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Free high school short stories study guides
FREE | The Tell-Tale Heart Lit Guide | Literary Devices | by Edgar Allan Poe
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story The Tell-Tale HeartIdentify examples symbolism and how they contribute to the storyIdentify the setting and how it contributes to the toneInsert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsIdentify and interpret foreshadowing and ironyDiscuss mental illness and addiction and its consequencesChallenge students to eva
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7th - 12th
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FREE | The Lottery by Shirley Jackson | Lit Guide | Literary Devices | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Shirley Jackson’s famous short story The LotteryExplore the setting, symbols, irony and foreshadow Insert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsDiscuss concepts of conformity, groupthink, tradition and violenceCreate guidelines that help one decide when to question or reject long standing traditionWhat's in the download?A 10 page PDF with:Links t
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Short Stories | Bundle of 15 Lit Guides | SAVE 40%
"Thank You, Ma'am" 5-4-3-2-1--A Reading Comprehension Strategy in Five Numbers
Give Me 5-4-3-2-1—A Reading Comprehension Strategy in Five Numbers This guided-notes format asks students to give you the 5-4-3-2-1 over what they’ve read. This unique format takes those individual numbers and assigns items, quotes, characters, terms, vocabulary, etc. to them, which can cover a wide variety of comprehension pieces within their reading. This formatting can be quite diverse for whatever works you may cover—novels, short stories, drama, poetry—because no matter what, the numbers st
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7th - 12th
Lamb to the Slaughter by Dahl/ Story / Critical Thinking Questions
Please find attached the story and 14 critical analysis questions. I do not own the copyrights to this story but it can be found online free of charge. The questions that are attached have come from multiple sources over the years and I do not claim that I wrote them all. With that being said, here you go! A GREAT short story with some really insightful questions. ENJOY!
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8th - 12th
Types of Literary Characters
This one-page resource is a tool I use with my students to remind them of the types of literary characters we meet in literature.
TEACHING TIP: I copy this on cardstock or brightly colored paper and have the students place it in their binders. They reference it all year, and the thick paper or bright paper makes it more durable and stand out against the other papers they collect.
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7th - 10th
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A Christmas Carol Stave One: A Close Reading Study (10 pages), Answer Keys
Initial Reading Quiz 12 Items, Answer KeysStudy Guide 66 Items, Answer Keys, Interpretive Notes10 PagesZip file contains both .pdf and .doc versionsMy apologies if you've arrived here expecting to see Staves Two and Four as free products. With the sharing of information over the past several years, it is extremely difficult to keep up with all that has been shared and passed around. This study unit for Stave One is now the free product. Download it to see how it works before you purchase the uni
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Vocabulary List
This is a vocabulary list for Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery." There are 15 words, their parts of speech, and simple definitions. There is also a column included for students to input the page number that each word appears on in their version of the story.
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7th - 10th
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The Lady or the Tiger Reading Guide and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. The Reading Guide provides the students with a close read of the text with dependent questions that help target the Common core State Standards for Literature. This guide helps students with comprehension to help determine what the author is saying? The student reading guide is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available f
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9th - 12th
"The Devil and Tom Walker" study guide questions
This study guide contains 22 questions for “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving that can be used as a review activity or as the students read independently. The questions hit different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, allowing the students to reflect upon what they read as well as let the teacher know whether or not the students comprehend the reading. Includes answers.Questions can also be used as a question bank for making exams or quizzes. Includes the answer key.The study guide is i
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9th - 12th
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Literary Element Notes for Short Stories
This is a quick resource to use for teaching literary elements in short stories. In addition to terms and definitions there is an explanation to helps students understand how to show evidence for each device. You can modify to remove the literary terms and provide it as a note sheet for students. The table format makes it easy to cut into sections and have students pair the words and definitions for independent practice.
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Short Story Graphic Organizers
A Christmas Carol Stave One Close-reading Guide and Reading Quiz—Grades 8-10
A Christmas Carol Stave One comprehensive reading assessment and close-reading guide will save you hours of time. Know ahead that the close-reading guide can be used in whole or in part for whenever or wherever you want the students to practice their close-reading skills. You may want the students to respond in writing to a few questions, but I designed them to help students have an oral dialogue with a reading peer. The assessment is an objective-type matching format; the students match quotati
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8th - 10th
Murders in the Rue Morgue Questions and Activity Guide
This product contains questions, activities and guided reading support for students studying the Edgar Allan Poe short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue". It is broken into six sections, and the link to the PDF of the story with page numbers is included. I hope this helps you introduce your students to the world of Poe, and short horror stories. Thanks! If you use this product, please consider leaving me a rating!
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7th - 12th
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An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge Questions
Comprehensive questions and answers that are derived directly from the text. All of these questions are easily answered at home and are intended to keep students focused on the reading. Many of these questions could easily be an introduction to a larger conversation about the reading. Please feel free to follow me as I update my products regularly! Have a nice day!
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9th - 12th
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Reading Guide for Story Sexy by Jhumpa Lahiri
The file includes a reading guide to deeply analyze the short story Sexy by Jhumpa Lahiri, which belongs to the collection Interpreter of Maladies.Then there's a glossary and some further information that can be useful when reading the story.
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Tone & Mood Comparison Notes
Tone & Mood one-pager to help students understand the differences between the tone and mood! Includes: definitions, visual cues, fill-in the blank note-taking, and a word bank for tone/mood words.
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5th - 12th
Short Story Unit Terms and Notes: Author's Choices and Theme
Introduce your students to literary terms for author's choice. Topics include:
*theme
*parallel plots
*flashback
*pacing
*symbolism
*foreshadowing
*irony
This PowerPoint presentation includes definitions, examples from stories and movies, embedded videos, and visuals to target a variety of learning styles.
State standards being addressed include:
9.4.2.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of a text, including how it emerges and i
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9th - 10th
The Cask of Amontillado Study Guide William Blake A Poison Tree QuickWrite FREE
This 3-page PDF contains a quick write, literary term focus, and reading questions.The quick write requires students to read and analyze William Blake's "A Poison Tree" which will get students thinking about the theme of REVENGE. I LOVE this poem and teaching "The Cask of Amontillado" gives me the excuse to read it with my students.If you like this product, please provide FEEDBACK and a RATING.Also, please consider purchasing my BEST SELLING PRODUCT for Edgar Allan Poe's "The Cask of Amontillad
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7th - 12th
The Gift of the Magi Short Story Lesson Plan for Middle School and High School
The Gift of the Magi Lesson Plan
1. Terms you need to know
2. Story vocabulary and writing activity
3. Allusions, Symbolism, and Irony
4. Analysis Questions
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7th - 10th
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RIP Corey: My Friend Died and It Sucks! Study Guide with Writing Prompts
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) about GRIEF Language Arts Writing & Discussion prompt about feelings about deathaccessible to ALL abilities 5th-12th grade & Special Education1 in 12 children will experience the death of a parent or sibling before age 18. Let's help them feel less alone and help their classmates know what to say/how to help while also teaching our required curriculum.ENTIRE 50 page Graphic Novel based on a TRUE story can be READ in 15 MINUTES-or just take one question in
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5th - 12th
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"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner Study Guide
Study guide for students to complete after reading "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. The guide includes questions about the Southern Gothic genre, Internal vs. External Conflict, and Statements of Theme.
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner Short Story Unit Bundle
The Gift of the Magi Comprehensive Assignment Questions
Over 20 detailed short answer study questions which can be used for assignments or quizzes. Includes 15 academic vocabulary words pulled from the text. There is enough here in this document that you won't need anything else!
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6th - 9th
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Scary Stories to tell in the Dark comprehensions questions Complete
Complete list of Comprehensions questions for all stories for the book Scary stories to tell in the Dark.
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3rd - 12th
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The Body by Stephen King
This is a good short story that reluctant readers will enjoy, especially boys.
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11th - 12th
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FREE | The Piece of String (1884) by Guy de Maupassant | Lit Guide | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Guy de Maupassant's famous short story, The Piece of String Engage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting symbolism, irony, and foreshadowingInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyExplore the results of gossip and rumorsDebate if what happened in Hauchecome's town could happen in a school setting and
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7th - 12th
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