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Poetic Justice: A Study of Poe's Famous Works

For Teachers 8th
Students explore Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. In this Edgar Allan Poe lesson, students complete a 25 page packet of activities where they recognize the features of genres and literary devices Poe uses. Students read "The...
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A Little Mystery and Intrigue in Writing Short Detective Stories

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and analyze the twelve short stories in the novel "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes." They create their own detective that has to solve a new kind of crime, and write and edit a short story with their original detective as...
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Eudora Welty's "A Worn Path" in Graphical Representation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze graphical forms of Eudora Welty and interpret the shorts stories in the representations. In this graphical representations lesson, students analyze the short story genre in comic strips. Students then create their own...
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Chivalry

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore manners by writing short stories. In this chivalry code lesson, 8th graders identify the traits of chivalry and explore the history of chivalry in England. Students complete a chivalry worksheet and write a...
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Water Saving

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Water conservation and management is the focus of this lesson plan. Pupils identify the need for being "water wise" in society through research and discussion. and present their findings in many different formats (short story, poetry, or...
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Activity
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Mother's Day Activities

For Teachers K - 4th
Students create portraits, short stories, hugging hands, and more crafts for Mother's Day. In this Mother's Day lesson plan, students also create flower pots and answer short answer questions.
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Making Number Addition Stories

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this addition activity, students complete two 2-digit addition problems and then write a short story about each. A reference website is included.
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Write From the Beginning

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss the earliest form of writing, pictographs and view several examples. They then create their own hieroglyphics and write a short story using them. They then create and label a timeline including methods of writing prior...
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Writing a Story: Planning

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this rewriting a familiar story worksheet, students choose a familiar story and fill in the squares of a graphic organizer with new information about the characters, setting, story starter, ending. and/or main events. Students write 5...
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Story Summary

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this summarizing a story activity, students tell a family member about the story and write a short summary. Students answer two questions.
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Natural Disasters: Stormy Weather in Art, Writing, and Music

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Using personal experience, visual art, and music that evoke natural disasters, your older high schoolers create their own expressions of storms. Learners conduct online research about weather drama. They make their own expressive...
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Analogies, Synonyms, Antonyms, Stories and Writing!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use analogies to compare synonyms and antonyms. In this writing skills instructional activity, students use the provided synonyms and antonyms to create short stories that they present as plays to their classmates.
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Wednesday Surprise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice writing surprise endings to their short stories. After listening to the beginning of a short story, students make predictions about the story's surprise ending. They write their own short story with a surprise ending...
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Improvise a Short Story through Jazz

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students evaluate jazz music and a jazz music performance. They collaborate and create an improvised group short story. They improvise a musical piece on found objects.
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Personal Adventure Stories

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the characteristics of an adventure story. Students write an adventure story of their own based on a true personal experience. After drafting their story, students use a word processor to write, edit, and revise their work.
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Sequence of Events Storyline

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice sequencing the events in a story they have read. After reading a short story, 7th graders sequence the events of the story using a timeline. Their timeline is used to create a summary paragraph of the story...
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Plot Summary for Story Elements

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders identify story elements utilizing a plot summary organizer. In this plot summary lesson, 9th graders discuss the elements of a good story and listen to the story of the three little pigs. Students complete a group plot...
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Writing a Narrative

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders read the short story "Eleven". They write a narrative composition focusing on the use of voice. Students use a computer to create a pre-writing graphic organizer and type their final draft.
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Story Prompt: Man Carving Letters Out of Stone

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this story prompt worksheet, students write two short stories about the pictures of men carving the letters X and A out of stone.
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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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Writing

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students write a short story. Students write their story inside an illustration of a house and within six given lines.
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Sticker Stories

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

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Looking for a great lesson on how to write a biography? Here, middle schoolers draw from magazine articles, novels, historical figures, and current events to choose a person, or character to write about in a biography. They follow a...
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The Wolf

For Students 4th Standards
Fourth graders have likely heard the expression to cry wolf, but they may not know the saying's origin. A short reading passage tells the story and includes four comprehension questions for pupils to demonstrate their...

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