Short Stories Lessons

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Aligned Lesson 72 - Small Group Activities

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Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 72. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 74 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 74. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 75 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 75. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 76 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 76. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 77 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 77. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 80 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 80. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 82 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 82. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 83 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 83. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

1st Grade Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 86 - Small Group

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 86. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

1st Grade Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: 1st Grade Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope & Sequence

A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf | AP Lit Close Reading | 30-Minute Lesson

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Plotting Something

Virginia Woolf’s “A Haunted House” fits easily into part of a class period, but the shifting pronouns and two couples can make the first read confusing. I revised this activity after using the story with my own AP Lit students and seeing where they lost the thread. The first five questions help stud

10th - Higher Education Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

The Open Window | Saki Short Story | Irony, Characterization & Twist Ending

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Teach Saki’s “The Open Window” in one class period without stopping the story to death. Students read the complete story straight through, briefly sort out the ending, and then go back to examine how Vera gets Framton to believe her. Includes the full public-domain text in a beautifully illustrated

8th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Edgar Allan Poe Unit Bundle | Background, The Raven & House of Usher

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Plotting Something

Teach a complete Edgar Allan Poe sequence with three coordinated resources that move from author background into close reading of “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Raven.” Together, the resources provide approximately 2½–3 weeks of instruction for grades 9–12, depending on class length and h

9th - 12th Literature, Poetry, Short Stories

House Taken Over by Julio Cortázar | Close Reading, Ice Age Comparison & Quizzes

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Students can follow what happens in “House Taken Over” and still miss the strangest part: Irene and the narrator barely resist as their world gets smaller. This lesson sequence slows the story down, makes the house and both takeovers concrete, and then moves students into ambiguity, evidence, and in

9th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

For Use with Strawberry Spring by Stephen King | AP Lit Halloween Case File

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Plotting Something

Bring a little fog into your AP Literature classroom. This two-day case-file lesson for Stephen King's “Strawberry Spring” asks students to investigate the evidence, commit to a theory, and reconsider what they thought they knew after the ending.The Halloween atmosphere gives students a reason to le

10th - 12th Close Reading, Literature, Short Stories

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lessons 11 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 11. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 12 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 12. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 13 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 13. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 14 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 14. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 15 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 15. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 16 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 16. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 17 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 17. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 18 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 18. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 19 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 19. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle

Kindergarten Decodable Reader - UFLI Scope Lesson 20 - Small Group Activities

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Shifting to Science of Reading - JD's Rockin' Readers

Help your students feel confident as readers with this decodable reader designed to follow UFLI Lesson 20. It includes an editable lesson plan, decodable book, leveled passages, word mapping, word work, comprehension, and extension activities for no-prep small reading groups.

Kindergarten Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness, Science of Reading

Also included in: Kindergarten Decodable Readers - Small Group Activities - UFLI Scope - Bundle