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Short stories independent work packet microsofts
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas Short Story Analysis
Ursula K. Le Guin's short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is perfect when studying utopian and dystopian literature. The theme: there cannot be happiness in the world without suffering. Included in this literary analysis of The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas:Academic VocabularyAnticipation GuidePowerpoint Presentation with literary termsParadoxAllegorySymbolism"Psychomyth" (term created by Ursula K. Le Guin)Utopia and DystopiaThemeComing of ageReading Comprehension QuestionsAcrostic P
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions A Bundle
Make language arts class fun with these high interest reading comprehension passages and questions for high school students. This resource contains classroom ready nonfiction articles, vocabulary activities, discussion questions, writing prompts, and answer keys to develop your kids’ critical thinking skills. Plus, quick and easy setup and clear directions make these activities perfect for centers or high school sub plans.By purchasing this bundle you save about 25% off the price of individual r
Grades:
9th - 11th
The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Comparative Analysis of Different Versions
The best of both worlds: Student Choice and Comparative Analysis!Students are guided step-by-step through comparative reading and writing of a Brothers Grimm Story and an Alternative Version. Students get to choose one of seven Brothers Grimm stories to read for their assignment. There are four steps to this assignment: 1. Students compare and contrast a Brothers Grimm Story to an Alternate Version of the story. All of the versions are provided for through the hyperlinks in the document. 2. Stud
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Middle School English Language Arts Activities| HUGE GROWING BUNDLE
Virtual Learning/E-Learning: "The Most Dangerous Game" Close Read/Annotations
Virtual Learning/E-Learning Friendly Adaptation - "The Most Dangerous Game" Close Read/Annotation: This short story activity is Common Core aligned and places heavy emphasis on close reading strategies, annotating the text, bolstering vocabulary skills, identifying specific literary elements (characterization, setting, foreshadowing, etc), and making inferences. It provides 22 pages of text, leading questions, and space for commentary/note-taking. Can be assigned and completed entirely online!
Grades:
9th - 12th
Woman Hollering Creek | Sandra Cisneros, Questions and Essay for Women's History
Need an engaging short story that is high interest and great for high school? It's here! "Woman Hollering Creek" is perfect for teaching imagery, theme, characterization and an exploration of gender roles. Assignment includes a link to the story, comprehension questions and in-depth essay and discussion questions. It's a fully editable Google Doc and extremely easy to use with distance learning and Google Classroom. Rubric included.
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Also included in: Women's History Month Short Story Unit for High School ELA
One of These Days - Close Reading & Writing Prompt
One of These Days, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is the true image of a short story. Less than three pages and under 1000 words, yet packed with so much action. As such, it can be devoured in a single class period by any middle school or high school class. I started making this resource with my 8th grade class in mind. For that reason, the marginal questions appear to be more surface level with the focus on imagery and characterization. However, the more I read and annotated myself, the more I real
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
Short Story Template - Creative Writing Plan
A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER chart for planning a short story. This is part of the Creative Writing Adaptation Assignment which can be also purchased in a BUNDLE with the Free Verse Poetry Template or can also be used separately. It is a great way to get students to PLAN and to THINK CRITICALLY about the elements of a short story that they should include.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Also included in: Creative Writing Adaptation Mini-Unit
The Unreliable Narrator Literary Bundle
Teaching the Unreliable Narrator? Turn your students into literary scholars with the Unreliable Narrator Literary Bundle. This power product includes a comprehensive 54-slide Unreliable Narrator PowerPoint, an Unreliable Narrator Graphic Organizer and Writing Rubric, and a 15-page Reading/Writing text-set for the Unreliable Narrator in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe. Make connecting with text meaningful with Literary Response and Informational Text Task Card Bundle! It can be used with ANY fic
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
Graphic Novel Booklet Assignment: Shaun Tan's The Arrival
The resources featured are related to Shaun Tan's graphic novel The Arrival (a wordless text- short story). The booklet is a complete resource and features a range of analytic and creative tasks, sequenced in order of increasing complexity and aligned with a range of educational standards. The booklet constitutes a holistic and engaging assignment that is particularly effective for teaching reluctant readers and for teaching inference. There is also an extension activity- prompts for a comparati
Grades:
7th - 10th
Phonics story "The Camp at Cliff Hill" for older students (cvc & ff, ll, ss, zz)
The Camp at Cliff Hill is a story about two friends at camp who learn a bit about nature. Written in a dyslexia-friendly font, it's highly controlled, composed of only single closed-syllable words (all 5 short vowels, blends, digraphs, and the double-final consonants ff, ll, ss, zz). 48 irregular sightwords from the 1st, 2nd, & 3rd Fry High Frequency Words lists have been included to make for better readability. These may either be pretaught so the entire story may be read entirely independe
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3rd - 6th
“The Landlady” by Roald Dahl Activity Packet
Activity Packet to use for the short story "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl. Includes quick writes, reading questions, exit tickets, mini lessons on characterization, RACE writing, dialogue, pov, and a writing assignment to write an ending to the story. 15 pages and can be used in a middle school ELA class.
Grades:
7th - 8th
Also included in: "The Landlady” by Roald Dahl Lesson Slides and Activity Packet (10 Days)
Reading Comprehension Passages Questions Short Stories Fluency ESL Practice
Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions English Language Arts Activity Fluency Worksheets Warmup Classroom Literacy SkillsThis 60 page Word document includes 50 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions. This resource is in Word doc format, so you can edit and change anything you see fit. Does not include an answer key.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topi
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
"The Elevator" by William Sleator Activity Packet
Activity Packet to use for the short story "The Elevator" by William Sleator. Includes quick writes, reading questions, exit tickets, mini lessons on characterization, RACE writing, dialogue, pov, and a writing assignment to write an ending to the story. 13 pages and can be used in a middle school ELA class.
Grades:
7th - 8th
Also included in: "The Elevator" Lesson Slides and Activity Packet (9 Days)
"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid | Study Guide & Questions for Women's History Month
“Girl” is a powerful short story for teaching tone, mood, theme, repetition, characterization and gender studies. This is an engaging short story that reveals issues of gender, race and class through a discussion between a mother and daughter. Jamaica Kincaid is a master writer. I remember clearly reading her work and thinking, "Wow, writing can do that!" This short story packs a punch and is a great piece for literary analysis.Assignment includes a link to the story, comprehension questions an
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Women's History Month Short Story Unit for High School ELA
THE MAGIC CHILI POT STORY
All of my stories carry a social/emotional theme. In the Magic Chili Pot, a young man must deal with a very selfish and nosy neighbor who callously steals the only food he and his mother owns. How will Kevin Tweedle deal with the thief?
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2nd - 3rd
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Virtual Learning/E-Learning: "Harrison Bergeron" Close Reading/Annotations
Virtual Learning/E-Learning Friendly Adaptation - "Harrison Bergeron" Close Read/Annotation: This short story activity is Common Core aligned and places heavy emphasis on close reading strategies, annotating the text, bolstering vocabulary skills, identifying specific literary elements (irony, conflict, allusions, etc), and making inferences. It provides 6 pages of text, leading questions, and space for commentary/note-taking. Can be assigned and completed entirely online!
Grades:
7th - 12th
"Charles" by Shirley Jackson Activity Packet
Activity Packet for the short story "Charles" by Shirley Jackson. Nine page packet that helps teach ELA Reading Literature Standards. Students make inferences, answer reading questions, identify the plot, characterization, conflict, and theme of the story. Also includes quick writes and objective summary writing. Can be used for 5 days of activities for the story.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Also included in: "Charles" by Shirley Jackson Slides and Activity Packet (5 day Lesson)
Short Story Genre Overview and Questions
This is an excellent resource to get your students thinking about writing a short story in a particular genre. The basic elements of the genre are listed along with some guiding questions to consider for the writer. Most genres include examples from famous/classic short stories as a reference. Genres include:ComedyGothicFantasyDystopianCautionary TaleFairytaleSci-FiAdventureTragedyOvercoming the MonsterQuestCrime fiction/detective story
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10th - 12th
Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart ~ Close Reading
With so many resources for The Tell-Tale Heart available, what makes this resource perfect? It is a capsule of everything you will need! The goal of this unit is to introduce students to three elements of style that contribute to mood: Word Choice, Structure and Punctuation. Smaller topics include tone and Irony.This Resource Includes:Full Text with Marginal Questions for independent reading22 in text vocabulary wordsCulminating Activities - Movie Poster ProjectCornell Notes sheetEssay Prompt an
Grades:
8th - 9th
Also included in: Six Short Stories For Middle School - Full Text included
"The Whistle" Anne Estevis Short Story Work Packet with answer key!
Hello teachers! I created and used this 5-part packet to assess my 8th grade students' understanding of the short story "The Whistle," by Anne Estevis, which is a part of our curriculum/textbook. It may not be a part of yours, but it is still a great fictional read about growing up and can be utilized for a substitute or if you just need a break! "The Whistle" is suitable for grades 6-9th. I assigned this packet through google docs, but you can also print the packet out. On the last page you wil
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6th - 9th
"The Dinner Party" Inferences Lesson Student Version (Includes Anticipatory Set)
This is a fun and interactive lesson that engages students in learning how to make inferences with literary texts! This lesson can take 1-2 days to complete.The lesson is structured to guide students through the following skills and tasks:Making inferences from digital images (Anticipatory Set)Marking the textIdentifying literary clues and background informationMaking inferences from literary textsProviding textual evidence to support their answersThe student version can be assigned either digit
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: "The Dinner Party" Inferences Lesson (Bundle)
The Emperor's New Clothes- story with questions
This is a modified, four page version, of The Emperor's New Clothes. There are 25 multiple choice questions and one RACE question. The questions vary from DOK 1 to DOK 3. They are standard based. There are questions on: context clues, figurative language, theme/summary, inference, character traits, story elements, and RACE.The answer key is included.
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: The Emperor's New Clothes- BUNDLE
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens- Excerpt with test questions
This assessment uses a great excerpt from A Christmas Carol. There are 30 multiple choice questions and one RACE question. To grade, the MC are 3 points each and the RACE will be worth 10. The questions are on context clues, figurative language, and text evidence.The format is extremely simple, and could easily be copied and pasted into a google form for quick grading or edulastic for a test.
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Emperor's New Clothes- Anticipation Guide with story
This is a ten page product that includes the anticipation guide for The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen and the story (a shortened version).Students will first answer questions they must agree/disagree with based on the context of the text. Next, there are terms taken from the story that the students will need to define. After that, the students must pick of the words that they defined to write in their own original sentence. Finally, there are some discussion based questions th
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5th - 10th
Also included in: The Emperor's New Clothes- BUNDLE
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