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10th grade short stories cultural activities under $5
Halloween Short Stories for Highschool Reading Activities and Spooky Audio
Halloween wouldn’t be Halloween without scary STORIES!!!! Get this awesome resource and find three super creepy freaky stories for teenagers plus spooky audio for each story!What's included in this resource:Before reading and after reading activities. Comprehension questions. Vocabulary Exercises. Creative writing tasks and much more!Students should have at least a B1 level of English as these stories are authentic and not meant for learners of English. Bonus! HALLOWEEN SHORT FILMS! Nothing will
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10th - 12th
Tell-Tale Heart by Poe. Adapted Close Read Halloween Fun. ESL Beginner Unit.
This bright, colorful and fun adapted text version of The Tell-Tale Heart makes Poe's classic accessible to ESL and ENL beginners and newcomers. The unit includes 5-days of lesson plans, based around an initial and then close read of the text. Please open up the preview for details to make sure the text is right for your classroom -- it will be a challenge for your ELLs, but hopefully worth it.It is easily set up for DISTANCE LEARNING on TPT Digital, shared via Google Classroom. The PDF also pri
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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New Year's Spanish 2 Activity: Reading and Goal Setting!
New Year's Goal-setting activity & Reading!About this resourceNo te metas con mis metas is a New Year goal-setting activity for level 2 or beyond. In addition to providing step-by-step goal-writing prompts, students will learn about the importance of making goals with a good dose of interesting compelling input and graphics to keep them engaged. What’s included in this resource? 1. Article #1: No te metas con mis metas is a short reading about the origin of the expression “Borrón y cuenta nu
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7th - 12th
Spanish 1/2 La Noche de las velitas/ Little Candles Day- Colombian Tradition
*PDF resolution is clear!December 7th is "Día de las velitas/ La noche de las velitas in Colombia, and this resource prepares you and your class to learn about this amazing Winter tradition. *Contributors Carlos Quintero (Barranquilla) and Sandra Prieto (Bogotá). ThemesWhat is La noche de las velitas? How do families celebrate? What are the typical foods? How do they celebrate on the Coast of Colombia? What's included in this resource? 1. Color PDF to use with students detailing the important el
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6th - 10th
Geraldo No Last Name by Sandra Cisneros Short Story Unit
Sandra Cisneros’ “Geraldo No Last Name,” a vignette from her novel, The House on Mango Street, is an excellent choice for exploring multi-cultural perspectives, theme, author’s craft and more. Created for high school and advanced middle school students, this comprehensive, 30+ page short story unit on "Geraldo No Last Name" includes TONS of activities and handouts to help students analyze and appreciate the story, including:Pre-Reading “Connections” Activity—to build interest, activate prior k
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7th - 12th
"Totem" by Thomas King Resource Bundle + Answer Keys
This bundle includes two resources to be used with Thomas King's short story, "Totem". "Totem" is a great piece of Canadian literature that highlights the racism experienced by Indigenous Peoples of Canada, through use of symbols, irony, and allegory.Resource #1: Discussion questions handout to accompany the short story "Totem" by Thomas King. The handout has 6 discussion questions and asks students to answer in full sentences, with reference to the text. These would work well as an individual o
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Tierra Incógnita Teaching Resources - Episode 2
Resources to teach Tierra Incógnita from Disney+. Preview all episodes due to some "jumpy" content that might scare younger students. Appropriate for middle school through high school. 100% Editable! You can edit this resource to fit your context.This resource is broken into halves and includes two lecturas with comprehension activities. We watch 1/2 an episode on one day and complete the embedded reading together. Then on the following day, we review the embedded reading, complete the comprehen
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6th - 12th
Also included in: Tierra Incógnita Teaching Resources COMPLETE SEASON 1
Native American Origin Stories Questions
With questions allowing students to prove retaining and creative thinking, these worksheets cover the stories of the Onondaga's "Earth on Turtle's Back," the Modoc's "When Grizzlies Walked Upright," a short version of "The Navajo Origin Legend," and excerpt from the government document of the "Iroquois Constitution." All questions were aimed at providing an activity while reading from Prentice Hall's An American Experience textbook for 11th grade English. Some questions are creative writing and
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8th - 12th
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Introduction Activities, Notes and Lessons
Their Eyes Were Watching God Introductory Activities: These lessons are the perfect way to introduce Zora Neale Hurston's life, the novel, earlier work, and influence on the African American Community through reading short passages, notes, and thematic discussion questions. Students will walk away with an understanding of Hurston, the time period she wrote the novel, and a better understanding of themselves. This beautifully written novel celebrates being a black woman in the early 20th century
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9th - 12th
"American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer: Close Reading Lesson (editable)
"American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer: Close Reading Lesson for ELA 9-12
This lesson guides students through a close reading of Judith Ortiz Cofer’s “American History,” a short story told from the perspective of a young Puerto Rican girl living in New Jersey. Students will use this text to make insights about the American experience.
Guiding Question: What does Judith Ortiz Cofer reveal about the American experience in the United States in her short story “American History”?
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9th - 12th
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Fairytale Mini-Unit (Multicultural Reading and Creative Writing!)
Includes presentation, linked texts, and SIX engaging reading and writing activities! Fairytales the most commonly shared stories across cultures and centuries. In this one week mini-unit, students will learn about the structure of a fairytale, participate in read-aloud story-time, read cross-cultural versions of a beloved classic (Cinderella), and reflect on the way cultural values appear in the stories people share. They will also create and share their very own fairytale in a student showcase
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5th - 12th
The American Dream--Short Stories Lesson
This lesson is editable for your convenience--and does the planning for you! This lesson allows students to show understanding of major ideas and themes under the umbrella of The American Dream and Voices of Ethnic America through written format. We use a short story from the compilation of Growing Up Ethnic In America to achieve the objective.To begin with a Do Now/Warm Up, students listen to a song and identify how the American Dream is defined. We move onto vocabulary terms that will hel
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7th - 11th
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Story Spanish 2+ Preterite, Imperfect- El Cantante Day of the Dead Connection
This is a short story about a boy who interrupts a lesson on the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos/Día de los Muertos) to sing a few romantic lines of the song "Despacito" (student friendly lines!) to a girl in class. His teacher teaches him a lesson that he'll never forget. This can be used as a class reading or as FVR. This resource is part of a Bundle of exciting stories for ALL levels of Spanish. All stories include scaffolding activities and additional resources ignite student engagement and
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8th - 12th
Snow by Julia Álvarez — Short Story Analysis
Snow by Julia Álvarez is a short story about a young immigrant girl named Yolanda experiencing New York snow for the first time. This story is a quick read, excerpted from the novel How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, only 435 words in length!Alvarez captures the emotional struggle of adapting to a new culture, especially during a time of great turmoil. As if learning a new culture isn’t a challenge enough, Alvarez highlights how the transition goes beyond the obvious elements of finding on
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8th - 12th
Context Clues and Textual Evidence in "Marriage is a Private Affair"
This activity includes pre-reading ideas, comparison/contrast between video clips and story, 2 vocab quizzes to be paired with a section using context clues, and identifying textual evidence from the story. Answer keys included for handout and vocab. quizzes.
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9th - 12th
CREATIVE WRITING: FOLKTALE OR FABLE BASED ON A PROVERB
Thorough guidelines for a creative writing project in which students select a product or idiomatic expression and write a myth, fable, folktale, fairy tale, or legend to illustrate it. Includes a list of 70 proverbs to choose some, as well as definitions of key terms.
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4th - 12th
Don't Be Disrespecting Me by Sharon G. Flake Literature Circle Packet
These stories really get my students talking! Included in this reader-response packet are discussion questions, two responsive writing prompts, an acrostic poetry activity, a characterization activity, and an illustration activity. Provides multiple ways for students to make meaningful connections with the short story, "Don't Be Disrespecting Me" by Sharon G. Flake (part of the anthology, "Who Am I Without Him?" by Sharon Flake).
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7th - 10th
Harry Potter Reading Activity Bundle
Come along on the magical adventure of Harry Potter and his friends! Enjoy the magic and engage students in the world of Harry Potter! Read through passages and create different stem activities! Students will love this activity bundle and get excited about reading all about Harry Potter and his fantastic adventures!WHAT'S INCLUDED:4 Reading PassagesHarry Potter and Platform 9 and 3/4Harry Potter and The Secrets of GryffindorHarry Potter and The Magical PotionsHarry Potter and The Sorting Hat4 Re
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2nd - 12th, Higher Education
La maleta| Spanish 2 |Holiday Traditions| Colombia| Latin America| 3 Activities
This is one of my favorite holiday traditions, and your students will love it to! When visiting my husband’s family in Barranquilla, Colombia during the month of December, I relished the run with a suitcase around the block, in hopes of a great travel year. As a result, I have done a simulation of this ritual year after year with my students. It is both joyous and fun. We make a list of places we’d like to go in the target language, discuss with each other, and then off we run, a lap around the
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7th - 10th
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and Native American Boarding Schools
A comparison of "St. Lucy's Home for Girl's Raised by Wolves" and Native American Boarding schools. Students study the lives of students at Native American Boarding schools by viewing pictures of life before and after assimilating to boarding school life, an NPR listening clip, and a short video clip. Approximately two 80 minute lessons.
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9th - 11th
Leyenda del maiz in Spanish
Read the Leyenda del maiz in Spanish with these THREE differentiated readings and tasks. The perfect reading for teaching about food, corn, Bolivia, ancient civilizations, and more. There are three differentiated texts, pre-reading, 3 vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and images for retelling the Leyenda del maiz in SpanishStudents read a novice (present tense) or intermediate (past or past simplified) Spanish text of the Legend of Corn from Bolivia, then complete vocabulary, comp
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Bolivia Comida Legend of the Corn Bundle
Utopia Vs. Dystopia
This lesson familiarizes or reacquaints students with the words dystopia and utopia. The first part of this lesson includes a video link to watch (either as a class or independently, depending on the classroom situation and dynamic), an annotation guide, and a handout on utopias versus dystopia for annotating. The second part of the lesson includes a video on a commune in Virginia and a follow-up activity. My students especially enjoy learning about a place in the US that strives in its own wa
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7th - 10th
Leyenda del fantasma de la quinceañera in Spanish
Read the Leyenda del fantasma de la quinceañera in Spanish with these THREE differentiated readings and tasks. The perfect reading for teaching about quinceañeras, culture, holidays, spooky stories, and more. There are three differentiated texts, pre-reading, 3 vocabulary activities, comprehension questions, and images for retelling the Leyenda del fantasma de la quinceañera.Students read a novice (present tense) or intermediate (past or past simplified) Spanish text of the Legend La Quinceañer
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Legend of La Quinceanera in Spanish and English Bundle
The wonder clock, or, Four & twenty marvellous tales
"The Wonder Clock, or, Four & Twenty Marvellous Tales" is a collection of enchanting stories written and illustrated by Howard Pyle, with contributions from Katharine Pyle. First published by Harper & Brothers, this timeless work presents a tale for each hour of the day, offering a captivating journey through a series of imaginative and entertaining narratives.The premise of the book centers around a marvelous clock discovered in Father Time's attic, which strikes the hour with songs and
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Staff
Also included in: Timeless literary treasures collection of classic eBooks for children!
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