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8th grade Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa short stories resources for Google Apps
Short Story Unit Plan, 9 Short Stories for High School, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Looking for a low-prep short story unit that will thrill your high school and advanced middle school students? This four-week short story unit is an excellent way to launch the year, setting the stage for deeper study of novels and plays. I’ve used it successfully with eighth graders and both regular and honors freshmen. It covers the important elements of literature and provides an excellent background in literary devices, analysis, and writing techniques. All student materials are included in
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8th - 11th
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VALENTINES DAY Order of Operations Digital Resource Pixel Art Math Activity
Students will evaluate 30 expressions using Google™ Sheets. Includes THREE pixel art theme options: Thanksgiving, Christmas/Winter and Valentine's Day.Two levels provide easy differentiation:Level 1: Using Positive Numbers OnlyLevel 2: Using Both Positive and Negative NumbersCorrect answers will be indicated by the text color changing from red to black and students will be rewarded with colored pixels appearing in the mystery image. Incorrect answers will be indicated by the text color staying
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: ENTIRE STORE Middle School Math & Algebra 1 Activities BUNDLE
Ugly Christmas Character Sweater: Fun Holiday Writing, ELA Activity, Craft Board
Are you ready to bring some educational holiday cheer into your classroom? Unwrap your students' creativity and inferencing skills with this festive and educational Christmas writing activity! Create an Ugly (or cute) Character Sweater:Your students will combine whole class novels or independent reading with the hilarity of ugly Christmas sweaters. This ELA Christmas activity will make the chaos of the season a little easier by allowing students focus their energy on creating custom ugly sweater
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5th - 10th
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Science Fiction Bundle, Sci Fi Short Stories & Movie Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Take a trip to another dimension as you introduce your students to the delights and horrors of modern science fiction. Using the works of writers such as Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., and Isaac Asimov, this two (or three, depending on pacing) week mini-unit will entertain and challenge your advanced middle school and high school classes.Student handouts are included in both PDF and interactive worksheet/Google Drive versions.Here’s the order in which I present these science fiction lessons, b
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8th - 11th
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Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension Passages | Activities & Projects
This resource includes activities for 33 short stories and poems. The goal of this reading literature journal is prepare students to recall, understand, apply, analyze, and evaluate a variety of texts while also using creative mini-projects to help encourage deeper thinking! This resource has everything you'll need to teach a short story or poem once a week for the ENTIRE school year. ZERO prep necessary! Answer keys for the short stories ARE INCLUDED in this resource. NOTE 2: This resource ha
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5th - 9th
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The Veldt, Ray Bradbury Short Story Worksheets + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive
If your students can’t go an hour without looking at their phones, they need to read “The Veldt.”Ray Bradbury’s chilling futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” gives us a glimpse of a world where children love their devices more than their families. Sound familiar? This compelling 90-minute lesson will get your students reading, thinking, and discussing the consequences of our tech-dependent culture. The materials (5-page PDF with links to online media and Google Drive versions of all student hand
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8th - 11th
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Christmas Math Activities Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures | Early Finishers
This document has been updated and revised to include three different levels of differentiation. Please download the preview to see more of what's included in this documentIncluded are Four Christmas-Themed Coordinate Graphing Mystery Pictures:Each picture has three different graphing options to easily provide differentiation in your classroom.·One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants with positive and negative whole numbers and decimals·One picture to be graphed in all four quadrants wit
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4th - 9th
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Short Story Unit - Intro to Literature for ANY Fiction - PRINT & DIGITAL
Teach your students all about short stories and literary elements with a short story unit that works with any piece of fiction. This short story teaching lesson introduces students to short stories, fiction, and literary devices. It includes everything you need to teach your middle and high school students about short stories, and you can use these organizers over and over again. This short story unit includes both the print and digital files! Teaching short stories is a breeze with this unit. B
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Narrative Writing and Short Story Unit Bundle
Holiday - How the Grinch Stole Christmas Digital Escape Room ELA Spiral Review
If you are looking for a Christmas English Language Arts review activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days (or week) leading up to Christmas, then this FUN ESCAPE ROOM is for you! There are five How the Grinch Stole Christmas-related activites included in this Google Form. Students will complete a variety of tasks using different skills including problem-solving, critical thinking, reading comprehension, literacy challenges, and some clever deduction to work out how to convi
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3rd - 8th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Christmas ELA Digital Escape Room - Common Core Aligned
Going into Christmas break can have students rowdy and make it hard to engage them in anything academic. This READY TO GO Common Core aligned Escape Room will have students reading, answering questions, and eager to collaborate. All you have to do is literally share the link with students, and they are all set! This product includes:4 TasksTask 1: The Tale of Christmas Stockings - Chronological OrderTask 2: Why Santa Chose Reindeer – Reading ComprehensionTask 3: Farmer Felton’s Tree Farm – Plot
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE: Reading Comprehension
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room
Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more
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6th - 8th
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Mars Patel Podcast Unit Season 1
With this Mars Patel Podcast Season 1 Unit, you can immerse your students in the captivating world of the Mars Patel podcast, an enthralling fictional audio series that follows a group of young friends as they embark on a thrilling adventure, blending mystery, science fiction, and the timeless essence of youthful curiosity. Using the podcast, this resource is a dynamic tool for teaching literary elements and enhancing listening comprehension.This exciting unit is the ultimate companion for educa
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Mars Patel Mega Bundle Seasons 1 - 3
Pixar Shorts Films NARRATIVE WRITING THEME PLOT LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS SEL
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF PLOT AND FULL NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT for GLUED! Google Slides and Worksheets. This adorable animated short film is perfect for teaching PLOT, THEME, CHARACTER TRAITS & MOTIVATION, CONFLICT, SETTING, FORESHADOWING, AND NARRATIVE WRITING in the most FUN AND EFFECTIVE way! In this workshop, students are guided through a full interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've gained in the workshop to create their own narrative
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5th - 9th
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Winter Bulletin Board Christmas Writing Stuck Trapped in a Snow Globe Craft
BEST-SELLER: Stuck in a Snow Globe (DIGITAL, HYBRID, PRINTABLE version, Bulletin Board Kit, Graphic Organizers...etc included!) This Winter Art & Writing project is the PERFECT way to bring the magic of the holidays into your classroom. Use for your winter party before winter break, as a snow day activity, during a holiday, or through the winter season. Students LOVE this fun ELA winter writing activity. **Differentiated versions allow this activity to be used in a WIDE span of grade levels
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2nd - 8th
Also included in: Christmas Winter December ELA & Math Class Games & No Prep Activities
Daily Agenda Google Slides - Christmas Templates
New Christmas Holiday slide theme! Use slides to post agenda, classwork, bellringer, assignments, instructions, and more! Great for distance learning.Included in this product is 100+ editable blank daily, weekly, and instructional templates. Almost every part of this product is editable including text boxes, colors, sizes, and fonts! I have also include pre-made digital timers.How can you use these templates?→ Templates for daily, weekly, and subject-specific agendas→ Text, fonts, and colors are
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K - 12th
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Also included in: Daily Agenda Google Slides | Ultimate Bundle!
Graphing Slope Intercept Form Lines - Christmas Math Activity - PDF & Digital
Are you ready to add a fun challenge for your 8th graders close to the holidays! This engaging activity will let your students strengthen their skills in graphing lines in slope intercept form. Printable PDF & Digital Versions are included in this distance learning ready graphing slope intercept form activity. This Google Classroom ready activity come in both digital & PDF format and allows students to strengthen their skills in graphing lines in slope intercept form.Distance learning?
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7th - 10th
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Scary Short Stories Unit - Horror Stories for Halloween in Middle School ELA
If you’re searching for an engaging scary short stories unit for your middle school ELA students to enjoy this Halloween, stop your search here! This bundle of activities for your favorite horror stories will thrill your students while reviewing short story elements in an unforgettable way. From creative writing activities to short story escape rooms, your students will embrace short story analysis in a whole new way!✔ Check out the preview for more information!Using the following spooky short s
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6th - 8th
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Short Stories Close Reading Literary Analysis Bundle - PRINT + DIGITAL
Engage your students in a rigorous and comprehensive short story close reading unit! Complete with print and digital materials to teach seven short stories, this close reading short story unit has everything you need including targeted close reading passages and literary analysis writing prompts.Help your students learn how to closely read literature and apply literary analysis skills with the resources in this unit. Each story focuses on just a few literary elements and includes targeted passag
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7th - 10th
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Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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Harrison Bergeron, Literary Analysis + Video, Kurt Vonnegut, PDF & Google Drive
Use this compelling two-day (or possibly three-day, depending on your pacing) lesson on Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s chilling futuristic short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” as a stand-alone lesson, as part of any short story unit, or as a supplement to any larger dystopian novel study, such as Brave New World, The Giver, or The Hunger Games.Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s story presents a chilling vision of a future where everyone has the exact same level of intelligence, talent, and beauty. Shouldn’t we want to level
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8th - 11th
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Short Story The Monkey's Paw Analysis and Reading Comprehension Questions
Your students will love this delightfully creepy short story. It's perfect for practicing reading comprehension, literary analysis, foreshadowing, point of view, and irony with your middle school and high school students. And... by the end of the unit, students will have written a literary analysis response.Here's what teachers are saying about this unit: "An AWESOME unit. This resource is put together really well and was really easy to use.""MY KIDS LOVED THIS!!!!! We have been having so muc
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6th - 10th
The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal
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6th - 8th
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Elements of Fiction PowerPoint & Activities for ANY Text - Short Story Elements
Kick off ANY short story, fiction or literature unit with this comprehensive and engaging Elements of Fiction PowerPoint, guided notes and activity bundle intended for high school or middle school ELA. Great for introduction, reinforcement, and/or story element review, this package guides students through the key elements of literature and literary devices and includes plenty of engaging, rigorous activities for practice and review—all Common Core aligned. It even includes fun self-assessment a
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7th - 12th
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