High school short stories cultural activities for homeschool

Canadian History, Native Americans, Short Stories

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students This learning resource BUNDLE is based on the Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series books and help organize and document student learning and understanding of the Coast Salish Culture. This bundle is perfect for: class discussions, individual learning or independent group learning stations.This product is featured in my blog: Strong Stories: my greatest discovery this year!Units included in this BUNDLE support th

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Grades:

2nd - 5th

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Workbooks, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Dreaming in Spanish Mega Book Bundle: Spanish Level 1-3: 17 stories+Activities

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Dreaming in Spanish Mega Book Bundles features 16 resources spanning from Spanish 1 (Novice) to Spanish 3 (Intermediate). These resources can be used as part of curriculum as the themes are rich and varied, or they can be used to supplement a Free Voluntary Reading Program. Each resource listed below has a preview! Spanish 1 Stories (Some of these stories are also a part of the "School Unit Bundle" click here for details). El bolígrafo (Relationships/ school supplies)En la cafetería (Having cour

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Activities, Guided Reading Books, Cultural Activities

Grades:

7th - 12th

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The Scholarship Jacket Mini-Unit (Great for Distance Learning)

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Hounds and Hoos

Engage your middle schoolers with a short story about fairness, integrity, and overcoming prejudices. "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas is a great story to teach character analysis, theme, and critical thinking skills. Everything you need to support student comprehension, foster text-to-self connections, and assess learning throughout is included. This unit is the ultimate resource for differentiated learning and text analysis anchored in a central text.As part of the mini-unit, you will

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Character Education, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 10th

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Unit Plans, Assessment, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

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World Folklore & Mythology Close Reading Unit: (6-9) Weeks Bundled Unit

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Leaderiture

This is a COMPLETE and comprehensive unit! (12 Tests, 100+ slides, 18 stories, 30-page student activity packet) It focuses on folklore from all around the world. It Includes folklore from North America, South Pacific (Samoa), Europe, Greece and Rome, Africa, and Asia. This Unit is designed for grades 6-10 with attached CCSS standards for grades 9-10.. This an ideal unit for the early parts of your year as students are just beginning to understand literary elements. The readings are short enou

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Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 10th

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Activities, Guided Reading Books, Cultural Activities

Mulan -Woman Warrior (Close Reading) Taste of China! Lantern Riddles!

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Watercolors

"The Legend of Mulan" is a story of a woman warrior from Ancient China. Hua Mulan lived during China's Southern and Northern Dynasties (589-420 B.C.) This is a beautiful story about a woman who was brave enough to do what she felt was right for her family and country. This legend was passed down through many generations. (Updated 5/16/19)The trademark of a legend is that it is passed down by word of mouth or through some written records and this is one fine example. This packet gives an account

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Close Reading, English Language Arts, Short Stories

Grades:

3rd - 5th

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Worksheets, Printables, Cultural Activities

On the Trapline Lessons - Indigenous Resource - Inclusive Learning

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Native Americans, Short Stories, Writing

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning in Elementary SchoolsTEN different comprehension activities support the story, On the Trapline, written by David A. Robertson and illustrated by Julie Flett.Reading Response activities include:Summary, Meaning, Connection, Question, Visualization, Sequential and Sensory Writing, and Swampy Cree Word Focus and Extension CrosswordThis unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy. There is zero prep needed (other than photocopying.)***

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Grades:

1st - 7th

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Graphic Organizers, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Julie Flett Lesson BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning for Primary Students

New Year's Spanish 2 Activity: Reading and Goal Setting!

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New Year's Goal-setting activity & Reading!About this resourceNo te metas con mis metas is a New Year goal-setting activity for level 2 or beyond. In addition to providing step-by-step goal-writing prompts, students will learn about the importance of making goals with a good dose of interesting compelling input and graphics to keep them engaged. What’s included in this resource? 1. Article #1: No te metas con mis metas is a short reading about the origin of the expression “Borrón y cuenta nu

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Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Awasis and the World Famous Bannock Lessons - Inclusive Learning

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Cooking, Native Americans, Short Stories

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School Students This learning resource based on the enduring story, Awasis and the World-Famous Bannock, uses the reading strategies: problem and solution, connection, summary, and theme. Also included are:a coding on paper activitya mapping/retell activityanimal and ingredient English/Cree vocabulary mini-books English/Cree procedural recipe writing activity This unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy

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Grades:

K - 4th

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Printables, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Bowwow Powwow Lessons - Inclusive Learning

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Native Americans, Reading Strategies, Short Stories

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Primary Elementary School Students This learning resource has SEVEN different activities to support the charming story, Bowwow Powwow, written by Brenda J. Child. It uses comprehension strategies: Connection, Recall, Summary, Opinion, Sensory Writing Activity, Word Search for Early FinishersPLUS... an informational mini-book that describes: Powwows, the Arena, the Emcee, the Arena Director, the Grand Entry, the Drumming, the dances and i

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Grades:

K - 4th

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Study Guides, Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Powwow Lesson BUNDLE Indigenous Inclusive Learning

We Are Grateful Lessons - Indigenous Perspectives - Inclusive Learning

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Literature, Native Americans, Short Stories

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning in Elementary Classrooms This Indigenous resource supports primary elementary students using reading strategies: connection, main idea, visualization, and theme PLUS a sensory writing extension.This unit is developed to support a single read aloud copy and has 8 different activities to support the story.There are multi-leveled lessons to accommodate differentiated learning levels and templates to use in a bulletin board display.We are Grate

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Grades:

K - 4th

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Activities, Printables, Cultural Activities

Spanish 1/2 La Noche de las velitas/ Little Candles Day- Colombian Tradition

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*PDF resolution is clear!December 7th is "Día de las velitas/ La noche de las velitas in Colombia, and this resource prepares you and your class to learn about this amazing Winter tradition. *Contributors Carlos Quintero (Barranquilla) and Sandra Prieto (Bogotá). ThemesWhat is La noche de las velitas? How do families celebrate? What are the typical foods? How do they celebrate on the Coast of Colombia? What's included in this resource? 1. Color PDF to use with students detailing the important el

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Worksheets, Activities, Cultural Activities

Grades:

6th - 10th

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Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.

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Textsforesl

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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Close Reading, EFL - ESL - ELD, Short Stories

Grades:

6th - 12th, Adult Education

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Handouts, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.6.1

, RL.6.3

, RL.6.4

, RL.6.6

, RL.7.1

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Also included in: 3 Month Pack - ESL Beginners + Intermediates! Readings, Activities, Vocab, Fun!

Drama Reader’s Theater Inca Short Story The Magic Lake Folktale Peru Moral Story

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Dramamommaspeaks

Part of a Readers Theater Bundle The Inca folktale The Magic Lake is a dramatization of a Native American short story with roles for 20+ students and suitable for Social Studies studying indigenous people or South America, a Drama, Language Arts or reading classes. Students have fun while they strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. This folk tale is ver

Subjects:

Drama, Other (ELA), Short Stories

Grades:

4th - 7th

Types:

GATE, Scripts, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Folk and Fairy Tales Readers Theater Scripts and Units Grades 4 to 7

Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros Short Story Unit

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Carla McLeod

Sandra Cisneros’ “Geraldo No Last Name,” a vignette from her novel, The House on Mango Street, is an excellent choice for exploring multi-cultural perspectives, theme, author’s craft and more. Created for high school and advanced middle school students, this comprehensive, 30+ page short story unit on "Geraldo No Last Name" includes TONS of activities and handouts to help students analyze and appreciate the story, including:Pre-Reading “Connections” Activity—to build interest, activate prior k

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English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

7th - 12th

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Activities, Cultural Activities, Lesson

Also included in: Multicultural Short Story Unit Bundle for High School, Middle School, Secondary

Iroquois Folk Tales

Created by

LorrieLBirchall

Native Americans are great story tellers and each of these 33 Iroquois folk tales is an ideal 2-3 pages in length...perfect to use as a class read-aloud or as authentic text in guided reading groups. Additionally, these Iroquois folk tales are rich in figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification. Several are origin stories (or pourquois tales) which tell how or why things came to be. These Iroquois folk tales were originally published in 1917 by a white woman named Mabe

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Native Americans, Short Stories, Thanksgiving

Grades:

3rd - 5th

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Guided Reading Books, Cultural Activities

CCSS:

RL.3.2

, RL.4.1

, RL.5.4

, RL.6.4

Reader’s Theater Script Legend of the Sunflower Greek Mythology Folktale

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Dramamommaspeaks

Looking for an adaptation of a Greek myth? Low prep and ready to go! The Legend of the Sunflower is a dramatization of a Greek myth, a short story, with roles for 10 students and suitable for any one studying mythology in a Drama, Language Arts, Social Studies or reading classes. Students strengthen their reading (fluency), speaking (diction) and listening skills (restating) while learning to work cooperatively. This product was created specifically for the classroom. The story: The ancien

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Reading, Short Stories, Social Studies - History

Grades:

5th - 7th

Types:

Scripts, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Theater Native American First People Multicultural Folk Tales Readers Theater

The Cedar Tree Lessons - Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series

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Canadian History, Native Americans, Short Stories

Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for Elementary School Students This learning resource can be used as a stand alone lesson or to support the book The Cedar Tree, Heart of Our People, by extending comprehension through organizing and documenting learning and understanding. This unit, complimented by the other Coast Salish Series Units are perfect for: class discussions, individual learning or independent group learning stations.This unit is also included in the Strong Stori

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Grades:

1st - 5th

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Workbooks, Printables, Cultural Activities

Also included in: Strong Stories: Coast Salish Series Lesson BUNDLE - Inclusive Learning

Spanish Short Story- Ar verbs, school supplies, classes, Infographic, Activities

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Looking for a creative way to teach basic -ar verbs and school supplies? Check out this resource! This resource contains: 1. A short story about two- Colombian boy-crazed teens who go shopping for school supplies at a local papelería (the infographic of the Papelería and sales is included). While they discuss common topics about school, boys, and ditching class (Raquel), they stumble upon an all too common situation in the local store. They'll have the chance to look beyond their privilege and

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Activities, Cultural Activities

Grades:

7th - 10th

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Also included in: Spanish School Bundle: Short Stories, Movie Talk, Matching Activities (60+)

Powwow Day Lesson Plans - Indigenous Inclusive Learning

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