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Short stories resources for Microsoft Word and for staff
"A Good Man is Hard to Find" Syntax Practice
This 9 passage handout asks students to address the following Common Core Standard: L.11-12.3a Vary syntax for effect, consulting references (e.g., Tufte’s Artful Sentences) for guidance as needed; apply an understanding of syntax to the study of complex texts when reading.The questions that accompany the handout ask students to analyze the author's deliberate use of punctuation and sentence length to create an effect. Answer key is included, and more resources are available upon request. Please
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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By Any Other Name A Short Quiz
A Short quiz about the short story "By Any Other Name" By Santha Rama Rau, this short multiple choice quiz provides a chance for the teachers to give a quick assessment and check for understanding after reading the text of the story. It is suitable for the students who want to review the story , and it can be used for online assignment and assessment.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Sight Word Dolch Word Stories for Homework / Take Home
I made these sight word stories for my kindergarten students this year to go inside their homework packets once a week. The story includes the weekly sight words and also reviews the ones learned in the previous weeks. The stories build as you can see the further into the school year you go. This was very helpful with the students who struggled learning sight words. What is shown is just a sample there are enough stories for 30+ weeks. The sight words used are:
me help run go look
at come dow
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PreK - 3rd, Staff
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Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Short Stories Fluency ESL Practice
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions English Language Arts Activity Fluency Worksheets Warmup Classroom Literacy SkillsThis 60 page Word document includes 50 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions. This resource is in Word doc format, so you can edit and change anything you see fit. Does not include an answer key.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topi
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Christmas Brain Teaser Activity
This very fun Christmas activity will tease the brain of your students and keep them thinking right through the holiday vacation. This activity also includes brain teaser questions that reflect bits of the story which tests your students comprehension and keep them sharp and on their toes.
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Writing a Short Story | HKDSE | junior form | Pre-/post-writing worksheet
English worksheets for writing a story about being a taxi driver in Hong Kong. The worksheets serve as a scaffolding exercise/activity, covering vocabulary for writing stories, common errors students make, structure of a story (beginning, climax, resolution, ending, etc), language features for stories and useful expressions. They are great for junior or senior form students as pre-writing or post-writing worksheets. - Good for Cantonese speakers / students who are learning English as a second la
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"Araby" by James Joyce A multiple-Choice quiz with answer key
A Short multiple-choice quiz that serves as a quick assessment for the short story "Araby" by James Joyce. It contains 15 multiple-choice questions that are related to the character, the setting and the theme of this story, an answer key is included.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Preterite vs Imperfect Story
This is a short story where students are given a list of verbs that will be used in the blanks of the short story.
Student will first conjugate the verbs in both the preterite and imperfect using the box provided. Then students will read the story and decide which of their conjugated (preterite or imperfect) verbs to use.
This could be used as a quiz/assessment, classwork, or homework.
You could also extend this activity by having students create their own questions to the story to ask a p
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Little Red Riding Hood: Pantomime Drama script
Are you looking for an end of semester performance which your students and teachers will love??This short 6-page script was originally written as a staff pantomime production, however it could easily be performed by a group of young actors as part of a presentation evening.Lots of fun for actors and audience is guaranteed - enjoy! :)Character ListNarratorMrs HoodWolfRed Riding HoodWoodcutterRobin HoodWitchGrandma HoodGoldilocks
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3rd - 12th, Staff
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A Rose for Emily Multiple Choice test
A Quick multiple choice test that covers the short story " A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner, This test can be used as a summative evaluation to test the comprehension of the students after finishing reading the story and it can be used for quick evaluation of the main characters and other story elements.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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4 Accounts of the Middle Passage
This is a great group activity where students learn about the different perspectives of people involved in the slave trade. Students will read about four different people's accounts of the slave trade; a slave ship captain, a surgeon, a slave trader and a doctor. After reading the account of a character, students can fill in the graphic organizer based on that characters perspective. Students can then share their answers with the other members of their groups and compare the differences betwe
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7th - 12th, Staff
Preterit vs Imperfect Story
This is a short story in which students have to choose between the preterite and imperfect verbs. This may be used as a quiz/formal or informal assessment, homework, classwork or group work.
Students will read the story, and on a separate sheet of paper, write the infinitive form of the verb and meaning in English. They'll circle the appropriate form according to context (preterite or imperfect), and write an explanation stating why they chose the preterite or imperfect.
You can extend this
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Bet Anton Chekhov Annotated Story with Questions and Answers
This is an annotated version of the short story "The Bet," by Anton Chekhov.All vocabulary is defined in text [in brackets] to facilitate reading comprehension for struggling readers.22 in-text guiding reading/checking for understanding questions with answersIn-text guiding questions chunk the text into smaller passages to assist students with close-reading. Students never read more than two paragraphs without checking for understanding questions.These modifications are especially helpful for EL
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Ballad Activity (The Man From Ironbark)
Activity using the famous Australian ballad by 19th century Australian poet Banjo Patterson. Includes the lesson, ballad text, worksheet and answer key.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
My Sweet TriniAmerican Mom
My Sweet TriniAmerican mom is a lovely story from my daughters' points of view. Join us as we share the best of both cultures!
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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A SHORT STORY UNIT: Katherine Mansfield
This 112 page booklet is designed as a working model for teachers and students engaging in the Literary Mindscapes Elective Katherine Mansfield . All the work has been done for you simply work through the booklet as your teaching resource. The primary feature of the booklet is a breaking down of the rubric into 5 separate questions which students may easily use in the analysis of their texts. The booklet includes all short stories, a complete breakdown of the function of the rubric into 5 questi
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12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Most dangerous Game Study Guide
This Guide contains activities that facilitates and assess the reading of the short story "The Most Dangerous Game" . It includes before-reading activities, Vocabulary Review Activity, Analyze literature Activity, Selection Quizzes( True or False and Multiple-choice quiz) and an answer key is provided at the end of this Guide to all the activities. This Guide is suitable for assessment, review before tests, before and while-reading activities and online learning.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Devil and Tom Walker Analysis Guide Quiz and answer Key
This simple Guide goes with reading the short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving with a special focus on the tone and the theme. It also has a set of comprehension questions and a quiz with an answer key to all the activities and the quiz.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Two Kinds by Amy Tan Study Guide
This Guide provides a complete set of activities that cover the short story "Two Kind s" by Amy Tan. It includes:Vocabulary Building Exercises Reading Warm-up Activities Make Prediction Activities Literary Analysis Activities Enrichment Activity Real Life Connection Open Test Book Two Selection Tests An answer key to all the activities This Guide Facilitates the study of this short story and saves the time of the teacher who is looking for material to measure the students' progress and attainmen
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Rikki-Tikki- Tavi Study Guide
This is a comprehensive guide that covers everything about the short story"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling it includes Vocabulary Building Exercises Reading Warm-up Activities Make Prediction Activities Literary Analysis Activities Enrichment Activity Real Life Connection Open Test Book Two Selection Tests An answer key to all the activities This Guide is time saving for the teacher with many purposeful activities and tests that cover all the aspects of this short story.An answer key to all
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5th - 9th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Wife of Bath Tale (from The Canterbury Tales) Study Guide
This Study Guide helps the reader to understand The Wife of Bath Tale (from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer) through while-reading questions and post-reading questions, in addition to analysis questions and a multiple -choice quiz. An answer key to all the questions is included at the end of this Guide. It is very suitable for reluctant readers and it helps the teacher to prepare this lesson. It is also suitable for online assignments.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Close Reading - Language Conventions
This resource is designed to target the Australian English Curriculum, but it also addresses other English Curriculae globally.This resource is designed to assist teachers and students. It is aimed at understanding how language choices affect meaning. It also requires a student to demonstrate an understanding of functional literacy (as assessed in NAPLAN). It is based on Australian English Curriculum requirements in terms of learning language conventions, and the effect created, within context.
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7th - 12th, Staff
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WalkATalk Story: Walk Your Thoughts, Persist Until You Win!
WalkATalk is an action word coined from Walk and Talk. Walk, tells with your action to walk your words and make things happen throughout your journey on a day to day living. Talk deals with how you communicate your action and convey the message of your thoughts to get there with your goals. WalkATalk means setting your goals, taking plan for your action, walking with your thoughts, living with it and tell your story that success comes.
The book tells about walking a talk to express our thoughts
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Shot that Backfired - Story text and work sheets
Anti Gun Violence is the theme. This is the text to the story which may be downloaded for teachers' and students' use. There is space for writing on each story page. It can be used for answering questions from the lesson plan, for writing prompts or essay questions. The video, lesson and text/work sheets make up a set for an excellent activity to enlighten young students on the serious consequences of the abuse of weapons. The air rifle in the story is symbolic of deadlier weapons and the vi
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