Full of Suspense - Reading Comprehension & Narrative Writing Bundle

Engage and captivate your students with classic tales like "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Monkey's Paw", while guiding them through comprehensive questions, RACES writing process graphic organizers, pre-reading inquiries, and vocabulary worksheets. There is a suspense narrative writing project complete with a guided outline, a checklist, and grading rubric, empowering students to craft their own gripping stories. This resource also includes mini-posters showcasing suspenseful writing techniques, as well as a bonus file of learning objectives and success criteria mini-posters to display. This comprehensive all-in-one bundle will ignite a passion for suspenseful storytelling in your classroom.

Here is what is included in this bundle:

The Tell Tale Heart:

★The short story "The Tell Tale Heart" with bolded vocabulary words (2 versions)

★Essential Questions

★Anticipation guide

★Vocabulary Word List

★Vocabulary Assignment

★Vocabulary Quiz (Answer Key included)

★Comprehensive Questions (Answer Key included)

★RACES Writing Posters & Example

★RACES Writing Graphic Organizers (3 short answer questions)

★Creative Writing Assessment

★Graphic Organizer Narrative Writing

★Grading Rubric

The Monkey's Paw:

★The short story "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs (with bolded vocabulary words)

★Pre-Reading Question (promotes discussion)

★Vocabulary Assignment (answer key included)

★Comprehension Questions (answer key included)

★RACES Writing Posters & Example

★RACES Writing Graphic Organizers (example & answer key included )

Suspense Narrative Writing Project:

★Mini-posters that offer essential suspense building techniques

★Guided outline/planning worksheets to help students organize their ideas

★Writing Checklist

★Grading Rubric

Bonus File: Posters

★Essential Question

★Learning Objectives

★Success Criteria

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