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Short stories unit plans for Microsoft Word
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
Grades:
9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Writing a Short Story - Complete Unit
Your students will have their short story story written and completed in 15 days! This unit includes activities, specific lesson plans and every thing you need to help your students. My kids were very successful during this unit and enjoy it every year. It's positively directed but fast paced.
How to Write a Short Story
Day 1: Background Survey & Getting Excited Activity
Day 2: Character Development
Day 3: Continue Character Development & Setting Development: Where, When and We
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4th - 10th
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5 Day English Sub Plan - Emergency Plans - FULL WEEK Middle/ High School English
EDITABLE Secondary English 5 Day Sub Plan. Ready to print or email. Students will read the short story "Trap of Gold" and create a poster project. Complete with lesson plans, short story, and poster project all in 1 easy to read document. Also, works in multiple grade levels so you can leave one plan for all your classes. - Instructions are detailed and easy to read so the sub can simply follow along. - Plans, short story, comprehension questions, and poster project all included in one editable
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7th - 12th
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Literary Elements Pre-Test
This a selected response test to assess students prior knowledge of literary elements including the parts the plot, characterization, theme, point of view and dialogue and should be used at the beginning of a reading unit that focuses on these terms. Question types include multiple choice, short answer, fill-in (word bank included).
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6th - 8th
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The Most Dangerous Game Short Story Lesson with Activities Common Core CCSS
1. This packet is filled with a post-reading pop quiz, three creative project based assignments, and a group activity that will lead the entire class in a review of several literary devices: Direct Characterization, Indirect Characterization, Tone/Mood, Sensory Imagery, Conflict, Foreshadowing, Personification, Hyperbole, and Symbolism. Technology is involved in almost every element of the unit. This is a wonderful engaging short story rich with detail and textual evidence.Click here to follow m
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
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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Grades:
3rd - 8th
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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Grades:
6th - 12th
"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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Grades:
6th - 12th
Baseball in April by Gary Soto: Writing Prompts/Discussion Questions
This 3-page download includes written response and discussion questions for Gary Soto's short story collection "Baseball in April."
With open-ended writing and discussion prompts--18 prompts covering all 11 short stories--this set of questions is ideal for in-class seminars, small group discussions, literature circles, quick writes, or providing a starting point for formal essays or in-class responses.
Designed for students in grades 5 through 8, these prompts require students to reflect upon
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5th - 8th
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Complete Unit for Henry Slesar's "Examination Day" - Editable - Answer Keys
This resource is a complete and editable unit for Henry Slesar's short story "Examination Day." What's included in your purchase: a teacher guide for assignments, links needed for the unit, a week's worth of bell work questions, comprehension questions, a plot diagram, foreshadowing analysis, theme analysis, and a choice project. Want more ELA resources? Check out my store!
Grades:
7th - 12th
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
Myths, Legends and Folktales Cooperative Unit
In this unit students will identify the characteristics of myths, legends, and folktales, apply thinking skills to reading, listening, and writing, and demonstrate knowledge of plots and major characters of myths, legends and folktales.
Students work in cooperative groups to read Native American and Japanese myths and legends. They learn about trickster tales and the characteristics of them.
Included is the unit test.
Grades:
4th - 8th
"Rogue Wave" Unit
In this unit is everything you will need while reading the short story, "Rogue Wave!" You will find pre-reading activities, during reading activities, and post-reading check questions. There are also two options for post-reading projects included! Enjoy!
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5th - 8th
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"Seventh Grade" Curriculum All in one DEAL
Help your students read and understand Seventh Grade, a short story by Gary Soto.
Includes the following products (for less than what it would cost to purchase each document separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Connecting Chart
Character Chart
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Quiz and Answers
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Grades:
6th - 9th
Old Man and the Sea: Notes
From Electric English...
These are typed notes that explain some of the deeper context of the novella "The Old Man and the Sea". Even with all the other activities you assign during the course of the unit, it is still beneficial for the student to give them a concrete item they can refer to while working with the material. Hope it is helpful :)
Grades:
10th - 11th
Thank You Ma'am By Langston Hughes
This product includes the short story Thank You Ma'am by Langston Hughes. It includes both short answer and multiple choice questions that assess every common core standard for literature in regards to stories. Topics covered include: characters and character traits, setting, plot, motive, dialect, theme, point of view, inferring, predicting, compare and contrast, and context clues. It would be great used as a unit assessment over short stories.
This product includes 2 exam versions. One
Grades:
4th - 6th
Thank You, M'am Curriculum All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students read and understand Thank You, Mam, a short story by Langston Hughes.
Includes the following (for less than it would cost you to purchase each document separately):
Anticipation Guide
Quick Write and Write Around
Building Background Notes and Answers
Vocabulary Builder
Vocabulary Quiz and Answers
Reading Think Chart
Double Entry Response Chart
Character Chart
Discussion Cards and Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Quiz and Answers
Grades:
6th - 12th
Seedfolks Unit Lesson
This is a unit lesson plan that covers the entire book Seedfolks, by Paul Fleischman. The following is included in this lesson:
1) Anticipation Guide: (1 page) The purpose of this assignment is to introduce students to the topics of the novels before the read the book.
2) Character Chart: (3 pages) This is a chart that includes each of the 13 characters and has students fill in information from each character's chapter. The purpose is for students to organize information and compare characters.
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6th - 10th
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Tales from the Inner City - Shaun Tan
A complete Literacy Unit (24 lessons) of every story from Tales from the Inner City by Shaun Tan. The unit aligns with the NSW K-6 English syllabus with all outcomes provided.
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5th - 9th
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Bret Harte ~ "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" COMMON CORE MASTER PACKET (14 pages)
This 14 packet over the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" contains:
• Pre-read Anticipatory Worksheet
• Vocabulary
• Literary Focus: Character and Setting
• Vocabulary Review
• Quizzes
• Writing Connections
• LIT CIRCLE Discussion Questions
• Cross Curricular Writing and Alternative Activities
All of this will hit many of the State Standards for the Common Core as well as help your students improve in many literacy skills (reading, writing, listening, and oracy)
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8th - 11th
SDAIE Short Story Unit for 9th/10th Grade ELA - California State Standards
This is a Literary Analysis Unit designed to teach the concepts of Characterization, Point of View, Irony, and Figurative Language, reinforce the concept of basic essay structure, and allow students to practice gathering and evaluating the audience impact of evidence from a literary text. It is based on the California State Standards for 9th/10th grade ELA, but is easily convertible to Common Core Standards with few changes. It embeds SDAIE strategies throughout, and is hyper-scaffolded for the
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9th - 12th
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Fairy Tale and Fable Unit
Fairy Tale and Fable Unit from Lessons by Natasha
This unit includes everything you need to walk right through the land of dreams! There are 12 lessons in the fairy tale section and 11 lessons in the fable section. This would work great for an instructional para or it could be used in a regular sized classroom as well.
Grades:
3rd - 6th
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THE CANTERVILLE GHOST BY OSCAR WILDE: UNIT PLANS - 5 SESSIONS
Unit plans with 5 sessions on prose comprehension of a gothic fictional comedy, "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde.After completing this unit students will be able to:SESSION 1: Spot the setting elements and describe the setting.SESSION 2: Name the characters and make a character sketch.SESSION 3: Discover the plot elements and develop the plot.SESSION 4: Analyse the text to make a critical appreciation.SESSION 5: Examine the lines from the text with reference to context.Lesson PreviewAuthor
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: PROSE READING COMPREHENSION - SHORT STORIES - BUNDLE
James Joyce "Araby" Short Analysis Unit
This unit plan is a comprehensive plan for a short (3-4 class period) unit centered on reinforcing analysis skills already learned and practicing formal analysis writing. Students will read the short story independently, take a quiz, explore ideas in a variety of discussions, then write an essay that defends their reading of the overall meaning of the short story. I’ve also included a sample student essay, a grading rubric, and a peer evaluative reading worksheet.
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11th - 12th
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