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Short stories Common Core CCRA.R.8 graphic organizers
2BR02B By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. — Dystopian Short Story Analysis
In this resource, your students will read and analyze the dystopian short story "2BR02B" By Kurt Vonnegut Jr. where all aging and diseases have been cured, so now society must deal with the consequences of overpopulation. The story is pronounced "To be or not to be" symbolically alluding to Shakespeare's play, Hamlet. Included in this purchase:Suggested Lesson Procedure for teachers3 Pre-reading activities to build anticipation and personal connectionsPowerpoint presentation that includes: brief
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit Analysis Activities Lesson
Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart is one of his most classic and engaging works! This unit for Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart will engage students, while teaching them to analyze and think critically. This Edgar Allan Poe unit is fully comprehensive. From opening vocabulary activity to closing trial verdict, students will have to delve into the text and give the story and speaker a thorough inspection!This BUNDLE saves you 20% and includes:-A pre-reading vocabulary activity for eight high-leve
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7th - 10th
Interpreter of Maladies Short Story AP Literature Activities + Original FRQ2
Guided and scaffolded close reading of the short story, “Interpreter of Maladies” from Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prixe-winning novel of the same name. Students delve deeply into characterization in terms of description, motivations, attitudes, and relationships.Culminates in an original FRQ2 prompt.Suitable for AP English Literature and Composition, Short Story, or upper high school English courses. This activity focuses on the two primary characters in the short story, Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi.Th
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde Guided Reading Worksheets and Projects
Introduce your students to the classic tale of "The Happy Prince" by Oscar Wilde with this comprehensive guided reading resource. This resource includes carefully planned activities to develop students' communicative skills and deepen their understanding of the story.This resource includes a summary of the story, comprehension questions and answers, vocabulary exercises with a key, critical analysis and theme exercises with a key, essay questions, class discussion prompts, plot analysis theory,
Grades:
6th - 9th
“The Jade Peony” Short Story Unit Plan – 18 Tasks w/Organizers and Rubrics
“The Jade Peony” Short Story Unit Plan – 18 Tasks w/Organizers and RubricsThis learning resource includes 18 rigorous unit learning tasks for Wayson Choy’s short story excerpt, "The Jade Peony,” from the longer novel. You are receiving the learning tasks, rigorous graphic organizers aligned to each core skill, and rubrics to score the students’ writing. The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of the most rigorous state standards. The graphic organizer
Grades:
6th - 10th
O. Henry's "The Sleuth" ~ A Parody of Sherlock Holmes' stories
After Reading O. Henry's "The Sleuths," students will analyze how the author develops his short story as a parody. Prior knowledge of Sherlock Holmes is needed for students to be successful with this analysis, so teachers may assign watching several episodes of classic Sherlock Holmes television shows. These are available on YouTube for free. (This could be a fun classroom activity!) To help with comparison, a Venn diagram is used to identify similarities and differences between a Sherlock Holme
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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STAAR or Other State Assessment 10-Day Adversity Unit
This unit consists of a plan of 10 days of activities in preparation for the state assessment. It includes short stories, and poems, which all have the theme of adversity. Each text has questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies an author uses to convey his message. These are higher-level thinking rather than content based questions. Some of the texts also include summarization and imagery identification charts. The daily revising and editing warm-ups are also i
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7th - 10th
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FREE Sample: Flowers for Algernon: Student Reading and Writing Packet
Get a sense of the critical thinking, reading, and writing skills that your students will engage in with this unit as they read Daniel Keyes’ short story “Flowers for Algernon” with this free sample from the Flowers for Algernon Critical Reading and Writing Packet This resource includes material for Progress Reports 1-7, the introductory section of the story. Resource OrganizationPurpose for Reading Questions help students to comprehend the text. Review these questions with students before
Grades:
7th - 10th
High School English Graphic Organizers - Back to School
Graphic organizers are an incredible way to help students organize their knowledge and thinking. For all learners, especially visual, graphic organizers are a fantastic way to get those brain juices going!This product includes a variety of graphic organizers to help students in grades 6-12 organize their thoughts, including: A Pinterest board organizerA Star Wars pros/cons organizerA character profile organizerAn observation organizerA text evidence organizerA KWL organizerA story chart organize
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6th - 12th
Also included in: High School English Back to School Bundle
"The Lottery" Bundle
Included:-Notes-Vocabulary-Essay Prompt, Outline, Notes FormWill be updating with full instructions soon!
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Grades:
7th - 12th
'Solving Mysteries is a Cynch' Short Story - Reading Strategies
‘Solving Mysteries is a Cynch’ is a Kibit sized novel. About 11,000 words. It is officially a short story about tiny Halfling people who are very forgetful. Pender and Fezda are brother and sister who like to play but run into trouble. They must overcome their size and age to solve a mystery using a magic wand toy (Cynch) that they found while playing.
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The full 11,000 word story
8 pictures students may color
Graphic Organizers to help students learn summary skills as w
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4th - 8th
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Shared Inquiry Discussion Preparation Sheet
Standards addressed: RL/RI.7.1, RI.7.5, W.7.2Any story, any question - print or assign online, and teach!This one page (front and back) assignment provides a template for students to prepare for a discussion focused on one question. This could be used in Socratic Circles with one essential question or in Shared Inquiry Discussions to help students gather evidence and prepare before the discussion is held in class. Students have a space to write the discussion question you provide, and a space to
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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