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Free 7th grade short stories independent work packets
Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" Student Workbook Short Story Mini-Unit
Teaching Kurt Vonnegut's "Harrison Bergeron" can be a really exciting time in a high school classroom with the potential for powerful discussions and a new distaste for the idea of conformity. Student favorite! This short story student workbook makes your life and the lives of your students easier. Students love having their own little workbook and teachers have zero prep to do!This short story student workbook includes:-Author bio and quiz-Pre-reading discussion guide-Vocabulary organizer with
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7th - 12th
Short Story Freebie PDF O Henry Short Stories Quiz Activity The Cactus
This Short Story Test Prep Mini-Quiz & Activity Pack uses the Common Core standards and contains a fun reading activity as well as QUESTIONS and ANSWERS for O. Henry's "The Cactus" that are modeled after various reading comprehension state exams. One of the things I struggle with the most is preparing my students for all kinds of exams that they will encounter. With this EASY-TO-USE packet, you can practice with your students, so they will feel more confident analyzing short stories and prep
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7th - 10th
CCSS Aligned Reading Comprehension Activity (6th Grade), Inference and Evidence
This is a Common Core aligned reading comprehension activity designed for middle school readers. It contains a suggested lesson plan, the full text of the short story "The Monkey's Paw", explanations of inference and evidence, practice questions, an answer key, and suggested extension and enrichment activities.This worksheet can be assigned independently to students, or as part of a larger lesson plan or unit. It focuses on developing skills in making inferences and supporting inferences with ev
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6th - 8th
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Halloween Short Story - The Cravat
A New Literature Experience for Halloween! This original scary short story with figurative language, rich vocabulary, & literary elements comes with literary analysis questions.⭐Story Synopsis: When a career thief and his crew rob the mausoleum of a dead wealthy man, they face dire consequences they never saw coming. Product Package includes:✅Original Horror Short Story - 2 pages✅Standards-based Literary Analysis + Narrative Writing - 1 page✅Lexile Level: 1010L - 1200L✅Word Count: 603✅Genre
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3rd - 8th
Character Traits and Theme in Sports
This is a sample from a collection of exciting journey through sports-themed stories blending entertainment with literacy skills. The set includes an original epic poem about B-Better, who gets cut from the team his freshman year, but takes his setback as a challenge to relentlessly improve. There is also a short story about Sam, whose pride results in the injury of a close friend on a football field, but will Sam learn from his mistake? Written for 3rd-5th graders, these texts introduce young r
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4th - 7th
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant Comprehension and Characterization
A short worksheet with 8 simple comprehension questions to ensure students read closely.Followed by a section that asks students to identify sentences that provide characterization, and explain how the evidence supports the character descritpion.
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7th - 11th
High Interest 7th Grade Narrative Text Leveled Questions_The Enchanted Pencils
This is a free resource. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time. High Interest 7th Gr. Narrative Text Comprehension Questions_The Enchanted PencilDelve into a fantasy tale that explores the significance of being true to oneself and embracing one's uniqueness, rather than pursuing popularity through external talents or abilities.Perfect for 7th grade students, this reading material tackles a hot topic that sparks curiosity and stimulates critical thinking. What makes t
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7th
5 Picture Prompts to Develop Writing - FREE Activity
Hello Fellow Teacher,This PDF has 5 picture prompts for you to use as a bell ringer activity, a starting point for a narrative, and/or as part of your sub plans (or however you want to use them). The goal is to get students to add details to their writing. Each prompt instructs students to write either two, three, or four descriptive sentences about the picture. Each slide is colorful with a vibrant picture.I teach both 9th- and 11th-grade English, and the boys like this activity as well. Studen
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6th - 12th
Kingman Comprehension Series (Sampler)
About the SeriesThe Kingman Comprehension Series aims to enhance students' essential reading skills and abilities to exercise critical judgment to help improve progressively their understanding of written texts.A traditional and contemporary approach is used by the author with questions set in the formats of: - Filling in the blanks- Underlining the correct answers - Multiple choice questions- True or false questions- Matching- Drawing inferences- Open-ended questions and- SequencingSuggested an
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3rd - 8th
Narrative Writing with Middle Schoolers
With this resource you'll receive three plot lines, a sentence bank where students can organize the details on the plotline to develop a conflict that escalates to a climax and resolves. All three narratives teach a theme. The beginning of the story is framed out so students only add details to develop either characters, setting, or conflict. Each story starts this way then progresses where students take off and write the rest of the tale.
Grades:
6th - 8th
Short Story Singles: "The Cask of Amontillado" / Edgar Allan Poe
Curiousosos, My SHORT STORY SINGLES are stand alone, short guided readings. SHORT STORY SINGLES can be easily printed out to distribute to students for independent work. Or, they can be used as the primer for group discussion, close readings, structured responses, etc. Each set includes the following: Google Slides: First Stop Slides: these slides are simple and straightforward tools for predictions, questions, and/or anticipatory sets. Google Doc Packet (divided as follows): Before Reading Ques
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5th - 8th
Theme Mini Lesson
- 2 part Mini lesson about theme - Part 1 uses an Aesop fable- Part 2 uses a story called "The Falling Girl" but questions are transferable to any short story
Grades:
7th - 9th
CCSS Aligned Reading Comprehension Activity (6th Grade), Plot and Summary
This is a Common Core aligned reading comprehension activity designed for middle school readers. It contains a suggested lesson plan, the annotated text of the short story "The Cask of Amontillado", explanations of plot and summary, practice questions, an answer key, and suggested extension and enrichment activities.This worksheet can be assigned independently to students, or as part of a larger lesson plan or unit. It focuses on developing skills in determining the main features of a plot and p
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6th - 8th
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Distance Learning Christmas Close Reading Passage Multicultural Traditions
This reading passage shows a gender-neutral (the gender is never specified) narrator your students are likely to relate to. The writing activities are a great intro or refresher to the act of close reading. There is an extended writing activity with rubric as well as 10 discussion/reading questions. This is a culturally inclusive activity aimed at sharing all sorts of different traditions students have. This is a TpT Digital Activity, so remote or in-person your students can learn about each oth
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5th - 9th
How to Write a Spooky Story Workbook-Writer's Toolbox
This work book is meant to be used with the book Writer's Toolbox. The workbook will help guide your student in how to write their own short spooky story.
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2nd - 8th
Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Comparative Analysis of Different Versions Preview
The best of both worlds: Student Choice and Comparative Analysis!This is a preview of the assignment "Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales: Comparative Analysis of Different Versions."Students are guided step-by-step through comparative reading and writing of a Brothers Grimm Story and an Alternative Version. Students get to choose one of seven Brothers Grimm stories to read for their assignment.There are four steps to this assignment:1. Students compare and contrast a Brothers Grimm Story to an Alternate
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7th - 12th
Creative Writing Task
A simple creative writing assignment for extra credit or substitute assignments.
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2nd - 12th
CCSS Aligned Reading Comprehension Activity (6th Grade), Theme
This is a Common Core aligned reading comprehension activity designed for middle school readers. It contains a suggested lesson plan, the annotated text of the short stories "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "After Twenty Years", an explanation of theme, practice questions, an answer key, and suggested extension and enrichment activities.This worksheet can be assigned independently to students, or as part of a larger lesson plan or unit. It focuses on developing skills in determining the main features o
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5th - 7th
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All American Slurp- Character inferences
Enhance Your Students' Learning with "All American Slurp" Character Trait Inference Activity!Engage Your Students with Excerpts from "All American Slurp" and Boost Their Character Analysis Skills with Our Resource. Digital and Print-Friendly Versions Available. No Prep Required! Includes Answer Key for Easy Grading.
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5th - 8th
Also included in: All American Slurp- Story bundle for reading comprehension
Elements of Literature - Great for ANY short story!
This worksheet is an excellent resource for just about any short story that you will read with your class. Students are able to work independently or as a group to identify the various elements found within a story. This resource will help students use skills to navigate through a story and allow them the opportunity to dissect it. This worksheet covers:SettingProtagonist/AntagonistPoint of ViewConflict TypesMoodThemeThis worksheet also covers some figurative language including:SimileMetaphorSym
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7th - 8th
1st Day of School Stations (Worksheet)
This worksheet accompanies the first day of school stations in my store! Give this to students to complete as the navigate through the various stations.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Short story, question set and answer key, PDF format, "RALA"
While trying to complete the many tasks assigned to her by the family that owns her, RALA (Robotic Adaptive Long-running Assistant) finds herself "wanting" to stop, something she has been told she is not programmed to do. While recovering from a breakdown in her recharging cell, she hears information that makes her question her true identity. This short story and the questions that accompany it are designed to make your students infer what is really going on through implied information. Furth
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6th - 9th
Brief Writing Objective: Use Precise Language in Narrative Writing
This PDF and Easel activity offer students easy segments to improve their use of precise language in response to a specific narrative prompt. It is most useful for independent or small group collaborative writing after a direct teaching lesson on using precise language.
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5th - 12th, Adult Education
"El Fantasma" - Spanish Stories by Students
Cristóforo created this story when he was twelve and just beginning Spanish. The back story is very sweet (even though it isn't written) so as to keep it simple for beginners. All of the places Par, the ghost, keeps haunting are places Par has had special moments in his life with his wife. Teachers who purchase this story are getting a printable storyboard with and without text, as well as student and teacher access to the native speaker recording of the story and all of the online learning a
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4th - 12th
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