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Free high school short stories assessments
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Reading Test with Answer Key
A 25 question test to accompany the classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The test consists of 15 multiple choice questions, 3 short constructed response questions, and 7 vocabulary fill in the blank questions. An answer key is included.
Items include comprehension questions, figurative language devices, character analysis, story elements, and tier-two vocabulary words. The short response questions ask students to cite evidence to justify their responses.
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7th - 12th
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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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FREE Grammar in Literature Activity: Use for Any Novel!
Ready to show students that grammar is not just necessary, but beautiful? Use this multi-purpose activity to collect and examine grammar “in the wild” while reading!Use any of the three different versions/templates of this activity as:• Diagnostic: pre-assess what concepts students know (and can identify) in writing• Practice: formatively assess if students can identify a concept once you have taught it, OR provide sentences that students must label.• Focus: Look at just one grammar concept at a
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA
Free Short Story Rubric Creative Writing Peer & Teacher Editing
Creative writing rubrics
This two page document includes: one peer-editing rubric and one teacher grading rubric (the rubrics are the same, but labeled differently for each page).
Includes the following categories: creativity, plot, development of characters, organization, spelling, grammar, and a Liked It/Didn't Like It section. There is an explanation for every single point.
I use this at the end of our short story unit when students compose their own. Students love to read their classmates'
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
WH Question Simple Passage (3 Levels) SPED / Autism
Simple Wh Question passage with 3 Multiple Choice Comprehension Questions.3 Differentiated Levels based on picture symbol text support.Answer Key Provided.
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PreK - 12th
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The Black Cat (by Edgar Allan Poe) Questions + Key
This worksheet contains 22 questions over 'The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe. Most of these questions are simple recall or inference, although there are some questions that require basic knowledge of elements of fiction (describing the type of conflict, etc). The last question is actually a request for the student to write a compare/contrast essay. A thorough answer key (with citations as to where I found the answer) is included in this document.
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7th - 10th
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Greek Mythology-The Monster in the Maze Assignment FREEBIE!
After reading "The Monster in the Maze" while studying Greek Mythology, students will enjoy this assignment handout. The first part asks students to navigate their way out of the maze to escape as Theseus did after defeating the Minotaur. While simple, students will learn to connect ideas and thoughts from the activity to the text they just read. They will see how difficult it must have been for Theseus to find the monster and how difficult it would have been if Ariadne hadn't been there to help
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6th - 12th
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Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Organizer and Paragraph with "The Tell Tale Heart"
Many middle school students need a formula for writing- one that will serve them well in more than just English Language Arts Class. Whether we ask for a short answer, a paragraph, or a full essay, students should utilize a format like Claim, Evidence, Reasoning, or C.E.R. (I use this acronym with my classes, but I used to refer to this as A.C.E. answers to my students: Answer, Cite, Explain.). This resource asks students to practice responding to a short question and a longer one, both requiri
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7th - 9th
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Harrison Bergeron Short Story Test
This 12 question multiple-choice quiz plus 1 short answer and 1 bonus essay assesses student understanding from recall to high-level inferencing using text evidence questions for the short story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut.The story is a dystopian science fiction piece about society in 2081 where individuals are forced handicaps to make them intellectually and physically equal to everyone else. George and Hazel Bergeron have their 14 year old son, Harrison, taken away because of his exc
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9th - 12th
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Write a Fractured Fairy Tale
Tips, directions, and rubric provided for creating a fractured fairy tale. It is now properly formatted. :)
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1st - 12th
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Paired Text: Nonfiction and Poetry
A paired text with pre-reading discussion questions and post-reading analysis questions. Amy's Tan's "Fish Cheeks" is a memoir and is paired with the poem "Masks" by Shel Silverstein. Both texts explore themes of self acceptance and identity.
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7th - 9th
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El hombre, el niño y el burro - Preterite vs Imperfect
This is a really fantastic tale of the Man, the Boy, and the Donkey (El hombre, el niño y el burro), and your students can choose between the preterite and imperfect while reading it, along with answering the 11 questions.
¡Qué sea a su total agrado!
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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R. Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter" Jigsaw Activity
This activity should be used after reading and discussing the text. It can be used as an individual activity or a cooperative learning activity. It can also be used to check for understanding and as an alternative assessment. I have included an answer key. I have other items for sale dealing with this short story.
In addition, you can extend this activity by changing the order of one of the items and have students explain how it changes the plot of the story.
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8th - 10th
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Harrison Bergeron Teaching Kit
This kit for teaching Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron includes probing story introduction and discussion questions, questions for each section, a final project, and a final quiz.
NOTE: This kit includes questions specifically tailored for Kurt Vonnegut's Harrison Bergeron as written for McDougal Littell Literature: Student Edition Grade 10 2008 (pages 34-40).
Questions and question ideas are original and include variations of McDougal Littell suggested.
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9th - 11th
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Keystone Test Prep-Fiction Module-Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes
This unit contains the short story Thank You, Ma'am by Langston Hughes, as well as comprehension questions written in the style of the Keystone Exams/Common Core, and a constructed response essay assignment. Also included is an answer key for the comprehension questions. Enjoy!
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9th - 12th
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The Monkey's Paw 3-Part Short Story Quiz
This 33-question multiple-choice quiz is divided into three sections that assess close reading and figurative language, inferencing, and vocabulary skills for the short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs. This way, teachers can measure student understanding of various skills and provide mini-lessons as necessary.The story is a supernatural tale about an enchanted mummified monkey’s paw that grants its owner three wishes, but at a terrible price. It’s gothic theme and ongoing suspense throug
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7th - 10th
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Historical Fiction Story Rubric
Looking for a way to marry concepts from history/social studies class with creative writing?
This is a very detailed rubric to use when writing and/or scoring a historical fiction short story. The quality of student work is sure to increase if you are willing to teach and provide this sort of rubric before the assignment is due.
It is a four-point scale for six criteria (twenty-four possible points). One point is given to those who submit their work on time. Multiply all points by four, to g
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7th - 9th
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Picture description
Describing a scene; black and white at an advanced level; mostly applicable for elderly with Aphasia or any other neurocognitive or acquired disorders, effecting their speech and language abilities.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Greek Mythology- The Flight of Icarus Reading Quiz FREEBIE!
After reading "The Flight of Icarus", this product is a great assessment to see if students comprehended the events and characters in the story. This reading quiz has 10 questions and students must answer in complete sentences to practice writing skills.
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- The Monster in the Maze Assignment FREEBIE
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4th - 12th
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Short Story Creative Project and Rubric
This creative project assignment was designed for a ninth grade English class, but could be adapted to a middle school ELA class as well. Students are required to choose an object of significance from a short story read and discussed in class (a list is provided on the assignment sheet, but can be edited). They must use basic materials at home to recreate the object, using textual evidence as a guide. Two different rubrics are included for grading flexibility.
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7th - 10th
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Flowers for Algernon Test
A final test over the story Flowers for Algernon. This one is a little lengthy because it also served as their final.
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8th - 9th
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A Sound of Thunder: Creative Writing Assignment & Movie Guide
I created this document seven years ago after I taught a 9th-grade co-taught LA/ EL class. It is a simple six-page document. You can use the first page as a filler or a fun activity to discuss some questions after watching the 2005 movie "A Sound of Thunder." Here is a link to the movie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318081/https://www.amazon.com/Sound-Thunder-Edward-Burns/dp/B000GONM78/ref=sr_1_1?crid=E4H7UIHKJDOW&keywords=a+sound+of+thunder&qid=1674266206&s=instant-video&spref
Grades:
6th - 10th
The Monkey's Paw Vocabulary and Guided Reading Questions
The worksheets contains some key vocabulary terms as well as guided reading questions for The Monkey's Paw. The question types range from simple reading comprehension to deeper level understanding and inference based answers.
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8th - 10th
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Dialogue Writing to Explore Theme, Conflict, Plot, Characterization
Readers as Flies on the Wall?...What profound conversations would Hamlet have with Romeo? Or Steinbeck's George Milton with Walter from A Raisin in the Sun? What would the most pathetic character in literary history have to say to the most despicable or the most admirable if they could both leap off the pages of their respective novels or short stories to meet in a world of your student's making. The possibilites for profound and perceptive conversation are limitless and your students have an op
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6th - 12th
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