The Story of an Hour Constructed Response, Close Reading, & Inference Statements

This 3-part lesson engages students and meets Common Core standards with the close reading of the classic tale “The Story of an Hour.” While reading the story, students will complete a graphic organizer as they identify Explicit Information and Implied Meanings. After reading, they will create Inference Statements, give and receive feedback on those statements, and write a Constructed Response.

This lesson is complete and requires NO PREP on your part! Print everything out and you're ready to go! (If you do not have the story in a textbook, the link is included for a public domain version that prints cleanly on two sheets of paper!)

This lesson includes:

Student Materials: Three-part lesson (Use one, two or all three parts.)

Part 1. Close Reading Graphic Organizer with an ANSWER KEY!

Part 2. Creating a Post-Reading Inference Statement with Optional Partner Feedback (separate page)

Part 3. Constructed Response with separate pages for each of the following: (to make for easy customization and copying)
• two separate and different instruction sheets (for two different lessons preceding the Constructed Response.)
• Prewriting
• Fast draft with instructions
• Final draft with instructions

Teacher Materials:
4. Constructed Response Rubric

5. Teacher Overview page with all directions, links, etc.

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