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Free 7th grade short stories printables
100 Character Traits Free Printable PDF List
100 Character Traits Free Printable List! This list is perfect for teaching students to identify character traits! It can also be used as an anchor chart or a reference list for interactive notebooks. SUPPORT CHARACTER ANALYSIS WITH GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS! *This freebie is part of the larger Character Traits Graphic Organizers Bundle. Click here to preview the printable, editable, and digital Character Traits Graphic Organizers. INCLUDED WITH YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD:100 Character Traits PDF: An alphabet
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4th - 7th
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Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Fable, Myth, & Legend
Folktale Genres Poster Set FREEBIE! Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.This set was created with upper elementary and middle school ELA classrooms in mind.6 Poster Set for teaching the subgenres of Folktales: Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, Legend, Fable, & Myth.You can buy the full set of 12 here: Fiction Genres Posters Set of 12Please check my TpT store for more reading and literature poster sets and other resources.
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1st - 9th
FREE Narrative Writing Checklists | Rubrics | All Ages | Editing Assessment
Teach your students to independently check their narrative/story writing using these beautiful checklists and rubrics. this is the free PDF version. If you are looking for an EDITABLE VERSION WITH ALL TEXT TYPES, you can find it here.These editable checklists are specifically for narratives or story writing. We will be creating more for other writing genres shortly.There are three age variations in the bundle for Junior (Ages 5 - 7), Middle (7 - 11) and Senior (11 - 15). Each bundle contains
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K - 9th
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Inferences and Context Clues Short Stories Free Sample for Speech Therapy
These short stories are designed for speech therapy can be provided for distance learning to help students make inferences and use context to determine meaning. Areas targeted include: learning new vocabulary, recognizing and understanding figurative language, and answering “why” and “how” questions. Stories are intended to be relatable for students in 2nd through 4th grade. Examples of story themes are: eating out, reading a report card, Halloween, and going to the beach. This free sample incl
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2nd - 8th
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"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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6th Grade Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions FREEBIE
This is a sample of my 6th grade passages that students can use to practice their fluency. There are also comprehension questions included for each passage.There are 3 sets of Fluency Passages (Set A, Set B, and Set C), if you want to get them all!These are also available online as a Google Slides product: Sixth Grade Fluency Passages with Online Timer (Google Slides) Digital LearningCheck out all my other fluency passages for grades K-6:Fluency Passages with Comprehension Questions
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5th - 7th
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Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game
Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game: Use this story elements paper fortune teller activity to engage all of your students in learning new literary devices. Simply use the included instructions to teach students how to fold the fortune teller and play the game within your classroom. After students use this activity, they will have a stronger understanding of fictional story elements like character, plot, setting, conflict, theme, and moreIncluded in This Story Ele
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4th - 9th
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Bowling Basics Fluency Passage & Comprehension Close Reading Sixth Grade Level
Bowling Basics 3 Day Fluency/Comprehension Reading InterventionThis is an original fluency passage I wrote, and three comprehension activities to accompany the text. This package includes a teacher copy that you can print in color and reuse. It also includes a black and white copy that you can print off for each student and record their scores on it.Flesch Kincaid Readability Grade Level: 6.4*How to Use*This was designed to use as a reading intervention using the hot, warm and cold read strateg
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Reading Fluency & Comprehension Intervention Bundle Grades 6 & 7
High Interest Short Story Middle and High School Struggling Readers
Capture and engage your students who are reading below grade level with this twisty short story. Perfect for Halloween or any other time. Written for students to build fluency, spelling, and understanding. A great resource for those with reading difficulties, dyslexic, and EFL/ESL students. My students LOVE my spooky tales.I have used this resource during our ELA rotations during October. My students have been engaged with the stories and I have even over heard them discussing the story! I was e
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Hi-Lo Spooky Fiction Struggling Readers Middle High School Dyslexia
Free Literary Devices Bookmarks - Literary Terms and Story Elements Reference
Free Literary Devices Bookmarks - Literary Terms and Story Elements Reference: Enhance your students' understanding of literary devices with these free bookmarks! Designed for quick reference, these bookmarks feature definitions for common literary terms such as setting, plot, atmosphere, character, narrator, conflict, theme, tone, and foreshadowing. With two color options and a black-and-white version for easy printing, these bookmarks are a convenient tool for students to use while analyzing s
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6th - 12th
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"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Reading Test with Answer Key
A 25 question test to accompany the classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The test consists of 15 multiple choice questions, 3 short constructed response questions, and 7 vocabulary fill in the blank questions. An answer key is included.
Items include comprehension questions, figurative language devices, character analysis, story elements, and tier-two vocabulary words. The short response questions ask students to cite evidence to justify their responses.
The zip file
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7th - 12th
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Determining Theme: FREE Activity & Handout
Determining theme and its development is central to Common Core literature skills. This FREE activity enables students to employ a variety of strategies to identify themes and how they develop over the course of a text. It also adds a modern twist by allowing students to connect these themes to their favorite music. Used with ANY short story or novel, this lesson is aligned to the following Common Core State Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1. Read closely to determine what the text says e
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7th - 12th
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Plot Diagram / Plot Pyramid FREEBIE Graphic Organizer With Guiding Questions
This Plot Pyramid FREEBIE briefly explains the elements of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) and provides a pyramid template for students to write in for any fiction story. Each spot in the plot pyramid includes guiding questions to help students determine the plot element for that spot.The Plot Pyramid FREEBIE Graphic Organizer is part of my Plot Foldable Collections for Middle Grades Common Core, so check it out!
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4th - 9th
Story Elements Plot Diagram Graphic Organizers with Easel Activity FREE
FREE Blank Plot Diagram: This is a blank plot map for a short story. This printable or digital plot diagram is labeled with the five story elements of plot-exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, and has spaces for your students to write in the sequence of events. Use with any short story, or with my plot diagram activity for Rikki Tikki Tavi, also available in my store. Supports Common Core State Standards. In color and black and white. Print and Digital: Includes an
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Winter Main Idea, Inferencing, Details, Retell & Vocabulary: Speech Therapy
This product includes:One winter themed short story Inferencing-type questionsOpportunities to define tier 2 vocabulary using context cluesOpportunities to identify the main idea, details, and title of the storyPrompt to retell the story
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6th - 8th
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" Roald Dahl Short Story PDF Text
"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl is a fun and darkly humorous text to use with students of a variety of ages! Over the years of teaching this fabulous short story, I have noticed that various PDF versions often have many typos, misspellings and grammatical errors that can be distracting and confusing for students. However, I did find a full text version, thanks to classicshorts.com! You can access their version of it here: http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lamb.htmlAll I did was copy
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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Narrative Writing Prompts FREE
Narrative Writing Prompts FREEBIE contains 2 fun and engaging writing prompts and a narrative writing structure poster.
* September 2016* Worksheets and task card formats are now included! Please redownload to get these free updates!
Narrative Writing Prompts are ideal for test preparation because they are fun, engaging and purposeful at the same time.
This Freebie is part of a full set of 25 Narrative Writing Prompts that contains prompts, narrative writing structure posters, and examples of
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4th - 7th
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Short Story Planning Guide
This is a graphic organizer for students to use when thinking through the basic parts of a short story or even a longer novel, either one they've read or one they're brainstorming to write.
I've used it for students preparing to write folk tales, myths, and historical fiction.
It has students start with the purpose, theme, or moral, then list characters and setting, and finally a plot diagram. It would work well for all types of creative writing.
The file download is a .pdf file; however, if
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5th - 12th
Edgar Allan Poe Unit | Online Research Template | Poe Questions | Free Activity
Edgar Allan Poe Unit - Free Online Research Template with Questions and Answer Key! This Edgar Allan Poe activity asks students to research and answer key questions about the classic author. Student question template and answer key included.This activity makes for a great quick overview of Poe or introduction to a Poe unit.********************************************This engaging online research activity includes:⭐Online Research Question Template: This page includes several key questions about
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6th - 8th
Thanksgiving Writing Prompt
This Thanksgiving Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative and heart-warming stories! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide a major and minor character, the setting, a thankful event and an item or prop for a Thanksgiving tale with this handy writing prompt resource.☸ Example Rolls⚀ -1- Main Character: A farm boy⚁ -2- Minor Character: A trusty dog⚂ -3- Setting: Tre
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Organizers & Activities Bundle
Black History Month - 18 Famous Omahans
Attached is a PDF to post about 18 Famous Omahans in celebration of Black History Month.
Think of more let us know so I can add them to the original.
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Bob Boozer, basketball player
Malcolm X, activist
Bertha Calloway, founder museum
Johnny Rodger, football player
John Beasley, actor
Mildred Brown, newspaper founder
Bob Gibson, baseball player
Ahman Green, football player
Brenda Council, Nebraska State Senator
Preston Love, international jazz legend
Luigi Waites, musician
Gabrielle Uni
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PreK - 12th, Adult Education
Free Short Story Rubric Creative Writing Peer & Teacher Editing
Creative writing rubrics
This two page document includes: one peer-editing rubric and one teacher grading rubric (the rubrics are the same, but labeled differently for each page).
Includes the following categories: creativity, plot, development of characters, organization, spelling, grammar, and a Liked It/Didn't Like It section. There is an explanation for every single point.
I use this at the end of our short story unit when students compose their own. Students love to read their classmates'
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Plot Diagram Template
This graphic organizer can be used for quizzing, note-taking, or any other creative way that you would like to integrate it into your lesson. I've found this template very easy to use over and over again with different short stories at many different grade levels.
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2nd - 12th
Spring Break Ad Lib Activity FREE
This FREEBIE is just one part of a packet of FIVE Ad Libs: Spring Break Ad Lib Activity Packet. This includes five different Ad Libs, representing the five days of a Spring Break Trip!If you want something fun, silly, and engaging for before or after Spring Break for students that will just take a few minutes, this Ad Lib activity is for you!Your students will enjoy practicing using parts of speech with this engaging ad lib titled "Spring Break Ad Lib: Day One." Students will practice using noun
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
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