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Short stories Common Core RL.7.3 graphic organizers
Pixar Shorts Films NARRATIVE WRITING THEME PLOT LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS SEL
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF PLOT AND FULL NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT for GLUED! Google Slides and Worksheets. This adorable animated short film is perfect for teaching PLOT, THEME, CHARACTER TRAITS & MOTIVATION, CONFLICT, SETTING, FORESHADOWING, AND NARRATIVE WRITING in the most FUN AND EFFECTIVE way! In this workshop, students are guided through a full interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've gained in the workshop to create their own narrative
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5th - 9th
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone Teleplay Complete Unit Pack
This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's teleplay The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the script from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay is not included, as it is not in the public domain.You will get the following materials:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Ele
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6th - 8th
Short Stories with Comprehension Questions - 11 Short Story Units - Annotations
This giant Short Story with Comprehension Questions Bundle contains 11 of my best selling products bundled together for a heavily discounted price! Perfect for short story reading comprehension, it has a variety of different short story activities, as well elements of literature activities and notes. This package has enough resources to keep kids engaged while learning about literary elements.✅Please check out the thumbnails and individual products in this bundle for detailed descriptions and im
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6th - 9th
Science Fiction Short Stories Unit - Elements of Science Fiction Introduction
This Science Fiction Unit Bundle contains four different Science Fiction short story units, including All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury, Rain Rain Go Away by Isaac Asimov, Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, and The Veldt by Ray Bradbury. Each resource contains a complete short story unit with questions, graphic organizers, answer keys, and more.Also included in this bundle is a complete Introduction to Science Fiction. This contains detailed student notes and information all about this exciti
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6th - 10th
Charles by Shirley Jackson Short Story Complete Unit of Study
“Charles” by Shirley Jackson is the perfect story to launch or add to a Short Story Unit. Its “just-right” length and relative simplicity makes it a great mentor text for teaching and/or reviewing the parts of a story. “Charles” is an engaging and humorous story to which any student can relate.This resource includes a variety of activities reflecting attention to Bloom’s taxonomy for deep and meaningful processing.Organizers and activities designed to foster close reading.* 55 + pages of materia
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5th - 10th
Rigorous Short Story Lesson Plan "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl
“Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl is a classic short story about a pregnant housewife who completes and covers for an unthinkable crime. All materials provided offer multiple opportunities to critically evaluate character motivation, plot elements, cite evidence and evaluate irony! The lesson also includes engaging extension activities. ★ Common Core Aligned Questions from the text w/Answer Key ★ Discussion Questions ★ Graphic Organizers ★ Writing Extension Activity (4)This resource is perfe
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7th - 9th
Also included in: Rigorous Short Story Bundle - Common Core Aligned
The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Unit - Reading
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that is filled with suspense and will keep them on the edge of their seats? Look no further than “Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an on-going
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories - Short Stories Units - Reading Task Cards
A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury Close Reading Google Annotation Project
"My students were just breezing by the text just so they could be done. They didn't stop to read closely, make predictions, and notice the literary devices that lent to the tone and theme of the work. Mrs. Anderson's guided reading Google Slides force my students to slow down and really absorb everything. She breaks the text up into digestible chunks that students can tackle while sprinkling in literary analysis and thematic questions in a way that does not intimidate students. What's great is t
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6th - 12th
Elements of a Story Graphic Organizer & Passages - PDF & Digital
Quickly teach or review elements of a story with this handy graphic organizer and short story reading passages! This no-prep resource makes it simple for students to practice reading for plot, setting, character, conflict, and theme. All five elements are packed into one versatile plot diagram, and each reading passage focuses on one element for deeper comprehension!(Don't miss the rest of my bestselling Middle School Reading Bundle!) This resource includes the following digital versions:Google
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Middle School Reading Comprehension Bundle - PDF & Digital
Text Dependent Analysis Writing, Citing Textual Evidence, Outline, Organizer
Teaching character analysis, irony, theme, opinion, and symbolism using text dependent analysis has never been easier! These in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompts guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay focusing on textual evidence as support. The bundle includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, an argumentative writing outline, instructional video, detailed lesson plans, and the complete texts of
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6th - 8th
Story Elements Passages & Graphic Organizers - PDF & Digital
Looking for short, engaging stories to teach story elements? These story elements graphic organizers with aligned reading passages make it super easy to teach the five elements of a story - plot, setting, character, conflict, and theme. Each fiction passage is a clear example of one of the elements and comes with comprehension questions and a graphic organizer to help students map the plot, analyze character traits, find text evidence of themes, and more. If you teach story elements, you won't w
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of a Story Activities & Reading Passages Bundle
Rigorous Short Story Bundle - Common Core Aligned
This is a bundle of short story resources at a MAJOR discount. All materials provided offer multiple opportunities for students to critically evaluate character motivation, character traits, vocabulary, plot elements, theme, cite evidence and evaluate irony! Each lesson includes extension activities! Please download the preview to get a glimpse of what is included! This resource can serve as a short story unit, and/or support a short story unit. Lesson plans are simple enough to serve as emergen
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5th - 9th
The Pie by Gary Soto — Worksheets and Short Story Analysis
This resource is a great way to teach the short story "The Pie" by Gary Soto!In 872 words, this flash fiction story is about a boy who steals a pie at a German market. The pacing of this piece is masterful as the protagonist struggles with the tension between his desire to eat the pie and his feelings of shame and guilt for stealing it. This story always inspires fun discussions of situational ethics and how easy it is to rationalize things that should be objectively wrong. There are also surpri
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7th - 11th
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit for Google Drive™
My best-selling Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit is now available in digital format! This unit is for use in Google Drive. Please make sure this is the version you would like to purchase! Click on the link above for my standard PDF version.You will get the following materials in this version:Pre-reading Group Questions/Discussion PromptsPre-Reading Vocabulary and Extension Activities with KeyCharting Plot: Two Types of Charts with KeyLiterary Elements Chart with KeyReader Response Questions
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7th - 9th
Also included in: Short Story Bundle for Middle and High School Google Drive™ Edition
Pixar Shorts Film Theme Plot Literary Elements, Devices, Analysis SEL Activities
This study guide using the Pixar short film, Joy and Heron, is a fun way to teach literary elements like THEME and CONFLICT. These Free worksheets guide students through the process of using the conflict and resolution to identify the theme of a story. It has mega fun appeal, but is also rigorous and challenging. Want to go deeper and digital? CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL GOOGLE SLIDES LITERARY WORKSHOP of Joy and HeronFilm Synopsis: A cute puppy, Joy, scuffles with an ornery Heron when the bird tr
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5th - 8th
Hero’s Journey Worksheets - Mini Lesson and Outline for Hero’s Journey Archetype
These Hero's Journey worksheets outline Joseph Campbell’s monomyth and apply it to fan-favorite films! This lesson includes a graphic organizer for each hour of the Hero’s Journey to explore and apply each facet of Joseph Campbell's archetype. Suitable for distance learning with digital worksheets for Google Classroom®! Included with these Hero’s Journey Worksheets:✏️ Hero’s Journey Informational Handout - Digital & Print✏️ Hero’s Journey Visual Graphic and Detailed Chart - Digital & Pri
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6th - 9th
"There Will Come Soft Rains" Story and Poem Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
Literary analysis is becoming increasingly important as students are often required to cite textual evidence and analyze aspects of literature.This graphic organizer includes a student handout that describes the basic components of literary analysis. Because the graphic organizer has students considering components of literary analysis, it can be a good starting point to build these analytical skills. Two versions of an excerpt are also included and can be used as a teacher think-aloud or as par
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Short Story Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers *GROWING* Bundle
Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara — Short Story Literary Analysis
In this Literary Analysis of the short story "Raymond's Run" by Toni Cade Bambara, you will receive before, during, and after reading activities for your students. This product includes:anticipation guide — before readingvocabulary definition chart — before readingcomprehension questions — during readingliterary analysis questions — during or after readingnarrator analysis graphic organizer — after readingwriting menu student choice — after readinganswer keysStudents will get exposure to importa
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Short Stories by Black Authors | African American Authors Bundle
Animated Short Films Theme Plot Narrative Writing Activity GLUED Literary Device
Here's a literary workshop that students beg to do! In this workshop, students are guided through a full Pixar interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've learned about plot development to create their own narrative story using the plot templates.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE HEREFILM SUMMARY:In this funny film, a mother realizes her child is addicted to video games so she tries desperately to persuade him to play outside. Finally, in a hilarious c
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5th - 8th
“A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” Short Story Literary Response and Analysis
The Lesson:So, what we have created for you are a presentation, student analysis graphic organizers, and an online class discussion for the short story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa. We know, we’re excited about it, too! The lesson focus points on this story about a poor family burdened by a disoriented old man who happens to have very large wings will be on making connections, analyzing theme and satire through student literary ar
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle for Middle School and High School
"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" by Ray Bradbury Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers
Literary analysis is becoming increasingly important as students are often required to cite textual evidence and analyze aspects of literature. This graphic organizer includes a student handout that describes the basic components of literary analysis. Because the graphic organizer has students considering components of literary analysis, it can be a good starting point to build these analytical skills. Two versions of an excerpt are also included and can be used as a teacher think-aloud or as pa
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7th - 9th
Also included in: Short Story Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers *GROWING* Bundle
Determining Theme Graphic Organizer & Activities - Printable & Digital
Determining theme is one of the most challenging reading skills students learn in middle school. Break it down and make it simple with guided graphic organizers and high-interest reading passages! These theme activities target comprehension skills with user-friendly graphic organizers and comprehension questions specifically written for identifying theme in a short story!If you teach story elements, you won't want to miss the rest of my complete Story Elements Bundle! With these one-stop-shop mi
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Elements of a Story Activities & Reading Passages Bundle
DETERMINE THEME using Classic Short Stories, CCSS aligned UNIT (110 pages)
Use this engaging unit to teach your students how to effectively determine the theme of a story. Students will learn about important short story elements as well as how those elements help develop the theme of a story. Additionally, this unit provides a straightforward strategy that makes teaching theme AND learning how to determine theme simple and easy!
This zipfile includes:
-Short Story Elements PowerPoint Presentation
-How to Determine Theme PowerPoint Presentation
-Introduction to Unit
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Text Dependent Analysis Writing - Citing Textual Evidence - Character Analysis
Teaching how to analyze a character using text based analysis has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay focusing on character analysis with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, an argumentative writing outline, instructional video, detailed lesson plans, and the complete text of "The Lady or
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6th - 8th
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