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7th grade short stories study guides for Easel Activities
Gift of the Magi-- Readers' Theater Adaptation with Activities
Included in Gift of the Magi-teacher and student pages-vocabulary -pre-reading activities-questions -projects-quiz-answer key -synopsis -suggestions for teacher useThis readers’ theater adaptation of “Gift of the Magi” adheres wholly to the plot, setting, characterization, and themes of the original story from which it is adapted. It can be used with both large and small groups in language arts classes. Students in regular, remedial, gifted, and special education classrooms, in both middle and h
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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Fiction Story Elements Plot Summary Guide Graphic Organizer Digital and Print
Plot Summary Guide. Summarize the plot elements of any fiction short story or novel with these worksheets and graphic organizers. Based on the Common Core State Standards of analyzing how particular story elements interact, like how the setting shapes the plot. Students list the characters, determine the protagonist and antagonist, describe the setting and its relationship to the plot, describe the conflict, complications and rising action, the climax, falling action, and resolution of the story
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5th - 7th
Also included in: Literary Terms - Story Elements BUNDLE
The Monkey's Paw Short Story Unit with Easel Activity
Monkey's Paw complete study guide for the short story The Monkey's Paw by W. W. Jacobs - Short Story Unit. Includes Anticipation Guide, Vocabulary Activities, Plot Summary, Vocabulary Fill-in sheet with key, Word Search Puzzle, Crossword Puzzle, About the Author, Comprehension Quiz with key, Final Test, Essay Questions and Short Answer Questions that require students to use evidence from the text in their answers. Also includes useful links to the story, a podcast, and a short video, various gra
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7th - 10th
Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit with Easel Activities
Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe Short Story Unit and Teaching Activities. Teaching resources to go with the scary story The Cask of Amontillado by Poe. Includes handouts and slides with a biography of Edgar Allan Poe, Pre-Reading Questions, Overview of the story, Vocabulary to Watch For and vocabulary slides and note paper, 10 Question Multiple Choice Quiz with key (which you can use as a final test or assessment), Vocabulary Matching Test, Essay Questions, Discussion Questions, Character
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6th - 9th
Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective Support Materials with Vocabulary and Test
The Dying Detective by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Support Materials to go along with the PLAY adaptation contains a before-reading research sheet, plot diagram activity, study guides, a vocabulary handout and worksheet, pictures you can project on your whiteboard of a calabash pipe, magnifying glass, and deerstalker hat, and a carafe. There is a stage directions hand-out for fun practice, a comprehension quick check T/F quiz, a TEST with a key, and a writing response. Also includes the story versio
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6th - 9th
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit Digital and Print
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant Short Story Unit. What you need to teach The Necklace: Vocabulary, Comprehension Questions, Cause and Effect, Observing Details, Making Inferences, Dialogue, Word Scramble and Fill-in, Essay Questions. Open Book Essay and Final Test. Answer keys included. Also includes a printable copy of the story, with a link to read it online, and some information about the author. Printable and Digital Resource: Includes an Easel Activity ready for learning with digital too
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6th - 9th
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Short Story Unit and Easel
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County by Mark Twain Short Story Unit. Includes Vocabulary, Plot Summary, Use Your Vocabulary sheet with key, About the Author Mark Twain, Comprehension Quiz with key (also created as a self-grading Easel Assessment), and 3 Essay Questions that require students to use evidence from the text in their answers to support Common Core State Standards. Also includes a Vocabulary Word Scramble with key just for some extra fun. Includes a copy of the story. (This
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7th - 10th
"Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" A Script for Easy Reading Hi/Lo
Included Dr. Heidegger's Experiment-vocabulary study-pre-reading activities -comprehension questions -suggestions for projects-quiz-answer key -student answer pages This adaptation adheres to the plot, characterization, settings, and themes of the original story. Students will be engaged as they read the script of this timeless piece of literature.What other teachers are saying about these readers’ theater resources:“Great for student engagement!”“Very good resource and easy to use!”“I used this
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
Also included in: Classic Short Story Scripts for Easy Reading Bundle 2
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, A Script for Easy Reading Hi/Lo
Included in Secret Life of Walter Mitty-vocabulary study-pre-reading activities -comprehension questions with answers-suggestions for extended projects-quiz-answer key -student answer pages-synopsis of the story-suggestions for teacher useThis readers’ theater adaptation adheres wholly to the plot, setting, characterization, and themes of the original story from which it is adapted. It can be used with both large and small groups in language arts classes. Students in regular, remedial, gifted, a
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Classic Short Story Scripts for Easy Reading Bundle 2
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME Short Story Study Unit, Analysis, Questions, Activities
A ready-to-go, time-saving study guide to accompany the thrilling short story THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME by Richard Connell. Print-and-fold pages create a booklet that focuses on a wide variety of skills—author study, vocabulary, word webs, puns, foreshadowing, figurative language, prediction, genre characteristics, motifs and symbols, setting, mapping, characters, instinct vs. reason, comprehension questions and answers, and more!If you want to pick and choose topics, all the pages are enlarged in
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6th - 11th
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The Necklace, A Script for Easy Reading Hi/Lo
Included in The Necklace easy reader:-vocabulary study-pre-reading activities -comprehension questions with answers-suggestions for extended projects-a reproducible quiz-answer key -student answer pages-synopsis of the story-suggestions for teacher use This readers’ theater adaptation of “The Necklace” adheres wholly to the plot, setting, characterization, and themes of the original story from which it is adapted. What other teachers are saying about these readers’ theater resources:“Great
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7th - 11th
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Also included in: Classic Short Story Scripts for Easy Reading Bundle 2
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%
The Possibility of Evil Lit Guide | Shirley Jackson | Literary Devices
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Shirley Jackson’s famous short story The Possibility of EvilExplore setting, irony, symbolism, and foreshadowingChallenge students to evaluate and interpret word choice nuance in meaningInsert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsDiscuss what the story tells us about gossip and rumors and how they affect today's societyWhat's in the download?A 1
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Drama Genre Short Stories | Bundle of 8 Lit Guides | SAVE 30%
Short Story Guide: The Gift of the Magi Workbook
This is a short story guide for the short story titled "The Gift of the Magi," by O. Henry. There are five sections, so the guide is designed to be completed in a week. This classic story begins with Della despairing because she only has $1.87 to buy a Christmas present for her wonderful husband, Jim. O. Henry is famous for his surprise endings, so if your student has not yet experienced this story, he or she will be amazed at happens. If your student has read the story, the guide will be he
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4th - 9th
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Mini-Guide for Juniors/Middlers: The Secret of the Fourth Candle Workbook
This product is a two-week study for the book The Secret of the Fourth Candle, by Patricia St. John. A revision, by Mary Mills, is also available. The mini-guide is able to be used with the original version and the revised edition.This is the workbook version of the guide; space is provided for students to write answers to the questions and for the activities.There are 10 sections in the guide; the following components are included:vocabulary activitiesdiscussion questionsreading activities –
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4th - 9th
Ribbons by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Practice Worksheets with Easel Activities
Ribbons by Laurence Yep Vocabulary Practice. Includes a vocabulary list for the short story "Ribbons" by Laurence Yep, and 5 different vocabulary practice worksheets. One matching worksheet, one fill-in, one word scramble, one word search puzzle, and one crossword puzzle. Answer keys are included. Also includes three background information slides for discussion purposes prior to reading the story. (Ballet, pointe shoe, foot binding) May be used for individual work, group work, whole class, or as
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5th - 8th
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The Interlopers (1919) Lit Guide | Saki | Literary Analysis | Theme | Irony
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze H. H. Munro's (Saki) famous short story The InterlopersEngage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting and symbolismIdentify and describe examples of irony and foreshadowingIdentify and interpret specific word choice and nuance in meaningInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyDebate if revenge if ever
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Super Bundle of Short Stories | 35 Lit Guides | SAVE 50%
A Kidnapped Santa Claus, A Script for Easy Reading Hi/Lo
A Kidnapped Santa Claus includes:-script -pre reading activities -voabulary-comprehension questions -journal prompts-theme writing activity-story projects -synopsis"A Kidnapped Santa Claus" is a short story written by L. Frank Baum and published in December 1904. The characters are demons of hatred, selfishness, envy, malice, and repentance. The demons did not like Santa because he made children happy. There was no need for them to visit the demons’ caves. On Christmas Eve, the demons capture Sa
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4th - 8th
Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" - vocabulary, characterization, theme w/KEY
"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty is a wonderful short story for teaching characterization and theme. This packet includes:Pre-reading vocabulary using context clues and multiple choice response.Predictions on the title and character PhoenixIn-depth character study on Phoenix using direct and indirect text evidenceQuestions on the obstacles Phoenix faces and how she handles themThematic questionsThe EASEL activity provides practice for students in identifying direct and indirect characterization and
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7th - 11th, Adult Education
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FREE | The Lottery by Shirley Jackson | Lit Guide | Literary Devices | Analysis
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what it will do for your classroom:Encourage analysis of Shirley Jackson’s famous short story The LotteryExplore the setting, symbols, irony and foreshadow Insert students into the narrative and ask them to make and defend their decisionsDiscuss concepts of conformity, groupthink, tradition and violenceCreate guidelines that help one decide when to question or reject long standing traditionWhat's in the download?A 10 page PDF with:Links t
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Horror Genre Short Stories | Bundle of 15 Lit Guides | SAVE 40%
The Lady or the Tiger Lit Guide | Frank R. Stockton | Literary Analysis | Theme
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Frank R. Stockton's famous short story The Lady or the TigerEngage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting, symbolism and the antagonistIdentify and describe examples of irony and foreshadowingIdentify and interpret specific word choice and nuance in meaningInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyDebat
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Drama Genre Short Stories | Bundle of 8 Lit Guides | SAVE 30%
Short Story Guide: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving Workbook
This is a short story guide for the short story titled "An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving," by Louisa May Alcott. There are five sections, so the guide is designed to be completed in a week. In this story the Bassett family is preparing for Thanksgiving when they get a message that Mrs. Bassett's mother is failing fast. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett must go quickly, so they leave the farm and home in charge of their eldest boy and girl. The guide includes:vocabulary exercisesdiscussion questionsreading a
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3rd - 8th
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The Gift of the Magi Lit Guide | O. Henry | Literary Analysis | Irony | Theme
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze O. Henry's famous short story The Gift of the MagiEngage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting, symbolism and climaxIdentify and describe examples of irony and foreshadowingIdentify and interpret specific word choice and nuance in meaningInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyDebate personal sacrifi
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: O. Henry Short Stories | Bundle of 4 Lit Guides | SAVE 15%
The Bet (1889) by Anton Chekhov Literature Guide | Literary Analysis | Theme
This easy-to-use activity is simple yet effective. Here’s what your class will do:Analyze Anton Chekhov's famous short story The BetEngage with 10 high-level, short answer questionsExplore setting, theme, symbolism, irony, and foreshadowingInsert themselves into the narrative, make decisions and defend their opinionsDiscuss multiple interpretations of the short storyExplore the protagonist's change in outlook and personal beliefWhat's in the download?A 15 page PDF with:Links to Google Formats -
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7th - 12th
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