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11th grade short stories lectures
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson - Short Story Slides, Assignments, and Activities: Engage your middle and high school students with Shirley Jackson's compelling short story, The Lottery, using this comprehensive resource designed to engage your students. Included are presentation slides to guide the lesson, reading analysis questions to deepen understanding, a symbolism assignment to enhance critical thinking and a video comparison assignment for added context. Additionally, students will have th
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Unit Slides, Assignments and Activities
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit has everything you need to teach this classic work of dystopian fiction, The Veldt by Ray Bradbury and includes resources to assess student understanding, as well as get them working on their creativity and writing skills with reading response questions, a missing persons report activity, and a creative writing real estate listing for George and Lydia activity. Also included is a PowerPoint presentation that lays out the unit for you, as well as provid
Grades:
8th - 12th
The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Apps
Use the classic short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of this public domain story, an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key, of course), an interactive slide lecture (both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions included) to help your students learn how to analyze text as they connect the author’s setting to the character development of Mathilde Loisel, and an opt
Grades:
8th - 11th
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The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury - Short Story Slides, Assignments, & Activities
The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury Short Story Unit Assignments And Activities - Introduce your students to the short story The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury. This short story package has everything you need to teach the story and includes resources to assess student understanding, as well as get them working on their creativity and writing skills. You'll find a PowerPoint presentation that guides you through the unit, reading questions, figurative language activity, and a creative writing assignment w
Grades:
8th - 12th
"The Doll's House" (Mansfield) Short Story Unit Guide, Lesson Plan
This no prep "The Doll's House" by Katherine Mansfield short story unit guide makes an excellent lesson for a British Literature course as it exemplifies the modern period of literature. The themes that emerge throughout the story – materialism, social classes, bullying, acceptance, kindness, innocence, and family – truly do resonate with today's teens. Additionally, the unit provides opportunity for covering such skills at characterization, symbolism, theme across texts, and more. Student Ex
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10th - 12th
Introduction to Dystopia Powerpoint & Crossword
This resource features an engaging, interactive, editable PowerPoint Presentation for introducing or reviewing Dystopian Fiction to your students! PowerPoint Presentation runs through an entire lesson from warm-up to explanation, application, and summarizer. Also included are 2 pages of "guided notes" so that you may differentiate your lecture for all levels of students. Recently, a fun dystopia crossword puzzle has been added to help reinforce knowledge of the lesson. Since utopias and dystopia
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)
The Lady, or the Tiger? PowerPoint, Google Slides Lesson
Updated and revised! 27 slides! Now with guided reading! "The Lady, or the Tiger?" brought to you in PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this fun story to your students, and guide them through a sometimes challenging story. Filled with relevent background information, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this PowerPoint are the following: background information, information on the author, character overview, activities, video clip, follow up extentions, step-by-
Grades:
7th - 11th
Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" Short Story Unit Guide, Lesson Plan
This lesson makes an excellent lesson for an American Literature course as it exemplifies the realism period of literature. The themes that emerge throughout the progression of the texts – patriotism, fear, honesty, and family – are perfect for framing the mini unit and having the students dig deeply into the anchor text: Hemingway's "Solider's Home." Additionally, the unit provide opportunity for covering such skills at characterization, symbolism, theme across texts, cause and effect, and mor
Grades:
9th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature Curriculum, Year-Long, BUNDLE, English Lesson Plans
Literary Elements and Terms Powerpoint 31 slides
Literary Elements and Terms -A humorous and entertaining Powerpoint -31 slides-foreshadowing, symbolism, mood, genre, tone, irony, alliteration, suspense, theme, allusion, plot outline, characterization, conflict, protagonist, etc...- Can be edited to suit class needs, uses things kids can relate to such as Marvel comics, Harry Potter, SpongeBob and others students will find interesting.
Grades:
5th - 12th, Adult Education
Realism and Naturalism in American Literature Powerpoint
This is a 33-page, visually stunning, power point presentation that discusses the main points of Realism and Naturalism in American Literature.
I have included a number of visuals, paintings and photos done in the "realistic" style. This powerpoint includes general information that discusses:
The literature movements of Realism and Naturalism as a whole.
Principles Of Realism
Characteristics Of Realistic Writing
Famous Authors:
Local Color
Regional Areas of Realistic Writing
Naturalism
Grades:
11th - 12th
"The Rocking Horse Winner" Short Story Unit Guide, Lesson Plan
This no prep "The Rocking Horse Winner" short story unit guide makes an excellent lesson for a British Literature course as it exemplifies the modern period of literature. The themes that emerge throughout the story – materialism, money, love, innocence, and family – truly do resonate with today's teens. Additionally, the unit provides opportunity for covering such skills at characterization, symbolism, theme across texts, research, and more. Student Experience: Students begin by noting backg
Grades:
10th - 12th
The Prodigal Son from the King James Bible, Short Story Unit Guide, Lesson Plan
This lesson makes an excellent lesson for a British Literature course as it exemplifies the Renaissance period of literature. The themes that emerge throughout the progression of the texts – family, greed, love, forgiveness, home – are perfect for framing the mini unit and having today's teens dig deeply into and connect with the anchor text: "The Prodigal Son" from the King James Bible. Additionally, the low prep unit provides opportunity for covering such skills at characterization, plot, th
Grades:
9th - 12th
Characterization, POV, Character Types, Etc. PowerPoint
This is a 15 slide power point that discusses the author's methods to create a character--both direct and indirect. It teaches the indirect characterization acronym, STEAL, teaches flat, static, round, etc. character types, protagonist and antagonist, point of view, etc. **Note: I also have listed a handout that I pass out to the kids to fill in as we view the power point in class. It helps keep them focused and decreases note taking time. Check it out if you're interested. :)
Grades:
7th - 12th
Cinderella Stories Around the World
This information powerpoint was created to compare the Cinderella story with other Cinderella stories around the world. These stories consist of:
Walt Disney's Cinderella
Adelita
Cinderella Story
Domitila; A Cinderella Tale from the Mexican Kongi and Potgi; A Cinderella Story from Korea
The Way Meat Loves Salt; A Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition.
Yeh-Shen; A Cinderella Story from China
Cindy Ellen; A Wild Western Cinderella
Anklet for a Princess; A Cinderella Story from India.
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Grades:
2nd - 12th
Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find Powerpoint 46 slides
This powerpoint contains everything you need for Flannery O'Connor's short story called A Good Man is Hard to Find--images, literary criticism and quotes from O'Connor herself.
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow PowerPoint - 40 Slides - Washington Irving
This is a 40 slide PowerPoint presentation of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The PowerPoint is designed with an attractive arrangement of colors and pictures to engage students. Students will learn and analyze the story's authorship, genres/themes, setting, and main characters. Note guide sheets are included so that students can follow along while engaging the material and collaborating. This product includes: OverviewPowerPoint Presentation Note Guide SheetsNote: This PowerPoint is included in ou
Grades:
8th - 12th
Code of Chivalry and Knighthood.
This presentation is intended to introduce the ideas of chivalry, knighthood, and a knight's code of honor in the Middle Ages. It could be used with a unit about King Arthur or Arthurian Legend or in a basic British literature class. It includes a link to a video about "The Code."
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5th - 12th
Elements of Fiction Presentation (with Fill-in-the-Blank Notes Pages)
In this presentation, you will find the elements of fiction covered thoroughly and in a visually-engaging way! Included with the presentation are notes pages for students. The notes pages follow the presentation and contain blanks where students fill in key words as you go through the material together. Studies have shown that, when using presentations to teach, students are more likely to stay engaged and retain the material much better if they take notes. Providing students with pre-made n
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Elements of a Story | Short Story Introduction
Break down the story elements with this great resource! These notes cover everything students need to know about the story elements. Great for short story units! In addition to the presentation, there are scaffolded notes for students and completed notes for teachers.Literary Terms Covered: - Plot - Setting (Location & Time) - Mood - Points of View (Five major types) - Characters (All different types) - Conflict (Types and kinds) - ThemeLooking for some short story units with minimal prep?
Grades:
7th - 12th
Introduction to AP Literature
This introductory AP Literature unit can be used for summer work or for the first three weeks of the year--or both! It includes:
Lecture notes on how to define literary merit
Lecture notes on the major literary elements
A sample reading list
Discussion questions on four short stories and ten poems.
The questions included are intended to help students discover the links between the what (theme, argument) and the how (literary devices). I've found that this helps to increase their confidence in a
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
The Tell-Tale Heart PowerPoint Activity: Mood and Tone - CCSS
This is a 40 slide PowerPoint for students to practice identifying mood and tone in Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. The activity fits great with a study of Poe's classic short story in your classroom. The slides prompt students to analyze various passages in the story and use handouts in collaboration with peers as they follow along the presentation. There is a lesson plan to guide you through facilitating the activity over the course of two days, including warm-ups and exit tickets. This
Grades:
8th - 12th
kreatives Schreiben nach Bildern (binnendifferenziert) MATERIALPAKET
Liebe Kollegen, liebe Kolleginnen,als erfahrener Deutschkollege bin ich stets auf der Suche nach geeignetem Bildmaterial um mit meinen Schülern das kreative Schreiben zu üben. Vor allem in den unteren Klassen der weiterführenden Schulen liegt in den konzipierten Curricula auf dem Thema „Freies Schreiben“ ein Hauptaugenmerk. Um diesem nachzukommen, suche ich stets im Internet nach geeignetem Bildmaterial, wobei ich v.a. darauf achte, dass diese Bilder im Nachhinein auch ohne Probleme (wegen Lizen
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Also included in: MATERIALPAKET MIT ALL UNSEREN INHALTEN
Intro to Magical Realism - Google Slides - Editable - A Man With Enormous Wings
Need an introduction to your new Magical Realism unit or mini-unit? Check out this Google Slides deck perfect to get you started! This slide deck includes:Rules of the magic realism genreHyperlink to video with examples in moviesLiterary Analysis Activity identifying the key characteristicsAnswers to the Analysis ExamplesActivity for students to create their own example and share with a partner to ensure accuracy as well as information on the relevance of this genreHyperlink to the Magical Reali
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education
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"Lamb to the Slaughter": Pre-Reading/Background Presentation
Before reading Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter," help students better comprehend the story with appropriate background from the time period, about the author materials, and other important literary elements.
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Grades:
7th - 12th
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