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10th grade short stories centers
Spanish story: Tener expressions | el verbo tener | irregular verb in Spanish
This is a silly TPRS story, written entirely in the Spanish present tense, about a family who goes hiking and complains about everything - being cold, hot, tired, hungry and scared. Students will receive repetition and high quality input of the tener expressions in Spanish.This story is action packed and most fun when acted out, but the new interactive, choose-your-own-ending picture book also makes it comprehensible for independent reading as well. I use it after I have pre-taught the "tener"
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5th - 10th
MEGA (85) Decodable Passages Bundle: Morphology Stories Included!
UPDATED 4/8/24:This product is 85 different decodable stories to support phonics and morphology instruction. Comprehension questions are included for each story.This product is GROWING, and I'll periodically add stories and prompt you to re-download.I created this product to reflect phonics, reading, and spelling lessons focusing on the following phonics/spelling rules:1. Digraph –ck story 2. Glued/welded sound(s) story: -ing, -ang, -ank, etc.3. FLSZ Rule Story4. Digraph ch story 5. Digraph sh
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Orton-Gillingham: Complete Bundle, 700+ Pages! ($200 value)
Weekly Reading Passage Reading Comprehension Writing ELL Reading Context Clues
Summary of Story:Two friends who never bend the rules try sneaking out of school just once before they graduate eighth grade... Unfortunately, that day happens to go terribly wrong.About this Resource:This is one story that is split into five passages. Each passage has seven questions (5 multiple choice, 1 short answer, and 1 extended response). Questions look at vocabulary, context clues, synonym/antonym, and other aspects of close reading.Whether you use these reading passages as homework, par
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Weekly Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Hero's Journey Writing Prompt
This Hero’s Journey Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative and well-planned stories! With over 2 BILLION unique possible combinations, you could use this year after year and never get tired of the outcomes! Students roll a dice to decide the plot points of the twelve parts of a Hero’s Journey with this handy Hero’s Journey writing prompt resource.☸ Example Rolls⚀ Ordinary World ................... A discontent older sibling.⚀ Call to Adventure…............. A stranger ca
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Hero's Journey Presentation, Writing Prompts & Graphic Organizers Bundle
The Pit & the Pendulum ESCAPE ROOM
This activity features an engaging escape room in which students tackle 5 puzzles covering plot, figurative language, story elements, and quotes from Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale, The Pit and the Pendulum!There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to cond
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Escape Room MEGA Bundle
Fractured Fairy Tales & Wh Questions for Reading Comprehension Digital Resource
High-Interest, Low Readability Fairy Tales with a Twist! These 40 interactive Google Slides will help students improve reading comprehension skills with short, humorous stories, who, what, when, where, and why questions, and TONS of Cloze Reading practice! Your struggling readers and on-level students will laugh-out-loud at the humorous twist on familiar childhood fairy tales. The stories use clever language to give the stories’ events a more contemporary feel and are presented like newspaper
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2nd - 10th
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Packet of Memoir Texts
Packet of 12 Memoir texts
*mentor texts to serve as models for your students as they write their own memoir
*short texts for enjoyment
*great to use with ELA test prep
~~Packet it ready to print and hand-out!~
Texts included:
Grandmama's Kitchen Table (Cynthia Rylant)
Not Enough Emily's (Jean Little)
When I Was Little (Jamie Lee Curtis)
Laughter (Sandra Cisneros)
Home (Michael J. Rosen)
Hairs (Sandra Cisneros)
Alone (Jacqueline Woodson)
Learning the Hard Way (Eloise Greenfield)
Mattie's Ride (
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2nd - 12th
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"A Sound of Thunder" Short Story Stations: CCSS Print or Digital Google Apps
I just did an overhaul of this unit and created 12 short story stations that include a review of several literary devices, Sensory Imagery, Conflict, Hyperbole, and Symbolism, word wall activity, graphic organizers, constructed responses, and a mini-Socratic seminar. This short story has everything, time travel, a controversial presidential election,and dinosaurs.Ray Bradbury wrapped all of this together in a powerful short story rich with imagery and filled with literary devices. Use this less
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8th - 11th
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The Most Dangerous Game Activities and Rubric Checklist Student Centered
The Most Dangerous Game: Student Centered Activities and Rubric Checklist
American Literature- short story, written by, Richard Connell
Includes:
★Writing Prompts
★Timeline Activity
★Foreshadowing and answer key
★Venn Diagram
★Ship Trap Island Activity
★Plot Diagram and answer key
★Rubric / feedback form
Directions
Print the activities and the rubric checklist double sided. Or you can print the activities sheet separate. Then, use the rubric checklist to assess however many you choose to assi
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Emoji Writing in Google Docs Writing / Technology STEAM Lesson Plan Grades 3-12
Get your students excited about writing in Google Docs with this dual-approach lesson! In this lesson, students of all grade levels can enjoy writing a short story based on their skill level and then turn it into an emoji-fied story! Tutorials, story samples, emoji examples, and emoji differences are all included! Emoji writing has never been this fun! Made for use with:PCMacChromebookAll resources are organized for assigning through Google Classroom!*This lesson has an optional post lesson:Emoj
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education
No-Prep! Over 135 Print-and-Go Writing Prompts and Story Starters (Grades 6-12)
Over 135 Ready-to-Use writing (or discussion) prompts to use with middle and high school students. I have broken the prompts into six categories:-Quotable Quotes-Would You Rather?-Story Starters-Personal Response-What would you do if?-Imagine a WorldThese can be used in so many ways: 10-minute bell ringer activities, journal writing, discussions, debates, personal essays, short stories, exposition essays, etc.There is so much you could do with this list, and with over 135 prompts, you'll have m
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6th - 12th
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Roll A Writing Prompt Growing Bundle
Are you looking for a bank of themed writing prompt resources that you could use year after year, with structured student stories that will surprise you and delight you? Each Roll A Writing Prompt resource has over 7770 unique possible combinations, which set your students up for writing exciting tales of adventure, spooky stories, quirky romances, thrilling murder mysteries, daring escapades of super human comic book heroes and more! Students roll a dice to decide various aspects related to the
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4th - 10th
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Sherlock Holmes | The Engineer's Thumb | Readers Theater | Short Story Unit
Detective Fiction: "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" based on the short story from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Readers Theater Script, Writing Prompt, Discussion Questions, and Print & Digital Graphic Organizer.*After being contacted to work on machinery in the middle of the night, engineer, Victor Hatherley experiences a crazy adventure that ends up with him lying unconscious in a pool of blood and his thumb cut off. Luckily, the physician called to he
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5th - 12th
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Lamb to the Slaughter: Murder Mystery
Lamb to the Slaughter by: Roald Dahl Who doesn't love a good murder mystery? I know my students do! I love any day that I can set up centers and allow my students to work independently. (Yes! Centers are for big kids, too!)I use this 2-3 day activity to introduce points-of-view as well as Roald Dahl's short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter."Included are the following: *A 23-page guide to setting up each of the 8 stations. (Letters, diary entries, etc. are included as well. *A 12-page set o
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8th - 12th
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Short Stories for Dyslexic EFL/ESL/ELL Students Middle and High School
Three high-interest, low-ability spooky stories for struggling older readers in middle and high school reading around grades 3-4. Short, engaging text for special needs and students with learning difficulties, dyslexic and English language learners. Age-relevant and thought provoking reading to spark discussion and boost understanding. I have tons of short stories, as well as comprehension packs developed for struggling readers. Please click on 'short stories' in my store.You can get these stori
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6th - 10th
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Survival Writing Prompt
This Survival Roll-A Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative stories about tough survival! 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 the companions to the survivor, environment, equipment, how nature strikes and what they can get for dinner of their very own Survival Story with this handy Roll-A writing prompt resource.☸ Example Rolls⚀ -1- Companions: Tour group⚁ -2-
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Roll A Writing Prompt Growing Bundle
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick creative writing example (Just Dessert)
Chris Van Allsburg’s book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick is an excellent medium to teach creative writing. The titled illustrations are accompanied with only the slightest bit of text. A mere suggestion as to what already has happened and might happen. Every turn of the page introduces a unique vignette, an intriguing picture that arouses curiosity that tugs at the imagination, thus sparking new ideas to fill in the blanks. The entire book is a collection of writing prompts! The tantalizing st
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Murder Mystery Writing Prompt
This Murder Mystery Roll-A writing prompt resource will get your students writing clever mysteries with exciting twists! 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 the victim, suspect, murder weapon, scene of the crime and the victim’s shocking secret with this handy writing prompt resource.☸ Example Rolls⚀ -1- Victim: Wealthy entrepreneur⚁ -2- Suspect: Known criminal⚂ -3- Murder Weapon: Bott
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Roll A Writing Prompt Growing Bundle
LOVE Short Story by William Maxwell: Close Reading, Figurative Language Activity
This close reading comprehension activity addresses figurative language (foreshadowing), close-reading or text-based reading (requiring the use of evidence from the text) and quote analysis.
Students will read the classic 3-page short story by William Maxwell (included), then complete 8 comprehension questions. The final activity, which my students do in small groups, is to look back through the text for examples of figurative language / foreshadowing of the final outcome of the story.
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Reading Bundle - Middle School Grades 6 - 8
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Prepare for an article of the week with 30 no prep, high school reading comprehension passages and questions in printable worksheets or as digital resources. Your teenagers will be fascinated by these reading passages on multiple nonfiction, historical fiction, or true story-based reading passages. Find language arts worksheets that include vocabulary activities, writing prompts, and research projects from history or science. Check out the unique stories which make for unusual writing topics fur
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8th - 11th
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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Activities for Choice and Rubric
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty: Activities and Rubric Checklist
American Literature- short story, written by, James Thurber
★Includes:
Instagram – Walter’s Day in the City
Resume for Walter Mitty
Creative Writing – Daydream for Mrs. Mitty
Your Favorite Daydream Illustration
Rubric / feedback form
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Fable Writing Prompt
This Legendary Fable Roll A Writing Prompt resource will get your students writing creative and thought-provoking stories with moral lessons! 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 the moral lesson, creatures, object and (if they’re up for it!) a challenge for tale that is sure to get passed down from generation to generation of students!☸ Example Rolls⚀ -1- Moral Lesson: It's important t
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: Roll A Writing Prompt Growing Bundle
3 Sets of Compare & Contrast Paired Passages with Comprehension (Level C/D)
Short modified paired texts with picture symbol text support. Designed to visually compare and contrast sentences between the texts.
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- 3 Informational text sets
- I can statement with picture symbol visuals
- Compare and contrast guided visual questions
- Set of Large visual question cards (compare/contrast)
- Comprehension quiz for 3 sets of paired texts
*** This Version has different paired texts than my other Compare & Contrast Product ***
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PreK - 12th
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Ancient India: Hindu Creation & Traditional Stories: Reading Passages + Activity
This is an excellent lesson that comes with traditional Hindu stories, featuring stories on Brahma and the creation of the world, the Indian God Ganesh, and the Indian God Krishna (known as the Blue God). The stories are all age appropriate and engaging, and students of all ages will find them interesting and rewarding.Updated November 2023 to include a Power Point!--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving Bun
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
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