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10th grade short stories literature circles for Microsoft Word
The Devil and Tom Walker (Washington Irving) Close Reading Activity
Washington Irving's classic short story "The Devil and Tom Walker" is a folk tale, a Faust legend, and an example of Romanticism--Wow! That's a lot of labels! Get your students delving in to the text of this story as they closely examine how the story is an example of each of these types of literature. For example, students will dissect a folk tale into its elements and investigate how this story relates. In addition, students will work to decode some of the extensive symbolism and satire used
Grades:
9th - 12th
The Paper Menagerie Short Story Packet
This packet covers Ken Liu's Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy award-winning short story, "The Paper Menagerie", a tale of the struggle for identity within a biracial teenager and the deep rift between his Chinese mother as a result. Steeped in magical realism and zhezi papercraft, the packet contains:*An About the Author section*A Hometown Spotlight on Lanzhou, China*Pre-Reading Questions*Survey-Style Anticipation Guide*Vocabulary Matching Activity*Post-Reading Questions*Thematic Analysis with Au
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Wrinkle in Time mc chapter quizzes
This product is a complete mc chapter by chapter quiz over the plot and charcters of "A Wrinkle in Time." It can be used to check comprehension or as an "answer as you read" evaluation. I ALSO HAVE READING COMPREHENSION TESTS, SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND MOVIE QUIZZES AVAILABLE FOR THIS BOOK!!!! Please let me know if you would like me to make you an evaluation for any story or book. Please follow me and share with your friends. Email me at zelayaa.az@gmail.com for all your reading needs.This w
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5th - 10th
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The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells - Reading Assessment and Study Guide
This is a 13-page study guide (reading assessment) for the short story The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells. This story has the text on the left and questions focusing on character, setting, mood and inference on the right hand side. Students are encouraged to highlight the text and use high-level thinking skills to infer answers to these questions.
This handout can be used as a practice reading assessment. A Key is provided.
Please see the example.
Grades:
9th - 10th
Anticipation Guide-The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin
Short story anticipation guide ready to go for Kate Chopin's The Story of an Hour. Questions are all higher level and directly related to the text to get students thinking about the key elements of the story as it would relate to their personal opinions before they read. They can then return to the guide and see if any of their opinions changed after reading. Product file is in MS Word so it can be edited to meet your needs or reworked for another story.
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty Group Think-Support-Share-Activity WORD DOC
Note that this listing is for the Word Doc. If you'd rather use the Google Doc with additional Google Slides, see this listing instead.This listing is for a group activity for Eudora Welty's short story "A Worn Path." The activity breaks students into five groups, one group per topic. (Of course, you can enlarge the number of groups by assigning the same topic to more than one group.)Each topic requires that the group reference the story, find examples, discuss, and analyze different elements
Grades:
9th - 12th
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A Gift for the Children, Original Short Story, Study Guide and Quizzes
"A Gift for the Children," is a deeply evocative and richly detailed story set around the time of the Great Depression. It masterfully weaves elements of historical context, familial bonds, and moral dilemmas into a captivating tale.The Study Guide can be used by the teacher to help students understand the story and how literary elements add to their comprehension of the tale. A set of quizzes save the teacher valuable time in instruction and planning.
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9th - 12th
The Scarlet Ibis Student Graphic Organizer Story Mapping and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. The Story Map provides the students with visual to help student with enhanced comprehension that target the Common core State Standards for Literature. The student Story Map is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Scarlet Ibis” on my site including a Multiple Choice test (three choices) and a Modified Multiple Choic
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Grades:
9th - 12th
Wrinkle in Time short answer chapter quizzes
This product has complete chapter by chapter quizzes over the plot and characters of "A Wrinkle in Time." It can be used to check comprehension or as an "answer as you read" evaluation. I ALSO HAVE MC TESTS, READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS, AND MOVIE QUIZZES AVAILABLE FOR THIS BOOK!!!! Please let me know if you would like me to make you an evaluation for any story or book. Please follow me and share with your friends. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-N
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6th - 10th
"A Rose for Emily" (William Faulkner) Test
This is a 53 point test over the short story "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. The test includes matching (story characters), multiple choice and true false (comprehension, inferencing and literary elements), and short answer. The last page of the document is the answer key for the test, including possible answers for the short answer questions.
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8th - 12th
"All Summer in a Day" Rewritten for Struggling Readers
This classic short story by Ray Bradbury is often taught to middle school students. I have rewritten it here for students reading at a third grade level so that struggling readers can comprehend it. I have preserved similes and metaphors, for the most part, to help struggling readers work on untangling those for both denotative and connotative meaning.
Note: According to Microsoft Word stats, the grade level readability is 2.5. See screenshot of complete stats in uploaded sample.
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8th - 12th
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Bret Harte ~ "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" COMMON CORE MASTER PACKET (14 pages)
This 14 packet over the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" contains:
• Pre-read Anticipatory Worksheet
• Vocabulary
• Literary Focus: Character and Setting
• Vocabulary Review
• Quizzes
• Writing Connections
• LIT CIRCLE Discussion Questions
• Cross Curricular Writing and Alternative Activities
All of this will hit many of the State Standards for the Common Core as well as help your students improve in many literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and oracy)
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8th - 11th
A Study Guide to "Bayou Folk" by Kate Chopin
A Study Guide to "Bayou Folk" by Kate Chopin aims to support reflective reading, not to replace it. The detailed critical analysis brings together a range of opinions on the text and offers a consistent reading. The text of the collection is not included. It is readily avaliable on the Internet.Includes:1. A detailed introduction to the collection as a whole;2. Each story has explanatory notes, a commentary, and guiding questions. The questions encourage readers to have a deeper understanding o
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9th - 11th, Higher Education
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LESS THAN 10 MINUTES PLAY_THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE ADAPTATION
A play that can be performed by students in less than 10 minutes.The Nightingale and the Rose is one of the short stories in Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince and Other Tales collection.It tells the story of a young student who wishes for a red rose to give to a girl he likes. The nightingale, a bird, sacrifices her life by piercing her heart with a thorn so that the red rose tree will bloom a red rose. The original short story is included in the file.Simplified and adapted into a play by Blessry
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Fisherman and the Jinnee - Arabian Folktale
"The Fisherman and the Jinnee," an excerpt from One Thousand and One nigths, presents a moral story that is very much relevant today: do unto others as you would have other do unto you. In classic Arabian Folktale tradition, this lesson is taught through the use of frame stories, a supernatural genie in a bottle, and a few angry kings!The overall goal of this mini-unit is to teach students how to decipher the message of a story within a story construction while embedding the universal theme of t
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8th - 12th
The Most Dangerous Game Reading Guide and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. The Reading Guide provides the students with a close read of the text with dependent questions that help target the Common core State Standards for Literature. This guide helps students with comprehension to help determine what the author is saying? The student reading guide is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also availabl
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9th - 12th
Characterization Activity for "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker
Here is an activity that includes independent and group work. It works well in multilevel classes and helps reinforce common core standard of providing evidence.
Grades:
9th - 12th
Roald Dahl’s “Lamb to the Slaughter” Story Prediction
This is a wonderful activity to engage even the most reluctant reader of short stories! Begin by first questioning your class about novels, short stories, fractured fairy tales, and movies by the original and much-loved children’s author, Roald Dahl. You have your class attention immediately! I have yet to find a student who hasn’t seen, read, or related to either heroes or heroines such as James, Matilda, Charlie, Danny, George, etc. And, if the heroes aren’t appealing to your cast of chara
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Lamb to the Slaughter by Dahl/ Story / Critical Thinking Questions
Please find attached the story and 14 critical analysis questions. I do not own the copyrights to this story but it can be found online free of charge. The questions that are attached have come from multiple sources over the years and I do not claim that I wrote them all. With that being said, here you go! A GREAT short story with some really insightful questions. ENJOY!
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8th - 12th
Bartleby, the Scrivener- Reading Comprehension Questions
This list of reading comprehension question from Herman Melville's "Bartleby, the Scrivener" should help students grasp the important parts of the plot that have thematic significance. These questions are followed by corresponding answers that only the teacher should use for reference.
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9th - 12th
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"The Sniper" Literary Analysis
This assignment includes the full text of Liam O'Flaherty's short story, "The Sniper." The text in broken up by Reading Checks that examine setting, plot, characterization, point of view, theme, and combining sentences. However, this document allows for you to make changes to questions that better the needs of your students. The questions start moving students from identifying these literary elements to examining how they are used to develop the plot.
Grades:
7th - 10th
The Lottery Literary Elements Questions / Test
This set of fourteen multiple choice questions focus on literary elements and can be used as an assignment or an exam. A few questions direct students to a particular set of lines. These lines correspond with the story I copied out of a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt book. If you do not have access to a lined copy, you could easily remove the line numbers in the questions and underline or highlight the sections corresponding to the questions on your own copy of the story.
The purchased version is a
Grades:
7th - 12th
Fable Story #22 Violence
The old saying is true: Violence leads to more violence, death and destruction.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Humanity Vs Nature Short Story and Poetry Unit (ENG 10)
Welcome to the "Humanity versus Nature" literature unit for HS English.In this unit, we will embark on a literary journey that delves deep into the intricate and often tumultuous relationship between humanity and the natural world. Through a selection of three captivating short stories and three thought-provoking poems, we will explore the diverse ways in which authors have portrayed this dynamic interaction.Our first short story, "The Sea Devil" by Arthur Gordon, takes us beneath the ocean's su
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9th - 11th
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