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Middle school short stories unit plans $5-10
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
Gary Soto’s “Seventh Grade” is an excellent short story to use with middle school students to teach plot and conflict. This unit contains a week’s worth of lesson plans and materials to supplement the story before, during, and after reading.* Included in your purchase:• detailed lesson plans (Common Core alignment)• daily objectives• beautifully designed worksheets and notes• a PowerPoint to use in conjunction with the lesson each day• vocabulary list, activities, and quiz• comprehension questio
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6th - 8th
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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit - Close Reading Activity
The "All Summer In A Day" short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach main idea, summary, theme, characterization, and more. This 8 day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Ray Bradbury's classic dystopian tale. Each lesson is scaffolded and contains tools to help meet the diverse needs of all learners. There is also a creative writing project that requires students to wr
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6th - 9th
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The Gift of the Magi: Reading, Discussion, & Literary Analysis
Need a seasonal literature activity with a text that’s complex enough? Do you want to teach a short story, collaboration, essay writing, and/or literary terms?This collaborative unit teaches the short story “The Gift of the Magi” in a way that engages every learner from start to finish! Pick and choose from premade lessons, class discussion, vocabulary, and a small-group literary analysis essay. All students will be pushed to interact with the text and each other!"The Gift of the Magi" is a grea
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7th - 10th
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Eleven by Sandra Cisneros- Guided Reading Unit
This all inclusive unit on Eleven by Sandra Cisneros helps students fully comprehend the story, its literary elements, and its messages and themes.
This covers the following concepts:
-Inferences & Drawing conclusions
-Point of View
-Context clues
-Similes
-Dialogue
-Plot
-Theme
Table of Contents:
1. Complete text of “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros
2. Pre-reading Activity: Describe are you expected act at the following ages: 1,3, 11, 25, 50, & 90.
3. Quickwrite 1: Even though you are ___
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5th - 7th
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All Summer In A Day Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension Citing Text Evidence
Looking for a short story unit that carefully guides your students to a deep understanding of "All Summer In a Day" by Ray Bradbury? This ready to print short story unit gives your students plenty of practice in reading comprehension, citing textual evidence, and analyzing characterization. In this unit, your students will cover numerous ELA standards in depth, progressing from literal comprehension to writing full paragraphs with text evidence cited. You will have everything you need, ready to
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6th - 8th
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Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz
Story Elements Introduction - Short Story Elements Slides, Review Game, & Quiz: Prepare your students for reading short stories or novels with this ready-to-use resource. This comprehensive lesson prepares students with a solid understanding of essential story elements and literary elements crucial for analyzing fiction. The included short story elements presentation, engaging review game, and quiz create an excellent introductory lesson that lays the groundwork for insightful literary analy
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7th - 10th
Dystopian Short Stories - "The Lottery" and "Harrison Bergeron"
This BUNDLED product contains two short story units: One for "HARRISON BERGERON" by Kurt Vonnegut, and one for "THE LOTTERY" by Shirley Jackson.
These dystopian short stories would be great to study on their own, but they could also serve as a perfect introduction to a full dystopian novel unit like THE HUNGER GAMES, THE GIVER, FAHRENHEIT 451, 1984, DIVERGENT, and many others. This unit would also be an excellent pairing with my FREE "CREATING A DYSTOPIA" activity.
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: MY FULL STORE! - A bundle of every single product I have
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Unit - 2 Weeks - Washington Irving Short Story, CCSS
This is a fun 2 week unit plan for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Whether you need a unit during the Halloween season or you're simply looking to study an early work of classic American literature, this is a fun storyline for students to analyze. Students will: Participate in engaging PowerPoint sessions, read the text (included), engage with the rich vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences about themes supported with evidence, use a viewing guide as they watch
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8th - 12th
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Unit - Reading
Are you looking for a short story unit that will pique your students’ interest and engage them in critical thinking skills? How about a short story that is filled with suspense and will keep them on the edge of their seats? Look no further than “Murders in the Rue Morgue" by Edgar Allan Poe. This engaging and rigorous close reading unit is full of high quality and critical thinking activities to accompany this thought-provoking short story. Students will LOVE that they are engaged in an on-going
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories - Short Stories Units - Reading Task Cards
"Lob's Girl" Short Story Unit - Mood, Foreshadowing, Theme
"Lob's Girl" Literature Study UnitIn this 8-day unit students will develop a deep understanding of Joan Aiken’s short story “Lob’s Girl” . Its tale of loyalty and friendship combined with mystery and suspense make it an incredibly engaging read. Students develop skills in understanding short story elements, mood development, theme, foreshadowing, vocabulary, dialect, and writing in this unit. Through whole class, small group, and independent work students not only stay actively engaged with
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Incredible Journeys Bundle - Short Story, Research, Poetry, Nonfiction
Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut - Short Story Unit - Narrative Writing Task
This 8 day short story unit for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut contains scaffolded close reading activities and a no-prep narrative writing task that will engage your middle school and high school students. These reading comprehension resources are designed to support struggling readers, ELL/ESL, and special education students, such as differentiated activities plus chunked text and guided reading questions.After students complete the close reading unit with an emphasis on equality in the
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6th - 9th
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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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Interactive File Folder, Interactive Notebook, "Thank You M'am" Literature Study
Interactive File Folder “Thank You, M’am” Literature Study
Your students will love this 5-day fun and engaging literature study of the short story “Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes. As you may know, “Thank You, Ma’am” is the story of a boy who tries to steal a woman’s purse. What the woman does next surprises the boy and sheds light on the idea that it "takes a village to raise a child."
In this unit students will be assembling Interactive File Folders as they develop a deep understandin
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: September Unit Plans Bundle - 4 Units to Teach All September Long!
The Last Dog by Katherine Paterson
Katherine Paterson’s “The Last Dog” is an excellent short story to use with middle school students to teach setting and characterization. This unit contains a week’s worth of lesson plans and materials to supplement the story before, during, and after reading.* Included in your purchase:• detailed lesson plans (Common Core alignment)• daily objectives• beautifully designed worksheets, activities, and notes• a PowerPoint to use in conjunction with the lesson each day• vocabulary list, activities,
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6th - 8th
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The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Unit - Irony - Theme
"The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach the main idea, summary, theme, the three types of irony, and more. This 8-day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school and high school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Poe's classic macabre tale. You will be provided with all the resources you need to assess student understanding and help them develop their creativity an
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6th - 9th
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories - Short Stories Units - Reading Task Cards
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes Short Story Unit Lesson Questions Activities
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a great short story to get students speaking thoughtfully and thinking critically. This unit for Flowers for Algernon is comprehensive, thorough and detailed. Students will practice their inference skills while they explain character actions and thoughts, identify changes in Charlie and summarize their overall thoughts of each "progris report" session. This all-in-one resource for Flowers for Algernon allows students to thoroughly understand not only th
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7th - 9th
Narrative Writing Graphic Organizers, Worksheets, Responses, and Activities
These graphic organizers and writing papers are great to have on hand and are easy to implement into your classroom! These are great to have to accompany your narrative writing unit and will easily teach your students the steps of writing a narrative. There are a variety of strategies to use in this product to allow for differentiated learning and to make it suitable for students from 4th to 9th grade.
How to use:
-Photocopy the graphic organizers you wish to use and provide them for your stud
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5th - 8th
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Short Story Unit: Relationships, Family, Setting and Conflict for Secondary ELA
A FRESH APPROACH TO TEACHING THE SHORT STORY:If you’ve been teaching the same three short stories from the dusty anthology in the corner of your classroom for the last several years, this resource is going to take you in an entirely new direction. This unit is extremely unique in its approach in a few different ways:Widening the definition of “short story”In order to offer a wide variety of stories without having to purchase and read through countless anthologies, this unit harnesses the power
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8th - 11th
Short Story Unit: Coming of Age Essential Question for Secondary ELA Reading
A FRESH APPROACH TO TEACHING THE SHORT STORY:If you’ve been teaching the same three short stories from the dusty anthology in the corner of your classroom for the last several years, this resource is going to take you in an entirely new direction. This unit is extremely unique in its approach in a few different ways:Widening the definition of “short story”In order to offer a wide variety of stories without having to purchase and read through countless anthologies, this unit harnesses the power
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8th - 11th
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe - Short Story Reading Comprehension - ELA
The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe short story unit is filled with short story reading comprehension activities to teach the main idea, summary, theme, tone and mood, and more. This 8-day close reading unit is the PERFECT resource to help your middle school and high school ELA students think critically and dive deeper into Poe's classic macabre tale. You will be provided with all the resources you need to assess student understanding and help them develop their creativity and writing skills
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6th - 9th
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Short Story Unit: Mystery, Suspense, Tension & Turns for Secondary ELA Reading
A FRESH APPROACH TO TEACHING THE SHORT STORY:If you’ve been teaching the same three short stories from the dusty anthology in the corner of your classroom for the last several years, this resource is going to take you in an entirely new direction. This unit is extremely unique in its approach in a few different ways:Widening the definition of “short story”In order to offer a wide variety of stories without having to purchase and read through countless anthologies, this unit harnesses the power
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8th - 11th
The Scholarship Jacket Mini-Unit (Great for Distance Learning)
Engage your middle schoolers with a short story about fairness, integrity, and overcoming prejudices. "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas is a great story to teach character analysis, theme, and critical thinking skills. Everything you need to support student comprehension, foster text-to-self connections, and assess learning throughout is included. This unit is the ultimate resource for differentiated learning and text analysis anchored in a central text.As part of the mini-unit, you will
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6th - 10th
Arabian Nights (1001 Nights) 10-Day Unit with ELA 9-12 Common Core (55 Pages)
The Arabian Nights (1001 Nights or The Thousand and One Nights) 10-Day Unit aligned to ELA Common Core standards in Reading and Writing 9-10 & 11-12. This unit contains all you will need to teach the Arabian Nights, including the following:
1.) Full 28-page text of the Arabian Nights (through the 18th Night) with table of contents based on Andrew Lang's early 20th Century translation, suitable for an academic setting.
2.) Journals and Discussion Questions based on the above text.
3.) Instruc
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8th - 12th
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Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Looking to freshen up your short story playlist? Student favorite, The Wife's Story is super fun story to do with all different levels of students. My student workbook mini units are an engaging way to teach short stories and leave students with a lasting impression. Included is everything you need to teach this short story, including:*Author Bio Page*Pre-reading Discussion Questions*Vocabulary with quiz*Vocab Activity*Short Story with Note Space*Reading Comprehension Questions*Creative Writing
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fun & Creative Summer School ELA Bundle for Middle & High NO PREP!
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