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Short stories Common Core RL.5.5 resources
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs Readers Theater Script Point of View
Students of all ages enjoy “The True Story of the Three Little Pigs,” and will love performing this clever Readers’ Theater play which takes place after the story ends. This script lets your students practice fluency in a fun, engaging way. All you have to do is print and get started! It's perfect for small groups, short weeks in between units, or for sub plans.Play features the wolf, 1 pig, and 3 news reporters. Your students will laugh at the banter between the characters as the wolf tries, y
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3rd - 6th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram Activity Using Story Elements - Easel Activity
Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram. A hands-on activity for the story Rikki Tikki Tavi. After learning that the plot is the sequence of events, and having been introduced to a plot diagram with the story elements exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, have your students work in small groups or partners to cut and paste this list of 12 events from the story onto the plot diagram and label what part of the story they belong to. Blank plot diagram included (as an example). St
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Pixar Shorts Films NARRATIVE WRITING THEME PLOT LITERARY ELEMENTS ANALYSIS SEL
LITERARY ANALYSIS OF PLOT AND FULL NARRATIVE WRITING UNIT for GLUED! Google Slides and Worksheets. This adorable animated short film is perfect for teaching PLOT, THEME, CHARACTER TRAITS & MOTIVATION, CONFLICT, SETTING, FORESHADOWING, AND NARRATIVE WRITING in the most FUN AND EFFECTIVE way! In this workshop, students are guided through a full interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've gained in the workshop to create their own narrative
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5th - 9th
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A Christmas Carol reader's theater play script (includes two versions!)
Originally part of the December 1998 issue of Scholastic's Storyworks Magazine, this traditional re-telling of the Ebenezer Scrooge story is perfect for Zoomer's theater, podcast, or classroom play--or add holiday hymns and create a full-fledged stage production. For 10 to 16 participants and innumerable extras. A second version from my book, Read Aloud Plays: Classic Short Stories (2010 Scholastic) is also included. In it, Scrooge is a woman, Eleanora Scrooge. Two comprehension activities are a
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: A Dickens' Christmas -- Reader's Theater Pack
Fiction Comprehension Review | Reading
Rapid Read and Review is the perfect way to engage your students in a relevant and rigorous review of reading content! This digital and printable review set is the perfect way to keep your students' reading skills sharp. It can be used in centers, small groups, whole class, or as homework to review essential fiction comprehension skills and standards. The same question is never asked twice and skills are never reviewed in the same way, so students will stay engaged and excited about the conte
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle | Fiction and Informational Mixed Skills
The Case of the Lost Pop Star Reading Comprehension Mystery for Taylor Swift Fan
⭐️ If your students are into solving mysteries, deciphering clues, and doing a little detective work, then this reading comprehension activity is for you! If you have Taylor Swift or pop music fans, your students will love helping our heroine, Amber Dash, practice reading while deciphering clues to find her missing guitar for her big concert. Students read a detective-style story about a missing guitar belonging to major pop star, Amber Dash. The story is broken into five sections, each with it
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Magical Mysteries Reading Comprehension GROWING Bundle 2nd-5th Grade
Pixar-like Shorts: Films For Christmas/Winter Activities Literary Elements Theme
Pixar-like Short Film LITERARY AND NARRATIVE WRITING Workshop: HEY DEER!Looking for a fun way to teach theme, plot, setting, and narrative writing. This winter themed workshop is both rigorous and adorable! It can be used for a Christmas activity, but it is also a great winter activity, appropriate for students who don't celebrate this holiday.Students will use the graphic organizers to analyze the plot of Hey Deer!, then use STORYBOARD templates to plan and write their own narrative. DIFFERENTI
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5th - 8th
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The Story Mountain LINKtivity® (Fiction Story Structure for Plot)
Teaching reading sills is critical to building strong readers. Give your students a unique interactive, multimedia experience for learning about the story mountain in a fiction story. The simple teacher prep and the easy-to-navigate digital LINKtivity learning guide are perfect for any upper elementary classroom (even great for substitute days)!Your students will love this self-paced, student-controlled digital activity that allows them to discover the different parts of the story mountain inclu
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3rd - 5th
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Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks Language Arts Pack
Fox by Margaret Wild & Ron Brooks is a fantastic mentor text for your students! This packet will build background knowledge, increase student understanding of character traits, theme, summarizing, and more!Product Includes the following:Teacher Lesson PlanCharacter Trait ActivityCharacter Trait MapsTheme Graphic OrganizerDrawing Inferences Plot Graphic OrganizerSummarizing Graphic OrganizerText-to-Self ConnectionsText-to-Wold ConnectionsVerbs WorksheetAdjectives WorksheetMentor Sentences Act
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3rd - 6th
Creative Questions for ANY Novel or Story Editable Distance Learning
Use these creative question prompts with any book, short story, or play to generate critical and creative thinking! They can be used for large class discussions, small group discussions, bell ringers, exit slips, literature circles, station work, etc. These are perfect for distance learning!This pack includes:• 180 prompts in a ready-to-go PDF file in task-card format (4 per page)• 180 editable slides in Google Slides™ that can be customized and shared digitally with your students for a paperles
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: All of my Reading Resources (Fiction / Nonfiction) Growing Bundle
"Lob's Girl" Short Story Unit - Mood, Foreshadowing, Theme
"Lob's Girl" Literature Study UnitIn this 8-day unit students will develop a deep understanding of Joan Aiken’s short story “Lob’s Girl” . Its tale of loyalty and friendship combined with mystery and suspense make it an incredibly engaging read. Students develop skills in understanding short story elements, mood development, theme, foreshadowing, vocabulary, dialect, and writing in this unit. Through whole class, small group, and independent work students not only stay actively engaged with
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Incredible Journeys Bundle - Short Story, Research, Poetry, Nonfiction
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint Preview, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Response
Rikki Tikki Tavi PowerPoint. Preview and respond to the short story Rikki-Tikki-Tavi by Rudyard Kipling with this presentation. Introduces vocabulary with definitions, plot diagram, literary elements, anticipation guide, author biography and background information, strategies for reading short stories, comprehension check, and writing responses. Cobra and mongoose facts and photos, a link to the story and a National Geographic video clip of a mongoose encounter with a cobra. This is an engaging
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5th - 8th
Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Snowman Detective Magical Mystery Reading Comprehension Print & Digital Activity
⛄ If your students are into solving mysteries, deciphering clues, and doing a little detective work, then this reading comprehension printable and digital activity is for you! Students read a detective-style story about a vanishing snowman. The story is broken into six sections, each with its own set of reading comprehension questions that will be answered to decipher a clue. Can your students find the right clues and figure out which suspect is responsible?"Dear brilliant detectives... we have
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Magical Mysteries Reading Comprehension GROWING Bundle 2nd-5th Grade
Parts of Plot, Story Elements Mini-Unit & Quiz
Parts of the Plot, Story Elements Mini-Lesson - Digital & Printable - This *NO PREP*, interactive lesson serves as a great review or intro to parts of the plot. Students will be given a a description of each of the parts of the plot. Students are to drag the check mark to the correct column after reading the description. Next they will read a fictional short story and fill in a plot diagram as they read the story. Last, students will take a quiz on the parts of the plot in the story, point o
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5th - 8th
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Distance Learning Short Story Passage No Prep ELA Suspense Mystery
This 48 page resource is a 4,500 word short story and meets CCSS for middle school reading and writing. It is the story of a boy discovering his new friend is actually a ghost and she needs his help. This close reading lesson is 99 pages long. This resource is the answered teacher copy (48 pages), with the blank student copy (48 pages), there is also a link for projecting or giving to students that are distance learning. As well - this is a TpT Digital Activity. That means students can complete
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2nd - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Weekly Reading Comprehension Context Clues Daily Reading Writing Bundle
Fairy Tales - Examining & Understanding Traditional Stories
Fairytale unit for the upper grades. This multi-story unit includes comprehension pages, graphic organizers, writing activities, and the text of the stories for multiple fairy tales. Stories are written at 5th to 6th grade reading level. Text is included for the following stories - The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, The Chinese Cinderella (Yeh-Shen), and The Native American Cinderella (The Rough Faced Girl). Links are included for YouTube readings of Lon Po Po, Yeh-Shen, and
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4th - 5th
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Character and Plot-Short Fantasy Stories for Reading Comprehension-MEGA BUNDLE
Deepen your students' reading comprehension with TEN different stories featuring ten skills in Garlok the Terrible's fun fantasy world! There's nothing like good characters and interesting plot lines to generate authentic interest and conversation! Help your students practice describing characters and setting, comparing and contrasting characters, analyzing characters, making predictions, expanding vocabulary, exploring plot twist, elements of plot, character motivation, character traits, and le
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3rd - 5th
MYTHS - Six Greek and Roman Myths with Complete Text & Quizzes|Distance Learning
This mythology unit has the full text of six myths - two Greek myths and four Roman myths. These are great to use by themselves, in literature centers, as supplements to your mythology unit, or to fulfill CCSS ELA Reading Literature #9 which requires comparing two different pieces of literature with the same theme. Included are:- Six Myths - the full text of each; each on one page - two Greek and four Roman; see preview for the list, please.- A half-page quiz for each: five true/false quest
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5th - 9th
Elements of Plot-A Fantasy Story for Reading Comprehension
Help your students master the elements of plot and improve their reading comprehension with this fun fantasy story! Generate authentic student-to-student conversation with included guiding questions, conversation roles, and student response pages. Story Synopsis: Garlok is off to a dragon reunion where he reunites with old friends and old adversaries. When tensions from the past are brought back to the present, Garlok steps in to help settle things once and for all.Want more Garlok? Click here f
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3rd - 5th
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Fish Cheeks by Amy Tan Short Story Unit for Conflict and Plot
Teaching conflict, plot, and literary devices through "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan will be engaging, thought-provoking, and thorough with this interactive notebook, Socratic Seminar, and literary devices dystopian short story unit. This "Fish Cheeks" by Amy Tan short story unit is exactly what you need to teach your fifth or sixth-grade middle-grade learners in an engaging Socratic Seminar, discussion-based, and reading response-focused format. This unit digs deep into the RL.3 standard that focuses
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5th - 6th
Cause and Effect in Fiction Reading Unit | Graphic Organizers, Lessons & Tasks
This CAUSE AND EFFECT UNIT incorporates essential ELA SKILLS such as identifying SIGNAL WORDS, CAUSALITY, INFERRING and RELATIONSHIPS into an ENGAGING, NO PREP sequence of READING LESSONS your students can apply to ANY FICTIONAL TEXT in 2024.It is COMPLETELY EDITABLE, and students can READ, LISTEN or WATCH some timeless included tales to reinforce CAUSE AND EFFECT concepts and skills.You are Getting⭐ Lesson Plans to Teach Cause and Effect Reading Skills⭐ Cause and Effect Passages ( Text and Mult
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3rd - 6th
Christmas Short Story Unit: The Fir Tree (Print + DIGITAL)
This is a 71 page Common Core aligned NO PREP short story unit for the “The Fir Tree” by Hans Christian Andersen. This short story teaching unit has everything that you will need to teach and assess “The Fir Tree.” The table of contents makes finding information quick and easy. ANSWER KEYS ARE INCLUDED. This excerpt from a short story written by Hans Christian Andersen is about a little fir tree who wants to become a Christmas tree. As with some other tales by Hans Christian Andersen, this stor
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3rd - 5th
The Galactic Space Station Puzzle Reading Comprehension Print & Digital Activity
⭐️ If your students are into solving mysteries, deciphering clues, and doing a little detective work, then this reading comprehension printable and digital activity is for you! Students read a detective-style story about a galactic space station. The story is broken into five sections, each with its own set of reading comprehension questions that will be answered to decipher a clue. Can your students find the right clues and figure out which suspect is responsible?"Dear brilliant detectives...
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2nd - 5th
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Also included in: Magical Mysteries Reading Comprehension GROWING Bundle 2nd-5th Grade
Animated Short Films Theme Plot Narrative Writing Activity GLUED Literary Device
Here's a literary workshop that students beg to do! In this workshop, students are guided through a full Pixar interactive plot analysis of the short film Glued. Students will then use the knowledge they've learned about plot development to create their own narrative story using the plot templates.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE HEREFILM SUMMARY:In this funny film, a mother realizes her child is addicted to video games so she tries desperately to persuade him to play outside. Finally, in a hilarious c
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5th - 8th
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