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10th grade short stories interactive notebooks
Teaching Symbolism and Allegory - Introduction Activity & PowerPoint
Teaching symbolism can be tricky, but symbolism activities like this one HOOK your students and help them engage with any text. This is a sweet introduction to symbolism that your students will remember long after the candy is gone.⭐️ I use this with “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, but it is not text-specific. You can use it with any short story or novel or as a stand-alone lesson. Your resource for teaching symbolism includes:An anticipatory set using Tootsie Roll Pops (or Blow Po
Grades:
7th - 10th
Secondary ELA Curriculum - Full Year of Interactive Notebooks (grades 7-10)
These units for Interactive Notebooks create a whole year of Secondary ELA lessons. Your students will create organized reference tools to show their learning, all while maintaining creativity and choice. These lessons, activities, and assessments are perfect for grades 7-10.Key takeaways of this full year of Secondary ELA:✅ Short Story Unit✅ Novel Study ✅ Drama Unit ✅ Poetry UnitUse this resource as you read any texts! The Short Story Unit and the Poetry Unit come with plenty of suggestions, bu
Grades:
7th - 10th
Literary Analysis Mini Flip Book (a sticky note book for short stories & novels)
Transform the way you teach literary analysis with this interactive, hands-on sticky note mini flip book. Engage your middle or high school students with this fun and practical resource, ideal for use during and after reading short stories or novels. With this mini flip book, students explore, identify, and explain various literary devices, making literary analysis a breeze.What's Inside:8 Tabs for Comprehensive Analysis: This resource includes eight tabs covering essential elements of literary
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Mini Flip Book Growing Bundle: Grammar, Parts of Speech, Growth Mindset
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry Short Story Literature Guide Flip Book
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry: Layered Flip Book Reading LiteratureFeatures images of Della with really long hair, Jim's pocket watch, hair combs, and holiday holly (have your students color them all in)Each flap is ready for you to easily line up by using the directions on how to assemble the organizer.Includes:Writing Prompt and answer keyQuestions and answer keyComprehension and answer keyhematic Response and answer keyAligned and Outlined ELA Common Core State Standards, 6-12 Reading, Wr
Grades:
4th - 12th, Staff
High School Interactive Notebook Short Story Unit - Literary Analysis
Need to teach literary analysis for short stories? The organization and hands-on learning of interactive notebooks meets the rigor of note-taking and formal responses in this short story unit. This high school interactive notebook has less cutting and gluing than most interactive notebooks, so your students spend more time thinking and writing. The short story activities and interactive notebooks in this resource can be used with any text, and activities are included in three formats - print, di
Grades:
7th - 10th
Analyzing Song Lyrics - Literary Elements in Music (for any song)
With this song analysis lesson, students practice analyzing song lyrics for literary elements. They treat the song as a text and use textual evidence to support their claims. This is a fun, low-stakes way to practice analytical writing.✅ Full lesson✅ Student samples✅ 15 Songs to Analyze in ELAWhat other teachers are saying about this resource:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was a great way to review literary elements and move my students into true analysis.” -Ashleigh S. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I am excited to remind my s
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7th - 10th
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The Lottery Activities - Using Quotes and Paraphrase in Literary Analysis
Are you looking for The Lottery activities? This quote analysis activity for Shirley Johnson’s The Lottery is a great way to help students practice embedding source quotes and paraphrases. Students analyze quotes from the short story using the format of introduce, cite, and explain (ICE).Ways to use this The Lottery activity:✅ Traditional worksheet✅ Interactive Notebook (ISN) spread✅ Digital versionWhen students work on their analysis of The Lottery, they get so much out of using source quotes.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Task Cards for Literary Analysis of Any Story or Novel - DIGITAL & PRINT
“I teach a lot of short stories in my class. This resource was great because it was adaptable to all stories. It was also great because of the alignment to the Common Core.” - Judith “This is an excellent resource for novel studies! I used these with my enrichment groups in fourth grade ELA on different novels. I put them on a ring and had them complete different assignments each week, some with my guidance and most without. Love it!” - Kelly “It's easy to use these cards with multiple texts, wh
Grades:
6th - 10th
Introduction to William Shakespeare Mini Flip Reference Book
Introduce William Shakespeare to your students with this fun, informative, and interactive mini flip book. This mini flip book includes seven different tabs to help your students get to know the life, times, and works of the Bard: Biography, Timeline (interactive), The Globe, Language, Quotes (interactive), Works, and Iambic PentameterOn the timeline page, students read through the book and complete additional research (optional) to create a timeline of William Shakespeare's life. On the quotes
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Mini Flip Book Growing Bundle: Grammar, Parts of Speech, Growth Mindset
Task Cards for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - DIGITAL & PRINT
26 task cards. Use the legendary ghost story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving, to teach your students how to closely analyze literature through the use of task cards. This lesson plan includes 4 prereading task cards and 22 post reading task cards that require students to analyze character motivation, setting, conflict, plot, and much more.These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as
Grades:
7th - 10th
"Flowers for Algernon" Short Story Digital Notebook - PAPERLESS
If you teach the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, you NEED this Paperless Digital Notebook that has EVERYTHING you need to teach the unit: Pre-Reading, Through the Text, Post-Reading, and Vocabulary Activities that are student-centered, engaging, and standards-based! This complete unit focused on characterization, motive, parallel episodes, and more. Plus, it provides relevant and intentional pre-reading activities to help students learn about their own intelligences and buil
Grades:
7th - 10th
Harrison Bergeron Lesson Plans | Kurt Vonnegut Dystopian Short Story Unit Plan
Want to inspire your classes to engage in healthy discussion and speak out against injustices? Students are bombarded on a daily basis with the message that it’s better to go along to get along, and that conflict is scary and to be avoided. They are led to believe that their voice isn’t important, especially when fighting against forces that are more powerful than they are. Believing this message can lead to a generation of future leaders who feel powerless and hopeless and do nothing to make t
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Task Cards for A Christmas Carol - DIGITAL & PRINT
If the thought of trying to teach Dicken’s holidays classic, A Christmas Carol, to your students has ever made you teary, wring your hands, question your existence, or binge-watch dancing hamster videos—because it’s just that frustrating and overwhelming—I made this resource for you. If you wish you had a set of fun and ready to use set of pre and during reading task cards right at your fingertips—I made this resource for you.If you just want your students to enjoy a great holiday story and prac
Grades:
6th - 10th
Diction and Word Choice Lesson - Geraldo No Last Name - Sandra Cisneros
This lesson on Diction and word choice can be used as a traditional worksheet, digital worksheet, or with Interactive Notebooks (ISN). I use it in my Short Stories unit with "Geraldo No Last Name" by Sandra Cisneros, but this resource is editable for any text. (optimized for grades 7-10)What You Get: 1. Introductory PPT (editable)2. Two lesson plan ideas: analytical or creative writing options3. Interactive Notebook layouts and foldables4. Traditional worksheet version (editable .doc)5. Digital
Grades:
7th - 10th
Task Cards for "The Monkey's Paw" - DIGITAL & PRINT
28 task cards. Use these 28 task cards to analyze W.W. Jacob's tale of the horrors of interfering with fate, "The Monkey's Paw." This lesson plan includes 4 prereading task cards and 24 post reading task cards that require students to discover foreshadowing, theme, characterization, cause and effect, setting, and much more. These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as interactive notebook pages or poster
Grades:
6th - 11th
Short Story Writing INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Flip Book (Story Map & Handouts)
Are you looking for a creative way to teach the elements of plot, as well as short story writing? This short story flip book is not only fun to complete, but also a convenient size that can be stored in a desk, binder or interactive notebook for quick reference when writing. Follow the MAP and successfully write a short story from start to finish! Assembly instructions are included with your download. The size of the book is approximately 6 3/4" x 4 3/4".- Begin your lesson with the short story
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4th - 10th
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
Grades:
9th - 12th
Task Cards for The Tell-Tale Heart - DIGITAL & PRINT
If the thought of trying to teach Poe’s classic, The Tell-Tale Heart, to your students has ever made you teary, wring your hands, question your existence, or binge-watch singing cat videos—because it’s just that frustrating and overwhelming—I made this resource for you. If you wish you had a set of fun and ready-to-use set of pre and during reading task cards right at your fingertips—I made this resource for you.If you just want your students to enjoy a great holiday story and practice essential
Grades:
6th - 10th
Short Stories GROWING BUNDLE for Middle & High School
Raise your hand if you teach short stories! This Paperless bundle of popular short stories is a perfect way to dig into literature standards–each unit is presented in a scaffolded way that’s thorough, rigorous, eye-catching, and FUN! This Growing BUNDLE includes all of my Digital Short Story Notebooks so that you can teach whole units with ease. Plus, buying the bundle saves you 20%! Focusing on short stories commonly taught in the upper-middle and high school classrooms, these units provide p
Grades:
8th - 10th
The Man in the Well by Ira Sher, Short Story Unit Plan: Power & Dehumanization
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students writing, analyzing, and discussing big questions around why people do bad things? This short unit on “The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher will challenge your students to dig deep and think hard about what it takes to speak out against an immoral majority.“The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher is a very compelling and fairly horrifying story of a group of kids who, without even discussing it, decide to let a man die. With themes arou
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Short Story Sketch Note Template, Graphic Organizers Digital Activity
I've created a sketch note style template for eight popular short stories: "The Most Dangerous Game", "The Necklace", "The Interlopers","Lamb to the Slaughter", "The Gift of the Magi", "A Sound of Thunder", "The Cask of Amontillado",and "The Story of an Hour". When you add the visual element to note taking (sketch, color) you increase the understanding and analysis of students with many different learning styles. We interpret information in so many different ways, and our students do as well. M
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
Sequence Words Word List
Basic sequence words word list! I use this as a handout for students to keep with them during a narrative writing unit.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The House on Mango Street Mix & Match Characters Bundle
Hello, in The House on Mango Street Mix & Match Characters Bundle, you will find many characters, figurative language, and descriptions for each one. You will find many characters from the novel, and you will be matching the characters with the correct decription. In this file, you will find 30 worksheets and 30 answer keys. Are you looking to build background knowledge before reading the novel? Look no further. This interactive journal activity will teach your students how to make connectio
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Readers are Leaders: Close Reading Literary Practice Volume I (Grades 6-12)
If you want the FULL CLASSROOM SET, please visit the Amazon Link below:https://www.amazon.com/Readers-are-Leaders-Literary-Practice/dp/B0CYX5XCTJReaders are Leaders: Literary Workbook Series is a literary resource that helps young adults become better readers. This rendition of the workbook features five unique short stories that were made specifically to connect with young adults and the issues they face growing-up in an ever-changing world. Each story comes equipped with: pre-reading, during-r
Grades:
6th - 12th
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