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High school short stories literature circles under $5
Introduction to Dystopian Literature | Intro to Dystopian Lit
Included is a presentation on dystopian literature.This is perfect for any teacher who is starting to read a novel or short story of the dystopian genre.This Powerpoint presentation includes a definition and explanation of the genre as well as the elements and common characteristics one would find in a dystopian story.This presentation also covers literary elements found in dystopian literature, to include: irony, conflict, foreshadowing, allegory, symbolism, and paradox. Guided notes worksheet
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Dystopian Literature Unit | 6 Weeks | Dystopian Lit Unit Plan
Historical Fiction Reading Passages and Questions on The Holocaust WWII
Help students analyze and understand the Holocaust with this standards-based, historical fiction story. In this passage, a depressed narrator takes the reader through a sensory journey of his surroundings in Auschwitz-Birkenau in his final days, while he questions his belief in God. This thought-provoking story will lead to strong discussion in your classroom. Click HERE to save 25% off the price of individual resources with the bundle.Click HERE to save 30% off the price of individual resources
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Historical Fiction Passage for Reading Comprehension Questions Salem Witch Trial
Keep student interest in middle school with The Salem Witch Trials historical fiction passage for reading comprehension with questions. This engaging, low prep resource will be welcome in your classroom and your kids will love it! The story and student pages may be printed as worksheets or used digitally through Google or Easel documents. Easy set up makes this perfect for centers or substitute teachers.Click here to save 30% off the price of individual resources with the middle school reading c
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: High School Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions Bundle
Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 15-question multiple choice quiz on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" does not feature simple, low level comprehension questions on the work's story/plot. The quiz features high level, critical thinking questions that analyze students' understanding of the work's central conflict, diction, figurative language, indirect characterization, inferences, irony, plot (climax, falling action, and resolution), point of view, setting, style, and title significance.
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Liam O'Flaherty's "The Sniper" 20-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
NOT a low-level quiz with simple comprehension questions like most assessments online, this 2-sided, 20-question multiple choice quiz on Liam O'Flaherty's short story "The Sniper" assesses students' application and analysis of several literary devices and terms used in the short story. Students are assessed on understanding the work's plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), conflict, dynamic characterization, inferences, indirect methods of characterization, moo
Grades:
6th - 12th
W.W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
NOT a low-level quiz with simple comprehension questions like most assessments online, this 2-sided, 15-question multiple choice quiz on W.W. Jacobs' short story "The Monkey's Paw" assesses students' application and analysis of several literary devices and terms used in the short story. Students are assessed on understanding the work's plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), dynamic characterization, foreshadowing, inferences, irony, point of view, setting, and
Grades:
6th - 12th
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
Scripts: Poe Pack (readers theater, Power Point +)
Edgar Allen Poe comes alive with reader’s theaters, choral readings, Power Point, projects, writing prompts and more. Package includes a 52 slide Power Point as well as 53 pages of scripts, graphic organizers, a visual dictionary for The Poe's Cask of Amontillado, rubric, and a How to do reader’s theater .PDF.The Raven and Annabel Lee are presented as choral readings; Helen 1831 and 1848 as tiered group project readings, The Cask of Amontillado is presented as a reader’s theater trial pre-readi
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Bundle: American Literature
O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" Short Story 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
The following 15-question multiple choice quiz is on O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi." Unlike other online assessments that contain low level comprehension questions on plot, this quiz contains questions that assess students' knowledge and application of conflict (central, external, and internal), idioms, indirect characterization, irony (dramatic, situational, and verbal), point of view, plot diagram components (e.g. initiating event, climax, resolution), setting, symbolism, and th
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Lottery Socratic Seminar (Shirley Jackson)
Socratic Seminar Materials for Shirley Jackson's The LotteryA Socratic Seminar (or a "Fish Bowl" Conversation as I like to call them with my students) is a higher order way of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource was created to include
Grades:
7th - 11th
Also included in: The Lottery Activity Bundle (Shirley Jackson)
Literary Elements & Techniques (Student Reference)
This is a great reference for students to use when reading short stories, during novel studies, and to refresh student memory before starting final assignments.
There are over 50 elements and techniques included in this reference sheet:
- Narrative Point of View
- Setting
- Plot
- Figurative Language
- Conflict
- Theme
- Symbol & Motif
- Irony
- Plot Techniques
- Plus Many Other Important Terms!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CHEAT-PROOF To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter Quizzes 1-15
Who we are:
Litassure offers chapter reading comprehension quizzes guaranteed to be cheat-proof. We create our chapter quizzes after meticulously checking the content of the top 9 book summary sites to ensure students will have to read the book to be successful on the quizzes.
What's included:
The reading chapter quizzes include the same question quiz in a multiple choice and short answer version with an answer key, including corresponding page numbers.
Why it matters:
Utilizing the quizz
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Gift of the Magi Short Story Unit Distance Learning
"The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry is a great story about love and sacrifice; my unit includes everything you need to share this timeless classic with your students: the story, mini-research activity, reading comprehension and analysis, theme analysis, figurative language, vocabulary practice, and a creative writing exercise. Plus, everything can be shared DIGITALLY via a secured platform. I included a Google Slides version of the story and handouts that students can type directly into.This is i
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Grades:
8th - 10th
Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle for Distance Learning or Print & Go
CHEAT-PROOF To Kill A Mockingbird Chapter Quizzes 16-31
Who we are:
Litassure offers chapter reading comprehension quizzes guaranteed to be cheat-proof. We create our chapter quizzes after meticulously checking the content of the top 9 book summary sites to ensure students will have to read the book to be successful on the quizzes.
What's included:
The reading chapter quizzes include the same question quiz in a multiple choice and short answer version with an answer key, including corresponding page numbers.
Why it matters:
Utilizing the quizze
Grades:
8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Lady or the Tiger Literary Analysis Stations
This is a GREAT way to explore the literary terms and aspects of the short story, "Lady or the Tiger." There is a student handout, instructions for each station, and signs to use at each station for this one or two period activity. Students will learn plot, resolution, characterization, suspense, a song connection, and conflict. There are two extra stations, one with the logic puzzle of "Lady and the Tiger" and one with a play-doh hands-on idea if you choose to use it. My students loved this alt
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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Jigsaw Activity (5 Close Reading Worksheets) on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
The following five worksheets enable students to study more closely the foreshadowing, situational irony, indirect characterization, symbolism, and themes in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." The worksheets can be used by themselves, but as an interactive lesson that empowers students to work together in small groups, I had my students complete them as a jigsaw activity. These are great formative assessments that can help students better understand the short story after they finish reading it.
Grades:
6th - 12th
The Tell-Tale Heart Socratic Seminar
Socratic Seminar Materials for Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale HeartA Socratic Seminar (or a "Fish Bowl" Conversation as I like to call them with my students) is a higher order way of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of inquiry and allow students to take the lead in their learning and discussion. The only problem? They require a great deal of preparation. Fortunately, this student-tested resource was created to
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: The Tell-Tale Heart Activity Bundle
"Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" Short Story Analysis - Lesson Plan Bundle
This file includes the tried and tested lesson plan, handouts, and extras for use in teaching "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" by Jack Finney. Using both Common Core 9-10 and Tennessee State English I Standards, this plan will help teach and assess characterization with emphasis on inference.
Specific Standards Addressed as Focus:
Common Core ELA 9-10
• 9.RL.3 Analyze how complex characters (e.g., those with multiple or conflicting motivations) develop over the course of a text, interact with
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9th - 10th, Adult Education
Dystopian Literature Socratic Seminar
This resource features everything you need in order to conduct a structured and formal set of Socratic Seminars in your classroom for any dystopian short story or novel. It is the PERFECT addition to any dystopia unit for middle or high school students!Socratic Seminars (or "Fish Bowl" Conversations as they are referred to in this resource) are incredible high-order ways of assessing whether your students are able to understand and react to your class texts. These seminars rely on the power of
Grades:
8th - 11th
Also included in: Dystopia Resource Bundle
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" Anticipation Guide and Comprehension Questions
The following three-page document on Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" includes an anticipation guide on page one and comprehension questions on pages two and three. The anticipation guide prepares students for the story and theme-related topics of discussion posed in the short story. The anticipation guide features "before" statements that students will write whether they agree or disagree with each statement and explain why. Students are asked to complete the "after" statements after they have r
Grades:
6th - 12th
Google Doc Comparison Chart The Fall of the House of Usher and House Taken Over
One page Google Doc for your students to use after reading Edgar Allen Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "House Taken Over" by Julio Cortázar ------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with me:• Blog • Instagram • Pinterest • TikTok★ Follow my store to get notifications of new resources and freebies!Thanks for Looking and Happy Teaching!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Death By Scrabble - Figurative Language Search
As you read Charlie Fish's amazing story, Death by Scrabble, you can review figurative language with this excellent review worksheet.
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Imagery
Onomatopoeia
Afterwards, you can compare the original story to the the video version by Linda Wartenweiler or any of the myriad versions available on Youtube.
Transcript of the story can be found at: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/DeatScra.shtml
Video Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71XL52M1jSo
This w
Grades:
7th - 9th
Saki's "Open Window" 15-Question Multiple Choice Quiz
NOT a simple, low level quiz that contains comprehension questions on the story, this 15-question, 2-sided multiple choice worksheet assesses how well students understand and analyze the plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution), irony, point of view, indirect characterization, theme, and possible name significance in Saki's short story "The Open Window."
Grades:
6th - 12th
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