Short Story Units - Short Stories with Comprehension Questions Activities

Short Story Units - Interactive Reading Notebooks - Literary Element Analysis Activities! This 180 page Short Story Interactive Notebook for Reading helps teach Common Core aligned literary elements. These interactive reading foldable activities become an "anchor" for standards taught, and students make a great reference for students to refer back to throughout the year.

These activities for teaching literature include creative and Common Core aligned foldables, notes, and Interactive Notebook elements to teach a variety of literary elements relating to short stories.

✅This package is a HUGE VALUE - it contains over 180 pages of resources!

✅All needed resources are included. Very little teacher prep is needed - simply print and teach!

✅Be sure to check out the preview and thumbnails for detailed examples and information about all of the great things included in this package.

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Interactive Reading Notebooks are powerful tools to enable students to be creative, independent thinkers and writers. Interactive Notebooks allow students to express their ideas in unique ways, and process information presented in class.

Students love these notebooks because they are interactive and fun. Teachers love Interactive Notebooks because they are engaging and provide a visual record of the standards taught, that students can refer back to throughout the year.

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Highlights of this resources include:

⭐Student notes, handouts, foldable elements, and activities to teach the following:

-Short Story Elements

-Plot

-Tone

-Mood

-Foreshadowing

-Theme

-Atmosphere

-Internal and External Conflict

-Setting

-Character Traits

-Point of View

-Flat, Static, Round, and Dynamic Characters

-Protagonist and Antagonist

⭐Foldable activities, comprehension questions, and Interactive Notebook elements to use along with 10 different short stories! Answer keys, student examples, and links to online versions of all stories are included! Resources included were developed to be used along with the following short stories:

-The Tell Tale Heart – Edgar Allan Poe

-Rain, Rain, Go Away – Isaac Asimov

-Lamb to the Slaughter – Roald Dahl

-Ransom of Red Chief – O. Henry

-The Necklace – Guy De Maupassant

-The Elevator – William Sleator

-The Chaser – John Collier

-A Sound of Thunder – Ray Bradbury

-Examination Day – Henry Slesar

-The Most Dangerous Game – Richard Connell

⭐A full set of reading comprehension strategy questions are included. These questions can be answered along with any of the short stories, and are great for homework, differentiation, and extension activities. Questions ask students to visualize, infer, determine importance, question, summarize, and make connections. Information on how to create a successful answer, as well as a student checklist, are also included.

⭐Three pages of information on the advantages of using Interactive Notebooks with your students are included, as well as tips for setting them up for use in your classroom.

⭐Digital EASEL Activities: A digital EASEL version of all of the comprehension questions are included. Teacher pages have been removed and text boxes have been added to it is ready to use online with your learners.

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What teachers like you are saying about this resource:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This is a fantastic resource! I started interactive "binders" with my students instead of notebooks and this was PERFECT! We started out with some of the lessons at the beginning and then ended with "The Kidnapping of Red Chief" - excellent activities!"

-Lara C

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This was a great resource to help my students with short story analysis!"

-Shannon M

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"Excellent Resource. Really helped students develop understanding."

-Elizabeth Partenach

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐"This is so great! My students loved it and it was easy to use! Interactive notebooks were a great way to switch things up for my students. I loved the option of the two different sizes as well!"

-Lauren G

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