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11th grade short stories resources for GATE
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Activities Bundle
These engaging Lamb to the Slaughter activities will help your students with making inferences, citing textual evidence, and persuasive writing. Students LOVE Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, and these activities really bring your short story unit to life.✅ Pre-Reading Simulation✅ Persuasive Essay✅ Optional presentation and discussionLAMB TO THE SLAUGHTER Activities:Pre-Reading Simulation: Students will work to discover Mrs. Maloney's guilt and motive. In this simulation, students will have
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8th - 11th
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Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wife's Story" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Looking to freshen up your short story playlist? Student favorite, The Wife's Story is super fun story to do with all different levels of students. My student workbook mini units are an engaging way to teach short stories and leave students with a lasting impression. Included is everything you need to teach this short story, including:*Author Bio Page*Pre-reading Discussion Questions*Vocabulary with quiz*Vocab Activity*Short Story with Note Space*Reading Comprehension Questions*Creative Writing
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Fun & Creative Summer School ELA Bundle for Middle & High NO PREP!
Death by Scrabble by Charlie Fish Author's Purpose and Short Answer Questions
This product contains questions require students to identify and examine the strategies the author uses to convey his purpose. They are higher-level rather than content based questions. It also includes a short constructed response question requiring text evidence. Answers are provided for both activities.
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8th - 11th
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Scary Radio Drama Script| Frankenstein's Mystery Grades 8 to 10 Gothic Horror
Frankenstein's Mystery is an electrifying radio play that resurrects Mary Shelley's timeless tale in a mesmerizing audio experience, skillfully combining classic storytelling with the dynamic world of radio theater. This production offers a comprehensive package that not only delivers a riveting performance but also provides valuable resources for directors, actors, and educators. If you decide to perform for the public, there are no royalties to pay. The Story: Frankenstein's Mystery begins whe
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8th - 11th
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Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Story Unit
Harrison Bergeron is an excellent short story to introduce students to a dystopian/utopian society. It can be used in conjunction with novels such as Orwell's 1984 or Animal Farm to give students another view of the type of society being illustrated in those novels.
This short story unit contains the following: a summary of the short story, vocabulary terms with definitions, pre/post reading questions, discussion points from the story, a during reading activity, extension activity suggestions
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8th - 12th
100 Prompts: Let Your Imagination Wander
Hello Fellow Teacher,Thank you for considering this 12-page PDF designed to spark students' creativity. Each prompt includs a setting and primary conflict. Students can pick and choose the prompts they want to develop.Are you also looking for a poetry unit? If so, check out this 4-week unit: 4-Week Unit: Introduction to Poetry with Examples, Lesson Plans, and RubricsHow to get TPT credit to use on your future purchases:Go to your My Purchases page. Beside each purchase, you'll see a Provide Feed
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: BUNDLE for Creative Writing Activities
The Falling Girl by Dino Buzzati Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify and analyze the strategies used by the author to determine his purpose for using it. There is also a vocabulary chart which asks students to define the words according to context clues. Suggested writing activities are included to give teachers and/or students choices. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Teaching Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" can be a really exciting time in a high school classroom with the potential for powerful discussions and a new distaste for the idea of conformity. Student favorite! This short story student workbook makes your life and the lives of your students easier. Students love having their own little workbook and teachers have zero prep to do!This short story student workbook includes:-Author bio and quiz-Pre-reading discussion guide-Vocabulary organizer with
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7th - 12th
Sensationalism Collection with Informative Articles, Story, and Poem
This collection includes the short story "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird," the poem "Sensationalism," and two informative articles, which all have to do with sensationalism. Each piece has individual author's craft/purpose questions, the two articles have paired text questions, and the story and poem have cross-genre questions. The questions require students to identify and examine how the author uses strategies to convey his message. They are all higher-level thinking rather than content based q
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8th - 11th
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The Terrible Old Man by H.P. Lovecraft Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to discuss how the author used certain strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary identification chart using context clues, an irony chart which expects students to dicuss what makes statements from the story ironic, a literary device identification chart, and a short constructed response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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Imperialism - “Rikki - Tikki - Tavi” by Rudyard Kipling
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" can also be analyzed in the context of imperialism, as it reflectssome elements of the British Empire's presence in India during the 19th and early20th centuries. Here are some questions related to imperialism in the story
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
War of the Clowns Author's Craft/Purpose Questions and Vocabulary Exercise
"War of the Clowns" is a short story about the inevitability of war and those who cause it. This product contatins higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify literary devices and strategies used by the author to convey his message. It also includes a vocabulary identification exercise and short answer response question. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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The Treasure in the Forest Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to determine why the author used specific strategies to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary chart which expects students to define words based on context clues, imagery and literary device charts which ask students to identify the example and discuss why the author used it, a color chart in which students must determine positive or negative connotation, and a short contructed response for writing practice. Answers are provided for a
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8th - 11th
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The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones by Stephen Leacock Author's Purpose Activity
This product contains higher-level questions which require students to evaluate how the author used strategies to convey his purpose. It also has a vocabulary chart which has students use context clues to determine the meaning and two short constructed response questions which require text evidence. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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![Preview of "My Dog, 'Peaches,' (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/My-Dog-Peaches-A-Readers-Theater-Script-Theatre-Scripts-1628131304/750f-621934-1.jpg)
"My Dog, 'Peaches,' (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a readers theater script that is based upon a short story about a remarkable dog named 'Peaches.' It is based upon some true events. [Disclaimer: Be sure to always keep all pets safe. Details in this story are based upon some true events. It is not suggested that anything in this story be attempted by the reader.] ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains questions which require students to identify the strategies the author uses to convey his message. It also has a vocabulary chart which gives the word in context expecting students to determine the meaning and a literary device identification chart which asks students to name the device used and the purpose of it. A short constructed response question is included for writing practice. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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![Preview of "The Whumperbilly's (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/-The-Whumperbilly-s-A-Theater-Script-New-Book-Trailer--1200902-1628131032/750f-1200902-1.jpg)
"The Whumperbilly's (A Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4sSave a hundred dollars or more over typical melodrama scripts, with a money back guarantee (labouyer@yahoo.com). All profits donated to the homeless. This is a melodrama that accommodates 10- 15 players. If you were to purchase it from a major publisher it would cost you in the hundreds of dollars. It is very funny, interesting; and it is even friendly to produce,and comes with a money back guarantee
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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The Mouse by Saki Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to determine why the author used specific strategies and how they convey his message. I also included a vocabulary chart which uses context clues and a short answer response question which requires text evidence. Answers are provided for all activities.
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8th - 11th
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![Preview of "The Haunted Ghost Ship (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/The-Haunted-Ghost-Ship-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1628131895/750f-434708-1.jpg)
"The Haunted Ghost Ship (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a readers theater script that is based off of the novel, "Pure Iron Metal Head." It centers around two junior highers (Gabe and Dahlia), who are hanging out at the Santa Del Mar Beach Boardwalk. Dahlia invites Gabe to go on the scary ride, The Ghost Ship, but he is hesitant. Eventually, she talks him into it, and some rather interesting things
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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![Preview of "Tragedy on the Barbary Coast (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/Tragedy-on-the-Barbary-Coast-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1656583706/750f-53749-1.jpg)
"Tragedy on the Barbary Coast (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s(Money Back Guarantee: labouyer@yahoo.oom) [All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] "This is Readers Theatre Script based on a short story. The story is centered around an Alaskan Malamute dog that is brought to San Francisco's Barbary Coast in 1897, and eventually ends up in a farming camp ('Habercamp'). The script accommodates from four to six readers. It is a fast paced adventure stor
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Let's Play Poison by Ray Bradbury Author's Purpose Questions and Activities
This product contains higher-level thinking questions which require students to identify the strategies used by the author and determine why he used them. It also includes a chart which asks students to define vocabulary words based on context clues and literary device task cards. Answers are provided for all activities except task cards.
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8th - 11th
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![Preview of "The Boatswain Murders (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/The-Boatswain-Murders-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1656583706/750f-53745-1.jpg)
"The Boatswain Murders (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] "This is Readers Theatre Script based on a scene from the novel, "The Legend of Rail Wolf." The story is centered around an Alaskan Malamute dog that is brought to San Francisco's Barbary Coast in 1897, and eventually ends up in a farming camp ('Habercamp'). The script accommodates from four to six readers. It is a fast paced adventure story that wil
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
![Preview of "The Tale of the Mountain Cat (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]](https://ecdn.teacherspayteachers.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=avif,quality=70,width=525,height=525,onerror=redirect/thumbitem/The-Tale-of-the-Mountain-Cat-A-Readers-Theatre-Script-Theater-Scripts-1628132482/750f-53910-1.jpg)
"The Tale of the Mountain Cat (A Readers Theater Script)" [*New Book Trailer]
Check out the New Book Trailer (+13 Rating): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE7yE0KDIeo&t=4s[All profits from this work go to the Homeless.] This is a Readers Theater Script that is based on a story about a boastful Mountain Cat who comes into a meadow community and creates a confrontation. It is done in a "Native American" style of legend and story telling. ["Aids Orphans Remembered"]
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Radio Drama Script FREE SAMPLE Frankenstein's Mystery Grades 8 to 10 Horror
THIS IS A SAMPLE OF Frankenstein's Mystery, an electrifying radio play that resurrects Mary Shelley's timeless tale in a mesmerizing audio experience, skillfully combining classic storytelling with the dynamic world of radio theater. This production offers a comprehensive package that not only delivers a riveting performance but also provides valuable resources for directors, actors, and educators. If you decide to perform for the public, there are no royalties to pay. The Story: Frankenstein's
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8th - 11th
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