This is a PowerPoint with twelve slides on plot, character, setting, theme, mood, and tone. There are animations and pictures. The definitions of t... ByWilliam Hawkins
This 4 page activity asks students to access prior knowledge, make predictions, define vocabulary, ask questions, and make inferences. It takes st... ByMs. G's Teaching Ideas
"The Storyteller" by Saki
Save yourself hours! This unit does not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson for a sub.
This is ... ByQuality Teaching Products
This activity has students reading five Native American myths and anaylzing the four functions of myth for each of the stories. The stories (or poe... ByMary Ciccone-cook
A four page file that covers setting, character, foreshadowing, and sequencing. Several charts/graphic organizers help students build comprehension... ByK. Zutali
11 slide PowerPoint on how to use the "Show Not Tell" strategy in creative writing. Helps student write with more descriptive words and vivid langu... ByHappyedugator
This is a guided reading booklet which provides the students with a chapter-by-chapter guide toCockroach Cooties by Laurence Yep. Included are act... ByLinda Biondi
A fantastic way to get your students interested in reading this class short story! This Power point on "The Necklace" focuses on a variety of area... ByPowerpoint Guru
This 19 slide powerpoint is the perfect accompaniment for teaching the short story/drama,“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street". It includes bio... ByBeverly Brown
One of the most widely read short stories in American classrooms is brought to Power Point! A fun presentation that will get your students excited... ByPowerpoint Guru
This 6 page study guide assists students in reading The Wild Whale Watch by Eva Moore. Students write in answers, as well as select from multiple c... ByTbird
Exploring internal and external conflicts can be a lot of fun for students, but also confusing. This PowerPoint is designed to help student differ... ByPowerpoint Guru
This is an assessment for the short story, The Ransom of Red Chief. It includes Irony, vocabulary and important elements from the story.... ByKristin Herman
Masque of the Red Death Test- Edgar Allan Poe, 23 questions, multiple choice and 3 Open Ended Response questions. It can be edited to suit class ne... ByK Holub
This assignment asks students to analyze/draw comparisons and contrasts between the six dreams Winston Smith has over the course of George Orwell's... ByStapleton
A multiple choice quiz (5 questions) over author's craft, mood, theme, and vocabulary. Short Story Inquiry Form by Carol McNally is licensed under... ByAcmc
This product is a ready to print and use set of comprehension questions and answer key. There are twelve questions for this story that include lite... BySherrie Taylor Vann
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All of these activities are done in this unit and placed in a lapbook format
1. Title ( Wri... ByTeresa Lilly
This is an open book, directed reading scavenger hunt where the students find answers directly from the story. It has 42 questions and some questi... By Lonnie Jones Taylor
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Assignment explanation and rubric for Short Story analysis in which students are assigned parts to analyze and "teach" to th... ByJennifer Hampton
The three page worksheet breaks down the responses into Before, During and After Reading. Before Reading asks students to identify vocabulary and ... ByMs. G's Teaching Ideas
This study guide requires students to analyze literal and inferential questions for every chapter, so they must "think" about the story as they rea... ByTbird
Start the year off with a ghost story that will have your kids dicussing suspense as a literary technique. Not to mention that your students will ... ByKimberly's Ideas
26 slides of visual splendor that will have your classes begging for more! In this spectacular PowerPoint presentation the life and times of the g... ByPowerpoint Guru
This set includes two story spinners that can be used in small groups, large groups, in a center, however you wish!
These spinners will help you... ByChristie Uribe
This is a lesson that focuses on the author Jan Brett. In this lesson, the students will be actively engaged, working in small groups, to read var... ByMelissa Bergen
A radio script adapted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. With a few tweaks, this could easily be used for a regular stage show. And of c... ByGerald Murphy
This is the second in a set of emergency lesson plans which I leave for unexpected or unplanned absences from my 7th-9th grade language arts classe... ByMark Aaron
This assignment is used with the animated movie, Hoodwinked. We show how the same story can be told many different ways. Students take notes thro... ByJennifer Tavernaro
This is a set of CSI case files built around fairy tales. There are six different files which include what was found at the crime scene, character... ByDonovan
Use this anticipation guide to help your students think about some of the themes in Seventh Grade, a short story by Gary Soto. Includes three ques... ByTeacher Tricks
With the purchase of this item the buyer will receive one quiz for the short story by Ambrose Bierce An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.... ByLiterature Lessons Quick Stop
This is a 30 question multiple choice vocabulary test for the short story Flowers for Algernon, including answer key. The vocabulary list is also a... ByHappyedugator
"The People Could Fly" by Virginia Hamilton Lesson Bundle
These materials do not require any prep and can be used as an emergency lesson for a s... ByQuality Teaching Products
Use this character chart to help students keep the characters straight in Seventh Grade, a short story by Gary Soto. Intended to be used during re... ByTeacher Tricks
This worksheet is an introduction to the complexities of the Cinderella tale - in conjunction with fairy tales and a fables lesson. It asks student... ByJaime Burroughs
Use this quiz to check students comprehension of the short story Seventh Grade by Gary Soto. The format is cloze style (where students use context... ByTeacher Tricks
This Christmas and Holiday themed Reading Comprehension worksheet packet includes Four stories (Christmas Shopping, Christmas Stockings, Making Chr... ByPowerpoint Maniac
This is an extensive American Literature Powerpoint geared towards 11th grade classes. It contains slides over the stroy, the author, her career, ... ByBeth
I assign this project while we are studying myths and legends. The focus of this assignment is having students develop a simple plot outline befor... ByMary Bauer
A ready to implement creative writing lesson that includes a graphic organizer and an author feedback sheet. This lesson could be used before or af... ByK. Zutali
After studying fables in class, my students were prepared to write their own. This product is a writing assignment with two original examples, an ... ByMary Bauer
This is a 28-page, visually stunning, power point presentation that discusses the main points of Realism and Naturalism in American Literature.
... ByMrs. S
This two-page worksheet is intended for students to compare and contrast and write about the two main characters in Gary Soto's short story "Mother... ByMonica Lukins
Powerpoint includes:
-Notes about theme and point of view
-Practice lit terms (theme and POV) using de Maupassant's "The Necklace" and Henry's "G... ByJennifer Hampton