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Short stories Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
Dystopian Unit Resource Bundle - Dystopia vs. Utopia - Dystopian Literature
Create or supplement a Dystopian Stories Unit with this diverse, creative, high-interest teaching resource! The bundle of Dystopian literature materials include the following: Cultural Clashes! Utopia vs. Dystopia (Research & Informational Writing)Welcome to Dystopia: A Nightmare Disguised as Paradise (Short Story Unit)The resources in this bundle are designed for 7th-12th grade students. Please see the following description for each resource.Welcome to Dystopia - A Nightmare Disguised as
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8th - 12th
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Detective Stories Unit - Short Stories by Doyle, Poe, Dahl; Sherlock Holmes film
In this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good detective story and then work like a sleuth to identify genre elements in E. A. Poe's and Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories. Analy
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
145th Street Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers Unit of Study
Use this 120 + page unit to study one story, a few stories, or all ten stories.This unit is packed with high-interest, engaging, and creative activities to match the draw and energy of the stories in Myers’ text.Includes for EACH Story … Do-Now Comprehension Questions or Reading Quiz Key Open Response Prompt … Plus a variety of additional activities! Included in this unit:- Information for the Teacher including ideas, suggestions, and variations- Walt
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7th - 12th
Essential Question Digital Choice Boards: Supplemental Readings for ELA & SEL
Finding the time to track down supplemental resources for your units is difficult, so I've done all of that for you. Each digital choice board in this bundle is defined by a juicy Essential Question and each board contains 25 supplemental resources that will help students broaden and deepen their answers to that essential question.If you have your novel unit ready to go but just need one more thing to broaden the unit a bit outside the central text or texts, these digital choice boards are the
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8th - 11th
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Language Arts Lessons Horror Bundle | Middle School and High School
Hook your students and keep them engaged by injecting the theme of horror into your lesson resources. With these scary stories and lessons, you'll have them in the palm of your hand and give them plenty of reasons to want to be in your class doing their work - all year long!With these highly engaging lessons, they will practice their reading analysis and narrative writing skills - and ask for more! Great for secondary and middle school writing and close reading practice.Bundle Includes:1) Classi
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8th - 11th
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The Lottery Activity - Global Rituals Real-Life Comparison Worksheets and Rubric
Explore modern, real-life parallels from around the world using this comparison activity for Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery!” Students will compare the conformity, superstition, and blind tradition in this short story with six unique rituals from around the world. Includes digital worksheets for Google Classroom®!Included with this Comparison Activity for Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”:✏️ “Global Rituals” Informational Handouts - PrintFlashcards highlight rituals from Scotland, Iceland, Borne
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8th - 11th
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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Digital Escape Room Review Game Activity
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka Digital Escape Room ⚠️You must have tablets or laptops to play this game. Students should work together in small groups. This game requires students to access Google apps with a Google sign-in. Prior to purchase of this game, please make sure your school district does not block the following apps/websites: Google Apps (Sites, Forms, Docs).⚠️ This game has been updated to include an alternative Google Slides-based version of the game in addition to the origin
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: World Literature Digital Escape Room Review Game Activity Bundle
Bundle: Dark Romanticism - American Gothic + Detective Stories Unit
This bundle includes the Dark American Romanticism - American Gothic Unit as well as the Detective Stories Unit.DARK ROMANTICISM – AMERICAN GOTHIC UNITIn this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these concepts to
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8th - 12th
9-12 Short Stories Bundle (9 Texts, 300 pages, 1 great price) / Print + Digital
The Short Story Unit is a staple in many literature classrooms. But finding quality, grade-level appropriate short stories that will engage students and lend themselves to ELA skills and content can be challenging. To make that process a little easier, I have collected high-quality short stories all in one place. All together, you get almost 300 pages of reading questions, writing prompts, visualization tools, and literary criticism activities. If you were to purchase each item in this bundle in
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9th - 12th
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True Crime Mystery: Circleville Letter-Writer/Possibility of Evil Persuasive Wr.
Bring a little mystery into your short stories unit by tying the mystery of the Circleville Letter Writer to Shirley Jackson's 'The Possibility of Evil.'This real life mystery spans decades and includes affairs, death, shifty lawmakers, false imprisonment. Walk your students through these true events and have them discuss their theories in groups.Lesson 1:1) Put the students into 6 groups2) Read them the story on the PowerPoint and have them take notes on the 11x17 group worksheet3) Stop at the
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9th - 12th
Ancient India: Hindu Creation & Traditional Stories: Reading Passages + Activity
This is an excellent lesson that comes with traditional Hindu stories, featuring stories on Brahma and the creation of the world, the Indian God Ganesh, and the Indian God Krishna (known as the Blue God). The stories are all age appropriate and engaging, and students of all ages will find them interesting and rewarding.Updated November 2023 to include a Power Point!--> Want all of my ancient civilizations units in one HUGE money-saving (and time-saving) bundle? CLICK HERE!!$$ Money-Saving Bun
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Ancient India Unit: Bundle of 25 Lessons: Reading Passages + Activities
Ambrose Bierce's “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” – 15 Common Core Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Ambrose Bierce’s short story, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The graphic organizers, rubrics, ar
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9th - 12th
Nathaniel Hawthorne's “The Minister's Black Veil” –20 Common Core Learning Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, "The Minister’s Black Veil.” The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory, narrative, and argumentative writing. This resource also include
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9th - 12th
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Cask of Amontillado Analysis - True Crimes Activity and Argumentative Assignment
Explore “True Crimes and Strange Happenings” with this analysis activity for Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado”! Students will learn about six spooky mystery stories and write an argumentative paragraph examining common themes within murder and mystery. Includes digital resources for Google Classroom®!Included with this “Cask of Amontillado” True Crimes Analysis Activity:✏️ 6 “True Crimes and Strange Happenings” Informational Handouts - PDFExplore real-life stories of fraud, coercion,
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8th - 12th
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Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour” – 15 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks
This Common Core resource includes 15 rigorous unit learning tasks for Kate Chopin’s short story, "The Story of an Hour." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. The graphic organizers, rubrics, articles, and othe
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9th - 12th
How to Teach Theme in 1 Day
This download includes the link to the public Google Doc presentation, accompanying student practice worksheet, and a short theme assessment.
Students will learn theme in 1 day (tested & true!). Students will first document the definition & purpose of theme, then, Using Values.com billboards, students will read informational text describing the events within the lives of several exceptional people. The teacher & class will work together to cite textual evidence from the website to
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado” – 20 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, "The Cask of Amontillado." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded ex
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6th - 10th
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Isabel Allende - "Two Words" - Magical Realism Mini-Unit
Students of world literature can interact with the Latin American literary world of Magical Realism with this mini-unit. Students will read "Two Words," a charming short story by Isabel Allende, will watch and interact with an interview with Allende, and will read an informational text published in The Independent that uses "Two Words" as the guiding metaphor.
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9th - 12th
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STAAR ELA Retester Blitz 3 Week Plan
This plan includes lessons for the three weeks before the STAAR Retest. The product includes revising and editing practice for every day and a thematic unit on media bias for the first week. The second week persuasive essay is tied to the unit. The third week consists of individual short stories and poems with practice on identifying literary elements and the author's message. I targeted on as many TEKS as possible. I have included everything you will need for the three-week period, includin
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9th - 12th
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Bundle: Dark Romanticism - American Gothic + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism
This bundle includes the Dark Romanticism – American Gothic Unit as well as the Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit.DARK ROMANTICISM – AMERICAN GOTHIC UNITIn this sublime unit, your students will explore American Romanticism and Gothic in works of fiction, poetry, art, and film. Your students will first learn about conditions that influenced American Romanticism and Gothic and study concepts and elements that characterize Romantic and Gothic literature and art. They will then apply these
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8th - 12th
Bundle: Detective Stories Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
This bundle includes the Detective Stories Unit as well as the Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit.DETECTIVE STORIES UNITIn this fantastic detective stories unit, you will explore the characteristics of the detective story genre and apply them to great short stories by Edgar Allan Poe (The Murders in the Rue Morgue), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band and The Adventure of Silver Blaze), and Roald Dahl (Lamb to the Slaughter).Learn what makes a good det
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8th - 12th
Bundle: Norse Mythology Unit + Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit
This bundle includes the Norse Mythology Unit as well as the Latin Folktales & Magical Realism Unit.NORSE MYTHOLOGY UNIT In this epic Norse Mythology unit, you and your students will explore the realms (Asgard, Midgard, Jotunheim, etc.) and characters (Odin, Thor, Loki, etc.) of Norse Mythology and study Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey (monomyth). You will apply the Hero’s Journey to the Norse myths as well as Marvel’s Thor and connect the past with the present by comparing Norse myths to T
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8th - 12th
The Lady or the Tiger: Reading, Writing, Language, and SS Activities
This high interest resource is a great way to review or practice in an engaging, fun way compound /complex sentences structures. The story "The Lady or The Tiger" by Frank Stockton is one that students enjoy. The high interest lessons and activities in this resource bring the story to life. To begin, students are accused of a silly or petty crime. As a consequence, students pick either Door 1 or Door 2. Behind the door is a terrible fate or a great reward. Later, students compare the criminal
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6th - 9th
Thematic Short Story Unit Plan on Fear and Curiosity for High School (Printable)
Embrace the Halloween spirit and help high school students interpret and analyze short stories of increasing rigor with this low-prep, six-week thematic unit plan on the power of fear and curiosity. Supporting materials such as comprehension quizzes, close reading analysis worksheets, public domain narratives, research project materials, a summative assessment, a test prep study guide, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Go
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9th - 12th
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