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Higher education short stories unit plans
Short Story Unit, Eng. 11/12 Short Stories + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Short Story Unit for Older TeensTired of teaching the same old short stories? Did a teacher in the earlier grades steal your thunder by already teaching some of the short stories you were planning to use in your classroom? This bundle of modern and classic short stories (all with multimedia add-ons) is for you! Designed for high school junior and senior English classes, this unit plan includes a wide variety of lesser-known high-interest short works that will entertain and challenge your uppercl
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories: This comprehensive middle school and high school short story unit will captivate your students with four highly engaging stories, all with surprising endings. The resource includes eye-catching PowerPoint presentations to introduce short story terms and to guide the lesson for each of the short stories, dynamic discussions, enriching videos, and creative assessments and activities to engage and challenge your stude
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Minister's Black Veil: A Mini-Unit!
In need of materials that will compliment your unit on The Minister's Black Veil? This *Mini-Unit* can help fulfill many Common Core standards with a variety of activities!
Included:
Nathaniel Hawthorne Biography! (With check questions!)
Vocabulary Worksheet! (**KEY INCLUDED!**)
Quickwrite Activity- A glance into the past!
Study Questions (**KEY INCLUDED!*)
Connecting the literature graphic organizer! (Example response included!)
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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"Where Are You Going,Where Have You Been?"COMPLETE UNITActivities,Tests,APStyle
74 page unit on the short story! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 17 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 8 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 12 VOCABULARY WORDS (handout and quiz
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Short Story Unit for High-School English (4-6 Weeks)
Interested in a new unit to shake things up? Looking for author diversity? Tired of the same old stories? Check out this MASSIVE bundle of resources that comprise an entire unit of study. This resource contains FOUR-SIX WEEKS OF COMPLETE LESSON MATERIAL! You don't have to create a SINGLE thing. This unit is appropriate for 9-12th graders. The lessons are geared more towards advanced students, but can easily be done with grade-level kids as well. I have used it for advanced 9th, 10th, and 11th gr
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. 3-Text Level Pack For ESL Tiered-Instruction. Fun!!
These bright, colorful and fun adapted text versions of The Tell-Tale Heart make Edgar Allan Poe's classic accessible to a wider variety of readers, including ESL, ENL and Special Ed. The bundle includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text, which comes at 2-adapted levels, plus the original text. See preview for details.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also prints out for in class instructio
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Creative Nonfiction Writing Unit -- Common Core, Journaling, Portfolio
This 9-week Creative Nonfiction writing unit is geared toward the upper levels of high school. I derived this unit from my own experience in the University of Iowa's prestigious writing courses.
All the materials you would need to teach this unit can be found in the book "Tell it Slant" by Brenda Miller and Suzanne Paula. All of the short stories assigned in this unit can be found in that book, and many of them can be found online as well.
This product includes:
**A six-page syllabus, outlinin
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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"A Clean,Well-Lighted Place" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities,Tests, AP Style
46 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay. * 14 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 2 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 2 READER RESPONSE ESSAY QUES
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
"The Black Cat" COMPLETE UNIT EDITABLE Activities, Tests, AP Style
69 page COMPLETE unit on the short story! NO "FLUFF": This unit focuses on LITERARY DEVICES, SKILLS APPLICATION, and LITERARY ANALYSIS. Unit includes reading guide questions and quizzes, vocabulary, literary analysis activities, and AP style tests and essays. Includes a sample essay.* 13 READING/ANALYSIS SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (based on Bloom's cognitive levels)* 10 READING/LITERARY ANALYSIS MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS* 7 FOCUSED ACTIVITIES (Individual or group work)* 13 VOCABULARY WORDS (handout
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
Global Short Story Unit
Explore migration, post-colonialism, racism, refugee experiences, and the world through this social justice-infused, discussion-based contemporary short story unit. This unit was a recipient of the TPT Teach for Justice Grant and has been reviewed by the TPT team to bring you a high quality product that will provoke empathy and conversations about justice in your classroom. This product was made with distance learning in mind and contains easy to share worksheets as both PDFs and Google Slides,
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Summer People By Shirley Jackson Short Story Bundle | ELA Digital Resource
Are you a teacher or homeschooler seeking a comprehensive resource to engage your students with Shirley Jackson's captivating short story, "Summer People"? Look no further! This meticulously crafted product is here to elevate your teaching experience and enhance your students' learning journey.What makes this resource stand out? Let's delve into its incredible features:Reading Comprehension Quizzes in Two Formats: I understand that every student learns differently. That's why this resource inclu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Middle School Short Story Unit: Digital, Google Slides, PowerPoint
Perfect for in-class instruction OR distance learning. Save big on this unique bundle designed for the most challenging students! Over 400 slides of content and 16 multi-day, jumbo lessons organized to allow students to explore different elements of short stories in a fun, interactive, visual way. Every presentation in this bundle has been redone and is the result of a collaborative effort between an English teacher and special education teacher. Each presentation is meant to allow for differ
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6th - 10th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Interpreter of Maladies Short Story AP Literature Activities + Original FRQ2
Guided and scaffolded close reading of the short story, “Interpreter of Maladies” from Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prixe-winning novel of the same name. Students delve deeply into characterization in terms of description, motivations, attitudes, and relationships.Culminates in an original FRQ2 prompt.Suitable for AP English Literature and Composition, Short Story, or upper high school English courses. This activity focuses on the two primary characters in the short story, Mrs. Das and Mr. Kapasi.Th
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Short Story Unit High School "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"
Short story unit for high school to teach symbolism and allegory using “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” by Joyce Carol Oates This unit is perfect for teaching your students the concepts of allegory and symbolism, and includes anchor charts and guide questions to support an allegorical interpretation of this amazing short story. PLEASE NOTE: This unit DOES NOT include the text of Oates’ short story—I cannot include that here as the story is under copyright. The story is, however, avail
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Short Story Units Bundle for High School
Faulkner and the Southern Gothic Tradition
Do not fear Faulkner! The novel, As I Lay Dying, does not have the dense, convoluted prose generally associated with the author and offers a full-length experience of the heart of Southern Gothic literature. This unit was originally designed to cover the novel but evolved to include two of Faulkner's short stories and an anticipatory set involving the short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor. (The O'Connor lesson is offered as a separate item because it can be used for mul
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Realism/Naturalism Notes + "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane
This bundle includes a PowerPoint Presentation, Guided Notes, and the full short story of "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane complete with guided reading activities. The Presentation Includes:Definitions for Realism and NaturalismHistorical Context of Realism and NaturalismCharacteristics of both Realism and NaturalismNaturalism QuotesGuided Notes tailored to presentationThe Short Story Incudes:- The full short story (32 pages total) divided into chapters- Character Chart for major characters wit
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
English & Communications Course: Unit 3: Short Stories & Critical Theories
This is my English & Communications course, based on the textbook The Writer's Presence (mostly 3rd edition with some new articles from later editions). The course works well for accelerated high school students and college students. It is similar to the AP English Language and Composition and the AP English Literature curriculum. This is Unit 3: Critical Reading of Short Fiction. Students learn to read short stories through a study of seven critical literary perspectives: New Critical / For
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: English & Communications Course Bundle: Units 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
Halloween 3 Short Stories Unit for Clinkity-Clink, A Ghost Story, Bongcheon-Dong
Students read and analyse three different types of spooky stories.
1. "Clinkity-Clink" from Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark by Alvin Schwartz
2. "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain
3. "Bongcheon-Dong Ghost" by Horang
None of these are very gory or contain adult situations.
The stories are not included in this download, but are available to view for free online. Links to view them are provided in the lesson.
The sample lesson is just a small excerpt from the unit plan. I kept it in MSWord form
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Urban Tribes - Native Americans in the City Lessons - Inclusive Learning
Supporting Indigenous Resources for Inclusive Learning for High School StudentsThis learning resource uses the reading strategies: connection, question, infer and transformation, to allow for powerful understanding. Students will gain a better understanding of the unique issues facing Indigenous millennials in North America.Lessons included will ask:Students to make connections, between the text and personal experiences, other texts and media, or world events/issuesStudents to document and class
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
War is Kind & The War Prayer - Literary Analysis Comparison - Paired Passages
This mini-unit devotes two or three class periods, depending on your usage and structure, to the comparison of “War is a Kind” and “The War Prayer” through annotation and deep reading. As usual, you will find a Microsoft Word copy of the text structured with 2.5” margins for annotating, discussion questions for each and a Constructed response/Short essay prompt.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Student Experts Teach the Teacher Literary Terms- Includes Story Quiz & Test
This task is an excellent back-to-school unit to refresh or expand their knowledge of literary terms. This Literary Term Presentation puts the power in your students' hands and encourages them to be the experts. They love teaching the class and being the go-to student for that concept. This task is wonderful because it values students' voices, and the work also engages the students while reviewing foundational terms and important presentation skills. This unit further serves you as it provides
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Teacher Pack - My Octopus Teacher
This comprehensive teaching unit, including assessment, has been designed for teachers to use with My Octopus Teacher, the beautiful and profound story of the year filmmaker, Craig Foster, spends with a wild common octopus in the Great African Sea Forest and its life-changing effects. (Netflix documentary film - directed by Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed)Contents (4 digital/editable/printable files ready for immediate download and use):(1) Teacher Guide (18 page .pdf) • Unit overview • Inquiry Q
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Short Story Digital Bundle: Guided Reading, Background
This bundle includes 6 presentations to help structure a unit on short stories. There are questions, background, activities, pre and post reading questions, guided reading, and MORE! Enjoy! ALL of these stories included within contain guided reading questions that help the students understand and critically think about the text WHILE they are reading the story.This is product is also included in the very well-reviewed, year-long bundle: Freshman English: The Complete 9th Grade Year
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6th - 11th, Higher Education
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Introduction to Magical Realism Mini Unit
Transport your students into the world where the surreal and the real become one with this miniunit. Included in the unit isAn Introduction HandoutIntroduction to Magical Realism Stations and Reflection SheetA Very Old Man with Enormous Wings LessonBorges and Marquez, small group lessonEssay assignmentUnit can take between one and two weeks depending on length of periods and amount of group reading. Short, easy to understand teacher instructions.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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