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Short stories rubrics for Microsoft OneDrive
One Pager Reading Comprehension | One-Pager Project Short Story
Have your students share their understanding of any short story by imaginatively blending their written ideas with colorful images from the text with a one-pager reading comprehension project. Students' artwork make for unique and creative analyses of the literature and also make great bulletin boards!Included in this purchase is:Student directions for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)Rubric for the one pager project (PDF Ready to Print)2 Example one pagers (One based on the short stor
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6th - 12th
Also included in: One Pagers Bundle — 8 One-Pager Projects and Templates
Finish the Story Writing Prompt
Finish the Story Writing Prompt with Rubric includes: - 20 Finish the Story Writing Prompts- Lined pages for reproducing (not counted in page count)- Finish the Story Writing Prompt RubricThis resource is part of the Writing Prompt Bundle at a 20% discount with my Writing in Response to Reading Prompts and my Argumentative Writing Prompts . That’s 60 prompts total!This has been updated to a TPT Digital Activity, which means it's great for distance learning! Check out my new ELA Technology Enhanc
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4th - 7th
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The Gift of the Magi: Reading, Discussion, & Literary Analysis
Need a seasonal literature activity with a text that’s complex enough? Do you want to teach a short story, collaboration, essay writing, and/or literary terms?This collaborative unit teaches the short story “The Gift of the Magi” in a way that engages every learner from start to finish! Pick and choose from premade lessons, class discussion, vocabulary, and a small-group literary analysis essay. All students will be pushed to interact with the text and each other!"The Gift of the Magi" is a grea
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7th - 10th
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Literary Elements of a Short Story PowerPoint
Literary Elements PowerPoint on literary terms and the main short story parts including characters, plot, conflict, setting, theme, resolution, denouement. This digital resource explains the critical elements of a short story and specific knowledge (like plot diagram, types of conflict) that students need to be able to identify when they read, as well as incorporate into their own writing. Short quiz on story elements at the end for assessment. Project on your whiteboard or print out the print f
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
Story Elements of a Fairy Tale PowerPoint and Printable Reading Activity
Fairy Tales PowerPoint will introduce your students to the main characteristics and story elements of fairy tales, such as magic, royalty, characters, lessons and more. Animated slides will engage your students. I use this presentation to introduce a unit on fairy tales. Review slides at the end with answer key. Then have students do the reading activity with my printable Elements of Fairy Tales chart (included on the last page). Have them read several fairy tales (I assign at least 5) and let
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: Fairy Tales Resource Bundle
Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl Persuasive Essay - Prosecution/Defense
This Lamb to the Slaughter writing activity will get your students in high gear! After reading the short story by Roald Dahl, students write closing arguments for either Mrs. Maloney’s prosecution or defense. Since we all know she’s guilty, it’s all about citing evidence to support claims.✅ Print✅ Digital✅ Optional SpeakingStudents LOVE this essay because they get to take on the persona of a lawyer. They talk about “my client” or “the defendant” and really ham things up for the judge. Even with
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8th - 11th
Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
The Lady or the Tiger? Short Story Activity - Argumentative Essay
Looking for an enriching activity for the short story “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank Stockton? Check out this argumentative essay! Students write an essay supporting their chosen ending and even add an illustration. This is a great introduction to literary analysis.✅ Students will be able to cite textual evidence to support their claims.Your “The Lady or the Tiger?” Activity includes:Editable Project Description & Brainstorming worksheet (.pdf and .doc)Choice of analytic & holistic ru
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8th - 11th
Creative Writing Short Story Activities Workbook Print and Digital
No planning needed! Digital and print versions make this perfect for digital, in person, or blended learning. Your students will have everything they need to write their own short stories. Ready to use today. This resource guides them step-by-step. What teachers are saying:"I used this with my Honors 12 English class after our semester of reading short stories. The kids really used this resource - it gave them confidence and an actual place to plan their work. I will use it again.""This was
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7th - 10th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint Preview, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Response
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint. Preview and respond to the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling with this presentation. Introduces vocabulary with definitions, plot diagram, literary elements, anticipation guide, author biography and background information, strategies for reading short stories, comprehension check, and writing responses. Cobra and mongoose facts and photos, a link to the story and a National Geographic video clip of a mongoose encounter with a cobra. This is an engaging
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Squiggle Stories Creative Writing Journal and Printables
Squiggle Stories is a fun creative writing assignment. Students will use a squiggle to create an illustration, and then write a story about the illustration. Squiggle Stories are perfect for writing workshop or at a writing center. Squiggle Journals are an excellent option for Daily 5's Work on Writing. I also include Squiggle Stories in my emergency substitute file. It is a quick, but well-loved writing assignment that can serve as a meaningful assessment for the teacher. Grab 2 free samp
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K - 3rd
Writing Graphic Organizer Printables for Writer's Workshop
This printable writing graphic organizer pack includes EVERYTHING you need to support your elementary students during personal narrative, informational, and persuasive, and how-to writing projects. The organizers help students in the pre-write part of the writing process. They make for a great writing station or writer' workshop in upper elementary. They are also no-prep and printable to save your precious time!Who? The organizers work for any class from 1st to 5th working on becoming strong wri
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1st - 4th
Mini Oficina- Writer's workshop mini office {SPANISH}
Este recurso contiene diferentes paginas que se utilizan para crear una "mini oficina" y que los estudiantes la usen como referencia cuando están escribiendo. Contiene:El abecedario SilabasVerbos AdjetivosMis 5 sentidosPreguntasPalabras de uso frecuente (EDITABLE)Reviso mi trabajo (checklist)FigurasColoresMeses del añoDías de la semana Temas de los que puedo escribirNúmerosMe encantaría saber acerca de lo que piensas de mis recursos, no olvides dejarme tu “feedback.” *Recuerda que ganas puntos p
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PreK - 2nd
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The Fun They Had Short Story Analysis, Reading, and Research Activities
Looking for a relevant short story to share with your students? Isaac Asimov's "The Fun They Had" is perfect for our students grappling with distance learning! Your students will read the story, participate in a mini research project, analyze photos, and write a reflection.This is a great reading and research project for students to learn about education in the past, present, and what is imagined for the future.What teachers are saying about my distance learning resources:"Super easy to use (
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6th - 8th
Also included in: Back to School Planning Bundle Reading, Writing, Research Activities
Assignments for Any Novel or Short Story - Digital Reading Response (Vol 2)
Short Story and Novel Assignments - Digital Reading Response Book Report (Vol 2): Gone are the days of boring book reports and reading responses! This multi-faceted resource provides fun ready-to-use digital assignments that will work for any novel or short story that your students are reading. Each of the one-slide assignments can be shared digitally with your students – it’s that easy! There is an assignment for every student in your class in this packet – even students who struggle or are rel
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6th - 9th
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"The Landlady" by Roald Dahl Horror Story Study | Printable & Digital
Analyze foreshadowing and the horror genre with "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl! This creepy and fun story is an excellent deep dive into foreshadowing and other essential horror genre techniques. Roald Dahl's short stories are delightful and students will be immediately intrigued by "The Landlady" because it comes from the creator of many of their favorite book-to-movie adaptations. Unlike much of the horror genre, "The Landlady" by Roald Dahlis creepy without resorting to gore or PG-13+ language
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Study Unit: 3 Stories, Elements of Horror, and More
Character Analysis for ANY Novel or Short Story - Google / Digital Version
DIGITAL CHARACTER ANALYSIS ACTIVITY - Help your students write a character study or character analysis with this ready-to-use resource. Works with any novel or short story! 17 Google slides to help your students dig deeper into a character's motivation and personality. Works with any novel or short story! This activity is easy to differentiate for students of varying abilities and ages. The resource leads students through the process of writing a paragraph or a full essay - choose which one w
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7th - 10th
Also included in: DIGITAL Novel Study Bundle - Use with ANY NOVEL
Memoir Writing Personal Narrative Essay Assignment - Digital Google Doc! ELA
This assignment provides students with the opportunity to write a meaningful personal narrative that goes beyond just sharing a memory. This memoir writing assignment guides students to a place of reflection on the importance of a moment and how that moment helps to define who they are and how they will be remembered. Digital Google Doc!Included is:A graphic organizer with built in thinking prompts and sentence startersA brainstorming template6+1 Traits of Good Writing rubricTeacher model/mentor
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6th - 12th
"Popsy" by Stephen King Horror Story Study | Printable & Digital
Introduce your students to the horror genre with "Popsy" by Stephen King! This short story brings the deliciously creepy world of Stephen King to the classroom while challenging students to use their inference skills.Stephen King is automatically a name that engages students. As soon as you introduce "Popsy," they'll be excited to read.With this "Popsy" by Stephen King Horror Study, students will first read and analyze the text using the included reading questions. These include a mix of basic c
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Study Unit: 3 Stories, Elements of Horror, and More
Creative Writing Rubric Short Story Mechanics Student Self Assessment Characters
You will download 2 creative writing rubric assessments (teacher and student self assessment) for short story writing. The first rubric may be used by the teacher to assess the students' skills in organization; mechanics and readability; character development; problem or conflict; and creativity. The rubric assessment is on a four point scale. The second rubric is the student version of the first one and uses "I" statements. These rubrics also work well for special education IEP data collect
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3rd - 5th
The Landlady Roald Dahl Short Story Close Read Analysis Unit & Lesson
The Landlady by Roald Dahl is a fantastic short story to use to to help teach foreshadowing and characterization! This unit for The Landlady includes an activating activity, pre-read vocabulary, during reading questions, post reading foreshadow and characterization charts, as well as a quiz and post reading narrative activity! There is also a comparing mediums worksheet for students to use with the 1979 film version of the The Landlady!The worksheets with foreshadowing and characterization rea
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7th - 10th
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Fairy Tale Creative Writing Point of View (Common Core Aligned!)
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PowerPoint Includes Terms, Definitions, and Examples for:
1st Person P.O.V.
2nd Person P.O.V.
3rd Person P.O.V.
3rd Person Limited P.O.V.
3rd Person Omniscient P.O.V.
3rd Person Limited Omniscient P.O.V.
3rd Person Objective P.O.V.
All important information that students need to copy is in green font (for easy note-taking!)
Writing Assignment & Rubric
Students Rewrite their Favorite Fairy Tale From the Villain's Perspective!
Grading Rubric Included
*High-Interest
*Common Co
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6th - 12th
All Summer in a Day Short Story Activities and Close Reading
Your students won't stop talking about the themes of this story! "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury addresses so many themes that resonate with kids! Your students will want to analyze characters, motive, plot, and the concept of living on another planet. This unsettling story is great for middle school and high school students -- sure to bring up great discussion on bullying, compassion for others, and accepting newcomers. Perfect to teach at the end of the year.This resource includes:p
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: End of the Year Activities Bundle Grade 6 7 8 Reading and Writing
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