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Middle school short stories guided reading book microsofts
The Tell-Tale Heart Open Book Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This is a one page, open book, directed reading activity where students search the text for answers to 30 clues. It forces the students to read for detail and content. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves reading comprehension. Please do not share the KEY. A KEY is provided.
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8th - 12th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury differentiated packets for ELLs (Central Idea)
Do you teach ELLs? Do you have a lot of different english proficiencies in the same classroom? Do you have trouble differentiating to meet all of these students needs? LOOK NO FURTHER! These packets will challenge your top students with a grade level text and support your newcomers with images and academic sentence starters!
There are 3 levels of “The Veldt” packet that are differentiated to support all students needs.
Level 1 (Newcomers and Entering)- This packet has the lowest level englis
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7th - 12th
Nate the Great and the Big Sniff Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Comp
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are two to four questions per chapter and they include a range of literal and inferential questions. Students respond to the questions in complete sentences.
These questions can be used for literacy groups, silent reading, or guided reading groups. I have found that these comprehension questions have increased student test scores in comprehension immensely!
Total Pages: 5
Synopsis of Nate the Great
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1st - 6th
The Most Dangerous Game Modified Version
This modified version of this short story was created for a ninth grade special education student. This file includes a modified version of the story packed with visuals, a vocabulary assignment, reading questions, and then a short assessment at the end.
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4th - 9th
Social Stories
Social stories is a great way to engage children in a fun, friendly way, to bigger concepts such as new home rules, riding a bike, sharing with friends, giving hugs, using nice words, going on vacation and more etc....etc..... Social stories help break down bigger concepts for children. It helps children understand social norms and rules within concepts. Please enjoy and be creative!!!!
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PreK - 12th
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"The Dinner Party" Inferences Lesson (Bundle)
This bundle includes both the teacher version and student version of this resource. This is a fun and interactive lesson that engages students in learning how to make inferences with literary texts! This lesson can take 1-2 days to complete.The lesson is structured to guide students through the following skills and tasks:Making inferences from digital images (Anticipatory Set)Marking the textIdentifying literary clues and background informationMaking inferences from literary textsProviding textu
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6th - 9th
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Mystery underground digital reading book
The Mystery Underground Digital Reading Book provides an immersive learning experience for students. By engaging with compelling mysteries, students enhance their reading comprehension skills and develop critical thinking abilities: Excitement: Anticipation of unraveling thrilling mysteries. Curiosity: Desire to solve puzzles and uncover hidden secrets. Satisfaction: Sense of accomplishment from decoding clues and solving the mystery.Elizabeth Jones is a typical schoolgirl who believes in magi
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1st - 6th
The Most Dangerous Game adapted for ELLs w 250+ definitions, 14 questions & pics
The original story is now in the public domain. This adapted version is designed for intermediate and advanced English Language Learners. It keeps most the original wording intact, which allows ELLs to use nearly the same quotations from the text as students using the original story. I have removed some remarks, adjectives and details not essential to the story. The story is embedded with over 20 images, 14 comprehension questions, and approximately 250 short definitions of higher level vocabula
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8th - 12th
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The Oval Portrait Unit (Close Read, Assessment, and Creative Activity)
I created this because I could not find a close read or assessment ANYWHERE that I like for Poe's "The Oval Portrait."This unit contains the following:1. A Close Read that covers multiple literary skills including analysis of setting, characters, symbols, figurative language, etc.2. A text-based assessment that isn't just recall questions3. A "Symbolic Portrait" activity where students apply their knowledge of symbols to create a portrait of themselves, a book or movie character, or an original
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8th - 11th
Lamb to the Slaughter - Full Text w/ built in guided-questions & scaffolds 730L
Lexile level: 730L This is a very high interest short story that is completely school appropriate and captures the mind and attention of even your most hard-to-reach students.This is the complete text and is engineered to include - built in guided questions, discussion prompts, and text dependent (short answer) questions, and a chance to write an alternative ending. "Roald Dahl published "Lamb to the Slaughter" in Harper's Magazine in 1953. The short story concerns Mary and Patrick Maloney. When
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6th - 8th
"The Dinner Party" Inferences Lesson Teacher Version (Includes Anticipatory Set)
This is a fun and interactive lesson that engages students in learning how to make inferences with literary texts! This lesson can take 1-2 days to complete. This resource is designed to accompany the student version of this lesson. Please visit my store for purchase of the student version.The teacher version includes a slides presentation to guide students through the process of completing the following skills and tasks:Making inferences from digital images (Anticipatory Set)Marking the textIde
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: "The Dinner Party" Inferences Lesson (Bundle)
'After 20 Years' by O. Henry FULL TEXT w/ visual glossary (NO QUESTIONS) 720L
Lexile level: 720L This is a very high interest short story that is completely school appropriate and captures the mind and attention of even your most hard-to-reach students.This is the complete text and is adapted to include - a visual glossary / visual representations of key vocabulary words.'After Twenty Years'' is a story about two old friends who meet after twenty years, but things don't turn out as expected. One is now an infamous criminal and the other is a well-respected detective. This
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6th - 9th
'The Paper Menagerie' by Ken Liu - Study Guide
A study guide for Ken Liu's short story 'The Paper Menagerie.'This resource is perfect for a genre study, with detailed notes and analysis around the magic realism, coming-of-age and identity. This 9-page resource includes:Short summary of text 10 x post-reading questions Analysis notes on key themesQuote and technique table for students to independently analyse2 x sample essay paragraphs Fully editable Google docs that can be printed or digitally operated by students!
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8th - 11th
Fly High Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are three to four questions per chapter that are literal so the students can find the answers directly in the text. Students respond to the questions in complete sentences.
These questions can be used for literacy groups, silent reading, or guided reading groups. I have found that these comprehension questions have increased student test scores in comprehension immensely!
Total Pages: 2
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K - 6th
Com/con Prefix Controlled Reading Passage Orton Gillingham Multisensory
Use this com/con prefix controlled reading passage to practice words that help our understanding of the meaning "with or together."
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3rd - 6th
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Minnie and Moo Go to the Moon Comprehension Questions
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are two to three questions per chapter and they include a range of literal and inferential questions. Students respond to the questions in complete sentences.
These questions can be used for literacy groups, silent reading, or guided reading groups. I have found that these comprehension questions have increased student test scores in comprehension immensely!
Total Pages: 5
Synopsis of Minnie and Moo
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K - 6th
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text. Includesbefore reading questions to activate prior knowledgeguided reading questionsguided annotationschunked reading post reading questions
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Writer's Workshop using "Marigolds"
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl - Full Text - Original - 730L - Short Story
Lexile level: 730L This is a very high interest short story that is completely school appropriate and captures the mind and attention of even your most hard-to-reach students."Roald Dahl published "Lamb to the Slaughter" in Harper's Magazine in 1953. The short story concerns Mary and Patrick Maloney. When Patrick tells his pregnant wife Mary that he intends to leave her, she murders him by striking his head with a frozen leg of lamb. She then ingeniously covers up the crime."You will use this sh
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6th - 9th
The Fisherman and the Jinnee - Arabian Folktale
"The Fisherman and the Jinnee," an excerpt from One Thousand and One nigths, presents a moral story that is very much relevant today: do unto others as you would have other do unto you. In classic Arabian Folktale tradition, this lesson is taught through the use of frame stories, a supernatural genie in a bottle, and a few angry kings!The overall goal of this mini-unit is to teach students how to decipher the message of a story within a story construction while embedding the universal theme of t
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8th - 12th
Reading Comprehension Discussion and Questions Cards ELA All Grades
This file contains 9 pages of discussion (question) cards, for a total of 27 cards. These cards contain both comprehension questions and statements for the students to think about. They are best when used with a nonfiction passage, story, or novel. The questions/statements are not specific to a story, so they can be reused over and over again. These cards can be used as conversation starters in small reading groups, as well as for literature circle discussion groups. I find the cards most useful
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3rd - 6th
'After 20 Years' - Post-Reading Text Dependent Questions w/ Sentence Starters
This is a post-reading activity to be paired with O. Henry's 'After 20 Years'. This worksheet is designed to: - challenge students with text dependent questions- utilize sentence starters as a scaffold This activity will prepare your students to write and speak about this very high-interest short story. As always, no prep :)
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6th - 9th
'After 20 Years' by O. Henry - Pre-Reading Activity + Vocabulary Preview
This is a pre-reading activity to be paired with O. Henry's 'After 20 Years'. This worksheet is designed to: - provide context - build background knowledge- pre-teach key vocabulary words- activate previous knowledgeThis activity will prepare your students to read, write, and speak about this very high-interest short story. As always, no prep :)
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6th - 9th
The Most Dangerous Game- Guiding Questions
Thirty three guiding questions for students to answer on their own, or as a class, while reading Richard Connel's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game." These questions can also serve as reading comprehension checks, quizzes and conversation starters. Students are asked to summarize, predict, analyze and think critically about the passage as they are reading.
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8th - 10th
The Pit and the Pendulum E A Poe Background & Fill-in Worksheet
This 5 page, comprehensive, open book, fill-in worksheet closely follows the plot of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" and provides background information to help students understand the storyline. This can be used as an in-class assignment, a guided reading, an open book quiz or homework. I use it as a paired, in-class assignment, and then we read it aloud to correct it and make sure the students understand the story. It is a very good "jumping off point" for class discussions. My s
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8th - 11th
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