Click-Clack the Rattlebag, Neil Gaiman Short Story, PDF & Google Drive CCSS

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Laura Randazzo

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Grade Levels

8th - 11th, Homeschool

Subjects

English Language Arts, Reading, Literature

Standards

CCSSRL.8.1

CCSSRL.8.2

CCSSRL.8.3

CCSSRL.8.10

CCSSRL.9-10.1

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4-page PDF + Google Drive version of student handouts (uneditable)

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Use “Click Clack the Rattlebag,” a short story from Neil Gaiman that’s available online, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. These lesson materials include links to online media, a student hand-out with nine short-answer questions (plus detailed answer key, of course), and an optional creative writing assignment.

All student handouts are include as both printable PDF and Google Drive versions.

“Click-Clack the Rattlebag” is best for advanced middle school and/or high school students.

Interested in more short story materials?

Click here to view my catalog of lessons on a variety of classic and modern short stories:

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Laura-Randazzo/Category/Short-Stories-40253

Want students to learn more about Neil Gaiman?
Click here for a student-directed author biography research activity on Neil Gaiman:
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Neil-Gaiman-Author-Study-Worksheet-Easy-Biography-Activity-CCSS-3695704

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Total Pages

4-page PDF + Google Drive version of student handouts (uneditable)

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Teaching Duration

55 minutes

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CCSSRL.8.1

Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

CCSSRL.8.2

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.

CCSSRL.8.3

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.

CCSSRL.8.10

By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CCSSRL.9-10.1

Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

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