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Study skills short stories dbqs
Short Story (any) : Writing Prompts Constructed Response Practice Unit
Let me make your life easier. Use these 13 constructed responses to test knowledge of the CCSS standards after any short story. They include questions about: theme, characterization, text structure, word use, literary devices, comparison and contrast of similar short stories, mood, tone, conflict, and more. I've also included a handy rubric for easy grading. Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here to have free lessons and unit ideas sent to your email.Check out these other
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" Short Story Unit
This short story unit contains 41 pages of : Word Wall, vocabulary, and 7 constructed responses. In addition to this, I've included mini-posters with the standards for the classroom, a rubric, and several word wall activities. Explore the short story by breaking down the author's word choice, explore the meaning of the words, and then use this acquired knowledge to write text based essay responses. This is a complete short story unit.Click here to follow me for free lessons and sales!Click here
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9th - 12th
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Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin | Race and Identity US History Analysis
A supplement to a high school U.S. history unit/ studies on the Louisiana Purchase, this 2-day lesson allows students to read and analyze Kate Chopin's short story, “Désirée’s Baby” while learning about Louisiana Creoles; how the region's French roots led to differences in ideas on race and identity compared to British-influenced America; and the impacts of the Louisiana Purchase on the cultures living there, specifically Louisiana Creoles. A lesson plan is included, with details for a Day 1 pre
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Stories and History Contextual Analysis BUNDLE
Middle School QAR Lesson Plan | QAR Student Practice
Lesson plan for middle/high school ELA to help improve comprehension. I use this to align with IEP goals to improve reading skills and comprehension using questioning. Includes CCSS alignment, goals, lesson outline with practice, along with 4 practice passages. Practice passages are leveled with 2 for grades 6-8 range, 1 lexile of 300-500 and 1 lexile of 600-1010. Includes educator answer key and printable student graphic organizer worksheets.
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6th - 9th
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30 Days of Learning and Good Deeds (English and Arabic Edition) Ramadan
Unlock a transformative journey for your young ones with this indispensable Muslim book, designed to make every day a celebration of learning and good deeds. Tailored for kids aged 4-12, but suitable for anyone keen on exploring Islam in a straightforward manner, this book is a beacon of knowledge and virtue.Key Features:Daily Good Deeds: Encourage your child to become a positive force in the world through realistic, everyday examples. From helping with chores to extending a hand to a neighbor,
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4th - 12th
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Bee Movie (Barry's Buzzy World)
The story of "Bee Movie," also known as "Barry's Buzzy World," revolves around Barry B. Benson, a young bee who is confronted with the mundane aspects of life in the bee world but becomes bored and frustrated with the repetitive work at a bee company. One day, Barry decides to change his life and explore the world of humans.During his adventure outside the bee hive, he meets a woman named Vanessa, a human, who saves him from a collision between a bicycle and a window. During this encounter, Barr
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Not Grade Specific
Basic Level English Reading Comprehension Stories Passages Paragraph Questions
This 175 page PDF file includes 100 Reading Comprehension Passages with Multiple Choice and Fill in the Blank questions.The reading comprehension ranges from stories, paragraphs, texts, and passages to give your students a variety to read about. Topics include, but are not limited to, animals, food, sports, cars, family, science, school, and much more!These worksheets have many uses:1. Home school2. Substitute teacher3. Snow days4. Busy work5. Online distance learning6. Class work7. Independent
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
NYS Global History Regents: CRQ- Gandhi/India (Primary Sources!)
Are you overwhelmed trying to find materials to prepare your students for the new NYS Regents exam in global history? Here is a primary source activity aligned with the constructed response (CRQ) section of the new exam.Complete CRQ Set! Answer key included!Not from NY? This is still a great primary source activity to use with your students! This product is in pdf format.Related Resource (Spanish Translation of this file)https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/itemsDigital/editNext/5208378Please fol
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9th - 12th, Staff
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Faux Movie Trailer: The Tell-Tale Heart Trial (lesson hook)
Is the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" sane/guilty or insane/not guilty of murder? Teachers and students both *love* the experience of debating this question, which rests on the legal definition of insanity and a close and careful reading of a beautifully complex and chilling short story.
Here's a 1-min video that frames this inquiry in the most dramatic way possible: a trailer for a horror movie in which students (the audience) must determine the fate of the narrator.
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7th - 10th
Short Stories and History Contextual Analysis BUNDLE
This BUNDLE includes historical contextual analyses for 15 short stories. Each individual product in the bundle includes: a 4-page worksheet of discussion questions, a response paper, and a rubric. Some of the products include short informational readings to aid with answering the discussion questions.All 15 short story analyses are sold separately as well; individual items are also accessible in a non-editable PDF AND through TpT's Easel Activities. For additional information on the themes cove
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9th - 12th
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Elephant Naughty Elephant
What is Elephant doing? And is he really naughty? Find out in this cute, beautifully illustrated text for young children. Repetition and simple language can also be useful for learn to read age. Sample Text from Elephant, Naughty Elephant What is Elephant doing, can you guess? Elephant, naughty Elephant, what are you doing? …If you buy this you will get file containing Personal and Commercial Use. Digital Download.>>File Format<< pdf>>How It Works<<You can instantly downl
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1st - 5th
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Cold War: Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains, DBQ Worksheets + Response
This historical contextual analysis of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” is a supplemental lesson for a unit on the Cold War and/or understanding the devastation of the nuclear bombs dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After reading the story, students will work in groups to answer discussion questions that thoughtfully and critically explore: the context of the story; the influence of various literary genres including science fiction and naturalism; and the pur
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Stories and History Contextual Analysis BUNDLE
ELA Test Prep (Characterization/Cultural Experiences) Hemingway's "Indian Camp"
This standards based product previews "Indian Camp" with a one page summary on how the 19th and early 20th century brought changes to economics, the medical profession, and ideas about child development. These ideas as well as thoughts about how Early European and American thinkers viewed Native Americans place the short story in a social, historical, and philosophical context that students will use to think about important questions of theme and characterization.
Responsed are organized into 6
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9th - 10th
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"Abuela Invents the Zero" Short Story Analysis
Two page close reading task for students reading Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Abuela Invents the Zero".
Includes text-based questions broken down by figurative language & vocabulary, plot, character, setting, mood, and theme, with a language extension activity at the end for early finishers.
Developed for 8th grade ESL.
**DOES NOT INCLUDE SHORT STORY TEXT**
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7th - 9th
The Lunchroom Fight- an activity about sourcing, analysis, and corroboration
An activity using the characters from The Office to help students learn how to analyze primary sources, interpret perspectives, corroborate stories, and determine if sources are reliable or not!
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9th - 12th
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The Man Who Was Almost A Man Question Companion
Richard Wrights short story is a seminal work of black fiction and is more relevant than ever in today climate. These questions are open ended and designed to keep students engaged with the text and accountable for following along.
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9th - 12th
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Inferences and Predictions with "The Splendid Cannibals" by Ransom Riggs
This product contains the short story "The Splendid Cannibals" by Ransom Riggs (author of the popular, YA"Miss Peregrin's Home for Peculiar Children" series) with built in inference and prediction questions. Additionally, there are three end-of reading assessment activities dealing with mood, tone, and theme. Each activity appeals to a different type of learner: linguistic, visual, and auditory.
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8th - 12th
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The Count of Monte Cristo and Irony: Sensory Details & Dramatic Irony
Middle School
Gifted and Talented or Pre Advanced Placement
Integrated Language Arts and Reading
Unit Relevancy:
There are countless instances of irony within The Count of Monte Cristo that are developed using sensory detail and imagery. Students learn that dramatic irony is developed by an author through the use of specific, well-chosen sensory details.
Learning Targets:
I can draw conclusions about sensory language and dramatic irony
I can identify sensory language and imagery wi
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8th
Scientific Revolution DBQ w/guidance & answers
This is an excellent, helpful DBQ resource for teachers preparing students for the APE exam or an honors class. This resource provides guidance, answers, and suggestions throughout which are very helpful for students. The DBQ question: (6 documents)"To what extent did the ideas and discoveries of the scientific revolution represent a source of continuity with or change from the world view established by ancient philosophers and the Catholic Church?"Example of guidance:SynthesisStudents can earn
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9th - 12th
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Cold War: A Sound of Thunder, Fascism, & Western centric Values
This historical contextual analysis of Ray Bradbury’s short story “A Sound of Thunder” is a supplemental lesson for a unit on the Cold War. The download allows students to contextualize the era in which Bradbury wrote to better understand many of the themes of references in the story, for example: authoritarianism/fear of fascism, technological prowess, exploration, and more. A response paper is also provided that asks students to consider the story's relevancy today, focusing on areas in which
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Stories and History Contextual Analysis BUNDLE
Chopin & Chesnutt, Désirée's Baby & The Wife of His Youth Short Story Assignment
The download includes a pdf link to both short stories: "Désirée's Baby" by Kate Chopin and "The Wife of His Youth" by Charles Chesnutt. The download also comes with eleven response questions about the text. Also includes 11, pre-made hexagonal thinking cut outs with themes related to the stories such as marriage, love, truth, prejudice, race, denial, social status, etc. You can use the download to teach the texts together or separately. Great for literature classes and/or American history stude
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9th - 12th
S3 Key History Skills: Understanding Bias Handout
(Handout Printable Version) This is an outstanding resource which thoroughly covers a key historical source analysis skill - detecting and understanding bias - an essential skill for students who wish to master the DBQ. This resource gives in-depth examples using a variety of historical sources from different eras.
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9th - 12th
Elementary Reading Comprehension Package: "The Adventure"
This Reading Comprehension Package is designed to encourage young learners to read carefully and to find evidence to support their answers to text-based questions. Our goal was to create stories that engage the reader while using a format that aids in their learning. Each package uses the “High 5 Reading Strategy”- a simple and effective approach formulated to enhance the comprehensive abilities of students. Learners will work on the 5 separate strategies in each package including: activating ba
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2nd - 4th
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Literacy in social studies
Interactive notebook inserts that give students the skills to better understand social studies. They can also be blown up and made into anchor charts...Strategies included:1. Close reading2. Writing in the margin3. How to infer4. APPARTS5. Historical thinking6. Annotating
Grades:
6th - 9th
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