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Short stories Common Core RI.11-12.7 resources
The Fall of the House of Usher Unit: Close Read, Vocab, Activities, Test, & More
Looking for engaging materials for "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that your students will enjoy and not complain about? This unit will have your students interacting with this difficult Poe text in no time.What's included . . .► Step-by-step, day-by-day lesson plans for 6 days. ► Daily aligned Common Core Standards► Clean copy of original story ► Clean copy of abridged story for struggling readers. (All the meat without the wordiness and about half the length of the original
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Complete Unit - Digital & Print
"The Yellow Wallpaper" Instructional Pack (50+ Pages, 4 Tools, 1 Price)
"The Yellow WallPaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a staple in many American literature classes. This short story is nuanced and textured, so teachers need tools to help students access the text from every angle. To help you work through this text with your students, I've put together a pack of tools. Includes:"The Yellow Wallpaper" Reading Questions, Writing Prompts, and Literary Criticism Activity: To help students close read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic, this tool includes 44 multipl
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10th - 12th
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American Romantic and Transcendentalist Writers Unit
Introduce your class to America’s literary renaissance with this extensive unit featuring Dickinson, Whitman, Emerson, Thoreau, Jacobs, Poe and Hawthorne. This zipped unit includes a group research project, a variety of learning activities, quizzes, analysis questions, writing activities and a multiple choice test. All teacher notes and keys included. Common Core aligned.
Pre-Reading File Includes:
* Group writer and era concept research project with assignment, rubric and teacher notes
* Anti
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9th - 12th
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The Birthmark Bundle by Nathaniel Hawthorne: Activities, Stations, Vocab, Test
Looking for fresh ideas and activities for "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne? This complete unit has EVERYTHING you need to teach this short story from start to finish! What's included . . .❶ Step-by-step instructions❷ Daily Bell Ringers❸ VOCABULARY activities to help students become familiar with 30 challenging words from the story. ► Handout with 30 words, part of speech, definition to be filled in (editable)► Extension Options: Vocabulary Hands-On Poster Activity with Rubric for Grading
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: American Romanticism Bundle: Activities and Lessons for 8 Literary Works
The Fall of the House of Usher Complete Unit - Digital & Print
Looking for engaging materials for "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that your students will enjoy and not complain about? This unit in both print and digital format will have your students interacting with this difficult Poe text in no time.What's included . . .► Step-by-step lesson plans for 6 days.► Daily aligned Common Core Standards► Clean copy of original story - printable and shareable link (digital story comes in a clean version and a version with added pictures to capt
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9th - 12th
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The Birthmark by Nathaniel Hawthorne Stations: Students Move, Think, Discuss
Looking for a great way to get your students talking about "The Birthmark" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, analyzing text, and relating the story to real life? This station activity will have your students moving, collaborating, discussing, analyzing, synthesizing, and comparing/contrasting!What's included . . .► Teacher instructions ► 8 stations - Students rotate around the room to answer the questions with their groups. (One of the stations has students comparing a modern article to the story, which g
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Cask of Amontillado Analysis - True Crimes Activity and Argumentative Assignment
Explore “True Crimes and Strange Happenings” with this analysis activity for Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”! Students will learn about six spooky mystery stories and write an argumentative paragraph examining common themes within murder and mystery. Includes digital resources for Google Classroom®!Included with this “Cask of Amontillado” True Crimes Analysis Activity:✏️ 6 “True Crimes and Strange Happenings” Informational Handouts - PDFExplore real-life stories of fraud, coercion,
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8th - 12th
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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - Women's History Month
This short story unit for Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper" includes guided reading questions, informational handouts, assessment tools, pre-reading activities, and more! Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®.⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 20% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Included with this Short Story Unit for “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman:✏️ 30 Essential Vocabulary Terms - Digital & Print✏️ The Yellow Wallpaper Author Biography Informational Handout -
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9th - 12th
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Thematic Short Story Unit Plan on Fear and Curiosity for High School (Printable)
Embrace the Halloween spirit and help high school students interpret and analyze short stories of increasing rigor with this low-prep, six-week thematic unit plan on the power of fear and curiosity. Supporting materials such as comprehension quizzes, close reading analysis worksheets, public domain narratives, research project materials, a summative assessment, a test prep study guide, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Go
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9th - 12th
Thematic Short Story Unit Plan on Fear and Curiosity for High School (Google)
Embrace the Halloween spirit (no matter the time of year) and help high school students interpret and analyze short stories of increasing rigor with this low-prep, six-week thematic unit plan on the power of fear and curiosity. Supporting materials such as comprehension quizzes, close reading analysis worksheets, public domain narratives, research project materials, a summative assessment, a test prep study guide, and answer keys are provided. Materials are made for Google Drive, offering self
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9th - 12th
The Fall of the House of Usher Digital Unit -Interactive Activities, Vocab, Test
Looking for engaging materials for "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that your students will enjoy and not complain about? This unit will have your students interacting with this difficult Poe text in no time, and it's DIGITAL! Share link & go!What's included . . .► Lesson guide for 6 days.► Daily aligned Common Core Standards► Clean copy of original story► Clean copy of abridged story for struggling readers. (All the meat without the wordiness and about half the length of
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: The Fall of the House of Usher Complete Unit - Digital & Print
"Why I Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'?" Reading Questions and Google Form
After writing "The Yellow Wallpaper," Charlotte Perkins Gilman received feedback from a variety of sources. Some criticized and discredited her account while others recognized her story as similar to their own. With these responses in mind, Gilman wrote "Why I Wrote 'the Yellow Wallpaper'?", a short essay about the impact of her famous short story. To help students consider Gilman's essay, I've included 10 multiple-choice questions. This is the perfect text to consider alongside "The Yellow Wall
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: "The Yellow Wallpaper" Instructional Pack (50+ Pages, 4 Tools, 1 Price)
'Community:' MeowMeowBeenz, Social Media, and the Golden Ratio
‘App Development and Condiments’ is a satirical episode of ‘Community’ that comments on social media while referencing 1976’s ‘Logan’s Run.’ This assignment asks students to think about their own presence on social media while exploring the practices of modern social media companies.Booklet Includes:- 6 questions to answer while viewing the episode- a worksheet for designing your own app- a worksheet showing students the golden ratio that asks them to design their own logoThis episode is great f
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8th - 12th
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Urban Tribes - Native Americans in the City Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for High School StudentsThis learning resource uses the reading strategies: connection, question, infer and transformation, to allow for powerful understanding. Students will gain a better understanding of the unique issues facing Indigenous millennials in North America.Lessons included will ask:Students to make connections, between the text and personal experiences, other texts and media, or world events/issuesStudents to document and class
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Dr. Heideggar's Experiment-CCSS pre-reading activity
This is a learning guide I created as a pre-reading activity for Dr. Heideggar's Experiment by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Links are provided for two online sources, one article and one blog post, which discuss America's obsession with youth and beauty. The questions are in multiple choice format, but address subject, tone, purpose, and vocabulary. Some are in AIR test format (a question with a followup question asking for evidence for the previous question's answer). There are also three questions at
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9th - 12th
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Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck: Differentiated Mentor Text List
In this resource, you'll find an assorted list of mentor texts that can be paired with students' reading of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. Included in this guide are 9 mentor text suggestions that range from poetry, short stories, nonfiction, and multimodal podcasts and art. Included with each mentor text is a publication date, a brief description, and suggestions for how to use each mentor text to supplement student understanding and engagement with the text.This is a great resource for teac
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Moderns Literature: Characteristics Handout or Printable
Prepare yourself to introduce your students to the world of Modern literature. Prior to reading and venturing into short stories and books from the this period, this detailed overview will provide students with an extensive summary of its literary focus and characteristics. As a bonus, students will be able to identify these traits in most, if not all, of the pieces from this twentieth century time period.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Fast Fact Web Quest
This is a simple worksheet for a webquest that can orient students to any new text. Students do a quick online search to find the timeframe and purpose of the writing as well as basic information on the author. The second page offers a format for filling in source information that could potentially be used to create a Works Cited page. I have used it in literature circles and to introduce short stories or poem.
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6th - 12th
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La Vida Robot article vs. SPARE PARTs compare/contrast lesson plans
lesson plan outlines for comparison/contrast of the WIRED MAGAZINE article, "La Vida Robot" with the movie, SPARE PARTS
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9th - 12th
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Beta Resources and Lesson Plans Sample
PULP! is a unit I came up with in order to teach autonomy, creativity, and 21st Century Skills. The official mission of the project is to Engage students with high interest fiction, Challenge students with creative, authentic assessments, and Prepare students for the 21st Century.
This sample contains a portion of "Beta," as well as samples of the project and handouts I use during the unit. The full version comes with video, audio, and a research paper. It can be aligned with any of the sta
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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