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8th grade short stories rubrics under $5
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
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
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
"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
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
Grades:
6th - 12th
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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Lamb to the Slaughter Roald Dahl Complete Short Story Unit Activities, Keys
Roald Dahl's short story Lamb to the Slaughter is great for students to practice and hone their analysis skills. Dahl is a loved author and well renowned for his creativity and resilient characters, and Lamb to the Slaughter is no exception. With this unit students will be able to dig deeply into the text searching for irony, and practice their analytical abilities for inference, mood and tone!This unit contains a pre-reading vocabulary and activating activity, during reading (or post, dependi
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
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Short Story (any) : Writing Prompts Constructed Response Practice Unit
Let me make your life easier. Use these 13 constructed responses to test knowledge of the CCSS standards after any short story. They include questions about: theme, characterization, text structure, word use, literary devices, comparison and contrast of similar short stories, mood, tone, conflict, and more. I've also included a handy rubric for easy grading. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Check out these other
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
Man From the South Roald Dahl Short Story Unit Analysis Lesson Activities
Roald Dahl's delightful short story Man From the South gets students critically thinking with all the dark humor and simplistic language that this classic author is known for. This Man From the South unit includes everything necessary to do a comprehensive study of the short story. Start students off with thinking critically about real life risk takers to set the stage for them thinking about the risk that Carlos and the American boy take. Students will identify the elements of plot such as c
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8th - 10th, Adult Education
Children's Book: Rubric
This comprehensive rubric evaluates eight areas of a Creative Writing assignment in where high school students were assigned to create an original children's book. The areas assessed are: Cover, Settings, Characters, Problem/Conflict, Plot Development, Creativity, Illustrations, and Mechanics.
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6th - 12th
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EDITABLE Writing Checklists & Rubrics | All Ages & Ability | All Text Types
⭐ Ease the writing process, turn your students into skilled self-editors, and give yourself a quick grading tool with our easy-to-use, fully-editable writing checklists, rubrics and anchor charts. ***************************************************************************☀️ Bundle includes☀️ Narratives☀️ Explanation Texts ☀️ Recounts☀️ Argumentative Essay / Discussion☀️ Procedural WritingThese checklists and rubrics will give your students direction and clear goals to help them successfully expr
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K - 9th
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"A Sound of Thunder" Writing Prompts Digital Activity
This short story has everything, time-travel, a controversial presidential election,and dinosaurs. Ray Bradbury wrapped all of this together in a powerful short story rich with imagery and filled with literary devices. Use this lesson to make the English Literature Standards real for your students.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.I have included 10 constructed response items based on the short story "A Sound of
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6th - 10th
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Short Story Rubric: Middle School
This simple one page rubric makes marking middle school short stories easy. Originally designed for grade 8, it contains the categories of word choice, sentence structure, use of paragraphs, plot and ideas, revision, and conventions on a scale of five points. Of course, you can edit this Word document to suit your individual needs.
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5th - 8th
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Bertie's Christmas Eve by Saki Short Story Unit Lesson Plan for the Holidays
Bertie's Christmas Eve by Saki is a wonderful story to incorporate during the hustle and bustle of academics during the holidays. Bertie's Christmas Eve is a great, and comical, short story that will hold students' attention as they make connections with the text to the 1989 trailer of Christmas Vacation, and, reflect on whether or not any of the fictional family quirks mirror anything they have seen in their own families, or, those around them.This lesson plan includes all you need to do a com
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7th - 10th
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Paired Texts — The Yellow Wallpaper, Story of an Hour Comparison TDA Essay
If you are looking to read the perfect paired texts, look no further than "The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Both stories are feminist in nature and are free online because they were written in the 1800s! Perfect for women's history month!Included in this purchase is:a graphic organizer that outlines how students will compare multiple literary elements of the two short stories, "The Story of An Hour” (1894) by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Reading Paired Texts Bundle — The Story of an Hour, The Yellow Wallpaper
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat" Week-long Lesson
The lesson focuses on tone/mood, diction and syntax, connotation and denotation, and theme. It includes story notes and several assignments to teach the literary concepts. It also has two short writing assignments, one for tone/mood, and the other for theme. Finaly, there is a short quiz with a teacher's copy with the answers.
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7th - 10th
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The Veldt - Ray Bradbury - 6 Day Lesson Plan
Step into the chilling dystopian world of 'The Veldt' by Ray Bradbury, where advanced technology takes a sinister turn. Brace yourself for a thought-provoking journey into the future.What's included:- Teaching Guide- Pre-reading Activities- Vocabulary Worksheet- Analysis Questions- HappyLife Home Worksheet- Written Response Questions with Rubric- Text Vs Movie Worksheet- Extension Activities- Online Jeopardy Game- Answer to All of the Above
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6th - 12th
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Creative Writing Prompt: Villain Origin Story Unit
Looking for an engaging & fun creative writing prompt? This engaging creative writing story unit invites students to expand their narrative writing skills in the areas of descriptive language, dialogue, figurative language & the writing process. Perfect for students grades 6-12 in any English class, the editable slide decks with lesson plans & tips embedded in the speaker notes will guide you through the process. A full story example that follows the prompt is included. This writing
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6th - 12th
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Dystopian Short Story Writing Assignment and Rubric
Use this creative writing assignment to pair with dystopian literature.
Students will use their knowledge of key characteristics of dystopian literature to write their own stories. I used along with Fahrenheit 451 and Harrison Bergeron, but it can be used with any study of dystopian literature. Rubric included.
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8th - 12th
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The Gift of the Magi- One Pager Instructions, Planning Guide & Rubric
This product is for instructions, planning guide, and a rubric for "The Gift of the Magi".
The only thing you will need is a copy of "The Gift of the Magi".
There are several pdf and online options for this story.
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5th - 12th
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Novel Study PBL: Project Based Learning
Students' task is to choose ONE main theme that is found in your novel. Then, their group will create a new story that also displays the same theme, but it will be with entirely different characters, setting, and plot! Students have roles in their group, have an exemplar to follow, a rubric that will be used for scoring, and pages to write their script.**An additional activity could be to perform or video their final stories!**This is a great end of year activity, or enrichment activity to help
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3rd - 12th
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Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" Fishbowl/Socratic Seminar Packet
This packet features 8 fishbowl/Socratic seminar questions for the students (the full assignment ready to be photocopied), the rubric for the students to use, and the teacher rubric. The questions focus on the themes and other literary devices presented in the story and range in difficulty so that they can be assigned to students based on their skill levels.
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8th - 10th
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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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