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6th grade short stories study guides
Fiction Comprehension Review | Reading
Rapid Read and Review is the perfect way to engage your students in a relevant and rigorous review of reading content! This digital and printable review set is the perfect way to keep your students' reading skills sharp. It can be used in centers, small groups, whole class, or as homework to review essential fiction comprehension skills and standards. The same question is never asked twice and skills are never reviewed in the same way, so students will stay engaged and excited about the conte
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | Fiction and Informational Mixed Skills
The Fun They Had: Short Story Study Guide CCSS
Isaac Asimov’s short story, THE FUN THEY HAD, is a compelling snapshot of school in the year 2157. An excellent read-aloud selection any time of the year, this science fiction tale is especially appropriate as a back-to-school study.
This teaching resource for Mr. Asimov’s science fiction classic has
an internet link to a copy of the story
vocabulary activities
10 short answer comprehension questions
16 interpretive thinking and writing prompts
a graphic organizer for wri
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4th - 8th
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The Ransom of Red Chief FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study (Standards-Based)
“The Ransom of Red Chief” will be fun to read and analyze with this interactive FLIP BOOK! Students easily assemble the flip books and practice higher-level thinking skills in pairs, small groups, or independently. Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, examine irony, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key included!Your students’ artwork will adorn the cover page, where they draw and col
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6th - 8th
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The Monkey's Paw; Scavenger Hunt and KEY
This scavenger hunt is an open book in class assignment where students search for details from the story. There are 30 questions. It is easy to grade. This could also be done as a homework assignment or in class with a partner. The KEY is included. This is an add water and stir lesson plan, easy for the teacher and with a high effectiveness index for students. It keeps them on task and improves reading comprehension. Please do not share the KEY.
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6th - 10th
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Flowers for Algernon questions for discussion or comprehension checks
Eight pages of questions based on the short story, "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes are broken down by progress reports and can be used as class discussion-starters or printed out as reading checks.
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6th - 10th
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O. HENRY | A RETRIEVED REFORMATION Close Reading Study Guide | Worksheets
In this close reading study guide, students enjoy one of O. Henry’s famous surprise endings as they meet Jimmy Valentine, reformed safecracker (or is he reformed?).Your 20-page printable guide includes . . . • introductory notes to teachers about the story, along with background information and links if you prefer audible versions for students to read along• pre-reading discussion questions• complete text of ”A Retrieved Reformation”• comprehension questions to use as students read the story•
Grades:
5th - 9th
Also included in: O. HENRY Close Reading Study Guides: Bundle 1 | Worksheets
Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit with Easel Activities
Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit and Teaching Activities. Teaching resources to go with the scary story The Cask of Amontillado by Poe. Includes handouts and slides with a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, Pre-Reading Questions, Overview of the story, Vocabulary to Watch For and vocabulary slides and note paper, 10 Question Multiple Choice Quiz with key (which you can use as a final test or assessment), Vocabulary Matching Test, Essay Questions, Discussion Questions, Character
Grades:
6th - 9th
Fiction Story Elements Plot Summary Guide Graphic Organizer Digital and Print
Plot Summary Guide. Summarize the plot elements of any fiction short story or novel with these worksheets and graphic organizers. Based on the Common Core State Standards of analyzing how particular story elements interact, like how the setting shapes the plot. Students list the characters, determine the protagonist and antagonist, describe the setting and its relationship to the plot, describe the conflict, complications and rising action, the climax, falling action, and resolution of the story
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
The Most Dangerous Game Theme Foldable
Analyze four big ideas from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell in this theme activity foldable.
This activity is great for interactive notebooks or as a standalone activity!
This resource is also included in my The Most Dangerous Game Mini Unit Bundle! Check it out!
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5th - 12th
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Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" TEST with Answer Key
100 point assessment and answer key over Edgar Allan Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher." This will test your's student's knowledge over the characters, setting, plot, theme, and symbolism of the story. There are several sections: vocabulary, plot timeline, fill in the blank, and extended response questions.
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6th - 10th
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study (Standards-Based)
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” will be fun to read and analyze with this interactive FLIP BOOK! Students easily assemble the flip books and practice higher-level thinking skills in pairs, small groups, or independently. Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, analyze characterization, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key Included!Your students’ artwork will adorn the cover page, where they draw and
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6th - 8th
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My Favorite Chaperone
Teach indirect and direct characterization! Use "My Favorite Chaperone" by Jean Davies Okimoto at beginning of the school year to review characters and plot- and build on elements of a short story. This product includes a 40-slide PowerPoint, a 3-page editable EATS Lesson Plan (complete with Essential Questions, Activating Strategy, Exit Ticket, etc), a 3-page Reading Guide, Discussion Questions printable, Summary Paragraph Worksheet, Answer Keys, and an Assessment. What a valuable time-saver.
Grades:
6th - 9th
A Script for "Charles" by Shirley Jackson
After you read the short story, you might want your students to read this script. Students love reading scripts as it is very student-centered and gets them involved. I think they retain more when they are part of this kind of a reading.
This script is arranged into eight parts, four characters and four narrators, so if you have, let's say, a class of 24, you could have three groups reading it aloud simultaneously, two in the class and one in the hallway. The script itself will take less tha
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6th - 10th
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Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”–25 Rigorous Tasks AND Guided Reading Questions
Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”–25 Rigorous Tasks AND Guided Reading Questions
You are bidding on a combination of an annotated version of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” with guided reading questions and Common Core alignment and 25 rigorous Common Core learning tasks with rubrics, graphic organizers, and supplemental informational texts. You are saving $2.00 by purchasing the items in this combination lot.
This Common Core resource includes an annotated version of Shirley Jackson's short st
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6th - 10th
Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective Support Materials with Vocabulary and Test
The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Support Materials to go along with the PLAY adaptation contains a before-reading research sheet, plot diagram activity, study guides, a vocabulary handout and worksheet, pictures you can project on your whiteboard of a calabash pipe, magnifying glass, and deerstalker hat, and a carafe. There is a stage directions hand-out for fun practice, a comprehension quick check T/F quiz, a TEST with a key, and a writing response. Also includes the story versio
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Grades:
6th - 9th
O. HENRY | THE LAST LEAF Close Reading Study Guide | Worksheets | Printables
Students enjoy one of O. Henry’s surprise endings as they explore the meaning of friendship in “The Last Leaf,” one of the author’s most famous short stories.Your 16-page, reproducible study guide includes . . .• introduction, background information, audio and video suggestions• full text of the short story• vocabulary pertinent to the short story• comprehension questions that accompany the short story• a vocabulary test• a selection test on the short story• a number of post-reading topics for
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: O. HENRY Close Reading Study Guides: Bundle 2 | Worksheets
"Checkouts" Short Story Analysis
This is a story analysis for the short story "Checkouts" by Cynthia Rylant. This analysis covers:
*Plot Mapping Skills (Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution)
*Direct/Indirect Characterization
*Finding examples of Simile, Imagery, and Idiom
*Determining and supporting the story's Theme
*Making Inferences
*Supporting answers using Textual Evidence
This activity has been tried and tested in a 9th grade ELA classroom but is suitable for grades 6-12.
***Answer Key Include
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6th - 12th
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The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit Digital and Print
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit. What you need to teach The Necklace: Vocabulary, Comprehension Questions, Cause and Effect, Observing Details, Making Inferences, Dialogue, Word Scramble and Fill-in, Essay Questions. Open Book Essay and Final Test. Answer keys included. Also includes a printable copy of the story, with a link to read it online, and some information about the author. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital too
Grades:
6th - 9th
O. HENRY | TWO THANKSGIVING DAY GENTLEMEN Close Reading Guide | Worksheets
Treat your students to a trip to New York City with “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen,” a nice companion piece to “The Gift of the Magi” or an excellent standalone (complete with O. Henry’s signature surprise ending).Your 14-page printable study guide includes . . .• background information• relevant vocabulary• the complete text of “Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen”• writing or discussion questions before reading• a study sheet for finding similes in the story• writing or discussion questions after
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: O. HENRY Close Reading Study Guides: Bundle 2 | Worksheets
Baseball in April by Gary Soto: Writing Prompts/Discussion Questions
This 3-page download includes written response and discussion questions for Gary Soto's short story collection "Baseball in April."
With open-ended writing and discussion prompts--18 prompts covering all 11 short stories--this set of questions is ideal for in-class seminars, small group discussions, literature circles, quick writes, or providing a starting point for formal essays or in-class responses.
Designed for students in grades 5 through 8, these prompts require students to reflect upon
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5th - 8th
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi FLIP BOOK - Short Story Study - DIGITAL Resource
“Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” will be fun to read and analyze with this DIGITAL Flip Book! Convenient for Distance Learning! Students type onto the flip book slides and practice higher-level thinking skills independently or with a partner.Students will make inferences, interpret figurative language, acquire and apply new vocabulary, analyze characterization, determine themes, map key plot elements, and respond to close reading questions. Answer Key included! The FLIP BOOK’s page titles (8) are--Imagery--Vo
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6th - 8th
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Three Skeleton Key Editable Study Guide Questions
Editable file contains 53 questions for the short story. Use as many or as few as you like to differentiate instruction.
Three Skeleton Key Editable Study Guide Questions by K. Zutali is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.
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5th - 12th
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Holiday Short Story for 6-9: "A Child's Christmas in Wales" Dylan Thomas
Help students to better understand the lovely language of Dylan Thomas in this charming winter story. Two versions, one without decorative borders and clipart, possibly for older students. Story NOT included but see the link below for a copy. What you get:Critical-thinking Questions include literary elements such as allusion, humor, symbol, theme, figures of speech, mood and more. Students make personal connections with the text.An Opinion Paragraph activityVocabularyDetailed Answer KeyTeach
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6th - 9th
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The Jungle Book: Middle School Reading Activities for Kipling's "Mowgli" stories
Included in this 24-page booklet are rigorous lesson ideas to go along with Kipling's classic Mowgli stories, the first three chapters of The Jungle Book. Seasoned middle school teacher Dawn Anderson has correlated activities and assessments to the Common Core Anchor Standards for Reading, grades 6-12, though these lessons are specifically designed for 6-8 graders or home school students.
This diverse packet includes: ideas for pre-reading; study questions for each of the three chapters; mini-
Grades:
6th - 8th
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