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Short stories Common Core RL.8.1 handouts
Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - The Black Cat - Tell Tale Heart - The Raven
Print and go short story annotations activities and projects for your next Edgar Allan Poe unit, Tell Tale Heart unit, Raven unit, or Black Cat unit! These short stories with comprehension questions contain short story annotations activities, graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys. The included activities ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. This Poe unit is a great addition to a short story unit on classic literature.✅While t
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7th - 10th
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Christmas Day in the Morning Short Story Analysis for the Common Core
Pearl S. Buck's short story is one of a teenage boy's life-changing recognition of his father's love a few days before Christmas. The study applies the Common Core literary standards. The study includes:1. The story in blocked paragraphs with comprehension questions ranging from simple recall to critical analysis focusing on text evidence. (Includes flashback,dialogue, symbolism, simile, personification, alliteration.) The blocked paragraphing allows for close reading.2. Theme analysis focusi
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4th - 9th
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The Most Dangerous Game Activities - Short Story Unit - Questions - Map Project
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell: Short Story Units with Questions, Vocabulary, and Short Story Annotations! This 90 page short story with comprehension questions resource contains everything you need to teach “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. Perfect for your short story unit or The Most Dangerous Game unit, this short story package contains detailed comprehension questions, teacher friendly answer keys, vocabulary words, character analysis, creative writing activities, pr
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7th - 10th
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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
Grades:
6th - 9th
The Lottery Short Story Unit - Shirley Jackson Middle School Short Story Project
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Short Story Unit - Activities and Comprehension Questions! Perfect for your upcoming short story unit or dystopian literature unit, this package contains graphic organizers and activities to go along with The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. The Lottery short story questions, a biography activity, a giant pennant project, and a hexagonal thinking activity are also included.✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed images and descriptions about everyt
Grades:
5th - 8th
The Ransom of Red Chief FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study (Standards-Based)
“The Ransom of Red Chief” will be fun to read and analyze with this interactive FLIP BOOK! Students easily assemble the flip books and practice higher-level thinking skills in pairs, small groups, or independently. Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, examine irony, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key included!Your students’ artwork will adorn the cover page, where they draw and col
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6th - 8th
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The Necklace Unit - Guy De Maupassant - Short Story Reading Comprehension
This 45 page The Necklace Short Story Unit contains no prep close reading and short story annotations activities that are perfect for a short story unit on The Necklace by Guy De Maupassant. They include short story reading comprehension questions and answer keys, graphic organizers, and close reading activities.✅Please check out the thumbnails for detailed images of some of the activities included in this resource.★★★Newly updated in 2022 - ALL NEW RESOURCES ADDED!!!****************************
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6th - 9th
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Tell Tale Heart. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. Full Unit for ELA ESL Sp. Ed.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instruction.Unit includes:An illustrated adapted text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Po
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
The Stranger: Story Arc & Plot in Short Story; Comprehension Questions
In this lesson students read a very entertaining and mysterious short story, entitled 'The Stranger'. Throughout the course of the reading, students are expected to stop, answer short response questions by providing evidence. Also, students will be paying particularly close attention the story arc and how the plot changes from introduction to rising action, to climax, etc. A teacher answer key is provided, as well as descriptions and examples of all parts of a story arc.Updated December 2023 to
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6th - 10th
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Also included in: Short Story Bundle: Reading Comprehension, Writing, Printable Worksheets
The Dog of Pompeii by Louis Untermeyer Lesson Plan, Worksheet, Questions w/ Key
“The Dog of Pompeii” by Louis Untermeyer Complete Lesson Bundle
This is a complete lesson pack for the short story “The Dog of Pompeii” by Louis Untermeyer. All of the documents are alterable so that you can tailor them for your purposes. Also, all of the graphic organizers can be used for any text. The worksheets are provided in BOTH .pdf and MS Word formats for all users and formats. These materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used
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5th - 10th
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Tone Analysis for a Short Story Graphic Organizer & Guided Analysis
Teaching students to analyze tone is tricky! These graphic organizers walk them through tone analysis for a short story, step by step. Students will start by summarizing the text and examining character descriptions and actions. They will examine diction and figurative language, choosing specific textual evidence to support their inferences about tone and theme. Finally, they will use a sentence frame to craft an effective analysis sentence that can function as a thesis or topic sentence. This o
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Rhetorical Analysis Bundle: Organizers, Activities, and Assessments
Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit - Halloween Short Stories - Activities Projects
Print and go short story annotations activities and projects for your next Edgar Allan Poe unit, with story story activities for The Pit and the Pendulum, The Masque of the Red Death, The Fall of the House of Usher, and The Cask of Amontillado - These short stories with comprehension questions contain short story annotations activities, graphic organizers, projects, questions, and answer keys. The included activities ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy
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7th - 10th
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"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
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Short Story Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers *GROWING* Bundle
The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Guided Reading Worksheet & Vocab Puzzles
This lesson unit contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 45 questions (with answer key), 3 different crossword puzzles (with answer keys) and 3 different word searches (with answer keys) for the short story The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. Questions consist of True and False, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer.
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This lesson is Common Core and Florida Standards aligned:
RL 9.2.1, RL 8.1.3, RL8.6 / LAFS 8.RL.1.1, LAFS.
8.RL
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8th - 11th
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study (Standards-Based)
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” will be fun to read and analyze with this interactive FLIP BOOK! Students easily assemble the flip books and practice higher-level thinking skills in pairs, small groups, or independently. Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, analyze characterization, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key Included!Your students’ artwork will adorn the cover page, where they draw and
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6th - 8th
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The Leap by Louise Erdrich Lesson Plan, Questions, Worksheet, Key, PPTs
“The Leap” by Louise Erdrich Complete Lesson Bundle
This is a complete lesson pack for the short story “The Leap” by Louise Erdrich. All of the documents are alterable so that you can tailor them for your purposes. Also, all of the graphic organizers can be used for any text. The worksheets are provided in BOTH .pdf and MS Word formats for all users and formats. These materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson
Grades:
7th - 12th
"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
Grades:
7th - 9th
Also included in: Short Story Literary Analysis Graphic Organizers *GROWING* Bundle
Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Lesson: The Storyteller by Saki Lesson Plan, Worksheets, Key, Powerpoints
“The Storyteller” by Saki Complete Lesson Bundle
This is a complete lesson pack for the short story “The Storyteller” by Saki. All of the documents are alterable so that you can tailor them for your purposes. Also, all of the graphic organizers can be used for any text. The worksheets are provided in BOTH .pdf and MS Word formats for all users and formats. These materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson for a
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7th - 12th
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The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs Complete Guided Reading Worksheet
This lesson unit contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 58 questions (with answer key) for the short story The Monkey's Paw by William W. Jacobs. Questions consist of True and False, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer.This is a classic Gothic short story that centers around the White family and what happens to them when they get a mystical, magical monkey's paw that has the power to grant three wishes. What will they wish for? Will they be happy with their wishes? Fi
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8th - 12th
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Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara Complete Guided Reading Worksheet
Great Value! This reading lesson contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 50 questions (with answer key) for the short story Raymond's Run by Toni Cade Bambara. Questions consist of True and False, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer.
This short story centers around a young girl named "Squeaky" from Harlem New York who is a competitive runner and is also in charge of taking care of her older brother all while dealing with catty neighborhood girls.
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5th - 9th
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Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez Complete Guided Reading Worksheet
This lesson contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 33 questions (with answer key) for the short story Lather and Nothing Else by Hernando Tellez. Questions consist of True and False, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer.
Imagine if you are a barber. One day, an enemy walks in to your barber shop to get a shave. What do you do? How do you handle this situation? Do you kill your enemy as you give him a shave? This is a great story about a south American barber as he co
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5th - 10th
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The Landlady by Roald Dahl Close Reading Assessment and Writing Project
This short story resource is designed to help students analyze a complex work of literary fiction. Specific questions presented in an assessment practice worksheet guide students through the process of analyzing the plot, characterization, setting, and theme of The Landlady by Roald Dahl.This lesson plan includes:Teacher preparation instructionsSuggestions for generating daily writing tasksDuring teaching instructionsStudent assessment practiceTheme NotesAnalysis promptsAnswer keyCulminating wri
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6th - 8th
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Flowers for Algernon Activity Bundle - Short Story Unit Lessons - Daniel Keyes
Ready to kick your "Flowers for Algernon" unit up a notch? These five resources are here to save the day!Here’s what’s included:⭐️Flowers for Algernon Pre- and Post-Chat StationsDive into the big themes before and after the read for some deep reflection!⭐️Flowers for Algernon Fake Rorschach TestGet students psyched up with this cool pre-reading activity! It's like stepping into Charlie's shoes!⭐️Flowers for Algernon 1-sentence Progress ReportsKeep those events in check! Students summarize the st
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7th - 10th
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