Fall of the House of Usher Guided Reading Worksheet Crossword & Wordsearch

This lesson contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 47 questions (with answer key), crossword puzzle (with answer key) and wordsearch puzzle (with answer key) for The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. All puzzles use key vocabulary words from the story.

Check out the free preview I am offering. It contains the first 10 questions (with answer key) of the 47 question worksheet. You can also see the puzzles clearly in the thumbnails to your left.

If you don't have the full version of the story, you can find it here:
http://poestories.com/read/houseofusher

This worksheet is designed with cost effective photocopying in mind. The question worksheet is a two page worksheet that can be combined to a front/back copy using only 1 sheet of paper. No staples needed. The same can be done with the crossword and wordsearch puzzles to save on paper.

You may already know this, but this is not an easy story for most lower level students to read. This worksheet/activity is really necessary for these students as it helps them read along with the story and answer the questions.

The 47 question worksheet will take about 65 to 90 minutes long to complete (depending on the student). The crossword puzzle and wordsearch takes about 20-30 minutes each to complete.

Common Core and Florida Standards Compliant:
LA 8.2.1.2 - Locate and analyze elements of characterization, setting...,
LA 8.1.7.1 - Use background knowledge of subject and related context areas...
LAFS.8.RI.1.2 - Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its...
LAFS. 8.RI.1.3...Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals...

Higher Level Common Core:
LA 11.12.1.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text...
LA 11.12.1.2 Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development
over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another

As a public high school English teacher, the biggest challenge I have is getting students to read in class or at home. Put a book or short story in front of them, they'll look at it for a few seconds and start day dreaming...

Until I stumbled upon something magnificent. Teenagers like accomplishment. These worksheets ask questions while the reader reads. Every couple of sentences, there's another question in true or false, fill in the blank, define, multiple choice formats. As the student reads, boom, another question. They answer it and continue reading. Before you know it, they have finished reading the story and completed all questions for further lessons/discussions.

These worksheets are great for daily lessons, test/quiz grades, extra credit, homework, group work (in pairs of two), substitute teacher lessons, emergency lesson plans, great for ESOL or however you can imagine.

FREE COMPLETE SAMPLE WITH KEY PROVIDED FOR "THE MAN TO SEND RAIN CLOUDS". Just search my other downloads for the free full lesson. If you like the full free sample, you will love this one!

This lesson is meant to help students focus on the reading while answering simple questions to keep them on track and focused. (check out my feedback for outstanding results).

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