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Short stories Common Core W.11-12.5 resources
Narrative Writing Unit: Grades 7-12
This unit will take you and your students through the process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing a narrative piece. These resources will work for personal narratives or fictional short stories, because the skills needed for both forms are the same.The first few days are structured, whole-class lessons. After that, the class moves into a series of writer’s workshop days as students complete mini-lessons and work on developing their own stories.NEW REMOTE TEACHING SUPPLEMENT: If you ar
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7th - 12th
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Creative Writing Project: Rewrite a Fairy Tale | Editable, Printable, & Digital
Have students rewrite a fairy tale in this imaginative, fun, and scaffolded project for creative writing students! Teach point-of-view and other story elements without spending days helping students get over their writer's blocks with this Rewrite a Fairy Tale Project.For this fairy tale rewrite project, students will learn about point-of-view before applying a new one to a well-known children's story by rewriting a tale from the villain's perspective. Using the included slideshow, teachers will
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing: Complete 9-Week Class & Curriculum for High School
Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.This is the complete complete collection: the seven units comprised the entirety of my fifteen hour writing camp. This is a $25.50 dollar value.
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6th - 12th
Pick a Path Adventure Creative Writing
Pick-a-path adventure stories are a unique creative writing challenge that your students will love! This resource gives high school students step-by-step guidance to create their own interactive hypertext stories in which the reader gets to choose their path. This project is a great way to incorporate technology into the writing experience. Directions for creating these short stories within PowerPoint and Google Slides are available in this product. WHAT’S INCLUDED:Student handout on understandi
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9th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Ultimate Fiction BUNDLE
Best Short Stories for High School: 189 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lessons
Included are full sets of lesson plans for 16 fantastic stories for high school. Each story includes six different lesson plans.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off.Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Murder by John SteinbeckGuests of the Nation by Frank O’ConnorThe Little Room by Madeline Yale WynneAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceA Good Man is H
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8th - 12th
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Sherlock Holmes Unit Bundle
The Sherlock Holmes stories are a breeze to teach with this cohesive unit! The BritLitWit Sherlock Holmes Unit Bundle includes introductory materials to orient students to the texts, resources for three stories, a final assignment (with three variations), and bonus materials for variety and fun! Here are the contents in more detail:Sherlock Holmes Introductory Slides: Includes a five-question anticipation guide that gets students thinking about the importance of observation and the popular appea
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7th - 12th
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Text Dependent Analysis Writing- Citing Textual Evidence - Outline - Organizer
Teaching character analysis, irony, theme, opinion, and symbolism using text based analysis has never been easier! These in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompts guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay focusing on textual evidence as support. The bundle includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, an argumentative writing outline, instructional video, detailed lesson plans, and the complete texts of five
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9th - 12th
Narrative Writing: Short Stories - Presentation, Prompts, Handouts for Students
Writing short stories: A complete presentation with printable handouts for students.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This zipped download includes two *editable* Powerpoint files that cover:-Essential components of a story (setting, plot, character development, theme, conflict, point of view)-Story idea generators (ways to generate ideas for stories, which include visual picture prompts, online prompts, and other ways to come up with ideas)-Handouts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
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6th - 12th
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Flash Fiction Microfiction Creative Writing
Sudden fiction, short-short stories, microfiction--whatever you call it, writing flash fiction is a fun way to challenge your high school students’ creativity. This creative writing resource can be used at the beginning of a short story unit to practice the elements of plot, character, setting, and point of view. You can also use this resource at the end of a short story unit as practice in revision and conciseness. Flash fiction can even be used in a literature class to review and assess studen
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Ultimate Fiction BUNDLE
American Literature Curriculum Units: Short Story Lesson Plans for American Lit.
Are you worried your American Literature curriculum doesn’t give your students the challenges and support they need to reach their full potential? So many ready-to-go curriculum packages involve meaningless busywork that is both boring and irrelevant for your classes. It might seem convenient, but it fails to challenge students and ultimately teaches them nothing more than how miserable it is to slog through texts.Worse, when students are lead to believe that studying great literature means fil
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9th - 12th
AP English Literature Full Course Bundle
This bundle has everything that an AP Literature teacher needs to teach a full year of poetry, short stories and full length texts plus much more. The units are designed to meet the Essential Skills outlined in the 2019 CED and help new and seasoned teachers to begin their AP Literature and Composition journey.Consider checking out two free resources for teaching AP Lit and Comp before purchasing: Read the post on my website: 5 Ways to Organize Your Curriculum Map (you can get a free workbook
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10th - 12th
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Text Based Evidence, Text Dependent Analysis in Writing - High School Bundle
Teaching text dependent analysis writing has never been easier! This in-depth literature based writing prompt bundle includes lessons for 400 of the most popular novels, short stories, and poems taught in middle school! The lessons include argumentative, expository, and compare & contrast prompts. Each lesson includes a writing graphic organizer, rubric, writing quiz, detailed lesson plan, an instructional video, and a writing template.All aspects of writing are covered in these lessons: b
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9th - 12th
The Tell-Tale Heart - Text Based Evidence - Text Analysis Essay Writing Lesson
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, and an argumentative writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this
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9th - 12th
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Thematic Short Story Unit Plan on Facing Mortality & Survival (CCSS-Aligned)
This Common Core-aligned unit plan helps high school students develop proficiency in interpreting and analyzing thematic short stories of increasing complexity in classroom and distance learning contexts. Narratives covered include the following (listed in order of estimated Lexile Measure):“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” by the Brothers Grimm (Lexile 800-900)“The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell (Lexile 800-900)“To Build a Fire” by Jack London (Lexile 1000-1100)“The Premature Burial”
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9th - 12th
Creative Writing Short Story Project
This creative writing resource is designed to lead students through the process of writing a full-length short story. A specific prompt is provided, but the rest of the materials can be used to write ANY short story. This resource has everything you need--planning worksheets, peer response, revision and editing guides, rubric--to help your students craft great short stories.WHAT’S INCLUDED:One photo prompt to inspire a short story Step by step guide to outlining a short story26-question characte
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Creative Writing Short Story BUNDLE
9th Grade Short Story Unit: High School Creative Writing & Literary Analysis
Tired of students groaning and rolling their eyes whenever you mention literary analysis? You can’t really be surprised they act this way when they’ve been lead to believe that reading great literature means trying to figure out some inane, irrelevant puzzle. And when they’ve only experienced texts written by old white men who died one hundred years ago, it’s no wonder that they are bored out of their minds. On the other hand, literature units that are billed as fun and entertaining are often j
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9th - 12th
Creative Writing Short Story BUNDLE
If you teach short stories in your high school creative writing class, this is the bundle for you! It contains everything you need to teach a short stories unit from beginning to end. These resources focus on the story elements of plot, setting, characterization, dialogue, and point of view and provide a variety of prompts to practice each. The unit culminates with a step-by-step guide to writing a full-length short story. WHAT’S INCLUDED:Student handouts on each of the 5 story elements and tips
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9th - 12th
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Spooky Story Writing for Middle School: 6 Week Creative Writing Unit
This creative writing unit on How to Write Spooky Stories is designed to provide a flexible framework with a wide variety of individual, group and full-class lessons. The unit can be taught in four to six weeks depending upon the amount of class time available. This unit includes 115 pages of materials, including five full short stories that correspond with particular lessons.The unit is broken down as follows:IdeasWhere do we get good ideas for stories? Because students often struggle with idea
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5th - 12th
"Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm Close Reading Worksheet for Google
For many high school readers, age-appropriate fantasy and fairy tale fiction are genres that maximize engagement with literature. With this worksheet composed of rigorous questions on "Hansel and Gretel" by the Brothers Grimm, English teachers will help students extend beyond reading comprehension, support the development of close reading analysis skills, and save valuable time at home without sacrificing rigor in the classroom. An answer key and copy of the public domain narrative (estimated L
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9th - 12th
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The Most Dangerous Game - Text Based Evidence, Text Analysis Essay Writing Unit
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for "The Most Dagerous Game" by Richard Connell has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an expository essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an expository writing graphic organizer, rubric, expository writing quiz, and an expository writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this r
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9th - 12th
Creative Writing Ultimate Fiction BUNDLE
This is the ULTIMATE fiction bundle for your high school creative writing class! It includes everything in the short stories bundle PLUS a flash fiction mini unit AND pick-a-path adventure story unit. If you’re looking for a comprehensive guide to teaching short fiction, add this to your cart NOW! WHAT’S INCLUDED:Student handouts on plot, setting, characterization, dialogue, and point of view and tips to write each more effectively70 writing prompts to practice each of the 5 story elementsPlanni
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9th - 12th
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The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu - Text Evidence - Text Analysis Essay Writing
Teaching how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, and an argumentative writing template.All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resourc
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9th - 12th
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