Description
Need a short story unit that teaches literary analysis in a compelling way? The organization and hands-on learning of interactive notebooks meets the rigor of note-taking and formal responses in this short story unit.
Key Elements of Your Short Story Unit Resource:
✨ Activities & interactive notebooks can be used with any text
✨ Activities are in 3 formats: print, digital, and interactive notebooks
✨ Reinforce literary analysis skills through close reading, constructed response, & creative writing
✨ Includes handouts, projects, rubrics, presentations, samples, and 3 leveled tests
✨ Unit can be used as-is or edit various components to meet your needs
These activities use the IN (bell ringer), THROUGH (teacher input/guided classwork), & OUT (exit/independent practice/homework) method to ensure gradual release of responsibility.
What teachers like you are saying about this short story unit:
Your Short Story Unit Resource Includes:
⭐ Full lesson plans for every topic (Plot, Characterization, Mood, etc.)
⭐ Suggested pacing guide
⭐ Step-by-step slides for every page of the Interactive Notebook version
⭐ Handouts, foldables, notes, and homework
⭐ PowerPoints/Presentations to teach important skills: Literary Quote Analysis, Diction, Symbolism & Allegory
⭐ Literary Devices Terms & Quiz
⭐ Symbolism Flipbook Project for any text
⭐ Three leveled tests (Adapted, Standard, and Honors)
⭐ Digital versions in Google Slides
⭐ A curated list of short story recommendations
Each lesson includes suggested short stories:
✨ “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl
✨ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
✨ “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara
✨ “Geraldo No Last Name” by Sandra Cisneros
✨ “Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe
You can swap or add more stories as each activity is created so that it can be used with ANY short story of your choosing.
Your Poetry Unit resource will download in a .zip file.
Please email me if you have any questions! 🙂
This item is also part of my Interactive Notebooks for Secondary ELA Bundle! These are all of the resources that I use in my 9th grade English classroom to bring short stories, novels, poetry, and plays to life using ISNs.
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-Danielle @Nouvelle_ELA