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By the Waters of Babylon Short Story Unit Distance Learning

Rated 4.8 out of 5, based on 41 reviews
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Tracee Orman
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Grade Levels
8th - 11th, Adult Education, Homeschool
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You will need NOTHING else if you plan to use "By the Waters of Babylon" with your students. This is an amazing resource.
I used this with my advanced 7th grade class, and it really helped them engage with the story and challenge their thinking.
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Description

By the Waters of Babylon by Stephen Vincent Benet Complete Short Story Unit {Standards Based} *Use this is Google Classroom!* All of the student handouts and assessments are EDITABLE and SHAREABLE Online in Google Docs and Google Forms. Perfect for a 1:1 school and for distance or remote learning!

This is one of my most comprehensive short story units. It includes:

- By the Waters of Babylon Introduction Presentation: 30+ page introduction about the author, narrator/point-of-view, dramatic irony, allusion, and an anticipation activity

- Short story in an eye-pleasing layout (you can also share it digitally with your students)

- Pre-reading handouts and activities (editable and shareable in Google Docs)

- Vocabulary and Grammar handouts focusing on multiple-meaning words, figurative language, and the use of dashes in a sentence (editable and shareable in Google Docs)

- Student handouts to complete during and after reading; concepts include point of view, first-person narration, naive narrator, theme, setting, literary allusion, dramatic irony, inferring / inference, character analysis, compare and contrast, and more (editable and shareable in Google Docs)

- Reading check quiz (editable and shareable in Google Forms)

- Complete Teacher's Guide and Answer Key

- Aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Reading Literature and Language

- Files are in PDF (ready to print and go), Google Docs, Google Forms (Quiz), and Powerpoint (Presentation)

- Enough materials for an entire week

Created and copyrighted by Tracee Orman

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Story and images are public domain; some images ©Tracee Orman

The NGA Center/CCSSO are the sole owners and developers of the Common Core State Standards © Copyright 2010. National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

Check out my other short story units:

The Lottery Short Story Unit

The Monkey's Paw Short Story Unit

Quitter's Inc. Short Story Unit

Total Pages
100 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
2 Weeks
Last updated Nov 28th, 2017
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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
Analyze how particular lines of dialogue or incidents in a story or drama propel the action, reveal aspects of a character, or provoke a decision.
Compare and contrast the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style.
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.

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