Time Travel SHORT STORY Full Unit! Reading with Comprehension Questions
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This short story unit is designed to ignite students' interest in reading and foster critical thinking skills! It includes a 5-page short story (split into 5 parts) + a modified version, pre-reading vocabulary exercises to do before each page of the story, and post-reading comprehension questions for in-depth analysis after each page of the reading.
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STORY SUMMARY:
Join teenagers Sarah and Ben on an adventure that transcends time and tests their courage, leadership, and empathy. They uncover a forgotten time machine that propels them to ancient Egypt, where they learn the value of seizing the present while cherishing the past. Their journey continues into a dystopian future, where they confront environmental devastation and join a rebellion against a greedy corporation. With unwavering determination and newfound knowledge, they find themselves in a race against time to save the future civilization from catastrophe.
Why use short stories?
Short stories can be more manageable for students, while retaining their interest and still allowing them to hone essential reading comprehension skills. Students will work on vocabulary acquisition, identifying main ideas, summarizing, making inferences, making connections, making predictions, analyzing characters and plot, and more, in a much shorter, more focused context.
Short Story Reading Pages (Split into 5 separate parts - each 1 page in length)
Includes modified versions of each part of the reading for differentiation (5 pages)
- Covers the same content but as simpler texts, so students can still fully participate in all discussions/questions about the readings.
Pre-reading exercises to do BEFORE each reading (7 pages + 5 answer pages):
- Activation of prior knowledge (before reading part 1)
- Vocabulary practice exercises (for each of parts 1-5). Answer keys also included.
Post-Reading Response Pages to do AFTER each reading (15 pages):
- Comprehension questions (mix of multiple-choice and open response)
- Making predictions (+ reflecting on predictions, after reading further)
- Making connections (to self or other texts)
- Summarizing the readings
- Describing settings
- Reflection/critical thinking questions
- Respond to the quote prompt
- Making inferences
- Comparing/Contrasting
- Critiquing
- Themes/Lessons
- Illustrating a Scene
The comprehension questions have been designed to directly align with strand C2 of the new 2023 Ontario Language curriculum.
CHECK OUT MORE FUN SHORT STORY UNITS:
- a SPORTS FICTION short story unit
- a MYSTERY ADVENTURE short story unit
- a SCIENCE FICTION space adventure short story unit
- a FUTURISTIC ADVENTURE short story unit
FULL BUNDLE OF ALL 5 SHORT STORIES: The whole class can work on one story at the same time and you can use a new story every month, OR you can allow students to choose whichever story topic interests them most, and rotate through as many times as you want.