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Adult education short stories handouts
Thank You, Ma'am By Langston Hughes Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This 2 page, 50 question scavenger hunt follows Langston Hughes' short story in chronological order. Students have to find answers as they read or reread the story; they have to skim/search for details. This activity works well as either an individual, silent, directed reading or as a quiet partner, in-class assignment. It starts with a one paragraph background introduction to enhance comprehension. This lesson plan can also be given as a homework sheet or as an open book quiz. This is an ad
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Trifles Susan Glaspell Unit Analysis Lesson Plans Questions Answer Keys Rubric
Susan Glaspell's Trifles is a wonderful one act play that helps students learn about gender roles and stereotypes in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Trifles, first produced in 1916, themes and topics are still just as applicable as they were in 1916. Trifles is an excellent resource to use to hone skills with characterization, theme, motif, mood and tone and symbolism. Furthermore, in a society of social alone-ness, this unit gets students thinking about the destruction of isolation
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Monkey's Paw Simplified Halloween Story - TPT Digital and Google Classroom
An adapted text version of the Halloween classic story to assign on TPT Digital, through Google Classroom.Have you ever wanted to read "The Monkey's Paw" with your class but knew your students would be put off by the language? Then this is perfect for you!The chilling classic is adapted to make it accessible to less advanced readers, special education classrooms and intermediate ESL and EFL students. It also makes a fine story for the regular ELA classroom.Tackle vocabulary and ELA critical thin
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â The Monkey's Paw - 2-Level Adapted Text Bundle - ESL Halloween Fun!
William Faulkner A Rose for Emily Short Story Unit Questions Activities Quiz
William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily is a great short story lesson to use to discuss inferences, characterization, foreshadow, theme, point of view and more!This short story analysis includes the following:-Pre-reading vocabulary-Historical context handout-Analysis questions chunked by text parts-Post-reading literary devices handout-Post-reading writing activity-Quiz-Full text of the short story-Answer key and rubric**Please note: This lesson plan is a ZIP file with three PDFs; they are not edi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sweat Zora Neale Hurston Short Story Analysis Unit Lesson Activities Rubric
Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston is a great short story to use to expose students to dialect in writing, and it's great to use to teach characterization and various literary elements such as simile, metaphor, allusion, foreshadow and irony. It's also an excellent incorporation into a longer unit on Southern literature, or as an introduction to one of Hurston’s longer works such as Their Eyes Were Watching God. In this lesson plan for Sweat you will find an activating pre-reading assignment, pre-r
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Roald Dahl Story Bundle The Landlady Man From the South Lamb to the Slaughter
This short-story bundle for The Landlady, Man From the South and Lamb to the Slaughter, three of Roald Dahl's great short stories, helps make literary analysis easy! The thought of analyzing can be daunting for many students, so why not make it fun with all the delightful dark humor of Roald Dahl? Let students start off their learning adventure by getting to know Dahl with a web quest. After the webquest you then have the option to have students write their own biography for Roald Dahl. The b
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8th - 11th, Adult Education
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The Monkey's Paw - 2-Level Adapted Text Bundle - ESL Halloween Fun!
This is a bundle of two text levels of The Monkey's Paw, plus activities and lessons - they assign straight to Google Classroom (with no prep!) via TPT Digital.The two levels cover Beginner to Advanced ESL students and ELA classes. Perfect for differentiated or tiered instruction! The package also comes with the original textTackle vocabulary and ELA critical thinking -- including inferencing, irony and literary elements -- with the story, bundled lesson ideas, six reusable graphic organizers an
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh By Ray Bradbury Scavenger Hunt & KEY
This two page, 50 question scavenger hunt follows Ray Bradbury's short story in chronological order. Students have to find details or answers to the clues as they read or reread the story. This activity works well as either an individual directed reading or as a partner assignment. It can also be given as a homework sheet or open book quiz. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves read
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" 25-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 25-question multiple choice quiz is on Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the characterization, color symbolism, conflict, dialogue, figurative language, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, plot, setting, subtext, symbolism, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Activities and Handouts for the Short Story "A Rose for Emily"
This is a unit for the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner which is a Southern Gothic short story. I've used this story numerous times with my high school students. They always find the ending shocking and memorable.
Included in this unit:
An Anticipation Guide
Vocabulary List and Definitions
Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers (22 questions)
Three PPT Lessons
Task Cards for the story
A Quiz with an Answer Key (20 multiple choice questions)
There are a total of 33 pag
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Halloween ELA Bundle
Tell Tale Heart. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. Full Unit for ELA ESL Sp. Ed.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instruction.Unit includes:An illustrated adapted text of The Tell-Tale Heart by Po
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Roald Dahl's "The Landlady" 20-Question Matching and Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 20-question multiple choice quiz is on Roald Dahl's short story "The Landlady." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the characterization, conflict, dialogue, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, plot, subtext, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin-CSI Activity
This is one of my favorite lessons. After reading the short story, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the students are always perplexed by the ending. What just happened? How did she die? These questions quickly float around the classroom. Place students in groups and tell them that today's class will be an interpretation contest-CSI style. The winner must prove that Mrs. Mallard died due to psychological trauma, physical causes, or a little of both. Evidence will be gathered from the
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" 25-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 25-question multiple choice quiz is on Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the character archetypes, characterization, conflict, connotation, figurative language, foreshadowing, imagery, inferences, irony, morals, plot, setting, subtext, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literary Elements & Techniques (Student Reference)
This is a great reference for students to use when reading short stories, during novel studies, and to refresh student memory before starting final assignments.
There are over 50 elements and techniques included in this reference sheet:
- Narrative Point of View
- Setting
- Plot
- Figurative Language
- Conflict
- Theme
- Symbol & Motif
- Irony
- Plot Techniques
- Plus Many Other Important Terms!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. 3-Text Level Pack For ESL Tiered-Instruction. Fun!!
These bright, colorful and fun adapted text versions of The Tell-Tale Heart make Edgar Allan Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The bundle includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text, which comes at 2-adapted levels, plus the original text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instructio
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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On the Sidewalk, Bleeding Short Story Unit Resources
This is a collection of resources that would support a unit with a focus text of the short story, "On the Sidewalk, Bleeding". There are a variety of formative resources included that focus on literary elements: mood, theme, symbol, characterization, plot. There are also pre and post quizzes (with answer keys) and a culminating activity with an assessment tool and exemplar.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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ESL Short Reading Comprehension Passages
Short Reading Comprehension Passages - ESL Reading Articles.
This bundle contains 25 short reading passages.
Students read the passages and answer the questions or complete the exercises that precede or follow the text to check reading comprehension.
These materials are applicable for intermediate level students.
The matterial is geared toward teenage and adult students.
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1. 20 years of pain. w 403
2. A reward or a bride.w326
3. Adventurous Dinning.w328
4. An International Relationsh
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Man From the South Roald Dahl Short Story Unit Analysis Lesson Activities
Roald Dahl's delightful short story Man From the South gets students critically thinking with all the dark humor and simplistic language that this classic author is known for. This Man From the South unit includes everything necessary to do a comprehensive study of the short story. Start students off with thinking critically about real life risk takers to set the stage for them thinking about the risk that Carlos and the American boy take. Students will identify the elements of plot such as c
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
Edgar Allan Poe Mega Bundle
Items included:Biography of Edgar Allan Poe"The Tell-Tale Heart"Story AnalysisStudy Guide Questions with Answers An article that relates to the story with a venn diagramTwo PowerPoint LessonsTask Cards for the short story"The Cask of Amontillado" Analysis of the storyTwo different study guides for differentiation (there is an answer key for both study guides)Vocabulary List with definitions. Quiz with answer keyGroup work assignment using various quotesThree PowerPoint LessonsTask Cards for the
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Short Story Unit Bundle Rose for Emily, Sweat, Everyday Use, A Visit of Charity
This short story bundle includes lessons for A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner, Sweat by Zora Neale Hurston, Everyday Use by Alice Walker and A Visit of Charity by Eudora Welty. There is loads of analysis to be done, dialogue to be had, and inferences to be made with this bundle! I am confident that you and your students will have fun with all these stories and materials!In this bundle you will find a 29 slide EDITABLE introductory PowerPoint (I’ve also included a PDF of the same PPT, just i
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Descubre 2 L1: En el consultorio (Video and Listening Comprehension)
Do you need extra listening comprehension activities? Are you about to teach Parts of the Body and Health? Are you about to teach Descubre 2 L1 En el Consultorio? Do you need to practice the Preterite and the Imperfect?This resource is perfect for you. It can be used as a listening comprehension exercise. Click on the link and find the YT video. Project it on a smartboard or on a wall. Give your students the link or embed it on your website. Hand out the activities and let your students answer t
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Evan Hunter's "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" 20-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 20-question multiple choice quiz is on Evan Hunter's short story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding." This quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge of the characterization, color symbolism, conflict, imagery, inferences, irony, plot, setting, subtext, suspense, symbolism, and themes.A study guide that can be used to prepare students for this quiz is available here.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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