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Middle school short stories resources on sale
To Build a Fire by Jack London Short Story Anticipation Guide & Pre-Reading
The *BEST* ANTICIPATION GUIDE EVER. In the past, this story always used to put my students to sleep. I came up with this pre-reading activity, and my students really got into it. They even stayed awake for the story! It allows them to connect with the man and imitate the difficulties of starting a fire with cold, frostbitten hands and recognize the struggles the man faces. Through a couple different simple written cues, students must work without the use of their fingers and/or hands. ✏️ Buyer
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7th - 12th
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Halloween Escape Room, Middle School, High School ELA Reading, Urban Legends
⭐ This Halloween Digital Escape Room for Middle School ELA with self-checking answers conjures up thrills and chills while reading and listening to scary stories. And timing is perfect to gather middle school students together for some tales of terror with this Halloween virtual escape room. ⭐ Young teen students are invited to hunker down in this dark forest and listen to scary tales using clues that practice reading, listening, sequencing, comparisons, logic, and other important skills! ⭐ It
Grades:
6th - 9th
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Also included in: ELA Middle School/High School 360° ELA Digital Escape Room Bundle 2
The Cask of Amontillado Fun Creative Project | Create an Original Coat of Arms
This is a fun, creative project to use before, during, or after reading "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor mentions his family's coat of arms on several occasions in the story, which reinforces the story's theme of revenge. This project gives your students an opportunity to create their own using Montresor's coat of arms as a model. There are 7 different blank templates provided in the document for you and your students to choose from. On the back of their coat of arms, ha
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7th - 10th
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The Fall of the House of Usher : PowerPoint, Google Slides
"The Fall of the House of Usher" brought to you in PowerPoint! Now with guided reading questions added! This is the perfect way to introduce this frightening story to your students! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on Poe (extensive), character analysis, literary focus and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer school
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Edgar Allan Poe Unit: Raven, Usher, Tell-Tale, Red Death Bundle
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" brought to you in EITHER Google Slides OR PowerPoint. This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, questions for guided reading or pre-reading, and post-reading prompts. Great for short story units, summer school, review an
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7th - 12th
Also included in: American Literature: Short Story Bundle (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Animal Farm Digital Bundle: Background, Symbolism, Propaganda, Quizzes
6 presentations for a discounted price, plus 3 free jeopardy games as a bonus! Including in this bundle are the following: information on allegory, information on George Orwell, background information on the novella, collaboration and research, paperless quizzes, activities connected to propaganda, plot overview, character analysis, literary analysis, literary terms, symbolism, Russian history, connections between characters in the novella, 3 free jeopardy games, and historical figures of the R
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Sniper : Short Story PowerPoint, Google Slides
The Sniper brought to you in Powerpoint with background, guided reading, and more! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on author, character overview, literary focus (foreshadowing, point of view, etc.) and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer sch
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7th - 11th
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The Raven Edgar Allan Poe Guided Reading Worksheet, Crossword and Wordsearch
This lesson packet contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 29 questions (with answer key), a crossword puzzle (with answer key) and wordsearch puzzle (with answer key) for The Raven, a poem by Edgar Allan Poe.
Key vocabulary words from the poem are used for the crossword and wordsearch puzzles. The word bank from the word search list are the same words used in the crossword puzzle. You will love this lesson set.
Great value
The 29 question worksheet should take about 60-70 minute
Grades:
8th - 12th
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The Story of an Hour : Short Story PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now 34 slides! Newly updated with guided reading and more questions! "The Story of an Hour" brought to you in Powerpoint!!! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on author, character overview, literary focus (foreshadowing, symbolism, etc.) and an overview of the plot. G
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: American Literature: Short Story Bundle (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" Google Slides, PowerPoint
Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis" brought to you in Google Slides or PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities!
Grades:
7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
To Build a Fire by Jack London : Short Story PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now 44 slides! Now with guided reading questions! "To Build a Fire" pre and post reading Powerpoint from top 10 Teacherspayteacher seller, PowerPoint Guru!This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students so that they can better understand the story, enjoy the story and grasp all the small literary details of the story!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following
Grades:
5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: American Literature: Short Story Bundle (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
Emoji Story Writing Prompts | Visual Literacy Task Cards | Social Media Literacy
This will quickly become one of your easiest NO PREP, quick writing activities. Packed with 150 writing prompts and over 600 emojis. All you have to do is print, cut, hand out and let your students have a blast coming up with creative ways to integrate the emoji into the fundamental STORY ELEMENTS of CHARACTER, SETTING and PLOT.Our Emoji Writing Generator provides more detailed activities and works with students of all ages and abilities – as long as they’ve used phones or Facebook, they’ll kno
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1st - 8th
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The House on Mango Street : PowerPoint, Google Slides
Introduce your students to The House on Mango Street through this spectacular PowerPoint presentation. Filled with information that will get your students excited about reading this story about the year in the life of a young girl. Included in this Powerpoint presentation are the following: general information, background information, an overview of the play's main points, literary focus, character analysis, and more! This power point can be divided into several different lessons and can be use
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Lady, or the Tiger? PowerPoint, Google Slides Lesson
Updated and revised! 27 slides! Now with guided reading! "The Lady, or the Tiger?" brought to you in PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this fun story to your students, and guide them through a sometimes challenging story. Filled with relevent background information, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this PowerPoint are the following: background information, information on the author, character overview, activities, video clip, follow up extentions, step-by-
Grades:
7th - 11th
The Tell Tale Heart Lesson : Short Story PowerPoint, Google Slides
The Tell Tale Heart brought to you in PowerPoint (or Google Slides!!! Recently updated with even more content! This is the perfect way to introduce this frightening story to your students! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on Poe (extensive), character analysis, literary focus and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer sc
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell Complete Guided Reading Worksheet
This lesson contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 67 questions (answer keys included) for The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. Questions consist of True and False, fill in the blank and short answer. This packet is 4 pages long, 2 pages for the questions and another 2 pages for the answer key. Questions are in chronological order - as the story is read by the students, the questions are presented.
This worksheet is designed with cost effective photocopying in mind. This is a
Grades:
6th - 11th
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Conflict and Plot: Lesson Plan PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now over 40 slides of content with activities, questions, and quiz! Exploring internal and external conflicts can be a lot of fun for students, but also confusing. This PowerPoint is designed to help student differentiate between man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. society and man vs. self. A fun PowerPoint that will help your students grasp the concepts. Easy to upload to Google Slides as well, and also includes visuals of plot diagrams and the different steps within a plot.This is product
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Conflict and Characterization Digital Bundle
The Cask of Amontillado PowerPoint, Google Slides
Now 40 slides! This is the perfect way to introduce this frightening, yet difficult, story to your students. Included in this power point are the following: pre-reading questions, guided reading questions, background information, information on Poe, character analysis, literary focus (symbolism, foreshadowing, point of view, etc.) and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities! The perfect tool for anyone teaching this short story!
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Monkey's Paw: Preview, Notes, Questions (Google Slides, PowerPoint)
"The Monkey's Paw" brought to you in Google Slides OR PowerPoint! This is the perfect way to introduce this powerful story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this lesson are the following: background information, literary focus, an overview of the plot, and questions for guided reading or pre-reading. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of activities! The perfect to
Grades:
4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Complete Guided Reading Worksheet
This lesson unit contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 32 questions (with answer key) for the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson. Questions consist of True and False, multiple choice, fill in the blank and short answer.
This is a classic short story published in 1948 that centers around small town rituals of holding a "lottery" where the "winner" receives a death sentence that centers around the offering of human life in order to appease the farming corn gods. A truly horrif
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5th - 9th
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The Pit and the Pendulum : PowerPoint, Google Slides
"The Pit and the Pendulum" brought to you in Powerpoint (or Google Slides)!!! This is the perfect way to introduce this frightening story to your students!! Filled with a ton of information related to state standards, as well as images to spark the imagination! Included in this power point are the following: background information, information on Poe (extensive), character analysis, literary focus and an overview of the plot. Great for short story units, summer school, review and any variety of
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Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Theme Task Cards
Theme Task Cards - Myths, Fables, and Folktales
There are 24 half-page story cards plus answer sheets for multiple choice or short answer responses.
Use these story cards to help your students develop skills to determine the theme of a story. There are 2 different answer sheets so that you can differentiate as needed: multiple choice or short answer. Answer keys are also included so students can check their work.
These cards can be used for individual practice, small groups or your entire cla
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4th - 6th
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The Cask of Amontillado BUNDLE Irony Digital Escape Room, Lesson, Project, Essay
This bundle includes all the tools and resources necessary for an engaging and meaningful study of Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado."Pre-Reading Activitiesview Edgar Allan Poe A&E Biographyread William Blake's "A Poison Tree" with quickwritepre-teach vocabularyreview irony (dramatic, situational, verbal) w/ digital escape roomReadingannotation lesson with a focus on irony and comprehensionfind applicable examples from text of literary terms/devicesPost Readingcoat of ar
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7th - 11th
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A Sound of Thunder R Bradbury Guided Reading Worksheet Crossword & Wordsearch
This lesson contains a complete guided reading worksheet with 51 questions (answer key included), crossword puzzle (with answer key) and wordsearch (with answer key) for A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury. Free preview includes 6 of the 51 questions with KEY.
Great value for $1.50
The 51 question worksheet is designed with cost effective photocopying in mind. This is a two page worksheet that can be combined to a front/back copy using only 1 sheet of paper. No staples. Also, the puzzles can b
Grades:
8th - 12th
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