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6th grade short stories literature circles
Literature Circles, Posters for Any Novel, Short Story, or Text Mega Bundle
The mega bundle for literature circles is here! All in one bundle! It's time to collaborate and get your students moving with this literature circles bundle! Teachers love using literature circles for small group reading groups, book clubs, collaborative learning. This digital download includes the teacher procedure, suggestions, step by step set up, plot diagram, characterization, making connections, figurative language, themes, symbols, ethos, pathos, and logos, rhetoric, and author's purpose
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5th - 12th
Historical Fiction Passage for Reading Comprehension Questions Salem Witch Trial
Keep student interest in middle school with The Salem Witch Trials historical fiction passage for reading comprehension with questions. This engaging, low prep resource will be welcome in your classroom and your kids will love it! The story and student pages may be printed as worksheets or used digitally through Google or Easel documents. Easy set up makes this perfect for centers or substitute teachers.Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the middle school reading c
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6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Fiction Independent Reading Journal Log - Middle School ELA
Fiction: Independent Reading Response Logs for ANY Novel or Short Story
Are you wondering how to hold your students accountable for providing text evidence during independent reading? I needed an independent reading response packet that could be used for any work of fiction. I needed one that was easy to grade and included questions from every Common Core Standard. So I created this versatile resource that can be used for ANY novel or short story, independent reading choices, whole-class assig
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6th - 8th
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Literature Circles, Posters for Any Novel or Short Story Bundle
It's time to collaborate and get your students moving with this literature circles bundle! Teachers love using literature circles for small group reading groups, book clubs, collaborative learning. Your students will love their collaborative posters for their novel or short story's plot diagram, characterization, figurative language, and making connections. This digital download includes the teacher procedure, suggestions, step by step set up, plot diagram, characterization, figurative language,
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks Language Arts Pack
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks is a fantastic mentor text for your students! This packet will build background knowledge, increase student understanding of character traits, theme, summarizing, and more!Product Includes the following:Teacher Lesson PlanCharacter Trait ActivityCharacter Trait MapsTheme Graphic OrganizerDrawing Inferences Plot Graphic OrganizerSummarizing Graphic OrganizerText-to-Self ConnectionsText-to-Wold ConnectionsVerbs WorksheetAdjectives WorksheetMentor Sentences Act
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3rd - 6th
Rikki-tikki-tavi Lesson Plans - NOW GOOGLE READY!
This is a Common-Core-based teaching packet for the short story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” by Rudyard Kipling. The handouts and ideas included in this packet will engage your students in meaningful and fun pre-reading, during-reading and post-reading activities. All handouts are ready for you to print and use! No prep is required!Now this product is Google Ready! Google Slides and a Google Forms quiz are ready for you to use in Google Classroom today!You can also now use all of the chapter activities i
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6th - 8th
Also included in: 7th Grade Short Story Common Core Aligned Lesson Plan Bundle
Holiday or Winter Short Story The Greatest Gift -- It's a Wonderful Life
Engage students before winter break and work on skills with "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern, the short story that It's a Wonderful Life is based upon. It takes place at Christmas but is less religious than the movie. Virtually no-prep and works for independent close reading or to hold attention for a read-aloud.What you get:A short fill-in with a word bank provides surprising and interesting background information for an introduction. A variety of comprehension questions: interpr
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6th - 9th
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The Landlady by Roald Dahl Folding Questions & Test
Roald Dahl's "The Landlady" is a classic short story that will come alive for your students when you use this folding door worksheet and editable test. Best yet, no glue is needed.
Students will enjoy the story's suspense, and their critical thinking skills will get a good workout while reading and answering the questions for this four-day activity.
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Please Note: The story is not included here, as it is still protected by copyright. I have included link
Grades:
6th - 8th
Introduction to Dystopian Literature | Intro to Dystopian Lit
Included is a presentation on dystopian literature.This is perfect for any teacher who is starting to read a novel or short story of the dystopian genre.This Powerpoint presentation includes a definition and explanation of the genre as well as the elements and common characteristics one would find in a dystopian story.This presentation also covers literary elements found in dystopian literature, to include: irony, conflict, foreshadowing, allegory, symbolism, and paradox. Guided notes worksheet
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper" 20-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
NOT a low-level quiz with simple comprehension questions like most assessments online, this 2-sided, 20-question multiple choice quiz on Liam O'Flaherty's short story "The Sniper" assesses students' application and analysis of several literary devices and terms used in the short story. Students are assessed on understanding the work's plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), conflict, dynamic characterization, inferences, indirect methods of characterization, moo
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6th - 12th
W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
NOT a low-level quiz with simple comprehension questions like most assessments online, this 2-sided, 15-question multiple choice quiz on W.W. Jacobs' short story "The Monkey's Paw" assesses students' application and analysis of several literary devices and terms used in the short story. Students are assessed on understanding the work's plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), dynamic characterization, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, point of view, setting, and
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6th - 12th
Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Summer Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Book Discussion Questions for any Fiction Text
Save time throughout the year when using these story discussion cards with all of your fiction texts! Encourage higher level thinking skills, close reading, effective group discussion and written responses to literature! This product contains:68 task cards: 4 per page, with discussion questions that can be used with any novel or short story. Questions target the following skills:character analysis/traitsplot developmentauthor's craftmaking inferencesmaking connectionsand more!Suggested Use Guid
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5th - 8th
O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Short Story 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 15-question multiple choice quiz is on O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi." Unlike other online assessments that contain low level comprehension questions on plot, this quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge and application of conflict (central, external, and internal), idioms, indirect characterization, irony (dramatic, situational, and verbal), point of view, plot diagram components (e.g. initiating event, climax, resolution), setting, symbolism, and th
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6th - 12th
The Monsters are due on Maple Street Play Rod Serling
Looking for fun activities to accompany students as they read the play "The Monsters are due on Maple Street" by Rod Serling? This 45 page unit contains detailed teacher annotations for the entire play, an assessment/test, a student project for after reading, vocabulary pages, and more! The Monsters are due on Maple Street is always a huge hit with the students and makes for a perfect Halloween/October reading because of the "monster" alien theme and suspenseful tone!This product includes the fo
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5th - 8th
Also included in: The Monsters are due on Maple Street Rod Serling BUNDLE
Historical Fiction Reading Passages and Questions on The Holocaust WWII
Help students analyze and understand the Holocaust with this standards-based, historical fiction story. In this passage, a depressed narrator takes the reader through a sensory journey of his surroundings in Auschwitz-Birkenau in his final days, while he questions his belief in God. This thought-provoking story will lead to strong discussion in your classroom. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources
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6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
The Gift of the Magi Close Reading Unit Bundle
A perfect tale for the winter season, this classic short story, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry, makes the perfect holiday text for my gifted 4th grade students. It has been rewritten to suit the reading level of upper elementary students and includes a wide variety of vocabulary words, intentional literary elements, and loads of figurative language. The literary elements I pair with teaching this text are plot (mainly for the surprise ending!), summarizing, and irony. We spend between 1-2 we
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4th - 6th
SL Greek Myths and Stories Bundle – Curriculum & Games – Greek Gods & Heroes
Save 30% when you purchase curricula and games for select Greek myths and stories as a bundle! Students can learn more about:Greek GodsThe 12 OlympiansGreek & Roman IdiomsMonsters From Greek MythsReading passages and rebuses with curriculum include: An Achilles Heel Between Scylla and CharybdisDamon and Pythias The Golden Touch One Hundred Lyrics - "No. 39" (Greek poem)Pandora's Box The Sphinx's Riddle The Sword of Damocles The Trojan Horse Wonderful Weaver Greek Myths and Stories Bundle –
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3rd - 6th
Hero or Outlaw? Use Evidence to Decide! Nonfiction Passages and Printables
High-Interest nonfiction reading passages about the controversial wild west figures, Wyatt Earp, William Tilghman, and Jesse James. Each biography contains a biased read or an information list of their activities, a complete life story passage, and several printables that will engage your students in the text, challenge them to find evidence, and encourage them to read for understanding by analyzing the passages and defending their opinions. All answer keys are included.What's Included?• Nonf
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6th - 8th
Jigsaw Activity (5 Close Reading Worksheets) on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
The following five worksheets enable students to study more closely the foreshadowing, situational irony, indirect characterization, symbolism, and themes in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." The worksheets can be used by themselves, but as an interactive lesson that empowers students to work together in small groups, I had my students complete them as a jigsaw activity. These are great formative assessments that can help students better understand the short story after they finish reading it.
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6th - 12th
Literature Circles, Posters for Any Novel, Short Story or Text Bundle #2
Like bundle #1? Well here is bundle #2! It's time to collaborate and get your students moving with this literature circles bundle! Teachers love using literature circles for small group reading groups, book clubs, collaborative learning. Your students will love their collaborative posters for themes, symbols, the art of persuasion, and author's purpose. This digital download includes the teacher procedure, suggestions, step by step set up, themes, symbols, ethos, pathos, and logos, rhetoric, an
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Spanish Reading Riddles | Adivinanzas de Lecturas | Comprensión de Lectura
Adivinanzas!Este producto contiene 20 adivinanzas o predicciones para trabajar la comprensión de lectura.Esta actividad tiene como objetivo que el estudiante haga una predicción en la historia usando su conocimiento previo a través de la lectura y de las formas visuales que en ella se encuentran para entender su significado.Explícale al estudiante que a través de la lectura deberá adivinar de qué personaje se habla. El estudiante tiene tres opciones para seleccionar. Aquí se aprende a discrimin
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PreK - 6th
Also included in: Comprensión de Lectura Bundle | Nivel Inicial
Independent Reading Journal for Fiction PRINT & DIGITAL
This Digital Independent Reading Response Journal for Fiction comes in an interactive digital version AND in a low color version for easy printing. They can be used for ANY Novel or Short Story
Are you wondering how to hold your students accountable for providing text evidence during independent reading? I needed an independent reading response packet that could be used for any work of fiction. I needed one that was easy to grade and included questions from every Common Core Standard. So I cre
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Independent Reading Journals Fiction & Nonfiction Logs
Hidden Figures Picture Book DIGITAL GOOGLE SLIDES Activities
No PREP and ready to go Google Slides assignment that goes along with the picture book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race! Excellent resource for virtual and distance learning! Links provided on the necessary slides for all videos/read aloud so your students don't have to miss the read aloud and videos if they miss your live meetings for distance learning. Included in this activity:Link to the read aloud on YouTubeResearching the four women featured in the book
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3rd - 6th
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