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Lesson Plan
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Short Vowels With Clifford

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Phonetic masters identify and recognize short vowel sounds by reading and listening to a story that highlights select words. They use picture clues to aid comprehension and construct a story by actively choosing and identifying...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

1920s Images and Ideals PowerPoint Project

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners explore Teaching the American Twenties, noting fashion, life styles, Hollywood, key authors, key people, and key events. They explore the sites and note what they can identify from the time period for this collection. They write...
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Interactive
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Christmas Story Quiz

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this quiz about the Biblical Christmas story worksheet, students write short answers to the questions and check their online/interactive answers. Students write 9 short answers.
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Lesson Plan
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Changing the End of a Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders re-write a story. In this alternate endings lesson, 2nd graders read Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse, by Leo Lionni, stopping to discuss the events and predict what will happen next. Students work in groups to come up with...
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Worksheet
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Beginning, Middle, Ending of Story

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this retelling a story in order worksheet, students write short answers for the beginning, middle and end of a story of their choice. Students compete three parts of the worksheet.
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Worksheet
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Story Starters

For Students 2nd - 3rd
These language arts worksheets present a picture and a space for the teacher to type a word list for the students to use in the story. The word list can relate to the picture, be sight words, or spelling and vocabulary words.
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Worksheet
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Important Events In a Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this identifying important events in a story instructional activity, students write the three most important events that happened in a book. Students write five short answers.
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Activity
Ed Change

Exchanging Stories: Names

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students write short stories about their names and share them in small groups to help build community in the classroom.
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Writing
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Character Education Story

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this writing worksheet, students read a short story about a boy who is being bullied at school. Students are asked to write what they would do in this situation.
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Worksheet
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The Hole Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this filling in the blanks and sequencing learning exercise, learners use words from the word box to complete the sentences and number the pictures to show the order of events in the short story. Learners write 8 answers.
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Lesson Plan
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Theatre Lesson Plan, Performing a Story

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read the story, The Bundle of Sticks, and discuss the story elements within the story; setting, plot, conflict resolution.  In this readers theater lesson, 2nd graders reenact the story in small groups, then reflect on...
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Lesson Plan
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Writer's Workshop: Mood Endings

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to a story, "My Mama Had A Dancing Heart." They discuss the feeling they had after reading the story and define "mood." Students brainstorm a list of moods and discuss the mood of each character. Afterward, they write a...
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Worksheet
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Study Guide: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

For Students 6th - 9th
In this study guide worksheet, students define vocabulary and literary terms found in the story "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings". Students also answer comprehension questions and find examples of literary term usage.
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Lesson Plan
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Story Map Situations

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore a variety of ways to represent text. They represent text in story maps while on the playground. Students depict the elements of a story on a story map. They create a poster for character, setting, problem, and the...
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Lesson Plan
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Story Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students work in groups to create a story that will be presented to the class.  In this story writing lesson, students complete a project planning sheet, work together to create a story that includes a hero and at least two other...
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Worksheet
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Lost Pets Story

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story writing worksheet, students write two short stories that go with pictures of a lost cat poster and a dog. Students title their stories on the lines.
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Worksheet
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Sticker Stories

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sticker stories worksheet, students add pictures to stickers placed on the page, then write a short story about them on lines provided.
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Worksheet
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Learning to Write a Story

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this beginning writing worksheet, students follow directions to write a short story about something scary that happened to them. Students follow simple prompts to help with ideas and organization. Worksheet is designed to be signed by...
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PPT
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Plot Structure PowerPoint Presentation

For Teachers 8th - 12th
A plot diagram helps readers visualize the structure of a story. Here’s a presentation that expands upon the traditional diagram and examines plot components (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) as well as...
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Worksheet
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The Meanest English Teacher Ever

For Students 4th - 6th
Upper graders will use a reading comprehension worksheet about the meanest teacher to practice comprehension. They will read a 5 page story titled The Meanest English Teacher Ever and answer 4 comprehension questions about it. 
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Worksheet
K12 Reader

What Can You Infer?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Perhaps one of the most famous and illustrative stories featuring irony, "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry provides many opportunities for learners to make inferences about its characters. After reading a short introductory passage from...
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Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Pre-Reading Vocabulary Activities Using "The Gift of the Magi"

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
The rich language of O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" is only appreciable if you understand the words. A short lesson reviews 13 words from the story and prompts class members to apply each word and its definition to other situations.
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Summer Shorts

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
Want to use sequence maps in your narrative writing unit? Young writers work to create personal narratives about their summer vacation. They write a narrative of their vacation and create a display using summer clothing shapes made from...
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K20 LEARN

A Multimodal Approach To Edgar Allan Poe Using Drawing To Understand An Author's Style

For Teachers 8th Standards
True! Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" makes readers nervous. But how? Young scholars create a drawing while listening to a reading of Poe's eerie tale to understand how writers create the mood of their stories and what their writing style...

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