Less than $5 8th Grade Literature Handouts

If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

• A double-sided handout for episode 6
• This handout contains:
• One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
• This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

Check out every episode bundled 1-8: Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handouts Episodes 1-8 BUNDLE (TeachShare.com)

If you're an English teacher looking for an effective and engaging way to help your students analyze and understand the complexities of the novel _Call of the Wild ,_look no further than our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric.

This product includes 5 unique graphic organizers, each designed to help your students explore a different aspect of the novel. The organizers cover important literary elements such as vocabulary, plot structure, theme development, and more. The included rubric provides a clear and detailed grading system to help you assess your students' work and provide feedback on their understanding of the novel.

Our graphic organizers and rubric are easy to use and will save you time in creating your own review materials. Plus, they're designed with English teachers in mind, so you can be sure that your students are getting the most out of their reading experience.

With our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric, your students will be able to dive deep into the novel and gain a comprehensive understanding of the important concepts and themes presented in Call of the Wild. These materials are a valuable resource for any English teacher who wants to help their students succeed in analyzing complex literary works.

Don't wait! Add our bundle of 5 graphic organizers and rubric to your classroom materials today and watch your students engage with the novel in a whole new way! With this product, you'll be sure to create an unforgettable learning experience that will stay with your students long after they've finished reading Call of the Wild.

NEW IN 2021: Rigorous! Thought-provoking! Discussion-Based! This 45-page EDITABLE mini-unit promises to elicit dynamic engagement from all students without compromising on intellectual rigor. The discussion questions, quizzes on poetic devices, and analytical writing assignment will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of Dickinson's poems and generate profound interpretive insights!!

Here are some highlights from this 45-page mini-unit on Dickinson's poetry:

• 10 Poems by Emily Dickinson: The 10 poems in this mini-unit feature Emily Dickinson's best works of poetry. The packet includes a representative sampling of riddle poems ("It sifts from Leaden Sieves"), nature poems ("There's a certain Slant of light"), death poems ("Because I could not stop for Death"), feminist poems ("I'm ceded — I've stopped being Theirs"), ars poetica ("I dwell in Possibility"), and more. The 10 poems are split between two Homework Packets, with each packet containing 5 poems. (12 pages)

• Discussion Questions: This bundle features a list of discussion questions for two poems from each of the homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that every class discussion starts on a productive note. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (15 pages)

• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)

• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether your students can accurately identify the literary devices used in the poems from the homework packets: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. Answer keys included. (4 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, stanzas, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

The entire 45-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word doc and PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit your teaching style and/or the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials in a PDF file, which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

Because I believe that teachers should be able to see exactly what they'll be getting before they purchase, the preview for this resource allows viewing accesses to 20 pages. Click on the green “PREVIEW” button to see exactly what you’ll get. . . .

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These step-by-step charts make it way to teach literature genres, sub-genres, and authors' styles. Comes with two graphic organizers: 1 with Genre, Sub-genre, Type of Short Story, Subject, Theme, Time Period 1 for Author's Information, Birth/Death, Personal Information, Education, Works Written, Author's Style, Other Important Facts Handouts Include: Fiction and Non-Fiction Genres and Examples Types of Short Stories: Novel, Novella, Novellete, Short Story, Flash Fiction Types of Author's Style: Argumentative, Description, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive These simple to use graphic organizers make it easy for students to make connections between types of works and authors' backgrounds. Great for AP, GT, as well as at risk, ELL, and homeschooling. Use for AP test prep and assessment for analysis. Meets ELA CCSS and state reading guidelines.

This is a 26-page set of worksheets for the short story "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros. The comprehension questions can be used as a story test or as a learning activity for students as they read the story.

The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer)

* vocabulary

* story analysis

* similes

* story reflection

* theme

* motif

* point of view

* setting

* conflict

* symbols

* quotations

* characterization

* connections

* w questions

* story map

* story elements

* critical thinking

* inferences

* summaries

* transformation

* writing

There is also an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for Short Stories:

* Toni Cade Bambara: Raymond’s Run

* Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

* Arthur Cavanaugh: Miss Awful

* Richard Connell: The Most Dangerous Game

* Roald Dahl: The Landlady

* Shirley Jackson: The Lottery

* Piri Thomas: Amigo Brothers

* ...and more worksheets for short stories

Father's Day Team Name Activity

Make your in-class Father's Day celebrations interactive AND fun with this team name activity!

No-Prep Required!

• Simply Print (choose between colored or black & white versions)
• Place on tables or in an area where Dad's (or student's special someone) and kids can grab a copy of each
• Allow them to have fun and get creative!

How do I use this?

• Dad (or someone special) and child will follow the prompts on the "Our Team Name: Father's Day Edition" page
• In the first box, they will locate the first initial of Dad's (or their someone special's) name. Whatever word is there becomes the first word in their team name.
• In the the second box they will locate the first initial of the child's name. Whatever word is there becomes the second word in their team name.

EXAMPLE: My Dad's name is "Ralph" and my name is "Alyssa" Our team name is: "Fierce Tigers:

• One the second page, students can write in their new team name on the line provided
• Students can write in their "team members" (Theirs and Dad's names) on the line provided
• Finally, using the blank jersey template, they can decorate their new team jersey together!

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Father's Day All About Books

All About... [My Dad, My Grandpa, My Uncle, Someone Special]

Celebrate Father's Day by gifting the special man in your life with a handcrafted All About book. Each version includes:

• A Front cover with a title, space for an illustration, and space for the author/illustrator's name
• 4 Pages with space for an illustration and prompts (name, age, hair and eye color, likes, what he is good at, why he loves you, and why you love him!)

Father's Day Interview Recording Sheets

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special man in your life on Father's Day! This set includes sheets for Dad, Grandpa, Uncle or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

For younger learners, they can draw a portrait of their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the questions asked.

Father's Day Crowns

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special man in your life on Father's Day! This set includes sheets for Dad, Grandpa, Uncle or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

This makes the perfect gift for any special men coming to your classroom to celebrate Father's Day.

For younger learners, they can illustrate a picture of them with their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the prompt asked.

Mother's and Father's Day Portrait Prompts

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady or man in your life on Mother's Day and Father's Day! This set includes portrait prompts for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Dad, Grandpa, or uncle. There are also blank prompts for students to fill in and make for anyone they love.

Encourage students to honor and celebrate the special women and men in their lives by creating a one of a kind portrait! These portraits are titled and waiting for the artists signature.

These make the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or for any special occasion. Elevate this gift by adding a colorful cardstock/construction paper backing, laminating, or adding to a frame.

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Dive into the timeless world of S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders with my engaging PowerPoint Presentation and Note-Taking Sheets!  This FREEBIE is perfect for teachers and students alike, designed to complement your literature curriculum and enhance students’ understanding of the novel.  The PowerPoint slides provide a comprehensive overview of key themes, character analysis, plot summaries, and important quotes, while the accompanying note-taking sheets encourage students to actively engage with the material, track their thoughts, and organize their insights.  Whether used in the classroom or for remote learning, this resource makes studying The Outsiders interactive and enjoyable.

This resource contains two separate assignments for creating a fear landscape so that you may differentiate among your figurative and literal thinkers. The first is more appropriate for students who can think symbolically (typically end of eighth grade and above) while the second is better suited for your literal thinkers (sixth-seventh grade). No matter which assignment you give, this is an engaging project that will urge students to consider their deepest fears and connect with Tris and her Dauntless friends in Divergent.

Product also includes 3 beautiful real student examples for both assignments.

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Check out these great resources to supplement your unit on Divergent by Veronica Roth:

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⭐ Divergent Mock Choosing Ceremony - Lesson Plans and Materials

⭐ Divergent Characters Word Search

⭐ Divergent Faction Acrostic Poem Assignment

⭐ Divergent Worksheet Bundle

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This Sarah Orne Jewett's "A WHITE HERON" TEXT allows students to look at themselves, nature, and our flawed society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 6th - 10th Graders will love this short work and product. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Sarah Orne Jewett's "A White Heron," is about love, loyalty, and choice. This 1886 story takes place in the woods during a summer evening in June as a young girl is doing her regular chores meets a bird hunter who forces her to question her loyalty to man or nature. This story that highlights Regionalism begs students to look at who they are loyal to, who they love, and the choices they make.

This 6th - 10th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, nature, and our flawed society.

This Product Includes:

1. Short Narrative Prose

(a) Colored Version

(b) Black & White Version

(c) Audio and Visual Versions

(d) ***NEW*** STUDENT COVER PAGE (to assign as workbook)

(e) ***NEW*** SUGGESTED USES (includes how to use L.A.P. Charts video)

(f) ***NEW*** LITERARY ANALYSIS PARITICPATION (L.A.P.) CHART,

VOCABULARY CHART, and NOTES PAGE

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If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

• A double-sided handout for episode 7
• This handout contains:
• One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
• This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

Check out every episode bundled 1-8: Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handouts Episodes 1-8 BUNDLE (TeachShare.com)

This bundle includes quizzes for The Taming of the Shrew 1-5. Each quiz has five multiple choice questions and at least two short answer questions. Each quiz comes with an answer key included. All these quizzes purchased individually would cost a total of $5.00. You save $1 buy purchasing all five in this bundle.

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This 20-page EDITABLE unit has everything you'll need for profoundly stimulating lessons on Ernest Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." Invite your class to engage in student-driven discussions without compromising on intellectual rigor. The pre-reading handout, reading quiz, and discussion questions will challenge your students to dig beneath the surface of the text and generate profound interpretive insights!!

Hold your students accountable for completing the homework by beginning class with a quick reading quiz. Then facilitate a dynamic discussion that motivates students to become attached to the thrill generating shared knowledge. Challenge students to explicate textual details using a wide range of interpretive lenses: formalist, psychoanalytic, cultural studies, etc.

Here are some highlights from this 20-page unit:

• Pre-Reading Handout: Hemingway's Prose Style: Hemingway was the writer who invented the prose style that we now refer to as "literary minimalism." This handout gives an account of Hemingway's "theory of omission" as well as the specific techniques that he used to make his stories resonate with meanings hidden just beneath the surface. This handout also explains why Hemingway's stories are so great for cultivating skills in close reading. (1 page)

• Reading Quiz: The reading quiz contains 10 questions focused on important details from the plot of "Hills Like White Elephants." Grading this quiz is simple and quick. Answer key included. (2 pages)

• Discussion Question Handout: One double-sided handout featuring 12 discussion questions on Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants." The discussion questions are the divided into 5 sections, each of which focuses on a different literary element or theme: characterization, setting, symbolism, etc. As with all of my resources, the discussion questions are the beating heart of this lesson plan. Every question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! (2 pages)

• Discussion Question Answer Key: This unit features a detailed answer key that's informed by the best scholarly essays on "Hills Like White Elephants." But please note that there is rarely a single "correct" answer for any question. Rather, the discussions questions are designed to foster lively exchanges and interpretive debates among students. They challenge students to build interpretive arguments that require the support of carefully selected textual evidence! (6 pages)

• Quick Write: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paragraph on Hemingway's wonderfully complex story. Let students choose one of the discussion questions and build out paragraph-length interpretation. (1 page)

My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the units feature rigorous, content-rich lessons guaranteed to boost your students' close-reading and critical-thinking skills. What distinguishes this unit is how the discussion questions and writing assignment are designed to help student arrive at an abundance of interpretive insights!!

These lesson plans are packaged in a single 20-page EDITABLE Word document which you can CUSTOMIZE to suit your teaching style and/or your students' skill levels. Because I believe that teachers on TeachShare should be able to see what they're buying before they make a purchase, the preview for this resource provides access to 7 actual pages from the lesson. Click on the green “preview” button to see exactly what you’ll get....

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Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for resources on American literature. Every unit was designed by a Ph.D. in English with a research specialization in American literature. Feel free to check out these complete units on canonical texts by diverse American authors:

Complete Unit on Tommy Orange's There There

Complete Unit on Arthur Miller's The Crucible

Complete Unit on Frederick Douglass's Narrative

Complete Unit on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Complete Unit on Nella Larsen's Passing

Complete Unit on Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God

Complete Unit on J. D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye

Complete Unit on Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun

Complete Unit on Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

An easy-to-follow, 14-page guide for understanding and writing literature analysis. Includes: Individual/Group activities Writing process approach Definitions Purpose Goal Options Terminologies for students to look up and define Steps for analyzing Critical thinking components Literary Prior Knowledge Handout Worksheet for Analyzing Literature Extra Resources (Video and more...) Interactive approach to understanding how to properly begin, write, and complete literary analysis essays. Be sure to build a class model!

This is a 55-page set of worksheets for the story "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling.

I grouped the chapters into pairs (C1-C2, C3-C4, C5-C6, etc...). For each set of two chapters, there are two worksheets:

* comprehension questions

* vocabulary and story analysis

This novel study also includes a wide variety of differentiated worksheets and activities:

* story review

* story reflection

* story elements

* author study

* "w" questions

* picture practice

* story map

* summaries

* point of view

* character analysis

* comic strip

* book design

* news report

* interview activity

* story analysis

* compare and contrast

* cause and effect

* problems and solutions

* scrambled sentences

* crossword puzzles

* fallen phrases

* word search

There is an answer key included at the end of the file.

Distance Learning

There are also links to 10 Google Forms. There is one Google Form for each set of two chapters in the book, plus one Google Form with review activities. Each Google Form has five pages of online worksheets. You can use the links to save a copy of the Google Forms to your own Google Drive. Then from your Google Drive, you can share the online worksheets with your students.

The following activities are included in the online worksheets (Google Forms):

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer)

* vocabulary

* paragraphs

* true or false

Note that the content in the online worksheets is essentially the same as the related content in the PDF file. The purpose of the online worksheets is to allow students the possibility to complete some of the activities online.

Worksheets for the Harry Potter series:

1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

This Literary Bingo Card Set was designed to encourage students not just to read independently but to discover the love of new genres as well. Pass these Bingo Cards out at the beginning of the year or semester and have your students track the books they read on their sheets. After they complete a book, they must write the title in the corresponding box and get a parent's signature. You can decide what prize students earn for a "Bingo" but ultimately, with all the reading they will be doing, everyone wins!

Product Includes:

- 10 Unique Bingo Card Sheets

- Directions

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This Hawk Sneve "THE MEDICINE BAG" TEXT allows students to look at themselves, their relationships, and their society. This prose encourages insightful responses. 6th - 8th Graders will love this short work and resource. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Hawk Sneve's The Medicine Bag highlights Martin and his relationship with his grandfather who belongs to the Native American land of South Dakota. Hailing from a mixed heritage, Martin is conscious about his grandfather’s unexpected visit to his house and fears the oblivion of the fantastical image surrounding the old man that he otherwise shares with his friends after every summer visit. the visit that would change his life forever.

This 6th - 8th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, their heritage and culture, their world, and their life's journey.

This Product Includes:

1. Short Narrative Prose

(a) Colored Version

(b) Black & White Version

(c) Audio Version

(d) ***NEW*** STUDENT COVER PAGE (to assign as workbook)

(e) ***NEW*** SUGGESTED USES (includes how to use L.A.P. Charts video)

(f) ***NEW*** LITERARY ANALYSIS PARITICPATION (L.A.P.) CHART

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If your students loved reading Kwame Alexander's The Crossover, they need to see the new Disney+ series! As teachers, we want our students to be engaged, even when they are watching a film. With this resource, students will be challenged to think critically about the text and film in a variety of ways including comparing and contrasting, evaluating director decisions, and tracking character development across the series.

This resource includes:

• A double-sided handout for episode 2
• This handout contains:
• One do now question, three discourse questions, compare and contrast section, and two rigorous writing tasks in DOK 3 or 4 and Bloom's Taxonomy Evaluate/Analyze categories.
• This handout contains a teacher-facing answer key with answers students may write about.

Check out every episode bundled 1-8: Disney's The Crossover Series Text Companion Handouts Episodes 1-8 BUNDLE (TeachShare.com)

5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions on Act 2 of the play Julius Caesar. Complete with Answer Key.

This 45-page EDITABLE unit tracks the development of the sonnet from Shakespeare's day through by Harlem Renaissance. How are traditional sonnets written by English poets like Shakespeare and Keats similar to and/or different from modern sonnets written by Harlem Renaissance poets like Claude McKay and Countee Cullen? This unit invites students to compare traditional sonnets focused on love with modern sonnets focused on socioeconomic equality....

The twelve poems are divided into two reading packets, with the first packet focusing on early sonnets about romantic love, and the second packet focusing on modern sonnets about the black experience. Each reading packets is followed by a classwork packet that contains a quiz on literary devices, discussion questions for two poems, and quick writes. Finally, a third packet features a writing assignment, sample student paper, and glossary of literary devices.

Here's a detailed account of what you'll find in this 45-page curriculum:

• Homework Packets with Poems: The two homework packets contain a total of 12 love poems by award-winning poets such as William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, John Keats, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, and others. While the first packet focuses on traditional love poetry, the second packet focuses on modern love poetry. Thus, the two packets will set you up to facilitate fascinating discussions about how the sonnet has been put to different uses over the centuries! (12 pages)

• Literary Devices Glossary: A glossary with definitions and examples of the various types of figurative language, imagery, sound devices, and syntactic devices. Many teachers already have a glossary of literary devices, but I'm providing this in case you need one. (2 pages)

• Literary Devices Quizzes: Open each class with a quiz of 10 questions to assess whether students can accurately identify the literary devices found in poems from the packet: metaphor, personification, symbolism, imagery, alliteration, etc. Answer keys included. (4 pages).

• Discussion Questions: This unit features a list of discussion questions for two poems in each of the two homework packets. The discussion questions will ensure that each class discussion is focused and productive. Every discussion question is grounded in concrete textual details and challenges students to arrive at lucid interpretive insights! The questions lend themselves to a range of different pedagogical uses: 1) to focus students’ thinking prior to beginning a discussion, 2) to prompt in-class writing, 3) to assign written reflections for homework, etc. Guaranteed to elicit student engagement and foster deep thinking! Answer keys included. (16 pages)

• Quick Writes: The quick writes give students an opportunity to capture and refine the best ideas generated in the discussion. Quick writes can also help reticent students to gather their thoughts so they'll feel ready and eager to contribute. (4 pages)

• Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on a poem of their choice. The assignment sheet contains detailed instructions for how to generate a formalist analysis of a poem (analyzing how the poem's formal features contribute to its meaning). This kind of formalist analysis is exactly what students are asked to generate on the AP Literature exam! Sample paper included. (3 pages)

This entire 45-page unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word *and* PDF. Because the Word doc is fully editable, you'll be able to customize the materials to suit the skill levels of your students — year after year! If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access all of the materials as a PDF — which is easy to navigate and quick to print!

My store is called “Rigorous Resources” because all of the resources contain rigorous content that will motivate students to engage in thought-provoking and productive discussions. Thank you for choosing “Rigorous Resources”!!

Happy teaching!

Adam Jernigan, Ph.D.

adamjernigan@gmail.com

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This is a 25-page set of worksheets for the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. The comprehension questions can be used as a story test or as a learning activity for students as they read the story.

The worksheets include:

* comprehension questions (multiple choice)

* comprehension questions (short answer)

* vocabulary

* similes

* personification

* story reflection

* theme

* motif

* setting

* conflict

* foreshadowing

* symbolism

* quotations

* story elements

* characterization

* critical thinking

* inferences

* summaries

* transformation

* interviews

* writing

There is also an answer key included at the end of the file.

Worksheets for Short Stories:

* Toni Cade Bambara: Raymond’s Run

* Ray Bradbury: There Will Come Soft Rains

* Arthur Cavanaugh: Miss Awful

* Richard Connell: The Most Dangerous Game

* Roald Dahl: The Landlady

* Shirley Jackson: The Lottery

* Piri Thomas: Amigo Brothers

* ...and more worksheets for short stories