Build student confidence and reading endurance with these resources. Teaching short stories has never been more exciting or engaging! (blog post)
Short stories are a staple in literature classes. Finding the right pieces can be a challenge, so I've put together 7 titles all in one place!
Find short stories difficult to teach? Here are five of my favourites that your students will love to analyze. A free lesson plan will be available, too!
When attention spans are short, these do the trick!
If you’ve ever found yourself searching the internet for “contemporary short stories” or “modern short stories” because you’re tired of teaching the same classic stories over and over again, I have THE HACK to change everything for you!
Short stories for metaphors, idioms, and similes. Target figurative language in context with these easy, no-prep short story worksheets!
Unravel irony in Guy de Maupassant's The Necklace with a summary at StoryboardThat! Free activities include vocabulary, irony, and crafting a plot diagram.
Whenever I teach freshmen or sophomores, I always begin the school year with a short story unit. I use this unit to introduce literary elements to my
My Resource Room students have been reading several short stories in our literature book and I have been teaching/reviewing story elements and conflict. These are the notes they pasted in their jou…
The Last Leaf is an excellent short story for teaching ESL students in mixed level classes, and for practicing all four language domains.
One of my favorite lessons to teach in my short story unit is the Hero’s Journey. I enjoy teaching the hero's journey because I love seeing my students’ aha! moments - the moment when they get it, and they start making the connections between the content I am teaching and their favorite books and movies. Their faces light up, and faint chatter about Harry Potter, various Disney movies, and other stories slowly fills the room.
This worksheet helps students review definite and indefinite articles in English. It features a short story about the small town where the narrator li
Find short stories difficult to teach? Here are five of my favourites that your students will love to analyze. A free lesson plan will be available, too!
Pick these up on your next work break or in the moments before bedtime.
My best tips for teaching story grammar elements, plus my packet of visual supports and 13 no-prep short stories for story grammar practice.
Help students plan and pre-write a narrative short story by following this blog post. Includes free graphic organizers and step-by-step directions.
If your students are requesting some lighter literature, check out some of the funny short stories for high schoolers I've rounded up.
If you're searching for a valuable tool to enhance reading comprehension skills and engage students in exploring literary worlds, short story reading comprehension worksheets are a great choice. Designed for teachers and parents seeking to promote critical thinking and analytical skills, these worksheets provide a platform for young readers to delve deeper into the characters, themes, and plots of captivating short stories.
This Reading Comprehension Worksheet - Responsability is for teaching reading comprehension. Use this reading comprehension story to teach reading comprehension.
This is a short motivational story of Socrates and his powerful teachingsHe was a great Greek philosopher and one of the founders of Western Philosophy.Once there was a young boy #story, #funny
Looking for German adjectives translated in English? Here are 250 frequently used adjectives in German. Plus download a bonus PDF with 300 adjectives!
20 weeks later and "A Stick Figure Macbeth" has finally come to an end. In case you're just joining me, here's what happened during the past 20 weeks:
Top 10 Pixar Short Films for teaching middles school literary elements: theme, plot, inference, setting, dialogue, conflict, and more.
This is a short fiction story for students to practice reading words with long o, spelled ow, oe, oa, o!This also aligns with 1st Grade Wonders, Unit 4, Week 3.
These short stories have mindbending twists, dazzling endings, or WTF moments you won't forget. Read them for a quick burst of memorable literature.
This is a guide with some tips on how to put together short story. I have made three short exercises of it, to ensure their engagement. I will follow this ws up with some sample short stories. - ESL worksheets
This activity is designed for students to practice idioms in context. It is a short story that contains twelve idioms. Students are to identify the idioms and use the context to determine their meaning. The activity contains the story, another copy with idioms highlighted, and a list of the idioms w...
Find resources for teaching story elements to kindergarten, first, second, and third grade students including books and hands-on activities.
Do you struggle with finding interesting ways to teach ESL listening skills? Maybe you have an activity or two already but you want to be able to mix it up and keep things interesting. By the end of…
This is a follow up to my worksheet on guidelines for writing a short story. They follow the instructions to build up the anecdote into a short story. On page 2, an example on how it can be done with some questions. - ESL worksheets
This free printable Marvel roll-a-story is a great way to get kids writing and using their imaginations with some of their favorite characters.
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This 6-page "lesson guide" is a great resource for teaching your students the art of persuasion! You could also use this in a Rhetoric Unit. This document is an easy supplement to your Pathos, Ethos, and Logos lesson. Present this to your students or print for them to use as notes. It includes writ...
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I made up a few FREE Contraction Printables for teaching contractions to ALuv {6 years old} and wanted to share them! {Find the download link at the end of this post.} *This post contains affiliate links. FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions In the free printable pack, you’ll find: 1. Contraction Concentration: The cards ... Read More about FREE Contraction Printables for Teaching Contractions
