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6th grade short stories lessons
"Examination Day" Short Story Escape Room Activity: Practice Plot & Theme
Practice comprehension, plot structure, textual evidence, theme, and more with this engaging escape room for the short story "Examination Day" by Henry Slesar. If you've never read or heard of this dystopian/sci-fi story, check it out - it's the PERFECT accessible, high-interest, twist-ending story for middle schoolers. This activity can be facilitated traditionally, digitally (aka NO prep), or with a blended hybrid approach. During this escape room, students will answer questions, identify elem
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6th - 9th
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All Summer In A Day by Ray Bradbury Short Story Units - Questions Activities
All Summer in a Day Short Story Units - Comprehension Questions and Short Story Annotations Activities - Perfect for your upcoming Ray Bradbury short story unit or Science Fiction unit, this package contains graphic organizers, All Summer in a Day questions, vocabulary, task cards, a hexagonal thinking activity, an engaging Pennant Project, and more!✅Be sure to click on the preview for detailed descriptions and pictures of everything included in this resourceThis creative and engaging package in
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5th - 9th
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Mars Patel Podcast Unit Season 1
With this Mars Patel Podcast Season 1 Unit, you can immerse your students in the captivating world of the Mars Patel podcast, an enthralling fictional audio series that follows a group of young friends as they embark on a thrilling adventure, blending mystery, science fiction, and the timeless essence of youthful curiosity. Using the podcast, this resource is a dynamic tool for teaching literary elements and enhancing listening comprehension.This exciting unit is the ultimate companion for educa
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6th - 8th
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Also included in: Mars Patel Mega Bundle Seasons 1 - 3
Aesop's Fables Reader's Theater Scripts and Activities for Grades 4-7
Looking for a fun way to teach fables to your middle grade to middle school students? These Aesop's Fables reader's theater scripts are easy to implement, and students will love them! Practice fluency and speaking while incorporating fables into your language arts instruction.These four, one-page, three-character scripts with corresponding reader response questions will give your students the chance to: work on fluency, reading comprehension while learning about the fables genre in a fun and en
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4th - 7th
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Also included in: Reader's Theater Bundle: 12 Engaging Scripts for Big Kids
STEAL Characterization - Lesson and Activities
STEAL Characterization Lesson and Activities
STEAL is an acronym to help students remember the tools used by author to bring characters to life: speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks. This resource has everything you need to teach students about indirect characterization….
★ An engaging (and editable!) presentation uses real-life examples and provides frequent checks-for-understanding.
★ Students follow along using the Cloze notes.
★ Then students practice applying the S
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6th - 9th
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The Landlady Short Story Analysis & Escape Room Bundle for Middle School
Make your scary short story unit on The Landlady by Roald Dahl memorable for years to come with this short story analysis and escape room bundle. These middle school resources will supply you with engaging and creative activities that will help your students understand the short story elements in a new way.✔ Check out the preview for a closer look!Middle school teachers love using this bundle to review the elements of a plot, conflict, suspense, and more in The Landlady. Several short story anal
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6th - 8th
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Christmas Activities - Reading Passages - Story Elements - Narrative Writing
DIGITAL & PRINTABLE - Upper Elementary December Christmas Passages that are CCSS aligned with the ELA literature and narrative writing standards. We've added a Google Classroom Option to our popular product. The unit focuses on the reading skill of story elements of inferring character traits, Plot Development, and Theme. This unit is great to use for teacher observation because of the included lesson plans and rigorous activities. You will keep your students engaged during this challengi
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4th - 6th
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Elements of Fiction Unit - Short Story Unit for Middle School ELA
Help your students master the elements of fiction in short stories and have fun at the same time with the Elements of Fiction Unit Bundle! This complete unit includes 18 low-prep FUN lessons that will engage your students in the world of fiction! Each lesson builds upon the next until students have a solid foundation of knowledge of the elements of fiction and how they interact and influence one another (i.e. how the setting impacts characters, etc.)!! This unit includes everything you need t
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6th - 9th
Seventh Grade by Gary Soto
Gary Soto’s “Seventh Grade” is an excellent short story to use with middle school students to teach plot and conflict. This unit contains a week’s worth of lesson plans and materials to supplement the story before, during, and after reading.* Included in your purchase:• detailed lesson plans (Common Core alignment)• daily objectives• beautifully designed worksheets and notes• a PowerPoint to use in conjunction with the lesson each day• vocabulary list, activities, and quiz• comprehension questio
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6th - 8th
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Spanish story: Tener expressions | el verbo tener | irregular verb in Spanish
This is a silly TPRS story, written entirely in the Spanish present tense, about a family who goes hiking and complains about everything - being cold, hot, tired, hungry and scared. Students will receive repetition and high quality input of the tener expressions in Spanish.This story is action packed and most fun when acted out, but the new interactive, choose-your-own-ending picture book also makes it comprehensible for independent reading as well. I use it after I have pre-taught the "tener"
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5th - 10th
Mystery Writing Mini Unit for Upper Graders
Get your students writing mysteries, learning the structure, and digging into the elements of mystery writing with this mini unit. Included in this resource:-full size and student size mystery anchor chart-multiple planning pages -draft and published piece templates-connection to literature-rubricThe picture book, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, is not required but a great addition to this unit!Looking for writing projects each month? Grab the entire bundle and cover the genres with engaging
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4th - 6th
Also included in: Bundle: Monthly Writing Projects for Upper Elementary
6th Grade Short Story Unit - Reading Comprehension and Analysis
Use this 6th Grade Short Story Unit to help your students learn about literary elements and literary devices (plot, character, setting, theme, conflict, similes, metaphors, symbols and foreshadowing). This differentiated short story unit focuses on 5 different short stories that will help your students reinforce key literacy concepts. Students will be encouraged to unleash their imagination and create their very own short stories at the end of this unit, fostering their creativity and honing the
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6th - 7th
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MEGA (85) Decodable Passages Bundle: Morphology Stories Included!
UPDATED 4/8/24:This product is 85 different decodable stories to support phonics and morphology instruction. Comprehension questions are included for each story.This product is GROWING, and I'll periodically add stories and prompt you to re-download.I created this product to reflect phonics, reading, and spelling lessons focusing on the following phonics/spelling rules:1. Digraph –ck story 2. Glued/welded sound(s) story: -ing, -ang, -ank, etc.3. FLSZ Rule Story4. Digraph ch story 5. Digraph sh
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K - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Orton-Gillingham: Complete Bundle, 700+ Pages! ($200 value)
Scary Short Stories - Headless Horseman Halloween Reading Passages & Activities
Captivate your class with four scary stories of the headless horseman and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Kids compare short folktales and explore related media – art, advertising, and video. These reading activities are perfect for Halloween – or anytime! In addition to printable passages, the bundle includes a companion website that holds all stories and media.Open the previews to take a closer look. Begin with four similar, spine-tingling tales (which are great to tell in the dark - or a well-
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4th - 6th
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Symbolism Reading Passages
Symbolism is a difficult concept requiring higher level thinking. These reading passages are the perfect tool for students to practice the difficult skill. This purchase includes an overview of symbolism, 4 short stories with 4 different symbols and meanings, questions, and an answer key. These symbolism passages are perfect to use for mini lessons, independent practice, task cards, homework, assessments, and much more! An answer key is provided.
Please let me know if you have any questio
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4th - 6th
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Also included in: Reading Comprehension Bundle!
All Summer In A Day Cite Textual Evidence Middle School ELA
It can be challenging to practice citing textual evidence while ensuring your middle school students are also mastering reading comprehension. This lesson, on Ray Bradbury's short story "All Summer in a Day" contains everything you need to help your students learn to cite textual evidence to support analysis of a short story. Your students will love having multiple opportunities to practice citing evidence as they analyze the characters in "All Summer in A Day." You will love having everything y
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6th - 8th
Short Story Listening Comprehension Scaffolded with Visuals for Speech Therapy 2
Listening comprehension is a vital skill for all children. Providing visuals is the perfect way to scaffold the task, while gradually increasing the difficulty. This resource contains 3 different levels of difficulty: 1, 2, & 3 sentence mini-stories. Each story comes with a visual support to assist in answering the questions. Use these visuals as needed and fade them when possible.This resource is perfect for targeting listening comprehension, reading comprehension, and Wh- questions - maki
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PreK - 9th
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All Summer In A Day Short Story Unit Reading Comprehension Citing Text Evidence
Looking for a short story unit that carefully guides your students to a deep understanding of "All Summer In a Day" by Ray Bradbury? This ready to print short story unit gives your students plenty of practice in reading comprehension, citing textual evidence, and analyzing characterization. In this unit, your students will cover numerous ELA standards in depth, progressing from literal comprehension to writing full paragraphs with text evidence cited. You will have everything you need, ready to
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6th - 8th
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Rigorous Short Story Lesson "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
“Thank You Ma'am” by Langston Hughes is a timeless short story with very rich themes. This story demonstrates the value of compassion and second chances. All materials provided in this resource provide multiple opportunities to critically evaluate character traits, character change, character challenges, and theme! One of the most amazing components is the inclusion of SIX original graphic organizers with answer keys. These organizers can be used with other text! This is a jam packed short story
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Rigorous Short Story Bundle - Common Core Aligned
The Elevator William Sleator Short Story Unit, Analysis, Activity, Plot, Quiz
“The Elevator" by William Sleator is a fun and creepy short story that is a particularly wonderful tool to teach and discuss characterization, mood/tone, theme and motif. This short story unit for "The Elevator" is fully print and teach ready, the handouts are nicely organized to facilitate student learning and the product is thorough and comprehensive!This short story unit for William Sleator's "The Elevator" includes:-Pre-reading vocabulary -Activating activity with phobias-During reading an
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6th - 9th
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Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram Activity Using Story Elements - Easel Activity
Rikki Tikki Tavi Plot Diagram. A hands-on activity for the story Rikki Tikki Tavi. After learning that the plot is the sequence of events, and having been introduced to a plot diagram with the story elements exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution, have your students work in small groups or partners to cut and paste this list of 12 events from the story onto the plot diagram and label what part of the story they belong to. Blank plot diagram included (as an example). St
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Rikki Tikki Tavi Bundle with Easel Activities
Click Clack the Rattlebag Scary Short Story Halloween Reading Activity
Looking for a highly engaging Halloween reading activity? Don't skip over Neil Gaiman's "Click Clack the Rattlebag." This is the perfect entry-level scary short story for middle school students, and I've paired it with a few fun activities students love. With this resource, students will fill out the plot diagram for the story, compare and contrast the experiences of reading it vs. listening to a read aloud, continue the story.CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW FOR MORE INFO!Here’s What’s Included:Plot Diagr
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6th - 8th
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Vowel Teams for Intermediate Grades- Orton Gillinghman Print and Go!
Older kids need phonics too! This pack includes everything you need to teach the Predictable (AI/AY, OA/OE, EE & IGH ) and the basic Unpredictable Vowel Teams (IE, EA, OO, OW, and OU) to intermediate kids.This 8 week resource includes:8 Step-by-step teacher guide that explains each pattern, gives ideas for multisensory practice, and provides links to our favorite online resources!8 Weekly spelling unit including 13+ pages of lists, posters, word sorts, word work, games, tests, and answer key
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2nd - 7th
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Lesson: The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe Lesson Plan, Worksheets, Key, PPT
“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Complete Lesson Bundle
This is a complete lesson pack for the short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe. All of the documents are alterable so that you can tailor them for your purposes. Also, all of the graphic organizers can be used for any text. The worksheets are provided in BOTH .pdf and MS Word formats for all users and formats. These materials are designed to be convenient and ready to use. They do not require any prep and can be used
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6th - 12th
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