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Free 12th grade short stories resources
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer Template
Plot Diagram Graphic Organizer TemplateYou may use this template in any way that you wish. You can even use it in your commercial product as long as you credit Lovin Lit.The size of this plot diagram template was made to fit into a standard composition notebook when cut out along the perimeter. If you teach reading or literature in grades 4-8, please click Follow Me to be notified of freebies!I hope you find this plot diagram template useful.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
ESL / ELL Short Reading + Task Cards | Level: Beginner Newcomer
This English Language Learner reading comprehension short story is perfect for ESL / ELL / ESOL learners in all classrooms. This comprehensible input story features early, common English words: this is, animal, person, is called, there is, says, is not, and I am alongside many cognates. This story is accompanied by 6 task / question cards for reading comprehension practice. Task cards include: multiple choice, matching, cognate recognition, drawing, & meaning association. This short story is
Grades:
2nd - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: ESL / ELL Short Reading + Boom Cards Bundle | Level: Beginner Newcomer
"Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl Short Story Activity Pack
A packet of activities to accompany Roald Dahl's famous short story, "Lamb to the Slaughter". Included in this free resource:
* Comprehension question worksheet (students must use text evidence to justify their responses)
* Plot mapping activity--two forms included--one blank and one partially filled
* 8 task cards for extension after reading--students can respond in writing or orally.
Great for a day when you have a substitute, or for students to work on independently.
Here's an example of h
Grades:
8th - 12th
Free Literary Devices Bookmarks - Literary Terms and Story Elements Reference
Free Literary Devices Bookmarks - Literary Terms and Story Elements Reference: Enhance your students' understanding of literary devices with these free bookmarks! Designed for quick reference, these bookmarks feature definitions for common literary terms such as setting, plot, atmosphere, character, narrator, conflict, theme, tone, and foreshadowing. With two color options and a black-and-white version for easy printing, these bookmarks are a convenient tool for students to use while analyzing s
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Plot Elements - Graphic Organizers
2 Plot Elements graphic organizers.
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Grammar Proficiency Test High School (Pre-test or Post Test)
Grades:
5th - 12th
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe Reading Test with Answer Key
A 25 question test to accompany the classic short story, "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. The test consists of 15 multiple choice questions, 3 short constructed response questions, and 7 vocabulary fill in the blank questions. An answer key is included.
Items include comprehension questions, figurative language devices, character analysis, story elements, and tier-two vocabulary words. The short response questions ask students to cite evidence to justify their responses.
The zip file
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Determining Theme: FREE Activity & Handout
Determining theme and its development is central to Common Core literature skills. This FREE activity enables students to employ a variety of strategies to identify themes and how they develop over the course of a text. It also adds a modern twist by allowing students to connect these themes to their favorite music. Used with ANY short story or novel, this lesson is aligned to the following Common Core State Standards:CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1. Read closely to determine what the text says e
Grades:
7th - 12th
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Boom Cards | ESL Short Stories 1 + Questions | Reading + Listening Comprehension
This English Language Learner Boom Card deck is perfect for ESL / ELL / ESOL learners in all classrooms. This comprehensible input story features early, common English words: this is, animal, person, is called, there is, says, is not, and I am alongside many cognates. This story is accompanied by 6 task / question cards for reading comprehension practice. Task cards include: multiple choice, matching, cognate recognition, meaning association. As an added bonus, this deck includes listening comp
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1st - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: ESL / ELL Short Reading + Boom Cards Bundle | Level: Beginner Newcomer
FREE Grammar in Literature Activity: Use for Any Novel!
Ready to show students that grammar is not just necessary, but beautiful? Use this multi-purpose activity to collect and examine grammar “in the wild” while reading!Use any of the three different versions/templates of this activity as:• Diagnostic: pre-assess what concepts students know (and can identify) in writing• Practice: formatively assess if students can identify a concept once you have taught it, OR provide sentences that students must label.• Focus: Look at just one grammar concept at a
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Grammar Projects Bundle: Creative Activities for Secondary ELA
Plot Map Graphic Organizer Handout Story Map Elements Lesson Plan
This is a simple handout version of the common plot map, or story map, used in lessons on story elements. It is used to show understanding of a short story, for instance, by breaking the story and plot down into constituent parts: character, setting, rising action, climax, denouement, and theme.
This is NOT THE ACTIVE FORM VERSION that is also for online and SMARTBOARD use. The active form version is also available at my TpT store.
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Grades:
4th - 12th
AR stories for articulation
Here are 3 short paragraphs targeting the vocalic-r /ar/. Students can read these stories aloud to practice articulation of /ar/ at the oral reading/paragraph level. These can also be sent home for homework.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
THE HOLLOW Podcast Unit: October Lesson Plans + Activities, Middle School, ELA
Gen-Z Media's "The Hollow" podcast is fantastic to use for the month of October! This is a fantastic way to teach literary fiction, narrative, point of view, elements of a story, and to put in those reading strategies students have been practicing all year. This FREE unit will include:⭐ An introduction to podcasts to begin the unit⭐ Hyperlinks to PDF, Episode Lists and Read Aloud for the unit⭐ Sketchnotes/Doodle Sheets⭐ Exit Tickets focusing on: visualizing, inferring, making connections⭐ Compre
Grades:
5th - 12th
Short Story Planning Guide
This is a graphic organizer for students to use when thinking through the basic parts of a short story or even a longer novel, either one they've read or one they're brainstorming to write.
I've used it for students preparing to write folk tales, myths, and historical fiction.
It has students start with the purpose, theme, or moral, then list characters and setting, and finally a plot diagram. It would work well for all types of creative writing.
The file download is a .pdf file; however, if
Grades:
5th - 12th
Short Stories & Pictures Writing Prompts, 2 Writing and 2 response options
Writing prompts are useful guides that direct students to write about a particular topic. YOU WILL GET:1. FREE Short Stories Writing Prompts for Personal Creative Writing Challenges; 2 Writing Options Included: Lined and Cursive Writing Lines.2. FREE Pictures Writing Prompts, 2 response options / black & white version included.I really appreciate you purchasing my digital resources and I hope you'll enjoy using them at home or in your classroom.Please FOLLOW ME HERE if you'd like to receive
Grades:
1st - 12th
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"The Tell Tale Heart" Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt
There is a ton of figurative language in "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe! This allows you to have students match the figurative language terms, identify examples, and then choose one example and make it come to life!Note: You need to make a copy of the file that is located in the eye. I cannot share it with your students.
Grades:
6th - 12th
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WH Question Simple Passage (3 Levels) SPED / Autism
Simple Wh Question passage with 3 Multiple Choice Comprehension Questions.3 Differentiated Levels based on picture symbol text support.Answer Key Provided.
Grades:
PreK - 12th
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Black History Month - 18 Famous Omahans
Attached is a PDF to post about 18 Famous Omahans in celebration of Black History Month.
Think of more let us know so I can add them to the original.
Featured:
Bob Boozer, basketball player
Malcolm X, activist
Bertha Calloway, founder museum
Johnny Rodger, football player
John Beasley, actor
Mildred Brown, newspaper founder
Bob Gibson, baseball player
Ahman Green, football player
Brenda Council, Nebraska State Senator
Preston Love, international jazz legend
Luigi Waites, musician
Gabrielle Uni
Grades:
PreK - 12th, Adult Education
Free Short Story Rubric Creative Writing Peer & Teacher Editing
Creative writing rubrics
This two page document includes: one peer-editing rubric and one teacher grading rubric (the rubrics are the same, but labeled differently for each page).
Includes the following categories: creativity, plot, development of characters, organization, spelling, grammar, and a Liked It/Didn't Like It section. There is an explanation for every single point.
I use this at the end of our short story unit when students compose their own. Students love to read their classmates'
Grades:
4th - 12th
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Also included in: Writing Resources Bundle Argument Expository Narrative Journalism
"The Most Dangerous Game" Characterization Activity
"The Most Dangerous Game" Body Biography is an activity to help students with characterization. In my class, we always begin the year with this story to review basic literary terms. I always want to have a lesson the first week of school that is engaging, yet high-level. This activity is aligned with both TEKS and Common Core Standards. A grading rubric is also attached. I would recommend having students work in pairs or groups of three, however, this works well individually as well. This lesson
Grades:
9th - 12th
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Plot Diagram Template
This graphic organizer can be used for quizzing, note-taking, or any other creative way that you would like to integrate it into your lesson. I've found this template very easy to use over and over again with different short stories at many different grade levels.
Grades:
2nd - 12th
Social emotional learning: Stand in my shoes
I have removed the URL's and 3 of the scenario slides from the preview to protect the integrity of the sale. Helping students understand the core value of empathy help's students strengthen their social emotional learning. In this product you will recieve a well thoughtout lesson plan from beginning to end. This lesson plan helps students to engage and work with one another while building their understanding of empathy. The lesson's focal point is the beloved book "Stand in my shoes" by Bob Sorn
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: 7 day Social Emotional Learning Unit
Personal Narrative Vertical Boxes Graphic Organizer
Students who need a visual "map/GPS" to help them navigate their way to telling their story from their point of view will find using this graphic organizer as a helpful tool.
Please contact me if you would like to have a "soft copy" of the graphic organizer.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
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The Monkey's Paw Comprehension Test & Answer Key
Use this free 18 question comprehension test to assess your students' understanding of W.W. Jacobs' short story, "The Monkey's Paw."
Question types include:
Recall Multiple Choice
Vocabulary Matching
Constructed Response
R.A.C.E. Writing Response- students must include evidence from the text in their answer.
Grades:
6th - 12th
FREE | The Tell-Tale Heart Lit Guide | Literary Devices | by Edgar Allan Poe
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Edgar Allan Poe’s famous short story The Tell-Tale HeartIdentify examples symbolism and how they contribute to the storyIdentify the setting and how it contributes to the toneInsert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsIdentify and interpret foreshadowing and ironyDiscuss mental illness and addiction and its consequencesChallenge students to eva
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Short Stories | Bundle of 8 Lit Guides | SAVE 30%
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