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8th grade short stories outlines under $5
Narrative Writing - Beginning/Middle/End - Sentence Starters
When students need to create a story from scratch, help them organize their ideas and the content with this mini poster/graphic organizer/mini anchor chart.It is divided into 3 sections for beginning, middle and end. Each section includes a checklist of what should be included in that section, sentence starters to help students begin their paragraph(s) and an example using one of those sentence starters.Hope your students find this as useful as mine did!
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4th - 12th
Labyrinth Film Study Viewing Guide
Labyrinth is an 80's classic that your students are sure to love! This Film Viewing Guide includes Before Viewing, While Viewing, and After Viewing questions to help students focus on characterization, setting, plot, and main themes of Labyrinth as a folktale with elements that connect to myth. Can easily be used as a stand alone film study or part of a Short Stories unit.
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7th - 10th
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Hero's Journey Short Story Archetype Creative Writing Project
Learning about hero's stories or archetypes? Have students practice this with a creative writing assignment! This product will have students write a short story about a hero who goes on all 5 stages of the hero's journey plot pattern archetype. It has an outline for that, dialogue guides, a rubric, and more. There is an additional outline to expand the project to include other archetypes as well such as character archetypes, symbol archetypes, etc. The different outlines in this packet allow you
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6th - 12th
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A&E Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (1994) Questions
Have you been looking for questions to go along with the A&E Video Biography: The Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe (1994)? If so, you’re not alone. I spent months searching for questions to use with this amazing documentary—in my opinion, the best one on the market. When I came up empty handed again and again, I decided to create them for myself. I created this 23 question assignment for students to fill out as they watched the documentary in class. I have included a detailed answer sheet for the
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7th - 10th
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Raymond's Run Writing Activity
Use this literary analysis paragraph lesson to get your students to start writing analytically and cite specific text evidence.
Literary analysis paragraphs are eleven sentence paragraphs and force students to think critically about a text.
This packet includes a prompt, a pre-write activity, and a how-to (sentence by sentence) write an insightful literary analysis paragraph.
Use with Toni Cade Bambara's "Raymond's Run".
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7th - 9th
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Cornell Notes for teaching Theme
These Cornell notes with answers provide students with guiding questions for teaching theme as an element of literature.
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4th - 12th
Compare and Contrast Essay Graphic Organizer Outline
This graphic organizer prepares students to write a compare and contrast essay in the "Story 1, then Story 2" format. It allows students to plan an intro paragraph, two body paragraphs for story 1, two body paragraphs for story 2, and a conclusion.
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7th - 9th
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3 Plot Structure Poster Sets - Literature - Novel Study - Story Study - Book
THREE, 2-Part Plot Structure Poster Sets•1st Set: Explains Each Part of the Plot Using a Roller Coaster Analogy•2nd Set: Has Lines in Each Box so Students Can Write Each Plot Part of the Story•3rd Set: Has Blank Boxes So Students Can Draw, Color, and Label Pictures that Represent Each Part of the Plot
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3rd - 8th
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Suspense in "The Monkey's Paw" - Using Text Evidence
I use this writing outline as students are beginning develop literary analysis skills. After we read, "The Monkey's Paw", students use text evidence to show the literary elements that the author uses to create suspense in the story. It's a basic outline for a basic paragraph on a great short story that students enjoy.
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6th - 9th
Compare and Contrast Essay "The Ravine" and "The Jumping Tree" Middle School ELA
After reading "The Ravine" by Graham Salisbury and "The Jumping Tree" by René Saldaña, have your students write an essay comparing and contrasting the two stories. Included in this assignment is an essay plan for your students to follow, a detailed grading rubric, and a planning sheet. The essay plan details what students need to include in their introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions in order to produce a thorough essay that effectively compares the two stories. The student planning s
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6th - 8th
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The Gift of the Magi Theme Essay
This CCSS aligned essay prompt asks students to identify a theme in O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi." This essay prompt handout includes three possible themes and a basic essay outline that will require students to use quotes from the text to support their response.
Also, be sure to check out my Peer editing worksheet to help your students work through the writing process.
Common Core Essay - Common Core Aligned Essay - The Gift of the Magi Essay - Theme Essay
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7th - 12th
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Journal Entry Template
This journal entry can be utilized for Social Emotional Learning activities, ELA journal entries, first days of school activities, creative writing, etc.
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PreK - 12th
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" Literary Essay
O'Henry's short story, "The Ransom of Red Chief is rich in humor and a number of literary devices. This 3-page essay format bundle prepares students for writing a well-developed essay on the author's use of literary elements such as irony, figurative language, foreshadowing, exaggeration, and surprise ending. I've used this for several years and have received some well-written analysis of the short story.
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7th - 9th
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Tips for Writing an Anecdote
Eight tips in a handout/outline style to help your students understand how and when to use anecdotes in their writing. Works wonderfully in a writing binder or folder as something for students to use as a personal anchor chart.
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6th - 12th
5 Differentiated Plot Diagram Templates (for Any Novel, Film, or Short Story)
Recognizing plot structure is an important step in understanding and analyzing how good stories are told--whether it's a short story, a classic novel, or a film. Plot diagrams templates are a good way to help students visualize a narrative by recognizing and filling out the key components from a story. Whether you're doing a novel study, a film class, a creative writing unit, or any other lesson about storytelling, these five engaging templates serve as a valuable study tool or assessment tool f
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5th - 12th
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Short Story Terms PowerPoint and Notes Sheet-Freshman
This zip file contains an editable PowerPoint and follow along student note sheet (a PDF, not a Word document). The note sheet is fill in the blank and the blanks corresponds with underlined terms and definitions on the PowerPoint. This is a basic PowerPoint that includes the following words: prose, genre, characters, antagonist, protagonist, static character, dynamic character, stereotype, Point of view and the types, five elements of plot, theme, mood, tone, foreshadowing, flashback, and the t
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7th - 9th
Analysis of Suspense in Jackson's "The Lottery"
For this assignment, students analyze how Shirley Jackson creates suspense in the short story "The Lottery" after reading the short story. Students may choose from suggested techniques (foreshadowing, point of view, detail selection, omissions, irony, etc.), or from their own ideas.
The assignment requires students to produce a paragraph length-response that utilizes two direct quotations. The assignment includes a detailed assignment sheet, two 30-point rubric options (one specific and one mo
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7th - 12th
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Summary Writing Mini Unit
Summary writing can be a challenge for many students. Putting their thoughts into words is made more manageable with this Summary Mountain graphic organizer. This unit takes at least 2 weeks to complete, and your students will come away as experts at thinking and writing about the parts of a summary.
Included in this mini unit:
-Summary Writing Smarty Badges
-Engaging body movements, paired, and small group discussion
-Summary Mountain Graphic organizer with a story example
-Step by step dire
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3rd - 8th
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Literature Conflict Note Sheet
Use this note sheet to have students take notes on the different types of conflict: internal, external, character vs self, character vs character, character vs nature, and character vs society. Can be used in a middle school ELA classroom.
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6th - 8th
Also included in:Â Story Elements: Type of Conflict Slides, Note Sheet, and Exit Ticket
MEMOIR/ AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL INCIDENT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (with example)
questions get students startedexample sheet provides modelingshort, manageable style
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Plot Diagram Template
Learning the elements of plot? This interactive plot diagram is perfect for your students. It is easy for students (even younger ones!) to use and type on. This template can be used in a virtual learning setting or in an in-person classroom setting with devices.
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5th - 12th
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The House on Mango Street - Vignettes by Theme
For "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. If students will be digging deeper into certain themes within the novella, this document selects six different themes and lists the vignettes most appropriate for their exploration.
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7th - 10th
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Memoir/Personal Narrative Graphic Organizer
The perfect tool for your students to organize their thoughts before setting out to write about their own life experiences!
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3rd - 12th
Fictional Narrative Essay peer editing scavenger hunt
Student can use this narrative essay editing/scavenger hunt to peer or self edit in class. Requires computers to highlight or highlighters to mark up paper. It's specific to skills but general as to topic or type of fictional story the student is writing. Fun easy way to learn and edit in class - and very easy to spot check and grade with labeled highlights! This is includes a lot of READING skills such as flashbacks, foreshadowing, dialogue, pacing, style, characterization, plot, etc. Enjoy!
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6th - 12th
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