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9th grade short stories interactive notebooks
Teaching Symbolism and Allegory - Introduction Activity & PowerPoint
Teaching symbolism can be tricky, but symbolism activities like this one HOOK your students and help them engage with any text. This is a sweet introduction to symbolism that your students will remember long after the candy is gone.⭐️ I use this with “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe, but it is not text-specific. You can use it with any short story or novel or as a stand-alone lesson. Your resource for teaching symbolism includes:An anticipatory set using Tootsie Roll Pops (or Blow Po
Grades:
7th - 10th
Secondary ELA Curriculum - Full Year of Interactive Notebooks (grades 7-10)
These units for Interactive Notebooks create a whole year of Secondary ELA lessons. Your students will create organized reference tools to show their learning, all while maintaining creativity and choice. These lessons, activities, and assessments are perfect for grades 7-10.Key takeaways of this full year of Secondary ELA:✅ Short Story Unit✅ Novel Study ✅ Drama Unit ✅ Poetry UnitUse this resource as you read any texts! The Short Story Unit and the Poetry Unit come with plenty of suggestions, bu
Grades:
7th - 10th
Literary Analysis Mini Flip Book (a sticky note book for short stories & novels)
Transform the way you teach literary analysis with this interactive, hands-on sticky note mini flip book. Engage your middle or high school students with this fun and practical resource, ideal for use during and after reading short stories or novels. With this mini flip book, students explore, identify, and explain various literary devices, making literary analysis a breeze.What's Inside:8 Tabs for Comprehensive Analysis: This resource includes eight tabs covering essential elements of literary
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Mini Flip Book Growing Bundle: Grammar, Parts of Speech, Growth Mindset
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry Short Story Literature Guide Flip Book
The Gift of the Magi, by O. Henry: Layered Flip Book Reading LiteratureFeatures images of Della with really long hair, Jim's pocket watch, hair combs, and holiday holly (have your students color them all in)Each flap is ready for you to easily line up by using the directions on how to assemble the organizer.Includes:Writing Prompt and answer keyQuestions and answer keyComprehension and answer keyhematic Response and answer keyAligned and Outlined ELA Common Core State Standards, 6-12 Reading, Wr
Grades:
4th - 12th, Staff
High School Interactive Notebook Short Story Unit - Literary Analysis
Need to teach literary analysis for short stories? The organization and hands-on learning of interactive notebooks meets the rigor of note-taking and formal responses in this short story unit. This high school interactive notebook has less cutting and gluing than most interactive notebooks, so your students spend more time thinking and writing. The short story activities and interactive notebooks in this resource can be used with any text, and activities are included in three formats - print, di
Grades:
7th - 10th
Analyzing Song Lyrics - Literary Elements in Music (for any song)
With this song analysis lesson, students practice analyzing song lyrics for literary elements. They treat the song as a text and use textual evidence to support their claims. This is a fun, low-stakes way to practice analytical writing.✅ Full lesson✅ Student samples✅ 15 Songs to Analyze in ELAWhat other teachers are saying about this resource:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “This was a great way to review literary elements and move my students into true analysis.” -Ashleigh S. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “I am excited to remind my s
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7th - 10th
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Task Cards for Flowers for Algernon - DIGITAL & PRINT
"The Flowers for Algernon task cards are a great resource to implement immediately! Visually appealing, easy to use text box entry, and more than enough information to get the kids thinking and responding." - Kelly H."The varied tasks on these Flowers for Algernon task cards made differentiating for our students a breeze, even in our current distance learning situation! My co-teacher and I were looking for a way to have students work on a collaborative GoogleSlides while we were reading the "Flo
Grades:
6th - 9th
Short Story Units - Short Stories with Comprehension Questions Activities
Short Story Units - Interactive Reading Notebooks - Literary Element Analysis Activities! This 180 page Short Story Interactive Notebook for Reading helps teach Common Core aligned literary elements. These interactive reading foldable activities become an "anchor" for standards taught, and students make a great reference for students to refer back to throughout the year. These activities for teaching literature include creative and Common Core aligned foldables, notes, and Interactive Noteboo
Grades:
5th - 9th
Pixar -like Shorts: Films For Literary Elements & Techniques Inference Plot
Short film workshops are the most effective and engaging way for students to learn about literary elements. This workshop for DUSTIN focuses on: PERSONIFICATION, CHARACTER, INFERENCE, SETTING, AND FORESHADOWING. Students will absolutely LOVE it!Film Summary: In this film, an adorable dog is perplexed because he gets an unexpected roommate, a robot floor cleaner that sweeps up all of the table crumbs that he had hoped to eat. Dustin feels he is being replaced, until he realizes this robot makes a
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6th - 9th
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Shorts Films Literary Devices THEME INFERENCE CONFLICT SETTING DIALOGUE Piper
Students ADORE this short film, PIPER, for learning the story elements: THEME, INFERENCE, DIALOGUE, CONFLICT, SETTING AND MORE. Students learn how these literary elements shape each other to create this amazing film.Film Summary: An adorable little Sandpiper is pushed by her mother to find food along with the rest of the flock. However, Piper gets swept up in a giant wave on her first try and is reluctant to try again; that is until she's learns how to brave the water from a little crab and lear
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6th - 9th
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Also included in: Short Films For Literary Devices Elements Techniques
Plot Diagram Notes and Lesson with Pixar Film
Guide your students through plot diagram or let students guide themselves with this scaffolded activity on Google Slides! After watching the "Day and Night" Pixar short film, students will be introduced to the basics of a plot diagram. This activity includes the following: - Simplified & Easy to Read Notes on Plot Diagram Basics (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution). - Interactive Slides for students to type, drag, and match - Pixar Short Film Link - Formative R
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5th - 9th
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Also included in: Plot Diagram Unit Bundle
The Lottery Activities - Using Quotes and Paraphrase in Literary Analysis
Are you looking for The Lottery activities? This quote analysis activity for Shirley Johnson’s The Lottery is a great way to help students practice embedding source quotes and paraphrases. Students analyze quotes from the short story using the format of introduce, cite, and explain (ICE).Ways to use this The Lottery activity:✅ Traditional worksheet✅ Interactive Notebook (ISN) spread✅ Digital versionWhen students work on their analysis of The Lottery, they get so much out of using source quotes.
Grades:
7th - 10th
Task Cards for Literary Analysis of Any Story or Novel - DIGITAL & PRINT
“I teach a lot of short stories in my class. This resource was great because it was adaptable to all stories. It was also great because of the alignment to the Common Core.” - Judith “This is an excellent resource for novel studies! I used these with my enrichment groups in fourth grade ELA on different novels. I put them on a ring and had them complete different assignments each week, some with my guidance and most without. Love it!” - Kelly “It's easy to use these cards with multiple texts, wh
Grades:
6th - 10th
Introduction to William Shakespeare Mini Flip Reference Book
Introduce William Shakespeare to your students with this fun, informative, and interactive mini flip book. This mini flip book includes seven different tabs to help your students get to know the life, times, and works of the Bard: Biography, Timeline (interactive), The Globe, Language, Quotes (interactive), Works, and Iambic PentameterOn the timeline page, students read through the book and complete additional research (optional) to create a timeline of William Shakespeare's life. On the quotes
Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Mini Flip Book Growing Bundle: Grammar, Parts of Speech, Growth Mindset
Teaching Literary Elements with Animated Short Films: The Lost Thing
This set of standards-based lessons includes an examination of plot, conflict, setting, mood, symbolism, and theme. Teach advanced lessons for secondary students on setting, mood, symbolism, and theme using the picture book, "Lost and Found" by Shaun Tan or the Oscar Award-winning short film "The Lost Thing" (book/film not included). The Lost Thing is a story about a boy who finds a strange creature on the beach. He decides that it must be lost and that he must find where this creature belongs.
Grades:
6th - 9th
Also included in: Five Short Films for Teaching Theme
Elements of Fiction Graphic Organizers - Digital Reading Interactive Notebook
Looking for engaging elements of fiction graphic organizers and story elements activities? Enhance your students' ability to analyze elements of literature with this dynamic digital resource! The 45 reading graphic organizers include reading and analysis activities compatible with any short story or novel! Implement the graphic organizers for independent reading accountability! This no-prep resource provides you with endless options that can be used year after year!This digital resource include
Grades:
6th - 9th
Task Cards for "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - DIGITAL & PRINT
26 task cards. Use the legendary ghost story, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," by Washington Irving, to teach your students how to closely analyze literature through the use of task cards. This lesson plan includes 4 prereading task cards and 22 post reading task cards that require students to analyze character motivation, setting, conflict, plot, and much more.These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as
Grades:
7th - 10th
Task Cards for Harrison Bergeron - DIGITAL & PRINT
Use the classic dystopian short story, "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut, to teach your students how to closely analyze literature through the use of task cards. This lesson plan includes 4 prereading task cards and 22 post-reading task cards that require students to analyze character motivation, dialect, conflict, plot, and much more.These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as interactive notebook
Grades:
6th - 9th
"Flowers for Algernon" Short Story Digital Notebook - PAPERLESS
If you teach the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, you NEED this Paperless Digital Notebook that has EVERYTHING you need to teach the unit: Pre-Reading, Through the Text, Post-Reading, and Vocabulary Activities that are student-centered, engaging, and standards-based! This complete unit focused on characterization, motive, parallel episodes, and more. Plus, it provides relevant and intentional pre-reading activities to help students learn about their own intelligences and buil
Grades:
7th - 10th
Harrison Bergeron Lesson Plans | Kurt Vonnegut Dystopian Short Story Unit Plan
Want to inspire your classes to engage in healthy discussion and speak out against injustices? Students are bombarded on a daily basis with the message that it’s better to go along to get along, and that conflict is scary and to be avoided. They are led to believe that their voice isn’t important, especially when fighting against forces that are more powerful than they are. Believing this message can lead to a generation of future leaders who feel powerless and hopeless and do nothing to make t
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9th - 12th
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Task Cards for A Christmas Carol - DIGITAL & PRINT
If the thought of trying to teach Dicken’s holidays classic, A Christmas Carol, to your students has ever made you teary, wring your hands, question your existence, or binge-watch dancing hamster videos—because it’s just that frustrating and overwhelming—I made this resource for you. If you wish you had a set of fun and ready to use set of pre and during reading task cards right at your fingertips—I made this resource for you.If you just want your students to enjoy a great holiday story and prac
Grades:
6th - 10th
Diction and Word Choice Lesson - Geraldo No Last Name - Sandra Cisneros
This lesson on Diction and word choice can be used as a traditional worksheet, digital worksheet, or with Interactive Notebooks (ISN). I use it in my Short Stories unit with "Geraldo No Last Name" by Sandra Cisneros, but this resource is editable for any text. (optimized for grades 7-10)What You Get: 1. Introductory PPT (editable)2. Two lesson plan ideas: analytical or creative writing options3. Interactive Notebook layouts and foldables4. Traditional worksheet version (editable .doc)5. Digital
Grades:
7th - 10th
Task Cards for "The Monkey's Paw" - DIGITAL & PRINT
28 task cards. Use these 28 task cards to analyze W.W. Jacob's tale of the horrors of interfering with fate, "The Monkey's Paw." This lesson plan includes 4 prereading task cards and 24 post reading task cards that require students to discover foreshadowing, theme, characterization, cause and effect, setting, and much more. These task cards work perfectly for individual, small group, or whole class assignments, as during reading assignments or assessments, as interactive notebook pages or poster
Grades:
6th - 11th
Short Story Writing INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK Flip Book (Story Map & Handouts)
Are you looking for a creative way to teach the elements of plot, as well as short story writing? This short story flip book is not only fun to complete, but also a convenient size that can be stored in a desk, binder or interactive notebook for quick reference when writing. Follow the MAP and successfully write a short story from start to finish! Assembly instructions are included with your download. The size of the book is approximately 6 3/4" x 4 3/4".- Begin your lesson with the short story
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4th - 10th
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