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Short stories outline pdfs
Narrative Writing - Beginning/Middle/End - Sentence Starters
When students need to create a story from scratch, help them organize their ideas and the content with this mini poster/graphic organizer/mini anchor chart.It is divided into 3 sections for beginning, middle and end. Each section includes a checklist of what should be included in that section, sentence starters to help students begin their paragraph(s) and an example using one of those sentence starters.Hope your students find this as useful as mine did!
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4th - 12th
Labyrinth Film Study Viewing Guide
Labyrinth is an 80's classic that your students are sure to love! This Film Viewing Guide includes Before Viewing, While Viewing, and After Viewing questions to help students focus on characterization, setting, plot, and main themes of Labyrinth as a folktale with elements that connect to myth. Can easily be used as a stand alone film study or part of a Short Stories unit.
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7th - 10th
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{Template} Story Map
This story map template addresses the concept of beginning, middle, and end in writing. Students can organize their information with this template before they begin writing. This file is also included in my complete writing center in my store!
The template also has students list their character, setting, problem, and solution.
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2nd - 4th
Creative Writing using The Mischievians - Narrative Writing - William Joyce
This is by far my most favorite writing assignment that I do every year. It is very high interest and creative. It will make your students stretch their imagination, and they'll be following a story structure without even realizing it! Win-win!
Here's an overview:
After reading "The Mischievians" by William Joyce, students will begin to wonder what other harmlessly mischievous things happen on a day-to-day at the hands of mischievians. For example, perhaps a mischievian is the reason for all t
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2nd - 5th
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Tall Tale Story Map
Tall Tale Story Map! Students learn the basic elements in a tall tale which includes characters, setting, exaggerations, problem, and solution.
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3rd - 4th
Graphic Organizers and Planners: Narrative Writing
Everything you need to get your students writing well organized, clear narrative pieces. This download includes:- A variety of graphic organizers for narrative writing - Character Development worksheet (internal and external characteristics)- Story Arc Outline- Story Retell graphic organizers- Character and Setting ideas for struggling readersThis download is differentiated for varying abilities and can be used across primary grades. If you like this resource check out ED and ING Suffix Bundle**
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1st - 6th
Summer Writing Prompts and Paper
This adorable summer package includes:
-50 total pages for writing!
-32 summer writing prompts on fun summer-themed writing paper. Prompts include descriptive prompts, compare/contrast prompts, making words, creative writing, informational, making lists, acrostic poetry, personal narrative prompts, and MORE!!
-18 blank summer writing papers- many of these blank writing papers can be used for other subjects and seasons!
The summer writing prompts can be used in so many ways!
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-end of th
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1st - 6th
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Realistic Fiction and Narrative Writing Story Arc Planners
Ready to help students tackle planning their fiction pieces of writing? For so many kids it's "where do I start?" Well, let this resource help alleviate that stress by providing a very clear and visually appealing graphic organizer to help students map out a fiction story from start to finish. Drafting with a plan and purpose behind each piece of the writing is what will create solid, well-thought out resources. Description of Resource: This planner helps students map out the five main parts of
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3rd - 6th
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A&E Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (1994) Questions
Have you been looking for questions to go along with the A&E Video Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (1994)? If so, you’re not alone. I spent months searching for questions to use with this amazing documentary—in my opinion, the best one on the market. When I came up empty handed again and again, I decided to create them for myself. I created this 23 question assignment for students to fill out as they watched the documentary in class. I have included a detailed answer sheet for the
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7th - 10th
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Creative Writing Resources: Creating a Short Story
This vibrant, 25-page resource is packed with show-don't-tell activities, colorful prompts, and step-by-step guidance for crafting short stories. Designed for grades 6-9, it's perfect for sparking creativity and refining writing skills. From descriptive writing exercises to narrative structure breakdowns, students will explore new ideas and develop their storytelling abilities. Engage your students with this visually appealing resource and inspire a lifelong love for writing!
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6th - 9th
How to Write a Story
Hello fellow educator! This resource is an outline for students in the upper elementary level to write their own stories. It includes the plot structure, how to write and edit a story, and a story map and planning template for them to use in writing their own stories.Enjoy and happy teaching!
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5th - 8th
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Cornell Notes for teaching Theme
These Cornell notes with answers provide students with guiding questions for teaching theme as an element of literature.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
Compare and Contrast Essay Graphic Organizer Outline
This graphic organizer prepares students to write a compare and contrast essay in the "Story 1, then Story 2" format. It allows students to plan an intro paragraph, two body paragraphs for story 1, two body paragraphs for story 2, and a conclusion.
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7th - 9th
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3 Plot Structure Poster Sets - Literature - Novel Study - Story Study - Book
THREE, 2-Part Plot Structure Poster Sets•1st Set: Explains Each Part of the Plot Using a Roller Coaster Analogy•2nd Set: Has Lines in Each Box so Students Can Write Each Plot Part of the Story•3rd Set: Has Blank Boxes So Students Can Draw, Color, and Label Pictures that Represent Each Part of the Plot
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3rd - 8th
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Compare and Contrast Essay "The Ravine" and "The Jumping Tree" Middle School ELA
After reading "The Ravine" by Graham Salisbury and "The Jumping Tree" by René Saldaña, have your students write an essay comparing and contrasting the two stories. Included in this assignment is an essay plan for your students to follow, a detailed grading rubric, and a planning sheet. The essay plan details what students need to include in their introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions in order to produce a thorough essay that effectively compares the two stories. The student planning s
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6th - 8th
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Modern Fairytale Lesson Plans
Modern Fairytale Lesson Plans 10 Lesson Plans made to bring modern fairytales into the 9th Grade ELA classroom Lessons are aligned with ELA Common Core standardsThe preview shows the entire research paper I completed for the lessons Unit Could be used a mini unitA good way to teach theme, adaptions & compare/ contrast.
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9th - 12th
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Suspense in "The Monkey's Paw" - Using Text Evidence
I use this writing outline as students are beginning develop literary analysis skills. After we read, "The Monkey's Paw", students use text evidence to show the literary elements that the author uses to create suspense in the story. It's a basic outline for a basic paragraph on a great short story that students enjoy.
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6th - 9th
The Gift of the Magi Theme Essay
This CCSS aligned essay prompt asks students to identify a theme in O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi." This essay prompt handout includes three possible themes and a basic essay outline that will require students to use quotes from the text to support their response.
Also, be sure to check out my Peer editing worksheet to help your students work through the writing process.
Common Core Essay - Common Core Aligned Essay - The Gift of the Magi Essay - Theme Essay
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7th - 12th
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Narrative Writing Picture Prompts/Escritura Narrativa Cuentos de Ilustraciones
Help students write narratives through picture images. This bilingual (English and Spanish) resource uses graphic organizers to help students plan their story and create an outline. Resource includes:10 fun images that help students include conflict and tensionOrganizer helps students write the beginning, middle and end of the story12 vocabulary words guide students to create interesting stories and add length2 graphic organizers help students plan their characters, setting and conflictExample o
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Not Grade Specific
The Possibility of Evil - Lessons Including Final Essay
This package includes the following:
An activities explanation sheet which breaks down the order things should be approached in as well as gives some additional information about how to approach each of the elements.
An anticipation guide which give students an opportunity to consider the ideas that will be addressed in the story in order to access prior knowledge.
Comprehension questions to ensure that students are clear on the basic plot elements and some of the literary elements as well.
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8th - 12th
Talk For Writing Year 6 Fiction Writing Unit Planner - Suspense
This is a Unit Planner around the text 'Jack' - a suspense story targeted at Year 6 students. Included in the plan are links to a reading spine, supportive readings, read as a reader and read as a writer activities, boxing up, ideas for story mapping, short burst writing ideas, VCOP lessons, tookbox lessons to develop writers 'tricks' for imagery, personification, foreboding etc. , differentiated texts to support students, rubrics for marking inventions and a written innovation to help you. All
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5th - 7th
Imaginative Story Writing - Grade 2, HMH - Module 4
Use this Prewriting Organizer and Drafting lines to help prepare your students to write their own Imaginative Story or Fairy Tale.This aligns to HMH Into Reading, grade 2, module 4, but can be used with any writing curriculum!Have fun with your little writers!
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1st - 3rd
Primary Writing Paper with Picture Box
I am always looking for versatile writing paper that can coordinate with almost any writing activity. This writing paper packet includes;
- a title page with a line for name, page, title, and author
- a picture writing page
- a page with just primary lines
All three pages include a header where students can write their name and page number. This is truly helpful when my first graders haven't stapled their stories together yet. This way, each page has their name and page number to help them k
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K - 3rd
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" Literary Essay
O'Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief is rich in humor and a number of literary devices. This 3-page essay format bundle prepares students for writing a well-developed essay on the author's use of literary elements such as irony, figurative language, foreshadowing, exaggeration, and surprise ending. I've used this for several years and have received some well-written analysis of the short story.
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7th - 9th
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