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Free high school short stories activities
"All Summer in a Day" Short Story-Metaphors, Figurative Language, Bullying Theme
This free, awesome science fiction short story resource is great for exploring beautifully executed figurative language, the theme of bullying, and a fascinating setting. Students read a very short, very well-written short story All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury that is available free in easy-print format. ELA students analyze the text, make inferences, cite textual evidence, and find similes and metaphors in the reading comprehension exercise. They even consider what motivates students to bul
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5th - 10th
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Cask of Amontillado, Edgar Allan Poe, FREE, Literary Analysis PDF & Google Drive
Use "The Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allan Poe’s creepy tale of twisted justice, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson includes a 14-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters) and a Storytelling Arc handout (with key) to emphasize exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. Finally, the download also includes a link to a short anticipatory video clip that will build students’ intere
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8th - 11th
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Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game
Story Elements Paper Fortune Teller Activity - Literary Devices Game: Use this story elements paper fortune teller activity to engage all of your students in learning new literary devices. Simply use the included instructions to teach students how to fold the fortune teller and play the game within your classroom. After students use this activity, they will have a stronger understanding of fictional story elements like character, plot, setting, conflict, theme, and moreIncluded in This Story Ele
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4th - 9th
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"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl Short Story Activity Pack
A packet of activities to accompany Roald Dahl's famous short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter". Included in this free resource:
* Comprehension question worksheet (students must use text evidence to justify their responses)
* Plot mapping activity--two forms included--one blank and one partially filled
* 8 task cards for extension after reading--students can respond in writing or orally.
Great for a day when you have a substitute, or for students to work on independently.
Here's an example of h
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8th - 12th
High Interest Short Story Middle and High School Struggling Readers
Capture and engage your students who are reading below grade level with this twisty short story. Perfect for Halloween or any other time. Written for students to build fluency, spelling, and understanding. A great resource for those with reading difficulties, dyslexic, and EFL/ESL students. My students LOVE my spooky tales.I have used this resource during our ELA rotations during October. My students have been engaged with the stories and I have even over heard them discussing the story! I was e
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Hi-Lo Spooky Fiction Struggling Readers Middle High School Dyslexia
Determining Theme: FREE Activity & Handout
Determining theme and its development is central to Common Core literature skills. This FREE activity enables students to employ a variety of strategies to identify themes and how they develop over the course of a text. It also adds a modern twist by allowing students to connect these themes to their favorite music. Used with ANY short story or novel, this lesson is aligned to the following Common Core State Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1. Read closely to determine what the text says e
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7th - 12th
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Plot Diagram / Plot Pyramid FREEBIE Graphic Organizer With Guiding Questions
This Plot Pyramid FREEBIE briefly explains the elements of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution) and provides a pyramid template for students to write in for any fiction story. Each spot in the plot pyramid includes guiding questions to help students determine the plot element for that spot.The Plot Pyramid FREEBIE Graphic Organizer is part of my Plot Foldable Collections for Middle Grades Common Core, so check it out!
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4th - 9th
FREE Grammar in Literature Activity: Use for Any Novel!
Ready to show students that grammar is not just necessary, but beautiful? Use this multi-purpose activity to collect and examine grammar “in the wild” while reading!Use any of the three different versions/templates of this activity as:• Diagnostic: pre-assess what concepts students know (and can identify) in writing• Practice: formatively assess if students can identify a concept once you have taught it, OR provide sentences that students must label.• Focus: Look at just one grammar concept at a
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA
Core Aligned Creative Writing Rubric
Fully editable!
Flexible for assessing many forms of creative writing.
Memoirs, short stories, Flash Fiction, Microfiction, Personal Narratives
Core aligned to 9-10 Common Core, but easily adjustable to all middle grades.
Can be used as a teacher grade tool, peer-review grade tool, or self-assessment grade tool
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6th - 10th
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THE HOLLOW Podcast Unit: October Lesson Plans + Activities, Middle School, ELA
Gen-Z Media's "The Hollow" podcast is fantastic to use for the month of October! This is a fantastic way to teach literary fiction, narrative, point of view, elements of a story, and to put in those reading strategies students have been practicing all year. This FREE unit will include:⭐ An introduction to podcasts to begin the unit⭐ Hyperlinks to PDF, Episode Lists and Read Aloud for the unit⭐ Sketchnotes/Doodle Sheets⭐ Exit Tickets focusing on: visualizing, inferring, making connections⭐ Compre
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5th - 12th
Plot Map Graphic Organizer Handout Story Map Elements Lesson Plan
This is a simple handout version of the common plot map, or story map, used in lessons on story elements. It is used to show understanding of a short story, for instance, by breaking the story and plot down into constituent parts: character, setting, rising action, climax, denouement, and theme.
This is NOT THE ACTIVE FORM VERSION that is also for online and SMARTBOARD use. The active form version is also available at my TpT store.
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4th - 12th
Freebie! Short Reading Spanish -Ar verbs: El profesor estudioso
"El profesor estudioso" is a short story for Spanish beginners. The story is told in the present tense, highlighting mostly -ar verbs in the first person. It is about a teacher, who is also a student. I used this short story with my Spanish 1 students who were learning verb conjugations. This resource comes with: 1. Verb chart to practice writing first person of -ar verbs 2. Short story that incorporates the verbs from the chart 3. Comprehension questions 4. Short sequencing activity.More scho
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6th - 10th
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Middle and High School Christmas Short Story FREE
A free Christmas twisty tale for middle and high school. Perfect for a bit of fun during the long winter days in the run up to Christmas.It’s a cold Christmas Eve and despite the thick snow, it’s business as usual for Santa. As he approaches the large deserted house he has just one thing on his mind; to surprise the people who live there. That’s what he’s famous for and he’s been doing it for years. This year, however, it’s Santa who gets the surprise of his life!Written by Caroline Henderson at
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6th - 10th
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Short Stories & Pictures Writing Prompts, 2 Writing and 2 response options
Writing prompts are useful guides that direct students to write about a particular topic. YOU WILL GET:1. FREE Short Stories Writing Prompts for Personal Creative Writing Challenges; 2 Writing Options Included: Lined and Cursive Writing Lines.2. FREE Pictures Writing Prompts, 2 response options / black & white version included.I really appreciate you purchasing my digital resources and I hope you'll enjoy using them at home or in your classroom.Please FOLLOW ME HERE if you'd like to receive
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1st - 12th
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FREE Emoji Story Writing Prompts | Narratives | Social Media Literacy
This fun resource contains 24 different Emojis used as writing prompts to spark some excellent story writing in your classroom.Print out the emoji included and present them to your students. Each strip includes a Written Prompt and Emoji Prompts based on characters, setting and plot.You can alter this task in many ways as you see fit.POPULAR PRODUCTS FROM INNOVATIVE TEACHING IDEASFULL YEAR VISUAL WRITING PROMPTS BUNDLE110 Reading Activities BundleTEACHING DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES & STEMPOETRY PO
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K - 9th
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Thanksgiving Writing Prompt
This Thanksgiving Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative and heart-warming stories! With over 7770 unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide a major and minor character, the setting, a thankful event and an item or prop for a Thanksgiving tale with this handy writing prompt resource.☸ Example Rolls⚀ -1- Main Character: A farm boy⚁ -2- Minor Character: A trusty dog⚂ -3- Setting: Tre
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Organizers & Activities Bundle
"The Tell Tale Heart" Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
There is a ton of figurative language in "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe! This allows you to have students match the figurative language terms, identify examples, and then choose one example and make it come to life!Note: You need to make a copy of the file that is located in the eye. I cannot share it with your students.
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6th - 12th
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Free Short Story Rubric Creative Writing Peer & Teacher Editing
Creative writing rubrics
This two page document includes: one peer-editing rubric and one teacher grading rubric (the rubrics are the same, but labeled differently for each page).
Includes the following categories: creativity, plot, development of characters, organization, spelling, grammar, and a Liked It/Didn't Like It section. There is an explanation for every single point.
I use this at the end of our short story unit when students compose their own. Students love to read their classmates'
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
"The Most Dangerous Game" Characterization Activity
"The Most Dangerous Game" Body Biography is an activity to help students with characterization. In my class, we always begin the year with this story to review basic literary terms. I always want to have a lesson the first week of school that is engaging, yet high-level. This activity is aligned with both TEKS and Common Core Standards. A grading rubric is also attached. I would recommend having students work in pairs or groups of three, however, this works well individually as well. This lesson
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9th - 12th
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True Story of The 3 Little Pigs by Scieszka - Literary Skills with Picture Books
Picture books that can be used to teach literary skills to elementary, middle, or high school students. Just because they are in the older grades doesn't mean that picture books can't be a great resource on its own or as a paired passage.
This resource gives ways to use the picture book to teach:
1) Point of View
2) Characterization
3) Inference
4) Summarizing
5) Cause and Effect
6) Compare and Contrast
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7) Discussion Question
8) Extension STEM Activity
Be sure to follow in order to get
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4th - 10th
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Social emotional learning: Stand in my shoes
I have removed the URL's and 3 of the scenario slides from the preview to protect the integrity of the sale. Helping students understand the core value of empathy help's students strengthen their social emotional learning. In this product you will recieve a well thoughtout lesson plan from beginning to end. This lesson plan helps students to engage and work with one another while building their understanding of empathy. The lesson's focal point is the beloved book "Stand in my shoes" by Bob Sorn
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: 7 day Social Emotional Learning Unit
Short Story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury - Cite Literary Devices
This awesome science fiction short story is great for exploring beautifully executed literary devices and getting students to cite them such as: onomatopoeia and other sound words, concrete imagery, metaphors, similes, and dramatic irony. Students read a very short, very well-written short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury that is available free online. It was written in 1950 about a futuristic "smart home" that is alive with automation, but otherwise the occupants have perished
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5th - 11th
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"Thank You M'am" with Characterization and Inference - Lesson Plan Bundle
This file includes the lesson plan, handouts, and extras for use in teaching "Thank You, M'am" by Langston Hughes. Using both Common Core 9-10 and Tennessee State English I Standards, this plan will help teach and assess characterization with emphasis on inference.
Additionally, for you to see the quality of my work, I have also posted the FREE PowerPoint I use with this lesson at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Thank-You-Mam-Langston-Hughes-and-Characterization.
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
TPRS basic story. Spanish Beginners
This story will cover the first week of teaching with TPRS for Spanish beginners. It includes the basic story (to be developed during three classes), vocab, personalized questions, extended reading, and comprehension questions.
This story is part of the first year Spanish curriculum that can be access by buying the books “Teaching Spanish with Comprehensible Input Through Storytelling” and “Learning Spanish with Comprehensible Input Through Storytelling”
Grammar covered:
Uso del verbo ser con
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7th - 12th
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