The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Unit - 2 Weeks - Washington Irving Short Story, CCSS

This is a fun 2 week unit plan for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Whether you need a unit during the Halloween season or you're simply looking to study an early work of classic American literature, this is a fun storyline for students to analyze. Students will: Participate in engaging PowerPoint sessions, read the text (included), engage with the rich vocabulary, collaborate to answer text-dependent questions, make inferences about themes supported with evidence, use a viewing guide as they watch the classic animated version, and complete a writing assessment from a choice board.

Note on Level of Rigor: High school is the target grade range for the standards in this unit. However, this unit may also be used for 8th grade classes if the teacher determines the students are proficient in rigorous literary analysis.


This product includes:

• Overview
• Daily Lesson Plans
• PowerPoint Presentation -40 slides
• PowerPoint Note Guides
• Warm Ups and Exit Tickets
• Vocabulary Preview (answer key included)
• Anticipation Guide
• The text itself, numbered by paragraph
• Discussion Questions for Small Groups (answer key included)
• Character Analysis Sheets
• Evidence Log: Supernatural vs. Superstition (answer key included)
• Viewing Guide for Animated Version (answer key included)
• Choice Board
• Writing Assignment Outline
• Crossword Puzzle (answer key included)
• Final Writing Assignment Sheets
• Writing Rubric
• Optional Exam (answer key included)

Enjoy this fun, spooky, and timeless classic with your class!

Suggestion: You may also be interested in adding our Character Eulogy Writing Activity to this unit. Although the disappearance of Ichabod Crane is left to mystery, students can still write the eulogy to reflect upon the character's life in Sleepy Hollow. It can also be used for ANY text of literature to analyze the significant death of a character.

Note: You can also get this item in our Washington Irving Bundle that includes other short story units from the author. If you would like them all, please buy the bundle instead.

This product is also included in our Halloween Literature Bundle that contains more of our horror genre literature units. If you would like to buy them all together, please buy the bundle instead and save 30%.

It is also in our Holiday Literature MEGA BUNDLE that includes other bundles of units for the holidays. If you would like them all, please buy the mega bundle instead.

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