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Short stories Common Core RL.9-10.5 interactive notebooks
American Literature Curriculum Units: Short Story Lesson Plans for American Lit.
Are you worried your American Literature curriculum doesn’t give your students the challenges and support they need to reach their full potential? So many ready-to-go curriculum packages involve meaningless busywork that is both boring and irrelevant for your classes. It might seem convenient, but it fails to challenge students and ultimately teaches them nothing more than how miserable it is to slog through texts.Worse, when students are lead to believe that studying great literature means fil
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9th - 12th
The Man in the Well by Ira Sher, Short Story Unit Plan: Power & Dehumanization
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students writing, analyzing, and discussing big questions around why people do bad things? This short unit on “The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher will challenge your students to dig deep and think hard about what it takes to speak out against an immoral majority.“The Man in the Well” by Ira Sher is a very compelling and fairly horrifying story of a group of kids who, without even discussing it, decide to let a man die. With themes arou
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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9th Grade Short Story Unit: High School Creative Writing & Literary Analysis
Tired of students groaning and rolling their eyes whenever you mention literary analysis? You can’t really be surprised they act this way when they’ve been lead to believe that reading great literature means trying to figure out some inane, irrelevant puzzle. And when they’ve only experienced texts written by old white men who died one hundred years ago, it’s no wonder that they are bored out of their minds. On the other hand, literature units that are billed as fun and entertaining are often j
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9th - 12th
Zora Neale Hurston Short Stories & Essay | Sweat, Spunk, How It Feels to Be...
Looking for powerful and engaging units on one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century? Zora Neale Hurston’s work is popular for a reason—her writing is both challenging and accessible, her themes are both universal and unique to time and place, and her literary voice is like no other. The units in this bundle will make her work come alive for your classes. Focusing on three short stories and one essay, these innovative units will help your classes to fully appreciate this masterfu
Grades:
9th - 12th
A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings (Reading Hunt)
This is a post-reading assignment that aligns with the short story, "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Great for Grades 9-12 OR *HYBRID* AICE General Paper/English Classes in order to help with test prep. Allows students to practice highly tested skills through an engaging short story. Set Includes: Google Doc of short story (with MLA citation)Google Slide assignment (7 Slides - 8 Tasks - 25 Questions)Assignment Objectives // Standards Covered:SWBAT identify and lab
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
American Literature Curriculum: Short Story Unit Plan | Writing & Lit. Analysis
Looking for American Literature curriculum that will engage your most reluctant learners while still challenging your most advanced students? With themes ranging from the purpose of gossip to the conditions of tenant farmers, from the need for artistic expression to how we define freedom, these four short stories offer so much to explore.The variety of materials, real-life connections, and innovative approaches to the information will keep students engaged and excited about learning. Additional
Grades:
9th - 12th
Science Fiction Lit Bundle: Bradbury, All Summer In A Day, Veldt, Pedestrian
Want to utilize your students’ love of science fiction to keep them engaged through the year and get them thinking about how master writers create works of literary art?Science fiction is lots of fun—it’s imaginative, creative, and innovative. But when your classes read these texts as pure fiction that doesn’t relate to real life, they won’t make the connections to their own worlds, and they won’t feel the responsibility to make a difference in their lives. Even worse, students might use this ki
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9th - 12th
The Yellow Wallpaper Short Story Unit: Lesson Plans, Questions, & Answer Keys
Looking for an innovative short story unit that will get your students sharpening their close reading skills, discussing big ideas, and exploring literary elements on a deeper level?These lessons on “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman will push your students to dig deep, get creative, and fully appreciate a literary masterpiece. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a widely-anthologized story about a woman who is constrained by the limitations imposed on her by society and her husband; she y
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9th - 12th
"The Monkey's Paw" Literary Analysis and Interactive Notebook Bundle
This bundle includes Literary Analysis and Interactive Notebook materials for the short story, "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs. The bundle includes 50 pages and is priced to save you 20%. Literary analysis is becoming increasingly important as students are often required to cite textual evidence and analyze aspects of literature. The interactive notebook is an engaging, standards aligned activity to introduce motif. In the optional full lesson plan, students read W.W. Jacobs' short story, "The
Grades:
7th - 10th
Motif Interactive Notebook and bonus "Motif in 'The Monkey's Paw'" Lesson Plan
This is an engaging, standards aligned interactive notebook activity to introduce motif. In the optional full lesson plan, students read W.W. Jacobs' short story, "The Monkey's Paw," and explore how he uses motif to build the story's theme.This product includes: -A motif interactive notebook activity and basic lesson plan-An optional full lesson plan to teach motif through the study of "The Monkey's Paw"-An interactive notebook activity for motif in "The Monkey's Paw" -A worksheet that explores
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: "The Monkey's Paw" Literary Analysis and Interactive Notebook Bundle
Plot Mapping Foldable- 9th/10th
This foldable can be used with any story, but works best with short stories. It covers a wide range of skills and concepts related to plot, conflict, theme, and identifying key events and details as well as determining supporting text evidence. This assignment is intended to take a couple of class periods, and may vary depending on your class. It should be completed with a copy of the text at hand. This packet includes folding directions and a suggested grading key.
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9th - 10th
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