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8th grade short stories thematic unit plan microsofts
SCIENCE FICTION: History, Literature, and Creative Writing
Thanks for checking out my best selling literature unit!!!!!
Science Fiction is one of my favorite units to teach. It gives each of us a chance to ask, "What if?" This 99-page unit covers information about the history of science fiction as a genre, vocabulary to discuss science fiction, 10 science fiction stories w/resources, how to develop and write a science fiction story, and an extensive list of websites that could be helpful for more resources. The stories covered in the unit are:
"Ra
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Grades:
6th - 12th
The Elevator: A Lesson in Suspense
Tweens and teens love chills and thrills! Kick off a unit - or an exhilarating lesson - of intense suspense with this all-inclusive 38-slide PowerPoint "The Elevator." Presentation includes the text, anticipatory questions, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions where students can write their own conclusion. *This lesson is all-inclusive and sub-friendly. Keep them learning, even when you're not there!Teaching more suspense or gothic literature? Check out my other
Grades:
6th - 12th
Also included in: Substitute Literary Lesson Bundle
Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL
Help your students learn all about what makes a story good with the Elements of Fiction Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
A two-page outline of all the documents is included. Also includes title-divider sheets to keep things organized in a binder or file folders.
Includes the following products (for less than what it would cost to purchase separately):
Brain Warmer Quick Write and Write Around
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elements-of-Fiction-Brain-Warmer-Quic
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Grades:
6th - 12th
"Amigo Brothers" Curriculum All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students read and understand Amigo Brothers, a short story by Piri Thomas.
Includes the following products (for less than it would cost to purchase separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Scramble
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Double Entry Response Chart
Character Chart
Reading Guide Advanced
Reading Guide Basic
Making Inferences and Using Text Support
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Myths, Legends and Folktales Cooperative Unit
In this unit students will identify the characteristics of myths, legends, and folktales, apply thinking skills to reading, listening, and writing, and demonstrate knowledge of plots and major characters of myths, legends and folktales.
Students work in cooperative groups to read Native American and Japanese myths and legends. They learn about trickster tales and the characteristics of them.
Included is the unit test.
Grades:
4th - 8th
THE BLACK CAT! BY POE {FUN, CCSS ALIGNED, TESTS ETC, 46 PP}
This includes the famous story briefly re-told and also the full version;
Poe's Life Story;
Handy Tests;
10 Word Searches;
Letters Cryptograms;
The Full Original Story;
“Annabel Lee—handy for comparison-contrast writing;
“The Raven”—handy for comparison-contrast writing;
"Why Is Edgar Allan Poe So Great"--which tells why this particular author and story are worth studying;
Common Core State Standards: ELAS.R:IT.1-10 re support; central idea; introduction of key persons, events, ideas; meanin
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Mystery and Detective Unit
Lesson plans, homework, vocabulary, exams, and book report for detective and mystery stories, including Poe's detective stories, several Sherlock Holmes short stories, Hound of the Baskervilles and Twelve Angry Men.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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"Seventh Grade" Curriculum All in one DEAL
Help your students read and understand Seventh Grade, a short story by Gary Soto.
Includes the following products (for less than what it would cost to purchase each document separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Connecting Chart
Character Chart
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Quiz and Answers
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Edgar Allan Poe Unit PowerPoint Bundle
Kick off a unit on Edgar Allan Poe's world of suspense with this PowerPoint bundle on four classics at a reduced price. Product includes presentation on two poems, "The Raven" and "Annabel Lee" and two short stories, "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Tell-Tale Heart." Slides include anticipatory questions, informative facts on Edgar Allan Poe, pre-reading vocabulary, themes, character descriptions, and engaging Common Core essays and writing activities.Make connecting with text meaningful wit
Grades:
7th - 12th
Fiction Unit: The Giver and other Dystopia Short Stories
This is Common Core aligned 7 week fiction unit that focuses on dystopian short stories and the theme of individuality vs. conformity. Students read The Giver as a class and various short stories, songs, and poems with the dystopian theme. This unit contains 7 weeks worth of differentiated lessons which include webquests, research, projects, group, partner, and independent activities. Materials are provided unless they are a separate product on my account (ex. Utopia Project), or if they are lin
Grades:
5th - 9th
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Thank You, M'am Curriculum All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students read and understand Thank You, Mam, a short story by Langston Hughes.
Includes the following (for less than it would cost you to purchase each document separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Reading Think Chart
Double Entry Response Chart
Character Chart
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Quiz and Answers
Grades:
6th - 12th
Peer-revision checklist for scary stories
This is a checklist form students can use to evaluate each others' scary stories. I would use this at the culmination of a scary story unit or lesson in which students wrote their own stories. The form allows them to determine each others' proficiency in a variety of areas and then provide comments to back up what they checked or left blank.
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Bradbury and Technology Unit Plan
A loose lesson using Ray Bradbury's F451, There Will Come Soft Rains, and The Veldt.
Grades:
8th - 10th
Elements of Myths Notes
This resource lists and explains the six elements of the myth genre. As shown in the preview, each element is described in bullet-point style and is accompanied by a correlating image.
Grades:
5th - 12th
Substitute Literary Lesson Bundle
Keep them learning - even if you aren't there with this sub-friendly literary lesson bundle at a reduced price. Product includes three all-inclusive literary lesson PowerPoints on Poe's "Annabel Lee" and short stories, "The Dinner Party" and "The Elevator." Lessons should keep your students engaged and learning for one week or more. PowerPoints include the text, pre-reading vocabulary, probable passage, and Common Core aligned discussion/essay questions. Need more easy-to-use literary activ
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Short Story Unit-All Summer In A Day,by Ray Bradbury
This is a unit on the short story, All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury. It has 24 power point slides that include the story text, informational items and assignments. Pictures are used to enhance the slides.It could be used as an independent unit in studying this short story.
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Elements of Fiction: Conflict Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students grasp the concept of conflict with the Elements of Fiction: Conflict Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Conflict Guided Notes, Conflict and Resolution Chart, Recognizing Conflict Practice Sheet with answers, and Conflict Quiz with answers. This mini unit is also available in the Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Elements of Fiction: Theme Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students grasp the concepts of theme, motif, and symbolism with the Elements of Fiction: Theme Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Cartoons to Teach Theme with possible responses; Theme, Motif, and Symbolism Guided Notes; Theme Simplified Guided Notes Plus Answers; The Interlopers Rewrite; and Theme Analysis and Team Discussion documents; Theme, Motif, and Symbolism Practice Sh
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Grades:
7th - 12th
Memoirs Unit Autobiographies Writing Middle High School
A comprehensive unit to teach students how to write personal memoirs of all types. The unit includes six merged documents : 1) definitions of all memoir styles 2) practice sheet matching the type of memoir to a description 3) a quiz on the memoir styles 4) a writing assignment for a collection of memoirs that can be shared with other students and can be used as a major grade 5) a scoring rubric for the assignment 6) a peer response form for peer editing of the memoir collection assignment prior
Grades:
7th - 12th
Elements of Fiction: Setting Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL
Help your students grasp the concept of setting with the Elements of Fiction: Setting Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Setting Warm Up, Setting Guided Notes, Analyzing Setting Practice Sheet with answers, Setting Quiz with answers, and Setting Cinquain Activity. This mini unit is also available in the Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Elements of Fiction: Point of View Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students grasp the concept of point of view with the Elements of Fiction: Point of View Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following are included: Activating Strategy, Guided Notes both Advanced and Basic Plus Answers, Three Types of Third Person Point of View Handout, Point of View Practice Sheet Plus Answers, The Three Little Pigs Text and The Wolfs Side Plus Examples of Differences, Point of View Writing Exercise, an
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Superhero and Villain Unit
This is a unit where students can analyze character development, protagonists and antagonists in literature by first studying and creating their own superheroes. This unit can be used in an ELA class or as a creative writing class/unit.
The download includes the following:
An introduction sheet describing the steps students need to take to create their superhero; a worksheet on dialogue (how does the superhero talk?); a hero/villain worksheet preparing students to write a short story of their o
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Grades:
5th - 8th
"Zoo" Curriculum All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students read and understand Zoo, a short story by Edward D. Hoch.
Includes the following (for less than what it would cost to purchase each document separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Double Entry Response Chart
Inferencing Chart and Answers
Character Chart
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Quiz and Answers
Grades:
6th - 12th
Abraham Lincoln Story Power Point Presetation
Abraham Lincoln Story
After I saw a version of documentary of Abraham Lincoln
I feel really wonder and become his fan.
I think that I really love what he did for America even I am a
Thai.
Love you- Abraham Lincoln-
* It is about the story of Abraham Lincoln since he was born- died
* What do people do on Lincoln day ?
* States that cerebrate on Lincoln day
There are 35 pages
There are colorful pictures and texts that attracted children.
Adjustable and Printable
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Grades:
4th - 9th
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