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7th grade short stories thematic unit plans $10 and up
Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Lessons and Assignments
Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Lessons and Assignments: Elevate your English class with this chilling and thrilling short story unit, guaranteed to send shivers down your students' spines! Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year, this collection of scary and surprising stories will captivate and engage your students. Explore the dark and mysterious world of suspenseful, creepy, and spooky tales with handpicked stories that are sure to keep your students on the edge
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7th - 10th
Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Digital and Print Bundle
Short Story Unit Plan - Scary and Surprising Stories - Digital and Print Bundle: Elevate your English class with this chilling and thrilling digital and print short story unit, guaranteed to send shivers down your students' spines! Perfect for Halloween or any time of the year, this collection of scary and surprising stories will captivate and engage your students. Explore the dark and mysterious world of suspenseful, creepy, and spooky tales with handpicked stories that are sure to keep your st
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7th - 10th
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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Bundle for The Twilight Zone Teleplay
This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the teleplay from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay is not included.This PDF bundle includes my BEST SELLING The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Complete Unit Pack, which includes a multiple choice test, along with my task cards for stage direction, which can also be used as an assessment. You will get
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6th - 9th
Mentor Text Mini Lessons for Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
This three week narrative writing unit centers around the mentor text Eleven by Sandra Cisneros. This story is short and packed full of powerful narrative writing techniques to teach students. Each mini lesson takes you through analyzing this text in depth so that students can hone their descriptive narrative writing skills. Note: the story is not included with this unit but a link to it is. There are seven mini lessons on the following topics: Mini Lesson #1: The Structure of a NarrativeMini Le
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5th - 8th
SHORT STORIES UNIT BUNDLE
430+ PAGES OF QUALITY AND COMMON CORE ALIGNED CONTENT WITH UNIQUE STORIES THAT STUDENTS ARE SURE TO LOVE AT ALMOST ½ THE PRICE. This resource will promote middle and high schoolers understanding of the elements of literatures, literary analysis, reading comprehension, problem solving, and collaboration skills. There are 7 short story units, 3 escape rooms, 1 digital task cards resource, 3 Socratic seminars, a play, and interactive fiction journey included in this bundle for a total of 9 stories
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7th - 10th
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Short Story Unit 2
This 385 page short story unit has lesson plans for 42 short stories ranging in grade levels 6-12. Each lesson plan includes essential questions, CC standards, appropriate grade level, location for the story, a summary of the story, a skill builder and subject category theme for each story, vocabulary words, writing activity, discussion questions, and a student reading question worksheet. There are also 20 additional after reading activities and reading comprehension worksheets to use for the st
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6th - 12th
Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL
Help your students learn all about what makes a story good with the Elements of Fiction Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
A two-page outline of all the documents is included. Also includes title-divider sheets to keep things organized in a binder or file folders.
Includes the following products (for less than what it would cost to purchase separately):
Brain Warmer Quick Write and Write Around
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Elements-of-Fiction-Brain-Warmer-Quic
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6th - 12th
Short Story Unit 1 and 2 Bundle
These lesson plans include all 74 short story lesson plans from Short Story Units 1 and 2.Complete list of stories:“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor “Cypress Swamp Granny” by Vivian Vande Velde “Curses, Inc.” by Vivian Vande Velde “The Elevator” by William Sleator “Hercules” by Various Authors “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell “New Chicago” by Kelley Armstrong “The Witch’s Son” by Vivian Vande Velde “When First We Were Gods” by Rick Yancey “Faithful Johannes” by the Br
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6th - 12th
Short Story Bundle - Literary Analysis Activities for Secondary - Digital, Print
This short story bundle features literary analysis worksheets and activities for classic short stories that students love! Enhance your narrative reading unit with these anchor charts, graphic organizers, pre-reading activities, comprehension questions, vocabulary worksheets, and assessments! Suitable for online learning and Google Classroom®. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ Save over 50% with the bundled discount! ⚡️⚡️⚡️Short stories included with this bundle:1. “The Lottery” by Shirley JacksonExamine conformity, supe
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7th - 12th
Student Survival Writing Prompts: Twelve Adventures
The weeks after the SOLs are grueling. Both you and your students just count the days until summer vacation arrives. Not much work is being done. I wanted the final weeks of school to be meaningful, so we wrote stories. I allowed the students imaginations to run wild, and they loved it! I was amazed at the stories they created.If you follow the process, you will see that your students will love unleashing their creativity. I start slow with a couple of short activities, and then work their way u
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6th - 9th
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"Amigo Brothers" Curriculum All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students read and understand Amigo Brothers, a short story by Piri Thomas.
Includes the following products (for less than it would cost to purchase separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Scramble
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Double Entry Response Chart
Character Chart
Reading Guide Advanced
Reading Guide Basic
Making Inferences and Using Text Support
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
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6th - 12th
Two Week Intro to the Science Fiction Genre: Lessons, Slides, & Daily Activities
Science fiction has been called many things since the genre first emerged—most of them bad. Speculative. Irrelevant. Childish. Bizarre. Help your students understand the importance of this overlooked genre as they learn about its history, tropes, common elements, and more. By the end of this two-week study, your students will be able to define the sometimes nebulous term, "sci-fi," and they'll be able to express its value and purpose as well. With the help of four great short stories by equally
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7th - 10th
Harlem Renaissance Bundle - Poetry/Informational Text/Short Story + More!!
This resource is bursting with color and variety, just like the Harlem Renaissance!What's included:1. Create a Travel BrochureStudents practice 21st century skills and develop a broad understanding of the Harlem Renaissance era while creating a travel brochure.2. Informational TextPractice valuable informational text reading skills while learning about the contrasting approaches of two of the Harlem Renaissance's leading activists: Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois3. Langston Hughes Vs. Tupac S
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6th - 12th
Suspenseful Short Stories: The Elevator, The Fog Horn, The Monkey's Paw and More
Short stories that are perfect for a suspense and mystery unit! Includes activities, writing and reading exercises and quizzes for:
"The Moose and the Sparrow"
"The Elevator"
"The Fog Horn"
"The Monkey's Paw"
"Uneasy Homecoming"
Purpose: To explore the theme of suspense and open-ended mysteries. Reading comprehension, reading analysis and creative writing are the main skills addressed in this unit.
Table of Contents:
1. Teacher Instructions (3 pages)
2. Mystery Vocabulary
3. “The Monkey’s Paw
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7th - 9th
Dystopia Bundle - Create a Dystopia + 3 Short Story Lesson Plans
Students begin by studying characteristics of a dystopia and creating their own dystopian society, before studying three engaging dystopian short stories (Harrison Bergeron, We Ate the Children Last, and A Sound of Thunder). Each short story lesson plan has up to a week's work of activities such as pre and post reading questions, written responses, creative extension activities, text vs movie worksheets and online jeopardy games.
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5th - 12th
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Student Survival Writing Prompts #3: Four Adventures
The weeks after the SOLs are grueling. Both you and your students just count the days until summer vacation arrives. Not much work is being done. I wanted the final weeks of school to be meaningful, so we wrote stories. I allowed the students imaginations to run wild, and they loved it! I was amazed at the stories they created.If you follow the process, you will see that your students will love unleashing their creativity. I start slow with a couple of short activities, and then work their way u
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6th - 9th
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Narrative Writing CCS Worksheet Activities Assessments Complete Unit
This is a nine week, 72 page unit that makes Narrative Writing enjoyable, understandable and teachable It comes complete with pre and post assessments, narrative writing standards, weekly lesson plans, student questioning, printable materials and evidence of learning. Lessons cover all components of story writing including great beginnings, setting the setting, building suspense, slow-it-down main events, climax and resolution, and strong endings. You get step-by-step lessons, worksheets, stude
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3rd - 7th
Full of Suspense - Reading Comprehension & Narrative Writing Bundle
Engage and captivate your students with classic tales like "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Monkey's Paw", while guiding them through comprehensive questions, RACES writing process graphic organizers, pre-reading inquiries, and vocabulary worksheets. There is a suspense narrative writing project complete with a guided outline, a checklist, and grading rubric, empowering students to craft their own gripping stories. This resource also includes mini-posters showcasing suspenseful writing technique
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6th - 9th
Student Survival Writing Prompts #2: Four Adventures
The weeks after the SOLs are grueling. Both you and your students just count the days until summer vacation arrives. Not much work is being done. I wanted the final weeks of school to be meaningful, so we wrote stories. I allowed the students imaginations to run wild, and they loved it! I was amazed at the stories they created.If you follow the process, you will see that your students will love unleashing their creativity. I start slow with a couple of short activities, and then work their way u
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6th - 9th
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Student Survival Writing Prompts #1: Four Adventures
The weeks after the SOLs are grueling. Both you and your students just count the days until summer vacation arrives. Not much work is being done. I wanted the final weeks of school to be meaningful, so we wrote stories. I allowed the students imaginations to run wild, and they loved it! I was amazed at the stories they created.If you follow the process, you will see that your students will love unleashing their creativity. I start slow with a couple of short activities, and then work their way u
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6th - 9th
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Mystery and Detective Unit
Lesson plans, homework, vocabulary, exams, and book report for detective and mystery stories, including Poe's detective stories, several Sherlock Holmes short stories, Hound of the Baskervilles and Twelve Angry Men.
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7th - 12th
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Tell-Tale Heart Study: *NO PREP* Tell-Tale Heart Guilty or Not? Trial Project
Everything to put the narrator on trial for killing the old man is provided in this. This is absolutely NO PREP after you purchase this. The only thing you need to do is assign everything! Everything you can think of is in this project! Check out the video for me scrolling through an example trial project!You will download a ZIP file of folders after purchasing this resource. Let me know if you have any questions or issues - please ask me a question on TPT!INCLUDED: Trial groups document to type
Grades:
6th - 12th
High School Reading Comprehension: Fiction and Nonfiction Suspense Bundle
Three units for one great price! My kids love a good mystery and so do I! Mysteries are a great way to engage your students and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Two of the units included in this bundle, Stonehenge and Memories Locked in a Castle, combine fiction and nonfiction. Stonehenge contains a mini lesson on learning how to read fiction and non-fiction with one printable for assessment. It also contains the original short story, In the Shadow of the Stones, with 5 pri
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7th - 10th
Middle School Short Story Bundle
6-8 weeks of lessons with 6 fun and engaging stories for your Middle School students! 132 pages of resources! Teaches:ConflictCharacterizationPlotPoint of ViewThemeSimile & MetaphorImageryMoodSymbolismIrony Each story comes with a blank Plot diagram, Short Answer Reading Comprehension Questions, Vocabulary, Figurative Language worksheets, and Quiz. Also included are a number of extension activities, including: Point of View Journal pages Character Sketch Graphic Organizer One-pager (incl
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6th - 12th
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