"Rikki-tikki-tavi" Short Story Unit - Printable & Digital

Plan your short story unit in no time! This set of "Rikki-tikki-tavi" activities for middle school includes everything you need to teach reading comprehension, story elements, inference, and more as your students enjoy a classic animal story about loyalty and courage.

This bundle includes:

• "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Story Activities
• "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Test and Reading Questions
• "Rikki-tikki-tavi" Socratic Seminar

Activities include:

• Anticipation guide
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension questions
• Plot diagram
• Types of conflict worksheet
• Character traits practice
• Minor characters worksheet
• Perspectives activity
• RAFT writing project
• Theme activities
• Entrance & exit tickets
• Similes activity
• Test

Answer keys and digital versions are also included!

This resource includes the following digital versions:

• Google Slides (links in each product's PDF)
• Easel Activities (links to each product in in My Purchases)
• Easel Assessment (test only - link in My Purchases)

It's easy to hook middle school students with the snake action in this classic short story, so "Rikki-tikki-tavi" is an excellent opportunity to introduce or reinforce so many reading skills and strategies, including inference, prediction, cause and effect, text evidence, and more. You'll love how many skills you can touch on in this unit!

If you're looking to take your short story lessons past "what happens?" to deep thinking about characters and themes, this is the short story unit for you!

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