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High school short stories lessons for Microsoft Word
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories: This comprehensive middle school and high school short story unit will captivate your students with four highly engaging stories, all with surprising endings. The resource includes eye-catching PowerPoint presentations to introduce short story terms and to guide the lesson for each of the short stories, dynamic discussions, enriching videos, and creative assessments and activities to engage and challenge your stude
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" Activity Bundle
You need this packet of 4 activities to help your students read like detectives as they tackle Edgar Allan Poe's challenging short story "The Fall of the House of Usher!" For pre-reading, your students will think about or research mental illness and response to death from the 1830s.As students read the story, they complete the Active Reading Guide so they are focusing on the symbolism and duplicity in the story. After reading the story, students complete the close reading activity which focus
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9th - 12th
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Writing a Short Story - Complete Unit
Your students will have their short story story written and completed in 15 days! This unit includes activities, specific lesson plans and every thing you need to help your students. My kids were very successful during this unit and enjoy it every year. It's positively directed but fast paced.
How to Write a Short Story
Day 1: Background Survey & Getting Excited Activity
Day 2: Character Development
Day 3: Continue Character Development & Setting Development: Where, When and We
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4th - 10th
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The Devil and Tom Walker (Washington Irving) Close Reading Activity
Washington Irving's classic short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a folk tale, a Faust legend, and an example of Romanticism--Wow! That's a lot of labels! Get your students delving in to the text of this story as they closely examine how the story is an example of each of these types of literature. For example, students will dissect a folk tale into its elements and investigate how this story relates. In addition, students will work to decode some of the extensive symbolism and satire used
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9th - 12th
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Figurative Language Worksheet and KEY
This 2 page worksheet on E. A. Poe's short story has has 3 parts. Part 1 identifies 11 examples of figurative language Poe uses in his short story: parallel structure, personification, comparison, repetition, simile, irony, literary allusion, onomatopoeia, alliteration, metaphor, & cliché, and the students have to match the term to the definition. In Part 2 the students match the same 11 terms to easy examples of the figurative language demonstrated. Part 3 contains 30 direct quotations f
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7th - 11th
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Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Figurative Language & KEY
This 2 page worksheet has 3 parts: Part 1 identifies the types of Figurative Language Roald Dahl uses in "Lamb to the Slaughter:" Biblical Allusion, Oxymoron, Onomatopoeia, Contrast, Simile, Parallel Structure, Alliteration, Repetition, &;Irony; the students have to match the example to the definition. Part 2 has examples of the same types of Figurative Language used in the short story, and students have to identify them from the word bank. Part 3 has direct quotations from Dahl's story, and
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7th - 11th
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Fable, Myth, Fairy Tale, Tall Tale, and Legend Creative Writing Unit
This is a reproducible handout or packet of information about Fables, Myths, Fairy Tales, Tall Tales, and Legends. This packet includes information and examples of each type of story. It also includes short writing assignments for each type of story as well. Students can either create a Folktale collection which will include each type of story or do these projects individually. Each story can be illustrated with drawings, paintings, magazine pictures, computer generated pictures etc.
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7th - 12th
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto Figurative Language Worksheet & KEY
This two page worksheet on Gary Soto's "Seventh Grade" has 3 parts. Part 1 identifies 12 examples of Figurative Language the author employs in his short story: onomatopoeia, symbolism, repetition, hyperbole, contrast, pun, parallel structure, alliteration, flashback, metaphor, simile, and irony, and the students have to match the examples to their definitions. Part 2 contains 12 examples, using the same figures of speech/literary devices, and the students have to match the terms to the exampl
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7th - 9th
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The Devil and Tom Walker (Washington Irving) Pre-Reading Activity
Washington Irving's classic folk tale "The Devil and Tom Walker" will come to life for your students when they delve into this pre-reading research activity which requires access to technology. First, students investigate Faust legends and folk tales. Next, students explore some of the archaic language (usurer, miser, termagant) included in the story, finding images and information that help students make connections to everyday life. Students will also speculate on symbols for birds and anim
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9th - 12th
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5 Day English Sub Plan - Emergency Plans - FULL WEEK Middle/ High School English
EDITABLE Secondary English 5 Day Sub Plan. Ready to print or email. Students will read the short story "Trap of Gold" and create a poster project. Complete with lesson plans, short story, and poster project all in 1 easy to read document. Also, works in multiple grade levels so you can leave one plan for all your classes. - Instructions are detailed and easy to read so the sub can simply follow along. - Plans, short story, comprehension questions, and poster project all included in one editable
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7th - 12th
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“Thank You Ma’am” Multiple-Choice Reading Comprehension Quiz Test
This 18-question multiple-choice reading test/quiz is on Langston Hughes' short story "Thank You, Ma'am" and has questions from different levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy (revised). It will test students’ literal and interpretive understanding of the selection and:plot developmentpoint of viewmaking inferencesvocabularyliterary devicescharacterizationauthor’s purposeand figurative languageQuestions are modeled after standardized tests (SAT, ACT, and state tests) to familiarize students with the struct
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Grade 8 Prentice Hall Lit. Unit 2 Short Stories Tests Bundle (13 total)
The Pit and the Pendulum E A Poe Figurative Language and KEY
This 2 page worksheet has three parts. In the first part students match twelve examples of Figurative Language to their respective definitions; the examples are the ones E. A. Poe employs in "The Pit and the Pendulum:" personification, parallel structure, metaphor, oxymoron, irony, symbolism, alliteration, onomatopoeia, repetition, contrast, simile, classical allusion. In the second part, students identify the type of figurative language in sentences with clues boldfaced; they use the same ch
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8th - 11th
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The Most Dangerous Game Scavenger Hunt and KEY 33q
This is a 33 question (sequential)scavenger hunt based on the short story, The Most Dangerous Game. It is a greeat in class or homework activity. It may be done with a partner or individually. It can also be used as a quiz or a pre-reading assignment. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves reading comprehension. A page answer KEY is provided, making this two pages total. Please do not s
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8th - 12th
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The Wise Old Woman translated by Yoshiko Uchida Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This two page, 50 question scavenger hunt follows the story in chronological order. Students have to find the answers to the clues as they read or reread the story. This scavenger hunt forces students to read carefully and look for details. This activity works well as either an individual, directed reading or as a partner assignment. It can also be given as a homework sheet or open book quiz. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index fo
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7th - 10th
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The Gift of the Magi Figurative Language and KEY
This is a worksheet to help students identify an author's use of figurative language. The first part of this page requires the students to match seven examples of figurative language to their definitions. The second part has 23 quoted phrases from "The Gift of the Magi," and using the same seven terms, the students must identify which example is used in the quotation. An Answer KEY is provided.
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8th - 12th
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Minister's Black Veil Activity Pack, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Theme
Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Minister's Black Veil" is a complex short story. Help your students to unravel its mysteries with these two activities dealing with theme, tone, mood, and symbolism. To begin with, your students will work individually, then with a small group to nail down some themes found in this short story. Next, students will need internet access to use the word cloud application on the Wordle website to create a word cloud communicating the mood, tone, and symbolism from the st
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9th - 12th
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The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe Figurative Language and KEY
This 2 page worksheet has 3 parts. In Part 1 the students match the definitions to the examples of figurative language Poe uses in his short story; a word bank is provided: parallel structure, foreshadowing, onomatopoeia, alliteration, contrast, irony, classical allusion, Biblical allusion, personification, metaphor, and simile. In Part 2, using the same terms from the word bank, students match the figurative language terms to an example. Part 3 comprises 25 direct quotations from "The Black Cat
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7th - 11th
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The Drummer Boy of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury Figurative Language Worksheet & KEY
This 2 page worksheet on Ray Bradbury's historical fiction short story has 3 parts. Part 1 has a word bank of 14 terms, which correspond to the examples of figurative language used in the story: Parallel Structure, Simile, Personification, Foreshadow, Alliteration, Oxymoron, Repetition, Literary Allusion, Symbol, Onomatopoeia, Synecdoche, Metaphor, Contrast, and Pun, and the students must match the term to the correct defintion. (This way, all the students are working with the same definitions.)
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7th - 10th
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Indian Captive Primary Source Worksheet (French and Indian War)
Captured by Indians, 1758 (The Real Story of Mary Jemison Capture)This worksheet allows students to use a primary source document to learn about the French and Indian War. I use this worksheet to help students better understand the book Indian Captive.This activity is very easy to use. All you have to do is print off the primary source from the following website for classroom use or direct students to the website to answer the worksheet questions. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/cap.htmClick
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: French and Indian War Lesson Plan Collection
The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury Figurative Language Worksheet and KEY
This two page worksheet on Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Pedestrian" has 3 parts. In Part 1 students match 10 figurative language terms from a word bank to their definitions: parallel structure, alliteration, synaesthesia, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, apostrophe repetition, contrast, pun. In Part 2 students match the same figurative language terms to examples. In Part 3 students identify the type of figurative language used in direct quotations taken from the story. A two page answer
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8th - 12th
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Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," Pre-Reading Lesson
Let your students provide the images and information that lead them to better understanding of Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder." In this technology-dependent activity, students research the scientific theory called "The Butterfly Effect." Then, students delve into the history of science-fiction, Bradbury's legacy, and recent death. Students even investigate how plots using "The Butterfly Effect" have been made into movies and TV shows. Included is a note to teachers with ideas
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8th - 12th
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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been - Oates Mini Unit Materials
Here is everything you need for a mini unit on Joyce Carol Oates' short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" I've also attached a film review essay task and essay organizer if you would like to pair it with the film version of the short story, Smooth Talk, starring Laura Dern.
This 12 page download includes:
- A critical casebook handout that discusses the various literary interpretations of the short story, including topics for discussion.
- 15 analysis questions to help stud
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9th - 12th
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Tell-Tale Heart Debate - Sane or Insane?
This debate stems from the 1843 classic short story by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart". It is designed for students to be using text evidence to determine if the narrator was insane or sane, depending on which side they are supporting. The first page for the team gives text evidence examples but the second page they have to find their own. After finding examples, students write a summary based on what they found and what inferences they made. At the end of the debate, there are reflection
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7th - 11th
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