This activity asks students to analyze the writer's craft by focusing on key passages. It asks them to consider point of view, diction, and settin... ByMolly Metaphor
This is a two page, 20 question multiple choice quiz. It requires the students to remember key details and understand the story line. A KEY is pro... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
This unit exam provides at least one question for every California State Standard using passages from the stories "The Gift of the Magi" and "The N... ByBriana Hurd
This is a reading packet with comprehension questions for the book "Who Cloned the President?" by Ron Roy. Great mystery and can be used for guide... ByLeilah Austin
Quiz your students over their knowledge of plot components with this Plot Components Quiz. Pages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 include 17 questions total. Th... ByTeacher Tricks
This mini-project asks students to decorate a book jacket for any short story, novel, or play you're working on in class. Students are required to ... ByMaddy E.
Comprehension Questions & Worksheets on Richard Ford's ROCK SPRINGS
SHORT STORIES; LITERATURE; ENGLISH; 14 PAGES; READY TO GO; READING... ByAngie Barillaro- Radiant Heart
Use this vocabulary builder to help your students learn some new words in Amigo Brothers, a short story by Piri Thomas. Intended to be used during... ByTeacher Tricks
Monkey's Paw and Billy Budd Test Pack
W.W. Jacobs and Herman Melville
Short story, literature, test, exam, student, teacher, assessment
Th... ByAlbert Baggetta
The easiest way to teach complicated concepts is to begin simply - even high-school kids love being read to. For this lesson, read "Please" by Alic... ByLauren Barker
Looking for a way to review "Three Skeleton Key" prior to testing? This activity will enable your students to review in a cooperative setting and ... ByDina Carlow
Help your students review the terminology related to characters with the Elements of Fiction: Methods of Characterization Guided Notes. Pages 1 an... ByTeacher Tricks
Professional actor and teacher Thom Bray is back with another exciting Wordplay Audio Theatre presentation, this time a reading of O'Henry's tale o... ByWordplay
***BIG 13 PAGE PACKAGE***
This package provides students with everything they need to complete a short story unit on Frank Stockton’s “The L... ByMiddleschoolteacher
Use this quick write to help your students prepare their minds for reading Amigo Brothers, a short story by Piri Thomas. Then, have students compl... ByTeacher Tricks
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All of these activities are done in this unit and placed in a lapbook format
1. Title ( W... ByTeresa Lilly
This standards-based project for Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" has students think creatively about Brown's life as they take a unique and artis... ByThe English Guy
"This is Readers Theatre Script based on a short story. The story is centered around an Alaskan Malamute dog that is brought to San Francisco's Ba... ByAndre Labouyer
By the Waters of Babylon & Problem & Luck--short answer and multiple choice questions.These materials are also available as part of the 125-documen... ByDave Moeller
This worksheet contains 20 sentences (not from the story) to be used with TMDG vocabulary list. An answer sheet is provided at the bottom of the s... ByMister T
This is a 5 question quiz over "The Fall of the House of Usher." It is in PowerPoint form and answers are provided on the last slide.... ByShannon Bailey
This is a list of job descriptions for use with literature circle activities. This is to be used as a guide and distributed to the students as to ... ByTiffany Herron
The bundle includes three items; a reading study guide to be filled in as the story is read, with a KEY, a quiz with a KEY that is Scantron ready,... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
Use the following items to aid an in-depth study of Washington Irving's short story, "The Devil and Tom Walker":
- Anticipation Guide to spark d... ByMrs. J
This 35-question, 3-part test focuses on literary terms and figurative language. It is a great way to assess what students know before doing a shor... ByNatalie Mortensen
This literary packet includes study guide questions for every chapter, two vocabulary lists and vocabulary worksheets, character inferencing charts... ByKris
This standards-based and comprehensive study guide is for "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. It provides in-depth and thought-provoking study q... ByThe English Guy
The Twilight Zone series featured some of the best short stories on television. These stories are excellent to use as a teaching tool for short sto... ByRichard Grupka
This is a 2-page multiple-choice, reading comprehension quiz for Stephen King’s “The Man in the Black Suit,†which won King the O. Henry Awar... ByWriting Guy
This presentation discusses 7 elements of fantasy stories (types of heroes, villains, plot devices, etc.). Examples from pop culture are given to e... ByEmily S.
I've gone through the short story selection and created a chart and worksheet (with a key) that outlines most of the examples of irony, exaggeratio... ByMrs. V.
An engaging and ponderous short story, Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder" can be used as a springboard for a fun, interesting, and possibly frightenin... ByAlison Nero
Help your students apply their knowledge of first-person point of view with the Point of View Writing Exercise. Students write about a scene in fi... ByTeacher Tricks
This is the Teacher Key for the student reading activity to use before and during reading. The reading guide provides questions to help increase c... ByTeacher Goodies
Introduces students to the story "The Gift of the Magi" and to its author, O. Henry. Includes original photos taken at an O. Henry monument in his ... ByKatherine Peeples
This is a graphic organizer used to identify conflict in a novel or short story. Included is a note page and a student practice page.... ByTammy Powell
This is a bundling of several Power Point presentations. It consists of the short story elements and resource material for two short stories. A q... ByElizabeth Burke
One of the interesting and ironic elements of “The Lottery†is how many of the terms and symbols in the story have positive connotations and th... ByNico
POE- THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER WORKSHEETS
2 pages; handout and questions
Taken from GREAT SHORT WORKS - POE - TEACHER TEXT GUIDES AND WORKSH... ByAngie Barillaro- Radiant Heart
After reading the the short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?", students review vocabulary and analyze the story and its characters using the attache... ByMonica Lukins
One act plays all for free to read based on The Lady or the Tiger, Little Women, Silas Marner, Pride and Prejudice, The STory of an Hour, The Tell-... ByGerald Murphy
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5 little pumpkins printable book with large [ieces to laminate and make into flann... ByClassroom Printables
Chang's Paper Pony is a great book to tie into your gold rush unit. Here is 11 comprehension questions that go along with the book.... ByMrs. M's Great Stuff
This is a test with one question from each state standard for Houghton Mifflin's Leveled Reader, Driving on Mars. This is the "On-Level" book (pur... ByErin Kuchar
Are your students writing mysteries?
Get them started with these must have vocab words for the mystery genre.
This worksheet contains 10 words t... BySteven Judge
This worksheet reviews the basics of plot and setting utilizing 3 stories (I have used Most Dangerous Game, Dog Star and Crime on Mars - as our dis... ByJaime Burroughs
Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog & Street of the Canon--short answer and multiple choice questions. These materials are also available as part of the 125... ByDave Moeller
This test covers the vocabulary words in “The Most Dangerous Game,†“The Lady, or the Tiger?,†“War,†“The Musgrave Ritual†and â... By Lonnie Jones Taylor