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Short stories unit plans for Microsoft Word and for homeschool
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories
Short Story Unit Plan - Presentations, Assignments, and Activities for 4 Stories: This comprehensive middle school and high school short story unit will captivate your students with four highly engaging stories, all with surprising endings. The resource includes eye-catching PowerPoint presentations to introduce short story terms and to guide the lesson for each of the short stories, dynamic discussions, enriching videos, and creative assessments and activities to engage and challenge your stude
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Chrysanthemum! Teaching the Elements of a Short Story
This unit provides lesson plans for teaching the elements of a short story using Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes as a model. Several graphic organizers are included as well.
Topics covered: setting, characters, conflict, rising and falling action, climax, resolution, and theme.
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3rd - 8th
Good Country People - Mini Unit Activities
Use the following items to aid an in-depth study of Flannery O'Connor's short story, "Good Country People":
- A biography of Flannery O'Connor's life and works.
- 29 analysis questions that focus on setting, characterization, making text-self connections, and strong comprehension.
- A 10 question multiple choice DYRT (Did You Read This) quiz.
Grades:
7th - 12th
Halloween 3 Short Stories Unit for Clinkity-Clink, A Ghost Story, Bongcheon-Dong
Students read and analyse three different types of spooky stories.
1. "Clinkity-Clink" from Scary Stories to Tell in The Dark by Alvin Schwartz
2. "A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain
3. "Bongcheon-Dong Ghost" by Horang
None of these are very gory or contain adult situations.
The stories are not included in this download, but are available to view for free online. Links to view them are provided in the lesson.
The sample lesson is just a small excerpt from the unit plan. I kept it in MSWord form
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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War is Kind & The War Prayer - Literary Analysis Comparison - Paired Passages
This mini-unit devotes two or three class periods, depending on your usage and structure, to the comparison of “War is a Kind” and “The War Prayer” through annotation and deep reading. As usual, you will find a Microsoft Word copy of the text structured with 2.5” margins for annotating, discussion questions for each and a Constructed response/Short essay prompt.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Memoirs Unit Autobiographies Writing Middle High School
A comprehensive unit to teach students how to write personal memoirs of all types. The unit includes six merged documents : 1) definitions of all memoir styles 2) practice sheet matching the type of memoir to a description 3) a quiz on the memoir styles 4) a writing assignment for a collection of memoirs that can be shared with other students and can be used as a major grade 5) a scoring rubric for the assignment 6) a peer response form for peer editing of the memoir collection assignment prior
Grades:
7th - 12th
"Three Century Woman" Short Story Unit, (Common Core Aligned)
This is a complete unit for the story "Three-Century Woman" by Richard Peck. It focuses on Point-of-View, including notes and quizzes. It also includes reading review questions, a writing assignment, vocabulary assignments, and quizzes. Everything you need to teach this story!
*Sometimes the formatting is off, depending on the device you use to download the files. If the formatting is too far off, please tell me and I will send you any lesson you purchase via email!
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6th - 9th
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Fall of the House of Usher" Full Text
From Electric English...
Here is a clean, fresh copy of Poe's short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher". There are activities that accomapany this story in my store as well. All that being said, use it for whatever you want.... It's FREE and a great story :)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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James Joyce - "The Dead" - Activities and Assessments
This resource includes a series of activities to accompany James Joyce's short story "The Dead."It includes a series of 8 discussion prompts that could be used for whole class or small group discussion, a literal comprehension reading quiz (with answer key), a close-reading task with 5 guiding questions, and an 8 question long answer assessment.
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11th - 12th
Index of Free Books for Early-Intermediate Beginners
Books are beneficial for language teachers for a variety of reasons. You can find a large selection of free picture books for Japanese learners here: https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/This index organizes 15 of those books from easiest to more difficult (easier books can be found in the Index for Complete Beginners). Even within level 0, there is a wide range of necessary Japanese ability, so this index focuses on books appropriate for Early-Intermediate - Intermediate Beginners. Voca
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Reading Resources for Japanese Beginners
Annie and the Old One Literature Unit
This 9 day unit contains 2 worksheets for student use while reading Annie and the Old One by Miska Miles, along with an 8 day schedule for reading the book. Each day suggests the number of pages to be read as well as a class activity (or more) that corresponds with the pages read that day.
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2nd - 5th
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Story of an Hour Analysis & Author Study
Story of an Hour is the perfect introduction to Realist literature. Kate Chopin creates clear cut gender roles easily representing the woman's place of the late 19th century. That matches with the extreme irony, symbolism and satire of the time period allows students to easily detect the historical relevance.Here, I have created a 13 page document that includes a short author bio, a transcript of the story with 2.5 inch margin for annotation, and in text comprehension questions. Following that i
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9th - 12th
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Index of Free Books for Complete Beginners
Books are beneficial for language teachers for a variety of reasons. You can find a large selection of free picture books for Japanese learners here: https://tadoku.org/japanese/en/free-books-en/This index organizes 20 of those books from easiest to more difficult. Even within level 0, there is a wide range of necessary Japanese ability, so this index focuses on books appropriate for Complete Beginners - Early Beginners. Vocabulary, grammar, and cultural references used in each book are also inc
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3rd - 6th
Also included in: Reading Resources for Japanese Beginners
Literary Terms Notes and Test with Answer Key
Before jumping into any kind of reading lesson, students need to be acquainted with the literary terms used. This contains the needed notes with entertaining examples as well as a test complete with an answer key with answers listed in red. This is a great introduction to use before starting a short story unit, a creative writing class or a novel study.
Students have a fun discussion comparing movies to books as they are learning the literary terms.
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6th - 12th
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"Monsters are Due on Maple Street" Short Story Unit
This is a unit for the short story "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street." It includes vocabulary worksheets, a vocabulary test, an extension activity on mob mentality, a review worksheet, a movie/story comparison worksheet, and a creative writing activity that includes a graphic organizer and peer editing worksheet. *Formatting is sometimes off, depending on the device to which you download this file. If the formatting is incredibly off (which it should not be), contact me and I will send you t
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7th - 9th
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4 Horror Stories with Quizzes, Vocab and Test Answer Key
This should last you about 2 weeks, and the stories are very high interest. The stories are The Yellow Wallpaper, Diary of a Madman, The Black Cat and The Possibility of Evil. My students loved it!What you get-A vocabulary list with the words defined, a vocabulary test, an objective multiple choice 15-20 question quiz on each story, and a 60 question objective test.The test on the stories emphasizes the literary techniques of horror plus other literary devices used, some biographical info on the
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9th - 12th
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Flowers for Algernon and Essay Writing Assignment-WORD FORMAT
This is uploaded in WORD to allow for accommodations to adapt for your classroom needs. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a classic, heart-wrenching short story where students learn compassion for others. This study guide includes 6 pages that aligns with the short story. Elements within the packet include: subplot, parallel episodes, using context clues, brief research elements, as well as comprehension and critical thinking questions. This unit ends with an additional 6 pages of a step-b
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5th - 12th
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Lon Po Po Short Story Excerpt Fairy Tales Close Reading Analysis
Close Reading Story Analysis of "Lon Po Po" a Red Riding Hood picture book short story by Ed Young. Analyzing any text is an art. How do you get better at it? Practice. Here is an easy way to teach close reading with self-guided questions that help the student gain understanding of breaking down lines of text.Altered fairy tales offer a chance for students to compare and contrast similar story themes with differing aspects. This story pairs well with using other fairy-tale-themed poems, short s
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Grades:
2nd - 8th
7th grade Unit Plan, Short Stories
This plan is very general and allows the teacher to go in many different directions. I have given many ideas that have worked well in my classroom.
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6th - 9th
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Short Stories Presentation Project (An Indirect Instruction Unit) WORD
This unit utilizes indirect instruction and student presentations to teach a variety of authors along with their short stories. The document includes:StandardsObjectivesAuthor Assignment sheetAuthor Information worksheetShort Story Information worksheetPresentation Explanation Sheet Presentation Rubric This is a word document so it is completely editable. Feel free to change the authors, questions, everything!
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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How Little John Joined Robin Hood Lesson Plan
A complete lesson plan on the a-z story, How Little John Joined Robin Hood.
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3rd - 4th
Short Story Vocabulary Test 100 Questions
This test covers the vocabulary words in "The Most Dangerous Game," "The Lady, or the Tiger?," "War," "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". I have posted vocabulary worksheets on TPT for each of the above stories.
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8th - 11th
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A LOVING HOME FOR MAYA LESSON PLAN
This is a moving story about a puppy that sought to rescue her master, but ended up being kidnapped, and how she escapes and finds her way back home. Students will learn the meaning of determination as they read this emotional story.
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2nd - 3rd
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Edgar Allan Poe and Gothic Literature Unit
An Edgar Allan Poe unit that focuses on poetry, literary devices, and creative writing. Edgar Allan Poe was an extremely influential individual, who paved the way for many horror writers and gothic genre writers today. Students will study literature and have a chance to create their own gothic pieces in the form of a poem and short stories. DISCLAIMER: While this lesson plan does include a bit of activities for you and your students to do, I am offering it free because I understand that there ma
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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