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Ultimate Middle School Short Story Bundle: 12 Week Engaging Suspense ELA Units

By TooBookedUp

Transform your middle school ELA classroom with this comprehensive bundle of 12 highly engaging short story units. Each unit is meticulously designed to provide a full week of dynamic lessons, complete with detailed plans, interactive slides, a choice activity board, Socratic seminar questions, three STAAR-aligned essay prompts, a film vs. text Venn diagram, and the text PDF. These short stories will captivate your students and enhance their literary analysis skills, making learning both fun and meaningful.

Included Short Stories:

  1. The Most Dangerous Game
  2. Sorry, Wrong Number
  3. The Hitchhiker
  4. The Way Up to Heaven
  5. Lamb to the Slaughter
  6. The Landlady
  7. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
  8. Harrison Bergeron
  9. Examination Day
  10. The Pedestrian
  11. All Summer in a Day
  12. There Will Come Soft Rains

Bundle Features:

1. Comprehensive 5-Day Lesson Plans: Each story unit includes a detailed five-day lesson plan, ensuring a structured approach to teaching. Lessons are aligned with educational standards and include clear objectives and outcomes.

2. Interactive Slides: Engage your students with interactive slides that guide them through the story, provide context, and facilitate discussions. These slides are designed to keep students focused and involved.

3. Choice Activity Board: Each unit comes with a creative choice board, allowing students to demonstrate their understanding through various projects such as writing an alternate ending, creating a comic strip, designing a literary brochure, and more.

4. Socratic Seminar Questions: Encourage critical thinking and in-depth discussion with six thought-provoking Socratic seminar questions for each story. These questions help students delve deeper into the text and analyze its themes, characters, and literary elements.

5. Three STAAR-Aligned Essay Prompts: Each unit includes three essay prompts (argumentative, correspondence, and informational) that are aligned with STAAR standards, helping students practice their writing skills and prepare for standardized assessments.

6. Film vs. Text Venn Diagram: Enhance your students' analytical skills with a film vs. text Venn diagram activity. Students compare and contrast the short story with its film adaptation, focusing on key similarities and differences.

7. Text PDF: Each unit comes with a PDF of the short story, making it easy to provide students with the text for reading and annotation.

Why Choose This Bundle?

  • Engaging Content: These short stories are highly engaging and perfect for capturing the interest of middle school students. The diverse selection of stories includes suspense, science fiction, dystopian themes, and more.
  • Comprehensive and Ready-to-Use: Save time with ready-to-use lesson plans, activities, and resources. Each unit is designed for easy implementation, ensuring you can focus on teaching and engaging your students.
  • Develop Critical Thinking: The activities and discussions included in each unit promote critical thinking, literary analysis, and deeper understanding of the text.
  • Flexible and Adaptable: The bundle provides flexibility in teaching, with a variety of activities and assessment options to suit different learning styles and classroom needs.

Perfect for middle school humanities teachers, this bundle offers everything you need to deliver engaging and effective ELA lessons throughout the year. Enrich your curriculum and inspire your students with these timeless short stories and comprehensive teaching resources.

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Informative Essay: The Effects of Colonization in Africa

By Educate and Create

This is a prompt with three sources. Students must respond to what are the effects which colonization has had on Africa. Rubric and Outline sheet are included. Great prompt for high school students.

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Graphic Organizer Mega BUNDLE (Print and Digital)

By Queen's Educational Resources

Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers for Fiction and Nonfiction Texts

This bundle is also included in the following discounted Bundles:

  • All ELA Mega Bundle
  • ELA/SEL MEGA BUNDLE

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ABOUT THIS BUNDLE

★ Reading Comprehension Graphic Organizers

★ 140 PAGES

★ Print and Digital

★ Suitable for ANY grade!

★ A discounted resource!!!

This resource includes:

------ 140 Graphic Organizers (5 SETS!)

★ 22 Textual Evidence Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 53 Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 22 Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 18 Character Analysis Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 10 Main Idea Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

★ 15 Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers (Print and Digital)

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This MEGA BUNDLE is also included in Google Slides! Text boxes have already been created to make it easier for you and your students! Each slide includes two instruction solution tabs for when students accidentally delete text boxes and when they want to zoom in (to enlarge worksheets). It's super helpful for students who are not that familiar with how to use Google Slides or need the extra assistance.

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Graphic Organizers are included for the following skills/topics:

► Making Inferences

► Making Predictions

► Main Idea

► Analyzing Setting

► Textual Evidence

► Character Analysis

DESCRIPTION

✅ There are 140 Graphic Organizers that are created in different formats/variations to support differentiation for students and help them participate in active reading and deep analysis of the texts they read.

✅ These graphic organizers are designed to support students in making inferences, predictions, analyzing characters and setting, and identifying main ideas. They can be used for any grade as well as any text under study.

✅ This is an excellent tool to set a "purpose for reading" and keep track of what's happening in texts as well as encouraging students to actively engage in reading!

✅ These Graphic Organizers can be used as part of a larger lesson, as formative assessments, with whole group instruction, small group instruction, and with novel groups/literature circles. These graphic organizers can also be assigned as a "Purpose for Reading" during silent reading time, classwork, or homework!

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  • Graphic Organizer GROWING MEGA BUNDLE

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  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers BUNDLE
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 1
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Post-Its) SET 2
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 3
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Quote Boxes) SET 4
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clipboards) SET 5
  • Making Inferences Graphic Organizers (Clouds and Books) SET 6

MAKING PREDICTIONS:

  • Prediction Graphic Organizer BUNDLE
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Tables) SET 1
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Magnifying Glasses) SET 2
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Sticky Notes) SET 3
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Books) SET 4
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Clouds) SET 5
  • Making Predictions Graphic Organizers (Crystal Glass) SET 6

MAIN IDEA:

  • Main Idea Graphic Organizers

CHARACTER TRAITS:

  • Character Traits and Analysis Graphic Organizers
  • Character Analysis Organizer BUNDLE
  • Character Analysis PowerPoint Graphic Organizers

SETTING:

  • Analyzing Setting Graphic Organizers
  • Setting Graphic Organizer Bundle

Additional Graphic Organizer Packets (Print and Digital)

  • Plot Graphic Organizers
  • Imagery Graphic Organizers
  • Conflict Graphic Organizers
  • Mood Graphic Organizers
  • Theme Graphic Organizers
  • Tone Graphic Organizers

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200 Pages Blank paper, College ruled, Lined Journal & Music sheet for Writing

By Zaazoua Mostapha

8.5 x 11 inches, 200 Pages Blank Pages Paper, College Ruled, Lined Journal & Music Sheet for Writing and Music Composition

Perfect for teachers and students to write in everything they want

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SPICE-T Chart: AP World History Themes Graphic Organizer - Analysis - Writing

By The Classroom Globetrotter

Help your students master the key themes of AP World History Modern with this easy-to-use SPICE-T Chart Organizer. Designed to focus on the six essential themes of Social, Political, Interactions with the Environment, Cultural, Economic, and Technology, this versatile chart is perfect for organizing notes, studying for exams, and preparing for writing prompts or essays.

What's Included:

  • A comprehensive SPICE-T chart template covering the critical themes of AP World History Modern
  • Student-friendly, customizable format for note-taking, organization, and analysis
  • Ideal for AP World History classes, but adaptable for any world history curriculum focusing on thematic learning
  • A valuable tool for teaching historical thinking skills and preparing for the AP exam

Whether you’re using it for class discussions, unit reviews, or exam prep, this SPICE-T Chart makes organizing historical content easier for students, giving them a structured way to tackle complex themes in world history.

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Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw - Text Analysis Writing Prompt, Text Evidence

By Write On with Jamie

Introducing how to write a literary analysis essay citing text evidence for Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw has never been easier! This in-depth text dependent analysis (TDA) writing prompt resource guides students through a step-by-step process of writing an opinion essay with textual evidence as support. It includes an argumentative writing graphic organizer, rubric, argumentative writing quiz, and an argumentative writing template.

All aspects of text evidence writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting details, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. From the struggling writer to the advanced writer, this resource offers something for everyone.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their argumentative writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing argument writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Citing Text Evidence Argumentative / Argument writing prompt lesson includes:

Entertaining Instructional Video with:

  • Brainstorming ideas
  • Prompt identification and comprehension
  • Thesis statement development
  • Rubric explanation
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

Detailed Lesson Plan with:

  • Common Core State Standards indicated on lesson plan
  • Instructional Focus
  • Instructional Procedures
  • Objectives/Goals
  • Direct Instruction
  • Guided Practice
  • Enrichment
  • Differentiation
  • ESE Strategies
  • ELL Strategies
  • I Can Statement
  • Essential Question

Worksheets with:

  • Prompt
  • Brainstorming section
  • Thesis statement development
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template

Slide Show Presentation with:

  • Introduction slide with prompt (interactive for students to identify key vocabulary)
  • Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list ideas)
  • Standard and implied thesis development slides
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template slides
  • Checklist slide

Argumentative Writing Quiz

Argumentative Rubric

Argumentative Graphic Organizer

Google Slides

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Detailed Lesson Plan with:

  • Common Core State Standards indicated on lesson plan
  • Instructional Focus
  • Instructional Procedures
  • Objectives/Goals
  • Direct Instruction
  • Guided Practice
  • Enrichment
  • Differentiation
  • ESE Strategies
  • ELL Strategies
  • I Can Statement
  • Essential Question

Worksheets with:

  • Prompt
  • Brainstorming section
  • Thesis statement development
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template

Slide Show Presentation with:

  • Introduction slide with prompt (interactive for students to identify key vocabulary)
  • Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list ideas)
  • Standard and implied thesis development slides
  • How to Write an Argumentative Essay tutorial and writing template slides
  • Checklist slide

Argumentative Writing Quiz

Argumentative Rubric

Argumentative Graphic Organizer

Google Slides

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Check out my other High School Citing Text Evidence Writing Prompts:

  • Citing Text Evidence Writing Prompts

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Connect with me for the latest Write On! with Jamie news:

  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • Write On! with Jamie Blog
  • FB Community for 6-12 ELA Teachers

. . . and visit my WRITE ON! with Jamie website for a free TEXT EVIDENCE WRITING LESSON! 

Write On!

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Much Ado About Nothing WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Essay Prompts & Rubric | Shakespeare

By Rigorous Resources for High School English

Looking for a final writing assignment on William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing? This resource features everything you'll need to lead students through the process of writing an analytical essay about Much Ado. The resource features 5 writing prompts which will motivate students to think with nuance about important themes in the play. The resource also includes scaffolding to help students select evidence, generate an outline, and begin writing. For teachers, the resource features an assessment rubric which can be used to grade and provide feedback on students' analytical writing.

Here's what you'll find in this editable 13-page resource:

  • Analytical Writing Assignment: Challenge students to take their interpretations one step further by writing an analytical paper on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. Let students choose from one of 5 thought-provoking sample topics — or invite them to develop a topic of their own. Includes a handout introducing students to the elements in an analytical essay plus a writing schedule that explains each step in the writing process. (4 pages)
  • Outline Template: Scaffold the writing process by having students fill out an outline before they write their papers. The outline template has boxes where students can write out their hook, thesis, topic sentences, textual evidence, and so on. (3 pages)
  • Assessment Rubric: A detailed assessment rubric enables teachers to grade student papers in a fast and efficient manner. (1 page)
  • AP Lit Practice Essay: Designed for teachers of AP Literature, this in-class practice essay will allow students to rehearse the "FRQ3" essay from the AP Literature and Composition Exam. The assignment asks students to write a 40-minute in-class essay in response to one of three recent FRQ3 prompts for which Much Ado About Nothing would be a viable work of literary merit. (5 pages)

The entire unit will come to you in two separate formats: Word Docs *and* PDFs. Because the Word docs are fully editable, you'll be able to customize them to match the skill levels of your students year after year. If you don't have Microsoft Word, you'll still be able to access PDF versions which are easy to navigate and quick to print.

Rigorous Resources is your one-stop shop for top-quality resources on William Shakespeare. Wishing you an amazing experience with teaching the Much Ado About Nothing. If you have any questions along the way, please don't hesitate to get in touch. I love hearing from fellow teachers who share a passion for great literature! 

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Building Strong Paragraphs – Writing Structure Practice and Activities for ELA

By Blooming Through High School

  • Do you need help getting your students to understand how text is structured and how authors craft their writing?
  • Do you want them to practice aligning ideas and writing their own?

Help your students master paragraph structure with this comprehensive resource designed for middle and high school learners. "Building Strong Paragraphs" focuses on key writing skills such as identifying topic sentences, supporting details, and crafting thesis statements. This ready-to-use packet includes practice worksheets, engaging exercises, and thesis sentence-building activities that will enhance your students' writing abilities.

Ideal for both informational and argumentative writing, this resource walks students through the entire process of constructing well-organized, coherent paragraphs. Whether you're teaching how to develop supporting sentences, transition between ideas, or conclude effectively, this resource covers it all!

What's Included:

  • Graphic Organizer for understanding structure
  • Identification exercise
  • Two Unique Passages per skill: topic sentences, thesis statements, supporting sentences & concluding sentences
  • 9 Passages
  • 20 Pages
  • Available as a PDF and a Word Document

Perfect for:

  • Grades 6-10
  • English Language Arts (ELA) Teachers
  • Writing Workshops
  • STAAR Writing Prep
  • Argumentative and Informational Essay Practice

Benefits of this Resource:

  • Aligned with Common Core Standards and TEKS for writing.
  • Great for differentiated learning in classrooms with ELLs and students needing extra practice.
  • Supports critical thinking and writing clarity.

Who is this for?

  • Middle and High School Teachers: Perfect for educators looking to strengthen their students’ paragraph-writing skills with structured, step-by-step activities.
  • ELA Teachers: Aligned with TEKS and Common Core standards, this resource is ideal for anyone teaching informational and argumentative writing.
  • Students Preparing for Standardized Tests: Great for test prep, including STAAR writing, helping students improve clarity, coherence, and overall writing structure.
  • Special Education & ELL Support: Easily adaptable for differentiated instruction, making it an excellent tool for classrooms with diverse learners, including English Language Learners and students with varying writing levels.
  • Homeschool Educators: A valuable resource for guiding students through the fundamentals of paragraph writing at home.
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What's it take to be a peer workshopper? This quick introduction to peer workshopping will help students understand the process and includes a Peer Workshopping Checklist, as well as an example, to get students started! Use with college prep, homeschool, flipped classrooms, upper level learners, higher ed, and teacher training/professional development programs to introduce what peer workshopping is and how to get started. Excellent prep for writing tests. Follows Common Core and State Assessment Writing guidelines.

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Oral and Written Presentation Rubric

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Learning involves both oral and written presentations, which are crucial to mastering presentation skills. To aid in the evaluation process, this rubric covers both types of presentations and is presented on a single, user-friendly page. It can be used by students, teachers, or paraprofessionals. Additionally, a digital version is provided for students to assess their peers.

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UNIT BUNDLE: Suspense Elements in Stephen King's THE MIST + final assessment!

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Included in this bundle is everything you need to teach Stephen King's The Mist! I love to start my students thinking about the horror/suspense genre by reading "Why We Crave Horror Movies" by Stephen King; an analysis of this 3-page essay is included. Once we start reading The Mist, we analyze a different suspense element with each chapter. The chapter-by-chapter activities culminate in a Socratic Seminar which I use as my assessment!

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AVID Focused Notes Digital Lesson - Writing Primary Versus Secondary Sources

By KJ Inspired Resources

Are you an AVID teacher looking for an easy way for students to learn and practice the focus note taking process while learning about primary versus secondary sources? Are your students about to begin an essay and need an explanation on using sources in writing? You came to the right place! This AVID Focused Note Taking Lesson Plan with Google Slides and Applying Learning opportunities has everything you need to have your students practice the very important skill of note taking while learning the importantce and benefits of using primary or secondary sources in their writing. This lesson is ready to go! Teach whole group OR have students follow along by sharing the google slides link with them. This way they have access to all the links provided!

What's Included:

  • Lesson plan that walks you through the slides
  • Video overview/explanations for students and teacher
  • 40 Google Slides with links embedded throughout
  • 1 editable slide to add your own information
  • Embedded links for: Costa's Level of Thinking, Exit Ticket, 2 Column Notes

Note Taking Process and Lesson:

  • Students will practice focused note taking while learning about using primary and secondary sources for writing.
  • At the end of the lesson students will apply what they learned through a This or That game along with an exit ticket where they will find primary and secondary sources for 3 major events.

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Writing Center Banner | Bulletin Board | Back to School | ELA Writer's Workshop

By Perfectly Planned Designs

Looking to make your classroom more welcoming this back to school season?

This bright Writing Center Banner is a great way to welcome students and visitors into your classroom each day! It will liven up your space and motivate your students....plus, it's so cute!! Prints two letters per page for a total of 8 pages. There are also three printable pencils in different colors which can be printed out and attached to the banner to your liking.

**For personal and single classroom use only. If using with multiple classrooms, please purchase additional licenses at the discounted rate.**

Best of all, this banner coordinated perfectly with my best-selling Writing Tools Folder: get your students writing at a higher level by offering them a colorful and coordinated reference for your Writing Center!! This reference guide is ideal for middle school students to use during independent writing assignments. Whether it is class work, center work, writing workshop, or homework, it provides quality writing The pages can be placed in a folder, booklet, or even displayed in a writing center. It helps eliminate questions and shows students ways to write effectively. This is going to help your students work independently while writing. This product is geared toward middle school but can also be used in upper elementary. I make a bunch of these Writing Tools Folders and keep them in my Writing Center and love how it helps students become more organized and independent while writing.

This resource includes 8 Anchor Charts and 3 Cover Page Options

Character Traits which comes in 4 different colors with chevron and swirls styles. The chart contains over 100 character traits that students can use to refer to during various writing activities.

Elaboration Stems which features writing stems students can use while elaborating on evidence in their essays. This chart is essential because students can refer to them while writing but gradually start incorporating them as it becomes a force of habit.

**Other Ways to Say...**which offers students multiple synonyms for overused words such as happy or sad. Great for displaying in your writing center!

Transitions which includes a strong set of transitions every writer should be using to aid in the flow of their writing, whether it's for emphasizing, giving an example or concluding an essay!

Said is Dead! which features other words for said, which is terribly overused in my classroom when there are tons of better choices!

Use This...Not That! which features better word choices for commonly used words and expressions.

Mood...which offers a great choice of words that depict either a positive, negative, or neutral mood!

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Writing Concept Map Graphic Organizer

By Homeschool with Big Easy Homeschooling Mom

Graphic organizers can be helpful in being visual aids when students are writing.

  • Helps students focus on their thoughts for planning, decision-making, and writing an essay

  • Helps students see the connections, patterns, and relationships between facts, concepts, and ideas 

  • Organizers provide a visual depiction for writers by showing them where each piece of the essay is placed within an essay

Concept maps are used to display a main idea within the concept and the different ideas that branch out from the main idea.

I hope your students/children enjoy this concept map by understanding the importance of why a graphic organizer is needed, as well as understanding the variables of a concept map.

Concept map is in Google Slides, Powerpoint, and PDF formats.

Happy Writing!

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Book Report Template

By Sign with me TOD

Writing a book report based on a book that students enjoyed reading is a fun and interesting project for your students. Students can take this time to go back and review their favorite parts of the book, favorite characters, the setting, and the plot of the story. This packet includes a brainstorming template and rough draft template for students to write a book report based on a book that they read. Students can also use the rough draft template for a final written draft or can type their final draft.

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This bundle should accompany Kwame Alexander's novel The Door of No Return. The story is not included in this resource.

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- Chapter Vocabulary Lists

- Chapter Vocabulary Quizlet Links

- Google Form Vocabulary Tests

- A Reading Journal with 8 Prompts

- A Thorough Study Guide with Middle School English Vocabulary Embedded (personification, summarize, simile, etc.)

- A Final Writing Project Including Research

- A Final Writing Project Rubric

BONUS: Two prompts and worksheets for a socratic seminar discussion regarding the book.

These resources cover everything you could need for a unit about this novel.

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This resource bundle features two comprehensive and cohesive literature guides and final compare/contrast essay assignment for use while reading The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe. The activity bundle provides an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short stories and encourage students to think critically about plot structure, literary elements, figurative language, unreliable narrators, perspective, and the superstitions within the stories. A compare/contrast essay assignment is included that will encourage students to think critically and specifically about the similarities and differences between the two famous tales. The wide range of activities will keep your students engaged and help them to gain a deep understanding of two of the most highly regarded stories of American literature.

The Tell-Tale Heart Literature Guide:

  • Attractive cover page for student packet
  • The Tell-Tale Heart Anticipation Guide and Lesson Plan
  • Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary drawing activity
  • Comprehension questions
  • Freytag’s pyramid graphic organizer
  • Literary elements graphic organizer
  • Figurative language graphic organizer
  • The Tell-Tale Heart Creative Writing Assignment on Perspective
  • Snap Chat Story Graphic Organizer
  • The Tell-Tale Heart Figurative Language Challenge Activity
  • Full answer keys for teacher use

The Black Cat Literature Guide:

  • Attractive cover page for student packet
  • Anticipation guide - "Debate Statements"
  • Vocabulary
  • Vocabulary drawing activity
  • Comprehension questions
  • Freytag’s pyramid worksheet
  • "History of the Black Cat" extension article and comprehension questions
  • "Putting it all Together" short essay question
  • Literary elements worksheet
  • Figurative language worksheet
  • Unreliable Narrator of The Black Cat Lesson Plan
  • Full answer keys for teacher use

The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat Compare Contrast Essay

  • Complete assignment directions
  • Specific similarities/differences chart with 17 story components
  • Venn diagram template
  • Essay graphic organizer (Block Method)
  • Rubric
  • Teacher key for chart

The Tell-Tale Heart & The Black Cat "Breaking News" Article

  • Comprehensive project directions
  • Scoring Guide

Buying this bundle saves 20% off the price of the two literature guides and compare/contrast essay.

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More resources to round out your Edgar Allan Poe unit:

⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe PowerPoint

⭐ Introduction to Edgar Allan Poe Scavenger Hunt

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Bell Ringer Journal Prompts

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Crossword Puzzle

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Brochure

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe's Obituary

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Quote Posters

⭐ Edgar Allan Poe Resource Bundle

But why stop with two tales? We have enough Edgar Allan Poe resources to frighten your students for months!

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⭐ The Pit and the Pendulum Literature Guide

⭐ The Cask of Amontillado Literature Guide

⭐ The Fall of the House of Usher Literature Guide

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This "INITIATION" Essay Exam provides students a chance to show what they know. 14 Essay Writing Prompts to encourage insightful responses from this canonized work. Also, there are an additional 15 Discussion Questions to be used for additional essay practice or group projects, and NEW, 2 Working with "INITIATION" handoutS have been included. 10th - 12th Graders will love this essay exam. Check it out!

SUMMARY:

Plath's "Initiation" highlights fitting in, group exclusivity, self exploration, and individuality. Millicent, a teen pledge at Lansing High, realizes that being an individual offers more freedom and self discovery than being part of a sorority. Can we truly separate ourselves from society and at what would you sacrifice to do so?

This 10th - 12th grade canonized work allows students to look at themselves, conformity, and individuality.

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Want to discuss environmental challenges with your AP Spanish® students?  Unit 6, Environmental, Political and Social Challenges is a perfect time!  This bundle includes activities for reading, writing and listening comprehension as well as an assessment!

Teachers can assess what students understand quickly by using the self-checking Formative and Edpuzzle questions that go with the articles and videos.  Students can practice answering open-ended questions with other articles and teachers have an answer key to refer to.  Last, the persuasive paragraph allows teachers to do an interim assessment that can be graded quickly!

Who can use this product?

  • AP Spanish® students

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  • Use this as a mini unit within Unit 6
  • Activities can be done in class or assigned as homework

What’s included in this product?

  • 2 articles about global warming with Formative versions (for auto-correcting)
  • Google Docs copy of the above articles with embedded AP-style MCQ questions
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End your school year on a high note with this Passion Project, designed specifically for high school students. This engaging mini-unit allows students to explore and share their passions while developing essential writing and presentation skills. With detailed instructions, comprehensive rubrics, and intuitive graphic organizers, this unit is the perfect way to foster creativity and collaboration as the school year concludes.

Key Features:

Passion-Fueled Essay Writing: Students are tasked with writing an essay about a topic they are passionate about. This open-ended approach encourages them to explore their interests and express their thoughts in a structured format, fostering enthusiasm for writing. Added bonus: The topic is relevant to them!

Short Presentation Creation: After completing their essays, students create a short presentation to share their passion with the class. This presentation element cultivates public speaking skills and boosts confidence in a supportive environment.

Detailed Instructions: This mini-unit includes step-by-step instructions for both the essay and presentation, providing a clear framework for students to follow.

Rubrics for Assessment: Assess student work with comprehensive rubrics designed for both the essay and presentation. These rubrics offer clear criteria for grading, ensuring consistency and fairness in assessment. The rubrics are aligned with Common Core Standards.

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  • Ideal for End-of-Year Projects: This unit is perfect for finishing out the school year, offering a meaningful and engaging project that wraps up the academic year on a positive note.

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