help fulfill many Common Core standards with a variety of activities!
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Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography! (With check questions!)
Vocabulary Worksheet! (**KEY INCLUDED!**)
Quickwrite Activity- A glance into the past!
Study Questions (**KEY INCLUDED!*)
Connecting the literature graphic organizer! (Example response included!)
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Creative Questions for ANY Novel or Story Editable Distance Learning
Use these creative question prompts with any book, short story, or play to generate critical and creative thinking! They can be used for large class discussions, small group discussions, bell ringers, exit slips, literature circles, station work, etc. These are perfect for distance learning!This pack includes:• 180 prompts in a ready-to-go PDF file in task-card format (4 per page)• 180 editable slides in Google Slides™ that can be customized and shared digitally with your students for a paperles
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
Stephen King's Quitters Inc. (Night Shift) Short Story Materials
"Quitter's Inc." Short Story Literature Guide
This file contains vocabulary, anticipatory questions, comprehension questions, post questions, figurative language activity, and extended activities (research projects and collaborative activities). It also contains the story.
Quitters Inc. by Stephen King is a story about a man who decides to quit smoking after a friend recommends Quitters Inc. to help him. But he doesn't realize at the time how costly the consequences may be if he cheats.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle for Distance Learning or Print & Go
Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" 25-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 25-question multiple choice quiz is on Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the characterization, color symbolism, conflict, dialogue, figurative language, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, plot, setting, subtext, symbolism, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" 25-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 25-question multiple choice quiz is on Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the character archetypes, characterization, conflict, connotation, figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, inferences, irony, morals, plot, setting, subtext, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literary Elements & Techniques (Student Reference)
This is a great reference for students to use when reading short stories, during novel studies, and to refresh student memory before starting final assignments.
There are over 50 elements and techniques included in this reference sheet:
- Narrative Point of View
- Setting
- Plot
- Figurative Language
- Conflict
- Theme
- Symbol & Motif
- Irony
- Plot Techniques
- Plus Many Other Important Terms!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin - Quiz & Test
A multiple-choice quiz and a quick-grading short-answer test for Kate Chopin's short story, "The Story of an Hour." Contents:15 Multiple-Choice Question Quiz5 Short Answer Question TestScoring Guide with Suggested Rubric for Short Answer QuestionsAnswer Key (Including Suggested Answer Content for Short Answer Questions)This is a flexible pair of assessments for Chopin's widely-anthologized and widely-read short story, "The Story of an Hour."The focus of the questions covers a range of areas - fr
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Ken Liu's "The Paper Menagerie" Anticipation Guide and Comprehension Questions
The following seven worksheets/handouts are an anticipation guide, comprehension questions, and discussion questions to guide readers through and after Ken Liu's 2011 award-winning short story "The Paper Menagerie." The first page is an anticipation guide and ask students to agree or disagree with statements that relate to the conflicts and themes of the work. Pages two, three, and four contain comprehension questions or short answer questions that guide students to actively analyze the work's c
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Roald Dahl's "The Landlady" 20-Question Matching and Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 20-question multiple choice quiz is on Roald Dahl's short story "The Landlady." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the characterization, conflict, dialogue, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, plot, subtext, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fresh Ink: Workbook for "Eraser Tattoo" by Jason Reynolds
NO-PREP workbook for "Eraser Tattoo" by Jason Reynolds. A short story from Fresh Ink: An Anthology.Pg. 0: Contents pagePgs. 1-2: Reading comprehension questions & vocab activityPgs. 3-5: Character graphic organizersPg. 6: Story mountain graphic organizerPg. 7: Story review form Pg. 8: KeyDetails> 23 reading comprehension questionsThree types of questions: Short Response (complete sentences not required) Complete Response (complete sentences required) True/False > "Complete Response"
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7th - 9th, Higher Education
Book of the Month Activites for Children with Autism- "The Mitten"
This is one of the Book of the Month- Interactive Activities for Children with Special needs. This bundle focuses on the children's favorite, The Mitten, by Jan Brett. In this bundle you will find a bunch of hands on activities for your pre-readers:
-Picture Vocabulary Cards
-File Folder Game. Picture to Picture matching
-File Folder Game. Picture to Word matching
- Math Worksheets
-Writing Worksheets
- Following Directions Worksheet
- Comprehension Question Flash Cards.
- Take Home Book Repor
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Figurative Language Short Passage | Set 1 | Close Reading | ELA Writing Activity
This Figurative Language Short Passage Set is a no-prep, printable close reading activity that's perfect for middle school and high school. This is a 205-word passage filled with 14 examples of figurative language, such as hyperbole, metaphor, simile, and personification. I’ve found that although my students can tell me the definition of these terms, simile is the only one they can truly pick out in a text. As a result, their writing is filled with overused similes that need work! This figurati
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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I'm Moving Social Stories
Have a student in your classroom who is moving? These two social stories can help you talk to your class and the student about the changes that are coming. Print them in color, laminate and use them over and over again.
"Saying Bye to Friends" is a social story for you to read to the whole class. It describes how they might not see their friend every day anymore, but they can still be friends.
"I Am Moving" is a social story written for the student who is moving and it aims to help them see
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Worksheets Summer School ESL Homework
Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Worksheets Summer School ESL HomeworkThis 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, family, sports, and science.These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5.
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Elements of Fiction Test
This test covers the elements of fiction and plot analysis. This test goes along with the Elements of Fiction Presentation and Elements of Fiction Quiz (also available in my TPT store). There is also an answer key to the test included in this bundle.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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