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Short stories Common Core W.6.3b resources
HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 6th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 6. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, genre, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, narrative writing, informative writing, analyzing argument and counterclaim, imagery, character traits, inferencing, central idea, summary w
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6th - 8th
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Middle School English ELA Fun Halloween Activity | Writing a Spooky Short Story
*****ATTENTION TEACHERS:***** For just $2 more dollars, get FOUR more activities with the Halloween Activities BUNDLE (CLICK HERE)! _________________________________________________________________5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Middle School ELA English Halloween Activity Lesson: "Create a Spooky Story" | Guide for the Short Story Process Includes Templates and Guided Organizers for:Brainstorming Spooky Ideas and Topics Brainstorming Word WebExposition: Characters, Setting, Conflict (Guided Questions Chart)
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5th - 8th
PIXAR-like Shorts: Films for Literary Devices Elements Theme Characters Plot SEL
Teach literary elements using this Pixar-like animated short film , Carl & Ellie from the movie UP! It is a highly engaging way to teach character traits, theme, and dialogue. This film may be may be cute, but it is packed with rigorous and challenging activities. Students will step through a complete character and theme analysis of Carl and Ellie and learn how real writers use characterization techniques to add layers and details to make realistic and fascinating stories. They will learn
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5th - 8th
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Best Short Stories for Middle School: 182 Pages of Highly-Engaging Lesson Plans
All of the sixteen stories for these lesson plans can be downloaded from our website for free in a reader-friendly PDF that we've created.Or check out our massive middle/high school bundle of 28 stories which combines our two bestselling resources at 20% off. Lesson plans are for the following stories:The Most Dangerous Game by Richard ConnellThe Monkey's Paw by WW JacobsThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan PoeThe Hitch-Hiker by Lucille FletcherThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonLamb to the Slaughter by Roal
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5th - 12th, Higher Education
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Creative Writing Workshop Complete Bundle
Hi! I'm Livia Blackburne, author of the NY Times bestselling young adult novel Midnight Thief. In July of 2015, I ran a week long creative writing camp for middle and high school students. We had a ton of fun, and the students wrote some great short stories and novellas! After the camp, I revised my materials and expanded them for other teachers to use.This is the complete complete collection: the seven units comprised the entirety of my fifteen hour writing camp. This is a $25.50 dollar value.
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6th - 12th
Show Not Tell Writing PowerPoint with Elaboration Practice
Use the Show, Not Tell writing strategy to write descriptions more vividly. This lesson shows how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Imagery and sensory language create mental pictures to help the reader visualize. Strong verbs replace dead verbs. This digital resource gives students four different strategies to use to replace 'to be" verbs, including combining sentences, adding strong verbs, details and precise language, using nouns as verbs, and changing the sentence orde
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5th - 8th
THANKSGIVING Writing Short Films Inference Theme Plot Text Structures
Guaranteed fun learning with this Thanksgiving animated short film workshop, SALT. Students practice inference, theme, conflict, setting, and dialogue. Writing tasks allow students to practice text structures while creating recipes, dialogue, stories and a TURKEY PARDONING ACTIVITY. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young aspiring chef makes a lovely pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, but accidentally uses salt instead of sugar. His family's reaction is priceless!LITERARY DEVICES:❤ Making Inferences❤
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5th - 8th
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ELA FULL YEAR CURRICULUM: ARGUMENTATIVE INFORMATIVE NARRATIVE LITERARY ANALYSIS
Your ELA | English Language Arts Middle School Google Classroom is planned, prepped, stocked and ready to share for the entire YEAR! Each digital unit includes: highly engaging CCSS literacy and writing resources, CCSS standards, digital lesson plans, weekly & monthly calendar templates, exit ticket, and even announcements for your stream! SCROLL TO SEE WHAT IS INCLUDED FOR EACH MONTH!★ This resource is designed to look like GC so that you can easily copy and paste everything in order fo
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6th - 9th
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HMH Into Literature Grade 8 Growing Bundle
This growing bundle includes resources made for HMH Into Literature 8th Grade. There is a large variety of activities included in this product bundle. Each activity aligns directly with HMH Into Literature for Grade 8. Topics covered include: comprehension, point of view, plot development, author's purpose, character trait, context clue vocabulary, supporting the answer with evidence, figurative language, analyzing argument and counterclaim, central idea, summary writing, internal and external c
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6th - 8th
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Short Films Literary Elements Devices & Techniques Inference Character Theme
Guaranteed fun and laughter with this animated short film workshop that teaches character motivation, inferencing, providing evidence, and summary writing. Students are guided through the interactive Google Slides as they learn the importance of creating characters with motivation and how other character's motivations can cause conflicts. This workshop is simple and would work great for struggling students, ESL learners, or for a light lesson in general ed. ❤ SHORT FILM SYNOPSIS: A young girl
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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
Write Your Own Short Story Narrative Creative Writing Project: Distance Learning
Now digital and printable!!This digital and printable product is the perfect writing activity/project for your students in any short story unit! I spent about 2 and a half weeks (block classes) teaching my students short story elements/terms such as plot development, theme, conflict types, indirect/direct characterization etc. in mini lesson form alongside about 5 short stories. As a summative assessment, students were to create their own 2-page short story about anything they wanted (Go student
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Engaging Short Story Unit GROWING Bundle - Distance Learning
Narrative Writing Task Cards for Middle School Fiction Descriptive Short Story
These writing task cards aim to help students practice the essential parts of a story or narrative. This resource is designed specifically to improve student writing skills.Here are the features and benefits of this product:Features:Comprehensive: This set of task cards includes 12 cards cover essential parts of a story or narrative, such as Beginning a Story using Dialogue, Action, Details about Setting, Details about a Character, Varying Sentence Length, and Writing a Good Ending.Engaging Con
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5th - 8th
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What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka Short Story Unit HMH 6 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit over the humorous short story What's So Funny, Mr. Scieszka by Jon Scieszka. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with HMH Into Literature 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook or for an independent short story unit. Skills covered include comprehension questions, supporting answers with textual evidence, common core aligned questions, plot mapping, character traits, author's purpose, narrative essay writing, and pronou
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Science Fiction Writing Unit 5th 6th Grade Prompts Graphic Organizer Samples
This No Prep, SCIENCE FICTION WRITING UNIT for 5th, 6th Grade includes 8 science fiction writing prompts, scaffolded graphic organizers, (perfect for your struggling writers), a comprehensive writing sample from brainstorming to publishing, posters, task cards and much more.THIS RESOURCE IS DIGITAL TO ASSIGN IN GOOGLE CLASSROOM AND INCLUDES A PDF VERSION FOR PRINTING.PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE THIS IF YOU HAVE ALREADY PURCHASEDmyView Writing Grade 5 Unit 4 Science Fiction Writing, Print and DigitalI
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5th - 6th
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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
Storytelling with Rubrics | Middle School Writing | Creative Writing
You and your students will love this combination of creative writing, public speaking, and group collaboration! Plus, prepare your students, as self-directed learners, to be highly organized, well-planned, and how to work cooperatively in groups. This student-centered fun mini-unit resource is included in a bundle! Student ♥ Engagement Bundle of Language Arts Lessons for Middle and High SchoolAdaptable for all age groups - is this standards-based ELA mini-unit, a week of lessons culminate in an
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Writing: Short Stories - Presentation, Prompts, Handouts for Students
Writing short stories: A complete presentation with printable handouts for students.This IS included in my mega bundle: ALL of my WRITING RESOURCES GROWING BUNDLE.This zipped download includes two *editable* Powerpoint files that cover:-Essential components of a story (setting, plot, character development, theme, conflict, point of view)-Story idea generators (ways to generate ideas for stories, which include visual picture prompts, online prompts, and other ways to come up with ideas)-Handouts
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
Short Films Hair Love Theme Inference Plot Worksheets Literary Devices Elements
Guaranteed engagement with this animated short film workshop, Hair Love. It teaches inferencing, theme, foreshadowing, plot twist, symbolism, and conflict. This workshop highlights the work of black writer, Matthew Cherry, who aims to portray black fathers in a positive light and represent them fairly in the media. In this heartwarming film, a young father struggles to help his daughter fix her hair while her mother is recovering from chemotherapy. ❤ EASEL COMPATIBLEStudents work through the g
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4th - 8th
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Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School: 70 Pages of Lesson Plans
In conjunction with our free PDF of the Best Christmas Stories for Middle & High School (found on our website), we have created a complete set of lesson plans for all six stories.Lesson plans are for the following stories:A Christmas Memory by Truman CapoteA Klondike Christmas by Jack LondonThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O HenryThe Kit-Bag by Algernon BlackwoodThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara RobinsonStories are not included in lesson plans but can b
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6th - 12th
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How to End a Story Unit | Narrative Writing, Conclusions, Twists, Plot Elements
This COMPLETE UNIT teaches students to write EXCELLENT ENDINGS and KILLER CONCLUSIONS to their PLOT in NARRATIVE and STORY WRITING lessons through proven teaching strategies and is ❤️ FULLY EDITABLE, so you can customize it if required.LEARNING INTENTIONS⭐️ How the CLIMAX, FALLING ACTION and RESOLUTION are connected.⭐️ Understanding the 6 COMMON ENDING TYPES.⭐️ ENDING ANALYSIS of WELL-KNOWN stories.⭐️ CLEAN ENDINGS and CLIFFHANGERS.⭐️ TWIST IN THE TALE and AMBIGUOUS ENDINGS.⭐ EPILOGUE ENDINGS an
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4th - 8th
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Also included in: STORY ELEMENTS BUNDLE | CHARACTERS, SETTING, PLOT, ENDINGS in NARRATIVES
Fictional Narrative Story Writing Unit: 4 Weeks (Grade 6 CCSS)
Fictional Narrative Story Writing Unit: 4 Weeks (Grade 6 CCSS)This is a four-week fictional narrative writing unit I wrote for sixth grade. I wrote this unit for our district and the plan is followed by all the sixth grade writing teachers so the lessons are written to be easily followed day by day without prep work. During this unit, children write one realistic fiction story. The stories my students write during this unit are incredible, and they learn a lot about writing. I'm always so impres
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6th
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Also included in: Writing Units (Grade 6) to Cover ALL Common Core Writing Standards
A Schoolgirl's Diary Excerpt Unit aligned with HMH 6 Digital + Print
This is a comprehensive unit over the excerpt from A Schoolgirl's Diary by Malala Yousafzai. The activities, questions, and standards are all aligned with HMH Into Literature 6. This is a great resource to use as a companion to the textbook. Skills covered include comprehension questions, supporting answers with textual evidence, informative writing, context clue vocabulary, character traits, compare and contrast, imagery, and pronoun and antecedent review. This unit includes a copy of all the
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: HMH Into Literature Grade 6 Growing Bundle Digital and Print
Text Based Evidence, Text Dependent Analysis in Writing - Middle School Bundle
Teaching text dependent analysis writing has never been easier! This in-depth literature based writing prompt bundle includes lessons for 400 of the most popular novels, short stories, and poems taught in middle school! The lessons include argumentative, expository, compare & contrast, narrative, and persuasive prompts. Each lesson includes a writing graphic organizer, rubric, writing quiz, detailed lesson plan, an instructional video, and a writing template.All aspects of writing are cove
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6th - 8th
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