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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Twilight Zone Teleplay Complete Unit Pack

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's teleplay The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the script from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, W.7.4, W.7.9a

$9.00

216

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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Close Reading Critical Thinking Mini-Unit

By Teacher in the Rye

Shirley Jackson, one of America's best loved horror and mystery writers, shines in her most widely-read story, "The Lottery." I hope your students can find depth and meaning in the story using these worksheets. I tried to incorporate as much

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

8^th, 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, Homeschool

Types:

Handouts, Graphic Organizers

$4.50

Digital Download PDF (23.90 MB)

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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Bundle for The Twilight Zone Teleplay

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a fantastically engaging and complete unit for your middle schoolers for Rod Serling's The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. This is material to help you teach the teleplay from The Twilight Zone television series. The text of the teleplay

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Short Stories

Grades:

6^th, 7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Unit Plans, Thematic Unit Plans, Activities

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.6, CCRA.R.7, CCRA.W.9

$12.50

$11.00

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Show Not Tell Writing Exercises Show Don't Tell Figurative Language Description

By Teacher in the Rye

Show not tell writing is an essential building block before doing any kind of narrative, descriptive, or fiction writing with your students. There are four worksheets, all with a different focus, plus a writing page with a prompt for practicing the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Homework, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

W.6.3d, W.7.3d, W.8.3d, W.9-10.3d

$3.25

Digital Download PDF (0.57 MB)

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Narrative Writing Task Cards for Middle School Fiction Descriptive Short Story

By Teacher in the Rye

These writing task cards aim to help students practice the essential parts of a story or narrative. This resource is designed specifically to improve student writing skills.Here are the features and benefits of this product:Features:Comprehensive:

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Writing

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Activities, Task Cards, Lesson

CCSS:

W.6.3b, W.7.3b, W.8.3b

$3.50

Digital Download ZIP (0.86 MB)

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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit for Google Drive™

By Teacher in the Rye

My best-selling Monsters are Due on Maple Street Unit is now available in digital format! This unit is for use in Google Drive. Please make sure this is the version you would like to purchase! Click on the link above for my standard PDF version.You

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, W.7.3b

$7.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Necklace Short Story Unit Pre-Reading, Questions, Quiz, Essay and More!

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a complete unit for Guy de Maupaussant's "The Necklace."You will get the following materials:Pre-Reading VocabularyGuided and Unguided Quote Studies with Literal and Inferential QuestionsSupplemental Follow-Up to Quote Studies on Literary

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.5, RL.8.6...

$7.00

Digital Download ZIP (32.22 MB)

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The Open Boat Naturalism Close Reading Unit Pre-Reading through Quiz

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a complete unit for teaching Stephen Crane's most famous short story, "The Open Boat." For teachers of American Literature, this story is a staple of the realism/naturalism movement, and a wonderful testament to the tenacity of the human

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

10^th, 11^th, 12^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

$8.00

Digital Download PDF (54.08 MB)

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The Monsters are Due on Maple Street Final Test Google Drive™

By Teacher in the Rye

Ready to wrap up The Monsters are Due on Maple Street? This is a great final assessment for the end of your unit! This product is for use in Google Drive. Please make sure this is the version you want.If you want the whole distance learning Google

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Drama, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Google Apps

$2.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Response to Literature Task Cards for Middle School Grades 6-8 {CCSS}

By Teacher in the Rye

These task cards are for use with any short story or novel you read in your middle school classroom! There are 40 cards covering the following areas:PlotCharacterizationSettingPoint of ViewThemeSymbolismTypes of ConflictStyle and ToneReader-Response

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

5^th, 6^th, 7^th, 8^th

Types:

Assessment, Task Cards

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.6, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1...

$3.00

Digital Download PDF (36.05 MB)

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Short Story Bundle for Middle and High School Google Drive™ Edition

By Teacher in the Rye

Build up your short story unit collection with this GROWING bundle of Google™ resources to use in or out of your classroom! If you are interested in the standard PDF version of my Short Story Bundle, click here:⭐ Short Story Bundle for Middle and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

$51.00

$39.99

Bundle

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The Monkey's Paw Close Reading Unit: Vocabulary, Questions, Quizzes & More!

By Teacher in the Rye

What is the role of fate in our lives? In W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw," the idea of the supernatural vs. human choice comes to life in a story of good fortune gone bad.This is a complete unit you can use in your middle or high school English

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

Homeschool, Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

CCRA.R.1, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3, CCRA.R.4, CCRA.R.5, CCRA.R.10, CCRA.W.4, CCRA.W.9

$5.50

Digital Download PDF (50.11 MB)

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The Monkey's Paw Close Reading Unit Google Drive™ Distance Learning

By Teacher in the Rye

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1, RL.8.2, RL.8.3, RL.8.4, RL.8.6, RL.9-10.1...

$6.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Necklace Close Reading Short Story Unit for Google Drive™

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a complete unit for Guy de Maupaussant's "The Necklace" to use with Google Drive and Google Classroom for distance learning.You will get the following materials:Pre-Reading VocabularyGuided and Unguided Quote Studies with Literal and

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, W.9-10.1c, W.9-10.1d, W.9-10.1e, W.9-10.4, CCRA.R.2, CCRA.R.3...

$6.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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The Open Boat Complete Close Reading Unit for Google Drive™

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a complete five-day unit for teaching Stephen Crane's most famous short story, "The Open Boat." For teachers of American Literature, this story is a staple of the realism/naturalism movement, and a wonderful testament to the tenacity of the

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

Not Grade Specific

Types:

Assessment, Graphic Organizers, Google Apps

CCSS:

RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.2, RL.9-10.3, RL.9-10.4, RL.9-10.5, RL.11-12.1, RL.11-12.2, RL.11-12.3, RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.5, RL.11-12.6...

$8.00

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Naturalism Bundle: Close Reading Units Jack London Stephen Crane

By Teacher in the Rye

This bundle includes two complete short story units for the naturalistic authors Jack London and Stephen Crane.You will receive the following standard PDF (non-editable) units:⭐ The Open Boat Naturalism Close Reading Unit Pre-Reading through Quiz⭐

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

9^th, 10^th, 11^th

Types:

Thematic Unit Plans, Activities, Assessment

$16.00

$12.80

Bundle

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The Bet by Anton Chekov Critical Thinking Questions and Quick Review Worksheet

By Teacher in the Rye

⏳ This is a great culminating set of critical thinking questions for Anton Chekov's "The Bet." There are nine questions to which students respond in complete sentences, using evidence from the text, and four quick review questions

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Literature, Short Stories

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Worksheets, Assessment, Homework

CCSS:

RL.7.1, RL.8.1, RL.9-10.1, RL.9-10.3

$1.00

Digital Download PDF (2.81 MB)

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Miriam Truman Capote Short Story Close Reading Unit Google Drive™

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a great close reading unit for use with Truman Capote's intense, psychological suspense story "Miriam."You get the following:Pre-reading Vocabulary with KEYQuote Studies and Literal/Inferential Questions with KEYPost-Reading Questions with

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Google Apps

$3.50

Online Resource
Google Drive™ folder

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Short Story Mega Bundle Story Units and Supplements Use With Any Text

By Teacher in the Rye

This MEGA bundle includes all of my short story units, plus all my short story supplement activities...that work with any text. In addition, any time I add a new short story unit or supplement, it will be included in this bundle. You will currently

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th, 10^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

$87.00

$70.00

Bundle

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Thank You, M'am Close Reading Short Story Mini Unit Pre-Reading, Questions, Quiz

By Teacher in the Rye

This is a mini unit for Langston Hughes' fantastic tale of kindness, "Thank You, M'am."You will get the following materials:Pre-Reading VocabularyQuote Studies with Guided Reading Questions and Literal/Inferential QuestionsClose Reading

Subjects:

English Language Arts, Short Stories, Close Reading

Grades:

7^th, 8^th, 9^th

Types:

Activities, Assessment, Graphic Organizers

CCSS:

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.6, RL.7.1, RL.7.2, RL.7.3, RL.7.4, RL.7.6, RL.8.1...

$4.00

Digital Download PDF (24.73 MB)

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MY TEACHING STYLE

I pride myself on the fundamentals. My products are practical and solid in their foundations. Without the basics, students cannot progress. I may not be the flashiest teacher around, but what I do and make works.

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AVID Certified; Google Certified; Read 2 Succeed; Gifted and Talented Endorsed

MY OWN EDUCATIONAL HISTORY

B.A. and M.A. in English; M.Ed. in Secondary Education specializing in Best Practices

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I have been on TPT since 2012 working hard to provide you with excellent products for your MS and HS classrooms.

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