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Middle school short stories handouts $5-10
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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The Princess Bride: Film Study Using Short Story Terminology (Great End of Year)
GREAT END-OF-YEAR REVIEW ACTIVITY. This movie reviews short story terminology with sound educational value and provides a fun way to re-engage learners at the end of the school year, the start of the new year, or directly before or after holidays. (And let's face it: The Princess Bride, is one of the best and most beloved films of all time.)GREAT STARTER TO A SHORT STORY UNIT (terms review) This seven-page pdf document contains three different activities for a film study of The Princess Bride
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7th - 12th
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Elements of Literature Activities - Plot Diagram Character Conflict Setting
Elements of Literature - Character, Point of View, Conflict, Setting, and Plot Activities - Learn all about the literary elements with these engaging activities. Perfect for a short story unit or novel study, this resource package contains detailed student notes on each element of literature, as well as fill in the blank student note taking templates, graphic organizers, and foldable activitiesThis is a package you will use year after year - a must for English teachers!✅Be sure to check out the
Grades:
4th - 7th
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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Units - Questions - Activities
The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe - Print and go literacy analysis activities and short story annotations activities - A full text version of The Black Cat is included, along with Black Cat comprehension questions and Black Cat activities. These Poe themed lesson materials ask students to think deeply about text while practicing elements of literacy analysis. A great addition to a short story unit on classic literature, these short story reading comprehension resources include graphic organizers,
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7th - 10th
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MURDER MYSTERY I. - 5 MURDER MYSTERIES TO SOLVE
Five murder mysteries for the students to solve. Students need to solve the mysteries by analyzing clues and testimonies. Fun activities that the whole class can enjoy when learning about detective stories or at any time during the school year. Solution and the instruction to each case included.
It can be purchased as a bundle together with my other murder mysteries:
MURDER MYSTERY BUNDLE
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
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ESL Short Reading Comprehension Passages (Part 1, 2)
Short Reading Comprehension Passages - ESL Reading Articles.
This bundle contains 50 short reading passages.
Aims:
* Practice reading skills
* Learn new vocabulary
Students read the passages and answer the questions or complete the exercises that follow to check reading comprehension.
These materials are applicable for elementary and low intermediate level students.
The matterial is geared toward teenage and adult students.
Part 1 and 2:
1. A day in life of James Blunt. w229
2. A Horrible Ti
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Short Stories with Comprehension Questions
Use these 10 short stories with accompanying questions to target comprehension, story structure, vocabulary, idioms, main idea, predicting and inferencing skills.
Read the story and then ask the questions on the next page or preview the questions before reading the story to help with comprehension. The card then asks the student to retell the story in their own words after answering the questions to target expressive language skills.
Includes an image for each story to support understanding
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3rd - 10th
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"Harrison Bergeron" Dystopia Activity Bundle {CCSS Aligned}
“Harrison Bergeron” Activity Bundle {CCSS Aligned}
This activity bundle is fun, engaging, and asks students to critically think about the exciting dystopian short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” by Kurt Vonnegut! This 12 page resource includes THREE activities that are CCSS aligned! Activities can be used as standalone lessons or embedded into a larger dystopian or science-fiction unit!
INCLUDES:
**Dystopian Genre Characteristics Handout
This detailed and visually appealing student handout define
Grades:
7th - 10th
"After Twenty Years" by O. Henry Common Core Lesson Plans and Activites
*Recently updated with lots added!!
"After Twenty Years" is a short story that can be read in one class period. The story lends itself for discussion of several literary elements like point of view, foreshadowing, and irony. Your students will enjoy O.Henry's trade mark surprise ending! The lessons, activities, and printables are aligned with Common Core Standards.
Included in this packet you will find the following:
Lesson plan outlining how to complete the activities included. Lesson begins w
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7th
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Also included in: 7th Grade Short Story Common Core Aligned Lesson Plan Bundle
Interactive File Folder, Interactive Notebook, "Thank You M'am" Literature Study
Interactive File Folder “Thank You, M’am” Literature Study
Your students will love this 5-day fun and engaging literature study of the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. As you may know, “Thank You, Ma’am” is the story of a boy who tries to steal a woman’s purse. What the woman does next surprises the boy and sheds light on the idea that it "takes a village to raise a child."
In this unit students will be assembling Interactive File Folders as they develop a deep understandin
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: September Unit Plans Bundle - 4 Units to Teach All September Long!
Writing Realistic Fiction Stories Independent Writing Project Grades 4-6
In this independent writing project, students will: -draft, revise, and edit a realistic fiction story -develop a main character -develop a simple plot -integrate sensory images into the story for setting -use dialogue that moves the story forward -write and illustrate a final copy for an audienceTeacher Notes:Although this is an independent writing project, you will will need to teach and model the elements of a realistic fiction story. Included in this packet: -student instructions -grading ru
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4th - 6th
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Nonlinear Plot Lesson & Texts (Subplot, parallel plot, flashback, foreshadowing)
This product includes:SIX short story mentor texts that include subplots, parallel plots, flashbacks, and foreshadowing.“As you read” guided reading statements to create focused, purposeful reading.Slideshow with definitions, purposes, visuals, and examples of the four main types of nonlinear plots (subplots, parallel plots, flashbacks, foreshadowing). Videos are included with up to date examples: Encanto, Phineas & Ferb, Hunger Games, etc!)Student notes page for fill in the blank note-takin
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6th - 9th
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Activities and Handouts for “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
"The Yellow Wallpaper" is an American Gothic short story that I've used with both 11th and 12th grade. If your students are advanced it could work with 9th and 10th grade as well. Included in this bundle you will find:
Lesson Plans
Background Information
Vocabulary List with Definitions
Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers
10 Question Short Story Quiz with Answers (Fill-In)
20 Question Quiz on the Story and the Vocabulary with Answers (Matching and Fill-In)
A copy of the story
Article
Grades:
8th - 12th
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Bundle
Inferences: Short Stories Set 2
They're here! 10 MORE short stories to target inferencing! Practice drawing conclusions when given some, but not all, of the information. Like set 1, inferences are broken down into predictions, environmental, and people & emotions inferences (see a short description of each below). Stories are geared to upper elementary and middle school topics, such as the first day at a new school, being on the debate team, and attending a school dance. Two copies of each story are included, one with ques
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4th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Stories Bundle
The Monkey's Paw - 2-Level Adapted Text Bundle - ESL Halloween Fun!
This is a bundle of two text levels of The Monkey's Paw, plus activities and lessons - they assign straight to Google Classroom (with no prep!) via TPT Digital.The two levels cover Beginner to Advanced ESL students and ELA classes. Perfect for differentiated or tiered instruction! The package also comes with the original textTackle vocabulary and ELA critical thinking -- including inferencing, irony and literary elements -- with the story, bundled lesson ideas, six reusable graphic organizers an
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"It's a Wonderful Life" Compare and Contrast with Original Short Story
Do you have a week before Christmas break and do not want to start a new unit? Or are you teaching American Literature and want to introduce students to a heartwarming traditional story?This bundle gives you- a 9 page PDF of the original short story called "The Greatest Gift". - A one-page set of Comprehension questions for the story.- A Compare/Contrast chart to fill out while students watch the movie.Note: You will need your own copy of the movie for this to work. The original story was sent
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7th - 12th
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Activities and Handouts for the Short Story "A Rose for Emily"
This is a unit for the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner which is a Southern Gothic short story. I've used this story numerous times with my high school students. They always find the ending shocking and memorable.
Included in this unit:
An Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary List and Definitions
Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers (22 questions)
Three PPT Lessons
Task Cards for the story
A Quiz with an Answer Key (20 multiple choice questions)
There are a total of 33 pag
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Halloween ELA Bundle
Comprehension Questions for LLI Blue Kit, Stories 111-120
Thank you for purchasing this set of comprehension questions that correlate to stories # 111 – 120 in the blue Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI) kit. The stories in this pack are:
111. The Hot Day by Maggie Bridger;
112. Moosling the Hero by Sharon Fear;
113. All About Astronauts by Bill Kirk;
114. Too Many Teeth by Jane Bingley;
115. All About Volcanoes by Bill Kirk;
116. Libby’s New Friend by Kitty Colton;
117. Eugenie Clark, Shark Lady by Kendra Adams;
118. The Pir
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PreK - 6th
The Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. 3-Text Level Pack For ESL Tiered-Instruction. Fun!!
These bright, colorful and fun adapted text versions of The Tell-Tale Heart make Edgar Allan Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The bundle includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text, which comes at 2-adapted levels, plus the original 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 instructio
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teaching Theme to Middle School Students
Teaching an abstract topic like "theme" to middle school kids can be a legitimate challenge. In this lesson, you'll discover how to lead students to come to an understanding of theme inductively. And, in so doing, you'll also provide a powerful rationale for your class disciplinary policies.
This lesson provides two versions of an ultra-high interest short story called "The Law of the Land," by published author Wayne Thomas Batson (that's me, so no copyright issues). During the story, students
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Grades:
5th - 9th
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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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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Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
Grades:
6th - 12th
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A Christmas Memory Capote CCSS Questions, Vocab, Personal Narrative Activity
A complete packet with many extras for this beloved short story. NOTE: the story is copyrighted and NOT included but is available online. What you get:Matching review of literary terms used in the questions.In-depth literal and critical analysis comprehension questions (27) Literary terms such as mood, characterization, theme, symbol, exposition/climax/falling action, and more. Vocabulary worksheet of 55 terms: identifying examples of figures of speech, using context clues, matching (includ
Grades:
7th - 10th
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