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8th grade short stories scaffolded note pdfs
The Cask of Amontillado - TEACHER COPY with ANNOTATIONS and Vocab
THIS IS ALL YOU NEED TO TEACH THE STORY. These notes have EVERYTHING!This is the full text (on 7 pages with wide margins for annotations) of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado". It includes vocabulary words (highlighted in pink and defined in the margins), GISTs of each paragraph/section, example of foreshadowing, pronunciations of difficult words, examples of literary devices, and other miscellaneous annotations. It also includes 10 higher order thinking Questions for studen
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Grades:
7th - 11th
Narrative Short Story Worksheet and Graphic Organizer for One Friday Morning
Engage your middle school students in this powerful and meaningful short story, "One Friday Morning" by Langston Hughes. Students will learn the elements of effective narrative writing while also experiencing the powerful themes of this story. Understanding Narratives Short Story Analysis can be used to introduce, review, or assess students' understanding of narrative texts. This lesson is also perfect for emergency sub plans! Understanding Narratives guides students through the process of analy
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6th - 9th
Differentiated S.C.A.M.P.E.R. Scaffold to create a Fairy Tale
Provided is the scaffold S.C.A.M.P.E.R. that has a guideline that explains what each section includes. As well as, three different forms of a differentiated worksheet for students to get started on writing their own Fairy Tales. Form A allows students to have a checklist and to begin writing.Form B is more prompted in order to help students who need more assistance and structure in their writing.Form C is for those students who need examples in front of them and even more scaffolding and prompti
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PreK - 8th
Fantasy Story following Hero's Journey
This short story is a story I wrote that follows the hero's journey. I kept searching for good short stories that mirrored the hero's journey format and I couldn't find anything appropriate for 6th graders! So, I decided to write my own! There are various types of hero journey formats out there, but this is the path I follow:1. Ordinary world2. Call to adventure3. Refusal4. Meeting with the mentor5. Crossing the threshold6. Tests7. Approach8. Ordeal9. Reward10. Road backI included a link in the
Grades:
4th - 8th
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Cornell Notes for teaching Theme
These Cornell notes with answers provide students with guiding questions for teaching theme as an element of literature.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Elements of Plot Foldable
A QUICK AND EASY PRODUCT!This is a quick, easy elements of plot foldable to use during literature units. Uses:* Help students identify the parts of plot and provide each of their definitions. * Enhances active learning and recall of important aspects of the story as students read a story and fill in the key points in the foldable. * Highly interactive and great for use in interactive notebooks, fitting easily in all size composition notebooks!* A positive alternative to creating a plot diagram!
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3rd - 9th
Comprensión de Lectura Cuento: En el Fondo Del Caño Hay Un Negrito
Este recurso se divide en 3 partes: Preguntas antes de leer la lectura Preguntas durante la lectura yPreguntas después de leer Esas tres partes consisten en:Los estudiantes dibujarán visualizaciones Definirán palabras de vocabulario utilizadas en el textoResumirán Acto I, II y III y Preguntas de reflexión después de leer el cuento
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7th - 9th
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Story Map - Help with WH Questions
Description: A VERY simple story map worksheet to help your students outline the details of a story (Who, What, When, and Where). The student can record the details on the worksheet with help from the therapist or teacher while reading the story independently or listening to the story read aloud. The worksheet can be used as a visual support for answering WH questions.
Use: Print and laminate the story map, or insert into a dry erase pocket (my favorite for therapy sessions!). Or print copies f
Grades:
K - 12th
Reading "Charles" by Shirley Jackson for Verbal Irony
This scaffolded worksheet is meant to pair with the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson. Use this worksheet to teach close reading and look for verbal irony.
If you like this worksheet, check out my worksheet on dramatic irony!
Grades:
8th
Everything You Need to Teach THE NECKLACE by Guy de Maupassant
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant is a classic short story and is perfect for middle school students. This product contains the story The Necklace with a large glossary for difficult words.It also contains high quality nonfiction passages about the historical period in which the story is set. But wait there's more! You'll also get discussion questions and essay prompts with guidance on how to help students identify a theme and support it with evidence. This is EVERYTHING you could possibly need
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6th - 9th
ELA: Short Stories - Elements of Plot - Setting & Characters - PPT w/ Notes
Teach students about how the elements of plot interact with each other in a short story with this super-detailed PPT presentation and follow-along, fill-in-the-blank notes! This presentation pays special attention to the elements of setting and characterization. *THIS LISTING IS FOR THE STUDENT FILL-IN NOTES ONLY. THESE NOTES ARE SOLD SEPARATELY FROM THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.***Buy the Presentation and Student Notes Bundle HERE!**
Grades:
6th - 10th
"The Smallest Dragonboy" vs. How to Train Your Dragon
This is a text to film compare and contrast guide to be used after reading the short story "The Smallest Dragonboy" by Anne McCaffrey. It includes varieties of Venn diagrams for character traits, setting, plot events, problem and solution, and theme.
Grades:
4th - 12th
CCSS Writing with Textual Evidence :"Rikki Tikki Tavi"
For this writing assignment, students are asked to analyze how Rudyard Kipling uses characterization to fully develop his characters and short story "Rikki Tikki Tavi"using specific evidence from within the story.
This activity comes with very helpful graphic organizers that break down the process of finding textual evidence, analyzing the evidence, and then drawing conclusions. There is a model example, a partially filled in example to use as guided practice, and then an opportunity for indepe
Grades:
5th - 9th
Flowers for Algernon Annotated Text of Section 1 (Progress Report 1 to 9)
Teacher Annotated Text for Section 1 (progris riport 1 to Progress Report 9). This teacher annotated text can be used to help students see how to properly annotate text as they read or it can be used by the teacher to guide the lesson.
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7th - 10th
Also included in:Â Flowers for Algernon - Full Text Annotations
Plot Diagram Notes - Teacher and Student Version
Plot diagram notes for literature. Teacher and student version provided.
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5th - 9th
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Lemmings - Richard Matheson - Short Story Lesson Plan
Alfred Hitchcock listed Lemmings as one of the scariest short stories of all time. Although it is not full of monsters and ghosts, author Richard Matheson highlights how easily humans can succumb to mob mentality, leading to great in-class discussions.What's included- Teaching guide- Pre-reading activities- Post reading (comprehension, read closely, and real-world connection) questions- Answer key- Creative activityThe story can be easily sourced online - such as on the following blog:Â https://t
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in:Â 6th Grade Short Story Bundle - 10 Engaging + Relatable Stories
The Elements of a Story Using "The Three Little Pigs" & Taylor Swift
Teach your students the essential elements of every story (plot, exposition, etc.) through this scaffolded and fun lesson!
The following literary elements are taught in this lesson as important elements that make up any story:
• plot
• exposition (setting, characters, and conflict)
• rising action
• climax
• falling action
• resolution
• theme
This lesson is composed of four parts:
1) Definitions: This first part requires students to define each literary element to prepare students for the
Grades:
6th - 8th
"The Tell-Tale Heart" Vocabulary Fill-in-the-Blank for HMH Collections
This listing includes both academic and text-specific vocabulary for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe from the 8th grade HMH Collections textbook. Most of the words are bolded throughout the story in the textbook, but I have also chosen a few additional words that my 8th graders have struggled to remember or understand in the past.In my classroom, I always use fill-in-the-blank notes as a way to pre-teach important vocabulary terms that my students may need to know in order to comprehend
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8th
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Writing Fictional Stories or Personal Narratives: Analyzing and Planning Pages
I am always amazed and never disappointed with my students' personal narratives each and every time we use these planners! Use these printables to get students to write personal narratives and/or autobiographical incidents or ANY type of fictional story/short story while including ALL of the necessary elements: setting/characters/plot/theme-this planner ensures there won't be a rush to the end! This planner is more for a story, so if you're interested in a more formal ESSAY, then see my store f
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3rd - 8th
STAAR Test Prep- Personal Narrative
This resource takes students through each step of writing a personal narrative composition. When used throughout the year (with various prompts), students will retain the writing process and the elements that should be present in a personal narrative. STAAR test made but is CCSS friendly.
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6th - 8th
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"Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan Character and Theme Analysis
Use the following collection of materials in a short story unit to teach theme and characterization. The following product contains a slides presentation which outlines how author's develop characters with excerpts from literature as examples. To pair with the slides, there is a notes sheet which helps students follow along with the notes and interact with the examples. After reading "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan, students can complete a characterization mind map to identify complexity within the nar
Grades:
7th - 10th
Steps to Writing about a Theme (Gift of the Magi example)
Writing about themes in short stories is a great way to get students on their way to writing about themes in full novels. The Gift of the Magi is the example that we use in this resource: Writing a Paragraph about a ThemeThis resource is 2 pages long and contains essential questions to answer when writing about a theme, an example paragraph, and a template for students to write their own paragraph. The example answer demonstrates a correct answer paragraph, so no answer key is needed.Convenientl
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8th - 11th
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"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Plot Element Story Notes
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" by Walter Dean Myers is a great story for students to practice analyzing story development and how each event impacts other events and other literary elements such as setting, mood, and theme. This short PDF presentation can be used to display notes to students based on this story. It covers the plot diagramming of this story, conflict, theme, setting, and mood. The notes also help the teacher convey how each element interacts with other elements in this particul
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in:Â "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Plot Elements, Graphic Organizer, and Quiz
Conflict in Literature Fill in the Blank Note Taking Form
This handy-dandy note taking matrix is great for students who need some extra help during notes. It goes with the slideshow available here. Note: This matrix is free when you buy the google slide show.The font is lexend which is designed for students with dyslexia.For more interesting activities to save you time and engage your students check out The Awesome Shop!
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in:Â Conflict in Literature Google Slides W/Notes and Practice
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