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Short stories worksheets for Google Apps
The Veldt, Ray Bradbury Short Story Worksheets + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive
If your students can’t go an hour without looking at their phones, they need to read “The Veldt.”Ray Bradbury’s chilling futuristic short story, “The Veldt,” gives us a glimpse of a world where children love their devices more than their families. Sound familiar? This compelling 90-minute lesson will get your students reading, thinking, and discussing the consequences of our tech-dependent culture. The materials (5-page PDF with links to online media and Google Drive versions of all student hand
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8th - 11th
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Lamb to the Slaughter, Roald Dahl, Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive, CCSS
Use the dark humor of Roald Dahl’s well-known short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter," to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes links to the full text of the story, detailed instructions, a 9-question deep-thinking handout (with detailed answer key, of course), and a writing activity that creatively uses an official-looking police report for students to summarize the elements of the story. The lesson also includes a police sketch portion (my high s
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7th - 10th
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Folktales Reading Comprehension Passages
Stories told by indigenous peoples of North America are featured in these 8 short reading passages with text and 5 multiple-choice comprehension questions on one page. Options include print, Easel Activities, and Google Forms. The questions are modeled after the types of questions on standardized reading tests. Perfect for morning work or bell work activities, reading centers, quick assessments, small group instruction, interventions, test prep, or homework!Readability is in the 3rd-5th grade ra
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3rd - 5th
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Also included in: Short Fiction Reading Comprehension Passages Bundle
Harrison Bergeron, Literary Analysis + Video, Kurt Vonnegut, PDF & Google Drive
Use this compelling two-day (or possibly three-day, depending on your pacing) lesson on Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s chilling futuristic short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” as a stand-alone lesson, as part of any short story unit, or as a supplement to any larger dystopian novel study, such as Brave New World, The Giver, or The Hunger Games.Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s story presents a chilling vision of a future where everyone has the exact same level of intelligence, talent, and beauty. Shouldn’t we want to level
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8th - 11th
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The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street Short Story Analysis & Escape Room
Make your scary short story unit on The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street by Rod Serling memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school short story resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school ELA teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more
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6th - 8th
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Daily Reading Comprehension Passages with Google Forms - 4th Grade
This spiral Fourth Grade Daily Reading Comprehension Review includes 180 reading passages with questions. Three versions are included in the bundle: Printable, self-grading Google Forms, and Google Slides. These 180 engaging passages can be used as test prep, RTI, warm-up work, bell work, guided reading passages with comprehension questions, homework, or sub work. This is part of our Daily Reading Review series. This is a HUGE BUNDLE with 180 passages, both printable and digital. Every quarter c
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4th
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1st Grade Reading Comprehension Passages 1st Grade Short Stories with Questions
First Grade Reading Passages (FICTION) SET 1Engage your young readers with these 30 fictional reading comprehension passages. Students are asked to read a short passage, answer questions using evidence in the text, state their opinions and justify them and draw an illustration to display an understanding of what they have read. A cover page for a booklet and both US and UK/AUS/NZ spelling are included in the packet. As well as the printable pages, there is an option to use the TPT Digital Tool o
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1st - 2nd
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Gift of the Magi, O. Henry, Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Gift of the Magi” by American writer O. Henry, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis, get them thinking deeply about the text, and provide opportunities for creative writing. This two-day lesson plan includes a beautifully illustrated copy of the story, an 8-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and two options for creative writing assignments with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own O
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7th - 10th
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The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal
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6th - 8th
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Short Story Unit, Eng. 11/12 Short Stories + Multimedia, PDF & Google Drive CCSS
Short Story Unit for Older TeensTired of teaching the same old short stories? Did a teacher in the earlier grades steal your thunder by already teaching some of the short stories you were planning to use in your classroom? This bundle of modern and classic short stories (all with multimedia add-ons) is for you! Designed for high school junior and senior English classes, this unit plan includes a wide variety of lesser-known high-interest short works that will entertain and challenge your uppercl
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reading Comprehension Passages and Questions 2nd Grade Print & Digital
These reading comprehension passages are perfect for second grade students! There are 29 fiction and 16 nonfiction passages. Students answer the questions using reading strategies like making inferences and making connections. There are also 2 direct answer questions on each page. These 45 short reading comprehension passages can be used for independent work, small group lessons, or as homework. Your students can develop their comprehension, fluency, and writing skills as they are required to
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2nd
The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Apps
Use the classic short story, “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a full-text copy of this public domain story, an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key, of course), an interactive slide lecture (both Prezi Next and Google Slides versions included) to help your students learn how to analyze text as they connect the author’s setting to the character development of Mathilde Loisel, and an opt
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8th - 11th
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The Scarlet Ibis, James Hurst Short Story Literary Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the heartbreaking story “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a pre-writing organizing task that will get your students to dig back into the text and organize symbolic elements (also with answer key), and a literary analysis writing assignment where students will examine Hurst’s use of symbolism to support his them
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8th - 11th
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Story Retell & Picture Sequencing Beginning, Middle, End Short Stories & Writing
Do you have students who need some extra support with story retell and sequencing stories with pictures? This story retell resource will engage students while they become experts at retelling stories with a clear beginning, middle, and end. This leveled, LOW-PREP digital and printable resource will allow your students to develop a true understanding of how to retell a story using transition words and a logical sequence. Don't miss out on this foundational story retell resource for easy teaching
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K - 3rd
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"Thank You Ma'am" Langston Hughes story, literary analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use this classic short story, “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This one-day lesson plan includes detailed instructions, a six-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course), and an optional writing activity that shows students step-by-step how to build a powerful introductory paragraph to any literary analysis essay. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for
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8th - 11th
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Most Dangerous Game, Richard Connell, Short Story Analysis, PDF & Google Drive
Use the classic short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This three-day lesson plan includes the full-text 9-page story (public domain), an 8-question student handout (with detailed answer key/class discussion starters), a simile hunt worksheet (also with answer key), and an optional direct/indirect characterization activity. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for ad
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8th - 11th
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The Elevator Short Story Activities & Worksheets - Digital & Print!
Teaching William Sleator’s short story “The Elevator” is easy and engaging with these post-reading activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep options are included, making it easy to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.⬆️ Check out the PREVIEW for more information! ⬆️Both teachers and students love these unique and challenging creative activities. Students will p
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6th - 8th
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Nonfiction reading comprehension passages with questions 4th grade, 5th grade
This nonfiction reading comprehension with questions packet set will be your 4th & 5th-grade students' new favorite thing to read! Use the resource that can be used during the school year as a daily grade, weekly checkpoints, for reading RTI intervention in your small groups, during summer break, for test prep, tutorials, and more. You can also listen as a student reads this passage to see if they are reading fluently. Please note there is no word count on these passages. This low-prep resou
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4th - 6th
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The Landlady Activities - Middle School Short Stories for Plot Diagram & More!
Looking for short stories for your middle school students? Don't miss The Landlady! Teaching Roald Dahl’s short story “The Landlady” is easy and engaging with these literary elements activities & worksheets! A wide variety of no-prep options are included for plot diagram, characterization, & more, making it easy to differentiate your instruction, extend the learning for your early finishers, or provide student choice. Printable? Digital? It’s all included to save YOU time.Check out the P
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
The Elevator by William Sleator Short Story Activities & Escape Room Bundle
Make your unit on “The Elevator” by William Sleator memorable with this short story activities & escape room bundle. This resource will supply you with a wide variety of engaging and creative activities guaranteed to encourage your students to interact with the text in various ways. ⬆️ CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR A CLOSER LOOK! ⬆️Teachers love using this resource to review the elements of a short story and incorporate a bit of suspense with “The Elevator.” Several activities *sneak in* standar
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6th - 8th
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RL 2.3 Character Response - Differentiated Reading Passages
RL 2.3 Character Response - Differentiated Reading Passages -This product contains 7 differentiated reading passages with questions that are also differentiated. The passages and questions focus on characters' responses to events. Available in PDF and Google Slides versionsPages 1 -10: Reading Passages with Comprehension QuestionsPage 11: Answer KeyPage 12: Exit Ticket - Reading Passage with 2 multiple choice questionsPages 13 & 14: Writing Prompts about Character ResponsePage 15: Short Answ
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2nd
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Also included in: Second Grade RL Reading Bundle
Rules of the Game, Amy Tan Short Story from Joy Luck Club, PDF & Google Drive
Use the short story, “The Rules of the Game” (a short piece from Amy Tan’s novel, The Joy Luck Club), to teach your students the elements of literary analysis. This two-day lesson plan includes a 7-question deep-thinking exercise (with detailed answer key, of course) and a creative writing assignment with specific literary techniques for the students to include in their own work of fiction. All student handouts are included in both PDF and Google Drive formats.This lesson is best for advanced mi
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8th - 11th
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4th Grade Daily Reading Comprehension Review - First Quarter
A spiral Daily Reading Comprehension Review in both printable and Google Forms versions. It can be used as warm-up work, bell work, test prep, guided reading passages with comprehension questions, or homework. This much-requested resource is the same quality as our popular Daily Language Review series. If you prefer the Google Slides Version of the 4th grade Daily Reading Review, click here. It includes the entire year and is a great value.❤️Printable❤️Google Forms (self checking - immediate stu
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4th
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Also included in: Daily Reading Comprehension Passages with Google Forms - 4th Grade
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe Abridged - Print & Digital
Looking for an abridged version of "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe that has all the meat of the story without the repetitive and wordy parts? This resource helps struggling readers grasp the story with a much easier-to-understand version about half the size of the original. Plus, it is print and digital!What's included . . .►Lesson instructions that include a bell ringer and link to a video trailer to spark students' interest in the story►Clean copy of abridged version of "Th
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7th - 12th
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