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Short stories unit plans for Microsoft Word under $5
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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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
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Short Story Unit Bundle of Lessons Use Digital or Printable
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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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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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
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
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 :)
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10th - 11th
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
Trickster Tales: Folktale Unit with Narrative, Reflective, Argumentative Writing
This 10-page download includes a unit comprised of four writing-based lessons regarding "Trickster Tales: Forty Folk Stories from Around the World," addressing four different writing modes: argumentation, comparison, narration, and reflection.
These four lesson plans includes clear instructions for writing-based instruction linked directly to folktales from the text, taking into account teacher directions, student instructions, assessment suggestions, and Common Core standards for each writing
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6th - 9th
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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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Question packet for Cajas de Carton (The Circuit) by Francisco Jiménez
This packet breaks down Jimenez's book into individual chapters. Questions are written in English and can be answered in Spanish or English.
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5th - 12th
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Elements of Fiction: Conflict Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students grasp the concept of conflict with the Elements of Fiction: Conflict Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Conflict Guided Notes, Conflict and Resolution Chart, Recognizing Conflict Practice Sheet with answers, and Conflict Quiz with answers. This mini unit is also available in the Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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6th - 12th
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
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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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Elements of Fiction: Setting Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL
Help your students grasp the concept of setting with the Elements of Fiction: Setting Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Setting Warm Up, Setting Guided Notes, Analyzing Setting Practice Sheet with answers, Setting Quiz with answers, and Setting Cinquain Activity. This mini unit is also available in the Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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6th - 12th
Elements of Fiction Bundle
This is a collection of items I used when teaching the Elements of Fiction to fifth and sixth graders. This bundle includes mini quizzes, pretests, tests, powerpoint assignments and a rubric. I have included items for both fifth and sixth grade, but they can be edited or adapted to different books or levels.
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4th - 7th
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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
"All Summer in a Day" All-in-one DEAL!
Help your students read and understand All Summer in a Day, a short story by Ray Bradbury. You get both items for less than it would cost you to purchase each document separately. Includes the following: Anticipation Guide and Vocabulary Builder Crossword plus Answers.
Grades:
6th - 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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Elements of Fiction: Plot Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL!
Help your students grasp the concept of plot with the Elements of Fiction: Plot Unit Materials All-in-One DEAL. Offered for less than it would cost to purchase each document separately. The following documents are included: Plot Guided Notes, Plot Diagram, Plot Components Practice Sheet with answers, and Plot Components Quiz with answers. This mini unit is also available in the Elements of Fiction: Curriculum Materials MEGA Unit All-in-One DEAL.
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6th - 12th
Doris Lessing ~ "Through the Tunnel" Study Questions, Quiz, Text and KEYS
Doris Lessing's story "Through the Tunnel" can be understood as a coming-of-age story. Jerry and his mother are on vacation together, and Jerry is a typical, young boy. With this file you will get study questions (with a KEY), Quiz (with a KEY) and the complete text of the short story that can be paired with Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" or used as a replacement for the longer novel.
Grades:
8th - 11th
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