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Short stories Common Core RL.9-10.5 resources for Microsoft Word
The Scarlet Ibis Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst. The multiple choice objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test 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 Reading Guide for close reading, a Story Map for enhanced Comprehension, and writing prompt to increase writing skills.
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7th - 12th
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The Cask of Amontillado Test and Answer Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. The multiple choice objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Another resource is also available for “The Cask of Amontillado” on my site: “The Cask of Amontillado” Reading Guide for close reading of the text.
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9th - 12th
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Shirley Jackson ~ The Lottery Full text with Bonus Ebook Distance Learning
"The Lottery" is by far my favorite short story ever. Jackson's writing style allows for a unique portal to the internal workings of the human mind, however sadistic the story may be! As such, I have built a whole unit around the tense atmosphere and unusual imagery Jackson has used to bring to life her allegorical statement on society. Students will follow the marginal questions to uncover the deeper significance of the setting, gender roles and humanity as a whole. What's included? Links to e
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Five Short Stories for Freshman!
Characterization & Character Development using Alice in Wonderland
Cartoons are the way to a child's heart whether that child be toddler, teen or old man! Drop your student into Wonderland beside Alice and meet with iconic Mad Hatter, The March Hare, the Doormouse as well as the red and white Queens. This week long unit combines literature with cartoon to delve deep into the realm of characterization. Students will come out with a strong sense of how an author shapes characters!Lewis Carroll's fantastical world of Wonderland holds some of the greatest character
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8th - 10th
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Poe's, "The Cask of Amontillado": A Short Story Unit Focused on Pre-AP Skills!
Written to meet the demands of the new Common Core and PARCC test, this one week unit includes engaging and challenging lessons to teach pre-AP skills to your students. You'll find 16 pages of original handouts, including a words and phrases scavenger hunt to teach connotation and mood, an interactive anticipation guide to introduce major thematic elements, an introduction to paraphrasing Poe, engaging lessons on irony, close reading, and annotation, and two key writing assignments. The first
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8th - 11th
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9th Grade English Final Exam 1st Semester
Exam focuses on elements of narrative and writing.
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9th
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The Necklace Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. The multiple choice (three choices) objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Necklace” on my site including a Modified Test (two multiple choices), a Reading Guide for close reading, a Story Map for enhanced Comprehension, and a
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9th - 12th
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The Gift of the Magi Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry. The multiple choice (three choices) objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Gift of the Magi” on my site including a Story Map that provides the students with a visual graphic organizer and a Reading Guide for enhanced Comprehens
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9th - 12th
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The Most Dangerous Game Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell. The multiple choice (three choices) objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Most Dangerous Game” on my site including a Modified Test (two multiple choices), a Reading Guide for close reading, and a Writing Prompt for t
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9th - 12th
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The Lady or the Tiger Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Lady or the Tiger” by Frank Stockton. The multiple choice (three choices) objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Lady or the Tiger” on my site including a Reading Guide for close reading, a Story Map for enhanced Comprehension, and Writing Prompt and Rubric t
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9th - 12th
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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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9th - 12th
Final Exam ELA - Multiple-Choice, Summative Assessment - "The Landlady"
This multiple-choice, 21-question Honors and AP Literature summative assessment is just what you need to end your year effectively with less stress on you and your students. The questions on this activity will help you instantly assess your students' progress on common core standards using multiple-choice student responses. Roald Dahl's short story "The Landlady" is used in one-setting to provide quick assessment of Common Core Standards.
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9th - 12th
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ELA Test Prep (Text Structure) Hernando Tellez "Just Lather, That's All"
This product contains 8 standards-based, text dependent multiple choice questions on the Hernando Tellez short story "Just Lather, That's All" that focus on how suspense is built.
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9th - 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
The Open Window Multiple Choice Test and Key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Open Window” by SAKI The multiple choice (three choices) objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Another resource is available for “The Open Window” on my site: Reading Guide for close reading. Tests and all other reading activities have been aligned to Common Core State Standards and the answer keys ha
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9th - 12th
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"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text
"Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier annotated text. Includesbefore reading questions to activate prior knowledgeguided reading questionsguided annotationschunked reading post reading questions
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Writer's Workshop using "Marigolds"
Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace” – 16 Rigorous Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 16 rigorous unit learning tasks for Guy de Maupassant’s short story, "The Necklace." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external do
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6th - 10th
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Short Story Literary Terms Scavenger Hunt for Grades 6-12
This worksheet asks the student to analyze a short story to find 23 different Literary Elements including theme, protagonist, antagonist, conflict, setting, exposition, foreshadowing, climax, denouement, flat/static characters, round/dynamic characters, symbol, allusion, flashback, irony, tone, mood, plot, indirect characterization, direct characterization, rising action, metaphor and simile. Then the student is asked to analyze how the element is used in the story by either citing quotes or fi
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8th - 11th
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W. W. Jacobs’s “The Monkey's Paw” – 20 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 20 rigorous unit learning tasks for W. W. Jacobs’s short story, "The Monkey’s Paw." The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded external doc
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6th - 10th
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Frank Stockton’s “The Lady or The Tiger” – 18 Common Core Learning Tasks!!
This Common Core resource includes 18 rigorous unit learning tasks for Frank Stockton’s short story, "The Lady or The Tiger.” The teacher-created learning tasks include standard(s) alignment using the language of Common Core State Standards. The unit activities represent a balance of analysis and evaluation activities focusing on a variety of literary elements, constructed responses, and extended informational/explanatory and argumentative writing. This resource also includes some embedded exter
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6th - 10th
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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
The Necklace Modified Multiple Choice Test and key
This resource was created to be used with the short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. The modified (two answer choices) multiple choice objective test targets the Common Core State Standards for Literature. The student test is ready to duplicate for classroom use and teacher key for the test is included. Other resources are also available for “The Necklace” on my site including a Multiple Choice Test (three choices), a Reading Guide for close reading, a Story Map for enhanced Compreh
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9th - 12th
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Langston Hughes - Thank You, Ma'am - Full text with assessment - Print and Go
This resource was created to be used as a Short Story Unit assessment. In a skills based ELA course, I find it is important to present new texts for unit assessments in order to test the students' application of skills as opposed to their ability to memorize facts. The skills tested on this assessment:· Characterization through inference · Understanding/identifying of figurative language· Comprehension of the text· Literary Terms: Tone, Mood, Theme, Conflict· Use of evidence to support an answer
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Six Short Stories For Middle School - Full Text included
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