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Short stories Common Core W.8.3b 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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Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activity | Writing a Spooky Short Story
*****ATTENTION TEACHERS:***** For just $2 more dollars, get FOUR more activities with the Halloween Activities BUNDLE (CLICK HERE)! _________________________________________________________________5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Middle School ELA English Halloween Activity Lesson: "Create a Spooky Story" | Guide for the Short Story Process Includes Templates and Guided Organizers for:Brainstorming Spooky Ideas and Topics Brainstorming Word WebExposition: Characters, Setting, Conflict (Guided Questions Chart)
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5th - 8th
Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Rules of the Game, Amy Tan Short Story from Joy Luck Club, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Rules of the Game” (a short piece from Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club), to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course) and a creative writing assignment with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own work of fiction. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for advanced mi
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8th - 11th
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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
Christmas OR Winter Pixar-like Short Films Literary Devices THEME & NARRATIVE
HEY DEER! ANIMATED PIXAR SHORT FILM! Great for Christmas OR winter ELA. Short films are the perfect way to teach narrative writing and literary elements and devices. This workshop guides students through an analysis of 6 basic literary elements to prepare them for the culminating narrative writing task. Students watch the film directly from their slides and work through all of the guided activities.❤ Winter themed- but NO direct Christmas referencesSettingCharacters/CharacterizationPoint of View
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6th - 9th
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Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
Creative Writing Short Story Activities Workbook Print and Digital
No planning needed! Digital and print versions make this perfect for digital, in person, or blended learning. Your students will have everything they need to write their own short stories. Ready to use today. This resource guides them step-by-step. What teachers are saying:"I used this with my Honors 12 English class after our semester of reading short stories. The kids really used this resource - it gave them confidence and an actual place to plan their work. I will use it again.""This was
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7th - 10th
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ELA FULL YEAR CURRICULUM: ARGUMENTATIVE INFORMATIVE NARRATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS
Your ELA | English Language Arts Middle School Google Classroom is planned, prepped, stocked and ready to share for the entire YEAR! Each digital unit includes: highly engaging CCSS literacy and writing resources, CCSS standards, digital lesson plans, weekly & monthly calendar templates, exit ticket, and even announcements for your stream! SCROLL TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED FOR EACH MONTH!★ This resource is designed to look like GC so that you can easily copy and paste everything in order fo
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6th - 9th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 8th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 8. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Essay Assignment - Digital Google Doc! ELA
This assignment provides students with the opportunity to write a meaningful personal narrative that goes beyond just sharing a memory. This memoir writing assignment guides students to a place of reflection on the importance of a moment and how that moment helps to define who they are and how they will be remembered. Digital Google Doc!Included is:A graphic organizer with built in thinking prompts and sentence startersA brainstorming template6+1 Traits of Good Writing rubricTeacher model/mentor
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6th - 12th
Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Weekly Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
Narrative Writing Task Cards for Middle School Fiction Descriptive Short Story
These writing task cards aim to help students practice the essential parts of a story or narrative. This resource is designed specifically to improve student writing skills.Here are the features and benefits of this product:Features:Comprehensive: This set of task cards includes 12 cards cover essential parts of a story or narrative, such as Beginning a Story using Dialogue, Action, Details about Setting, Details about a Character, Varying Sentence Length, and Writing a Good Ending.Engaging Con
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5th - 8th
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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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Storytelling with Rubrics | Middle School Writing | Creative Writing
You and your students will love this combination of creative writing, public speaking, and group collaboration! Plus, prepare your students, as self-directed learners, to be highly organized, well-planned, and how to work cooperatively in groups. This student-centered fun mini-unit resource is included in a bundle! Student ♥ Engagement Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High SchoolAdaptable for all age groups - is this standards-based ELA mini-unit, a week of lessons culminate in an
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6th - 9th
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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
The Gift of the Magi Short Story Unit Distance Learning
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry is a great story about love and sacrifice; my unit includes everything you need to share this timeless classic with your students: the story, mini-research activity, reading comprehension and analysis, theme analysis, figurative language, vocabulary practice, and a creative writing exercise. Plus, everything can be shared DIGITALLY via a secured platform. I included a Google Slides version of the story and handouts that students can type directly into.This is i
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8th - 10th
Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle for Distance Learning or Print & Go
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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How to End a Story Unit | Narrative Writing, Conclusions, Twists, Plot Elements
This COMPLETE UNIT teaches students to write EXCELLENT ENDINGS and KILLER CONCLUSIONS to their PLOT in NARRATIVE and STORY WRITING lessons through proven teaching strategies and is ❤️ FULLY EDITABLE, so you can customize it if required.LEARNING INTENTIONS⭐️ How the CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION and RESOLUTION are connected.⭐️ Understanding the 6 COMMON ENDING TYPES.⭐️ ENDING ANALYSIS of WELL-KNOWN stories.⭐️ CLEAN ENDINGS and CLIFFHANGERS.⭐️ TWIST IN THE TALE and AMBIGUOUS ENDINGS.⭐ EPILOGUE ENDINGS an
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STORY ELEMENTS BUNDLE | CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, ENDINGS in NARRATIVES
Short Films For Winter and Christmas Literary Devices Theme Plot Inference
Looking for a fun way to use Pixar Short Films for literacy? Check out these 2 great workshops: A Christmas Star and Hey Deer!Short Film Winter Workshop: A Christmas StarSuper fun way to teach NARRATIVE writing and LITERARY ELEMENTSSettingPlotConflictThemeNarrative Writing***Short films and narrative writing are a PERFECT match. Students simply follow the film and provide the missing narration!***WHAT YOU WILL GET IN "Hey Deer!"Two essential questionsGuided extended responseTwo guided short ans
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5th - 8th
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Literary Crimes:"Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," & "The Landlady"
After reading "Lamb to the Slaughter," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "The Landlady," students will become the detectives and analyze the murderers in each story! In this activity, students will fill out a "case file" for each murderer where they will summarize, make inferences, and cite text. Then, they will select one character and respond to the narrative writing prompt. This product includes an outline to help students prewrite.
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6th - 9th
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