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Middle school short stories assessments $5-10
The Fall of the House of Usher Unit: Close Read, Vocab, Activities, Test, & More
Looking for engaging materials for "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that your students will enjoy and not complain about? This unit will have your students interacting with this difficult Poe text in no time.What's included . . .► Step-by-step, day-by-day lesson plans for 6 days. ► Daily aligned Common Core Standards► Clean copy of original story ► Clean copy of abridged story for struggling readers. (All the meat without the wordiness and about half the length of the original
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Complete Unit - Digital & Print
5th Grade Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions Set A (#1-10)
These are passages that students can use to practice their fluency. There are also comprehension questions included for each passage.There are 3 sets of Fluency Passages (Set A, Set B, and Set C), if you want to get them all!These are also available online as a Google Slides product: Fifth Grade Fluency Passages with Online Timer (Google Slides) Digital LearningCheck out all my other fluency passages for grades K-6:Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions
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4th - 6th
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The Most Dangerous Game Unit - CSI Style, Test, Plus Much More - Digital & Paper
“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell is a high-interest story for middle and high school students, so the activities that accompany it must be appealing as well. This unit contains plenty of activities to engage your students and make them think at the same time. ⭐You can purchase the paper only or the digital only. See related products at bottom for links. "Most Dangerous Game - CSI Plus Much More! Unit Includes: ► Vocabulary Context Clues with answer key ► Reading Guide with answer ke
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7th - 12th
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The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM (Shirley Jackson)
Get ready to have the most fun you'll have teaching with a lesson that your students will be talking about for years to come with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery ESCAPE ROOM!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct a full-length Escape Room for Th
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Vocab, Comprehension, Assessment
A perfect slightly spooky (and semi-comedic!) tale for the fall season, this classic short story by Washington Irving has been adapted to three different levels to cover needs from upper elementary to middle grades. I have personally used these versions of text with GT 4th graders, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Having adaptable versions also makes it so easy to differentiate within the same classroom!Help students dig into and enjoy the rich aspects of this classic poem with this Close Reading Shor
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Close Reading Unit Bundle
"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin - Engaging Tasks - Digital & Print
Looking for some fresh ideas to use in teaching "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin? This is such a great story with a surprise ending! You can easily teach inference skills, foreshadowing, characterization, and women's roles in the 1800s using this story.What's Included . . . ► Step-by-step lesson plans ► Instructions for how to add the Google Slides to your Learning Management System► Clean copy "The Story of an Hour" in color Google Slides or black & white printable► Reading/Thinking Gu
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7th - 12th
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Reading Fluency Passages & Comprehension Social Media Theme 6th Grade Level
This packet contains 8 fluency passages with accompanying comprehension activities. The fluency passages range from 6.1 - 6.9 Flesch Kincaid readability levels. They are all on a sixth grade reading level. Each passage describes a different social media platform including Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube and Vine. They are all nonfiction informational text. Using one fluency passage per week, this would provide interventions for 8 weeks. For each passage there is a teac
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Fluency & Comprehension 6th Grade Bundle
6th Grade Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions Set A (#1-10)
These are passages that students can use to practice their fluency. There are also comprehension questions included for each passage.There are 3 sets of Fluency Passages (Set A, Set B, and Set C), if you want to get them all!These are also available online as a Google Slides product: Sixth Grade Fluency Passages with Online Timer (Google Slides) Digital LearningCheck out all my other fluency passages for grades K-6:Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions
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5th - 7th
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Reading Comprehension - ELA
The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach the main idea, summary, theme, tone and mood, and more. This 8-day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school and high school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Poe's classic macabre tale. You will be provided with all the resources you need to assess student understanding and help them develop their creativity and writing skills
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6th - 9th
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Mystery -The Adventure of the Speckled Band Comprehension Unit Print & Digital
This classic short story will have your students analyzing details and making inferences. This is a fantastic mystery unit that works well in a class of diverse learners. I teach this to my accelerated class, my resource students, and my ESL group. Distance Learning: The worksheets are in Google Slides to use digitally and to easily assign by Google Classroom. For students without technology print PDFs for send-home packets.Here is what is included:★"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" - full t
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6th - 10th
The Scholarship Jacket Mini-Unit (Great for Distance Learning)
Engage your middle schoolers with a short story about fairness, integrity, and overcoming prejudices. "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas is a great story to teach character analysis, theme, and critical thinking skills. Everything you need to support student comprehension, foster text-to-self connections, and assess learning throughout is included. This unit is the ultimate resource for differentiated learning and text analysis anchored in a central text.As part of the mini-unit, you will
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6th - 10th
"Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto Quiz (PARCC Based)
The "Seventh Grade" Quiz contains 10 multiple choice text dependent questions with evidence based answers based on "Seventh Grade" by Gary Soto.The questions are set up like the PARCC assessment containing a Part A and Part B for every question. Part A asks the question, and Part B asks students to find the evidence to support the answer in Part A.NEW: Included in this PDF, is a live link to the Google Doc File. You may make a copy, edit, and push it out through Google Classroom.If you like this
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6th - 8th
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To Build a Fire Unit by Jack London: Stations, Test, Activities, Vocabulary
Looking for ready-made lessons for "To Build a Fire Unit" by Jack London that will interest, engage, and challenge your students? This unit comes with everything you need to teach this short story from start to finish!What's included . . .❶ Step-by-Step Instructions❷ Daily Bell Ringers that are relevant to the story❸ Pre-Reading hypothermia task with answer key❹ Reading guide with answer key❺ Station Tasks that require close reading, analysis, and synthesis of text. Students will dig into the st
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: American Literature Full Year Curriculum Plus Writing & More BUNDLE
DAZE Practice Passages #74-83 Dibels (4th-6th)
I have created these passages to help students practice for the DAZE Dibels assessment.
Each passage includes words in boxes. Students need to circle one of the words that makes the best sense in each sentence. There is an answer key for each passage.
These passages have THREE answer choices.
Check out all my other DAZE practice passages for grades 1-6:
1st Grade to 6th Grade DAZE Practice Passages
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: DAZE Practice Passages #74-140 Dibels (4th-6th) **BUNDLE**
The Lottery Activity - Global Rituals Real-Life Comparison Worksheets and Rubric
Explore modern, real-life parallels from around the world using this comparison activity for Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery!” Students will compare the conformity, superstition, and blind tradition in this short story with six unique rituals from around the world. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Comparison Activity for Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”:✏️ “Global Rituals” Informational Handouts - PrintFlashcards highlight rituals from Scotland, Iceland, Borne
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8th - 11th
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"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" Complete Unit (Print + DIGITAL)
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is known as one of America’s first short stories. This classic story by Washington Irving is still loved today, 200 years after it was first published. Great story for Halloween!This complete unit was written by My Reading Resources, and it focuses on vocabulary. The unit includes: Student Packet - 18 pages of short answer questions, multiple choice, and writing prompts designed to address many CCSS for grades 6-12 (digital option)Vocabulary cards with several game
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6th - 10th
The Pit and the Pendulum BUNDLE | Annotated Text and Assessments Print & Digital
45 pages of annotated teacher versions and blank student versions (original and two abridged versions of the text) WITH literary and vocabulary assessments included as well as a creative theme-based poetry project.RELATED PRODUCTS:The Raven - a lesson in comprehension, annotation, and poetic devicesA Creative Project for The Cask of Amontillado - Create an Original Coat of Arms"⭐Follow me for new products, sales, and freebies!
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7th - 12th
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Sherlock Holmes Unit Bundle
The Sherlock Holmes stories are a breeze to teach with this cohesive unit! The BritLitWit Sherlock Holmes Unit Bundle includes introductory materials to orient students to the texts, resources for three stories, a final assignment (with three variations), and bonus materials for variety and fun! Here are the contents in more detail:Sherlock Holmes Introductory Slides: Includes a five-question anticipation guide that gets students thinking about the importance of observation and the popular appea
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7th - 12th
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Fifth Grade Cloze Reading Passages Set A (#1-10)
These are 10 Fifth Grade Cloze Reading Passages. The passages include missing words that students fill in from the word bank. There is an answer key included.Directions: Read the words in the box above the passageRead the passageReread the passage and write one of the words from the box on each lineEach word can only be used ONCEReread the passage again to see if it makes senseCheck the Answer Key when finished There are 3 sets of Cloze Reading Passages (Set A, Set B, and Set C), if you want to
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Fifth Grade Cloze Reading Passages Sets A to C **BUNDLE**
3 Sounds of -ed for Intermediate Grades- Orton Gillingham Print and Go!
Older kids need phonics too! This pack includes everything you need to teach The 3 Sounds of -ed to intermediate kids.What's included:Step-by-step TEACHER'S GUIDE that includes:phonics and morphology pattern explanationmulti-sensory practice ideaslinks to all our favorite FREE online videos and games (found in Reading Rev's Favorite Online Link List)differentiated word lists (basic, intermediate, & advanced words that all follow the phonetic pattern)differentiated sentences for fluency and d
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2nd - 6th
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On the Sidewalk, Bleeding Short Story Unit Resources
This is a collection of resources that would support a unit with a focus text of the short story, "On the Sidewalk, Bleeding". There are a variety of formative resources included that focus on literary elements: mood, theme, symbol, characterization, plot. There are also pre and post quizzes (with answer keys) and a culminating activity with an assessment tool and exemplar.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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MYTHS - Six Greek and Roman Myths with Complete Text & Quizzes|Distance Learning
This mythology unit has the full text of six myths - two Greek myths and four Roman myths. These are great to use by themselves, in literature centers, as supplements to your mythology unit, or to fulfill CCSS ELA Reading Literature #9 which requires comparing two different pieces of literature with the same theme. Included are:- Six Myths - the full text of each; each on one page - two Greek and four Roman; see preview for the list, please.- A half-page quiz for each: five true/false quest
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5th - 9th
"Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Quiz (PARCC Based)
The "Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed" Quiz contains 9 multiple choice text dependent questions with evidence based answers and one question that asks students to put pieces of the story together to form a summary (Just like PARCC will ask them to do).
The questions are set up like the PARCC assessment containing a Part A and Part B for every question with the exception of the summary question. Part A asks the question, and Part B asks students to find the evidence to support the answer in Part
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6th - 8th
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The Wise Old Woman Activity Pack
This Bundle Includes: -Five daily journals-Spelling words from the text-Vocabulary from the text-A non-fiction article-A standardized test-like understanding check for the article-Mood and tone sheet-Story timeline template-Six constructed response questions-A story quiz that supports standardized testing-Another perspective writing assignment-Suggested lesson plans-Answer keys
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6th - 9th
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