These fictional story prompts for kids of any age group will help you write great short stories about all kinds of topic. Take a look now and enjoy!
You don't have to write a novel to entertain and captivate your readers. Try one or more of these short story ideas and prompts to create a compelling narrative that's sure to grab their attention.
SuperSummary’s Literature Guide for “The Sculptor's Funeral” by Willa Cather provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with plot and character or key figures and events analyses, important quotes, essay topics, and more. Content Warning: This short story uses an anachronistic term for people with diverse racial backgrounds. The term is considered offensive today, and the guide references it only in quoted material. LITERATURE GUIDE Delve into the easy-to-navigate 31-page guide with table of contents for story summary and analysis on “The Sculptor's Funeral”. Build rich lessons using our comprehensive analyses of the story’s multiple themes, symbols, and motifs such as “The Artist Against Society” and “Exile and Homecoming”. Featured content also includes: Commentary on major characters 15 important quotes with accompanying analysis 10 thoughtful essay topics for writing or discussion ✏️ How to use: Created to provide a thorough review and to support students’ deep understanding of “The Sculptor's Funeral”, our literature guide quickly refreshes teachers on important plot points or events throughout the story as well as essential themes, symbols and motifs. The contents of the guide provide a strong framework for helping students understand the underlying meaning of a work of literature.
Tone is a tough term for students. Destress the process with these simple steps and recommendations for any high school ELA class.
Noisy Neighbours Short Story Advanced Lesson Plan This informative lesson plan helps students dive deeper into the short story "Noisy Neighbours" through comprehension questions and grammar exercises. Educators can implement this versatile resource in various settings like whole group instruction, small reading groups, or as a homework assignment. Students will analyze the themes and characters while sharpening their English language abilities. Answer keys are provided for instructors. This engaging lesson plan assessed reading skills and challenges more advanced English language learners to apply what they have learned. It is designed for grades 7-12 but can be adapted for other levels. Whether used in a classroom, tutoring session, or homeschool curriculum, this lesson plan facilitates meaningful discussion and evaluation of a thought-provoking short story. Noisy Neighbours Short Story | Advanced Lesson Plan
These attention-grabbing, age-appropriate stories are perfect for struggling readers. Stories range from a 2.0 to a 5.0 reading level and are accompanied by pre-reading activities, vocabulary exercises, discussion questions, and writing activities. Topics and illustrations will appeal to middle school students. Reproducible
Key Takeaways: Horror vs. Thriller Thriller focuses on suspense, tension, and the complex challenges a protagonist must overcome. It often involves crime, mystery, or espionage. Thrillers have many plot twists that keep the audience anticipating
Tone is a tough term for students. Destress the process with these simple steps and recommendations for any high school ELA class.
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Help students plan and pre-write a narrative short story by following this blog post. Includes free graphic organizers and step-by-step directions.
This is a fun but rigorous during reading OR post-reading activity for Ray Bradbury's short story, "The Veldt." The activity is in Sketchnotes format, so it feels manageable for students, but the rigor is high! Topics on the graphic organizer include: -Allusions -Climax (Plot) -Figurative Language -Foreshadowing and Suspense -Characterization -Vocabulary in Context Both PRINT and DIGITAL copies!
Tone is a tough term for students. Destress the process with these simple steps and recommendations for any high school ELA class.
This is a follow up to my worksheet on guidelines for writing a short story. They follow the instructions to build up the anecdote into a short story. On page 2, an example on how it can be done with some questions. - ESL worksheets
A short story by Brad Wilcox from his book "The Continuous Atonement for Teens." Just as a priest can begin again if he doesn’t get the sacrament prayer right, we too can begin again when we make mistakes in our life.
Do your students struggle to identify the theme of a story? Teaching common themes and topics in literature can be a hard skill to grasp. Focusing on the setting, characters, and plot helps students find the overarching message. In this resource, students will be required to analyze short stories by answering questions relating to each story's theme, topic, setting, character's actions, and plot. In the end, they will be directed to summarize the text. These theme activities were created to be used as practice activities or assessments for finding the theme of a short story. Themes found in literature are not always black and white. Some answers will vary throughout these activities. I’ve included detailed answer keys to make it easier for you to discuss the questions with your students. Included in this download: -- Common Themes in Literature (Reference Chart) -- Common Topics in Literature (Reference Chart) -- Theme Practice #1: The Scheming Squirrel -- Theme Practice #2: Sharing Dilemmas -- Theme Practice #3: Doggie Dollars -- Answer Keys Each engaging short story includes: -- a student guide for finding the theme and topic -- 16 multiple-choice and open-ended questions assessing reading comprehension, theme, and the actions of the characters -- a student guide for summarizing the story These activities are perfect for: -- whole group lessons -- independent desk work -- small groups -- literacy centers -- morning work -- homework -- assessments -- early finishers -- sub plans, and so much more! The best part? Your students will quickly learn how to describe in-depth the characters, settings, and events in each short story as they draw on specific details in the text. They will get right to work identifying key details from the stories to determine the central ideas or themes found in the text. ⭐Help your students learn how to determine the theme of a story and summarize the text using high-interest and engaging reading activities! In this one convenient resource, you can… -- have ready-to-go activities that will help your students master finding the theme of a story. -- use these pre-made theme activities as sub plans when you need to take a day (or week) off! -- print and go - includes everything you need to teach THEME anytime during the year! Note: Detailed answer keys have been added to make it easier for you to discuss the questions with your students. To complete these activities, your students should have a basic understanding of themes and topics found in literature. ⭐⭐If you’re just now starting to teach themes to your students, you might want to begin with Teaching Theme with Aesop’s Fables (found in my shop). Using fables seems to help students identify themes a little easier! This resource is an excellent introduction to themes and topics. Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS) RL.3.2, RL.3.3, W.3.3 RL.4.2, RL.4.3, W.4.3 RL.5.2, RL.5.3, W.5.3 ********THIS IS A DIGITAL FILE********* You will not receive anything in the mail. Your product will be delivered to the email address you have on file with Etsy. You will then be directed to download your file through a DROPBOX DOWNLOAD. To locate your download after purchase, click on my purchases or check your email. Your download will be sent to you from Etsy. ********PLEASE NOTE********* Etsy may take several hours to verify your payment. During this time, you will not be able to download your purchase. Please allow a few hours for the verification process to complete. If you encounter any issues, please reach out to Etsy's technical support or email me at kim [!at] aloveofteaching.com. Visit my Shop — https://aloveofteaching.etsy.com Visit my Blog — https://aloveofteaching.com/ Copyright © Kim Miller (A Love of Teaching) All rights reserved by the author. Permission to copy for single classroom use only. Electronic distribution is limited to single classroom use only.
This morning I was feeling overwhelmed with all the little things I had to do today. I was wishing I could do something that "mattered"—and I was sure loading the dishwasher didn't make the cut. I found myself thinking about the boy who gave his lunch to Jesus, and I had one of those "aha!" moments where I realized
Looking for short stories for middle school? Or high school? This list of 40+ short stories includes access to video and audio adaptations, paired texts, and more.
Looking for short story ideas that will help you get published? Check out this list of over 100 story ideas to help you write great stories.
Husted is a helpful resource for third and fourth graders to improve their detective abilities! In this book, they will explore various important topics such as numeration, the commutative property, and money sense. They will also dive into patterns and logic, operations, fractions, and the associative property. Additionally, they will learn about geometry, which includes angles, area, and perimeter. Furthermore, they will discover probability, equations, and odds. Lastly, they will explore statistics concepts such as graphs, surveys, and reasoning.This book consists of 98 reproducible perforated pages and comes in a softcover format.
This bundle combines ALL of my figurative language resources into 1 easy download that will also save you 20%! By downloading this bundle, students will engage in a range of activities that will help them fully understand and use figurative language effectively. 1. Figurative Language in Literature - In this pack, students are able to study and sort examples of figurative language that feature examples from rich literature. 14 examples are provided, covering a range of text types and authors. 2. Figurative Language Short Stories - In this pack, students are able to explore figurative language through a study of engaging short stories. 16 short stories are provided, covering a range of exciting topics such as a food fight breaking out in the teacher's staffroom! 3. Figurative Language Task Cards - In this pack, students will write their own figurative language descriptions for a range of photo prompts. Each task card has a different photo, as well as space to plan and write. 2 options for planning are provided ('5 senses' and 'see, think wonder'), as well as blank templates so you can use any photo or mix and match the photos I've provided! 4. Figurative Language Escape Room - This pack is the perfect ending to a series of lessons on figurative language. While working through 4 critical thinking tasks, not only will students be honing core literacy skills, they'll also be developing communication and problem solving skills. 5. Figurative Language Posters - Enjoy this FREE poster set, featuring examples from rich literature. 8 figurative language posters are provided in colour and black and white versions. 6. BUNDLE BONUS ACTIVITY! By purchasing this bundle you will receive a BONUS Silly Simile Activity! In this activity, students are provided with adjective, verb and noun cards to place on the blank template. When complete, each line creates a silly simile! This is a fun way to revise both similes and grammatical terminology! Buy as a bundle and SAVE 20%!
SuperSummary’s Poem Study Guide for "Blizzard" by Linda Pastan provides text-specific content for close reading, engagement, and the development of thought-provoking assignments. Review and plan more easily with poet biography, literary device analysis, essay topics, and more. Note: This rich poem-study resource for teacher and student support does not contain activities, quiz or discussion questions. For ready-to-use classroom materials, please consider one of our poem units, which provide teachers with strategic comprehension and literary device questions, discussion starters, writing prompts, and creative pre-built activities. We also offer a variety of other Unit products (Novel Unit, Play Unit, Short Story Unit). STUDY GUIDE Delve into the easy-to-navigate 18-page guide for "Blizzard" poem analysis, literary devices, and other sections. Build rich lessons on the poem’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes such as “Abundance and Fluidity of Nature” and “Abundance and Fluidity of the Human Imagination”. Featured content also includes: Comprehensive biography of the poet 4 literary devices 6 curated further reading suggestions & multimedia resources Contextual Analysis section with 3 contextual lenses ✏️ How to use: Created to provide a thorough review and to support students’ deep understanding of "Blizzard", our literature guide quickly refreshes teachers on the poet’s life as well as essential themes, symbols and motifs. The contents of the guide provide a strong framework for helping students understand a poem and place it in context through close reading, examination of literary devices, and outside resources that help students further unpack its meaning and value.
Your 6-week summer nature program! Weekly themes guide you through the summer with daily stories and playful, hands-on activities. As you tuck your child into bed each night, you read a short story together. These whimsical stories also teach your child about animal life cycles, anatomy, constellations, and more. The next day, you enjoy a play-based activity that relates to the story. Build beautiful memories as you learn about butterflies, bees, stars and constellations, flowers, frogs, and birds this summer! Little Kid Edition and Bundle Deal also available!
Are you someone who is always brimming with ideas and loves to pen down your wild thoughts and creative ideas for the world to see? Well then, gear up for a magical journey of story writing where unicorns are as real as other animals, fairies live among humans, and
Making Pizza - Children's Stories and Reading Worksheets. Making Pizza is a short story for kids in kindergarten. Reading comprehension questions follow the story. Kindergarten | Reading Comprehension | Free | Printable | Worksheets.
Build student confidence and reading endurance with these resources. Teaching short stories has never been more exciting or engaging! (blog post)
This will be your new favorite go-to short story review activity! Whenever I teach freshmen or sophomores, I always begin the school year with a short story
This Literary Analysis Collaborative Poster Activity will have your students working together on analyzing a text. Are you working on short stories or a novel study with your students? Would you like your students to look deeper into the novel, chapter, short story, myth or fable? This is just the resource for you! This worksheet and collaborative poster give your students an opportunity to work together. Each of your students can work on a piece of the collaborative poster-protagonist and antagonist, conflicts, memorable moments & quotes, themes, and plot structure. This can work for ANY piece of LITERATURE! In addition, have your students collaboratively create a cover for the novel, chapter, short story, myth, or fable! In this product, you will receive: *Ideas for the Collaborative Poster *Plot Structure & Elements Glossary *Literature Analysis Worksheet-8 ½ x 11 version of a larger poster *Assembly Poster & Printing Directions *Collaborative Posters Pieces for 16.5” x 21.5” Poster -------------------------------------------------------- ☆How would you like 5 English Language Arts & Classroom Resources for ABSOLUTELY FREE?☆ ⭐Grab these ABSOLUTELY FREE PRODUCTS RIGHT HERE: FREE PRODUCTS ⭐ -------------------------------------------------------- ❤️Become a Follower for the Latest Products & Freebies❤️ ⭐ Click HERE to become a follower of my store. You will then receive customized email updates, discounts and updates about my store. Terms of Use Purchasing my teaching resources allows you to: ⭐ make copies for your own classes only. ⭐ place this file on your own password-protected class page or server (Blackboard, Google Drive, etc) ⭐ AS LONG AS no other teacher has access to that class webpage. This resource is for you, the purchaser, alone. By purchasing my teaching resource, you ARE NOT ALLOWED TO: ⭐ make copies for other teachers or their classes. ⭐ distribute this digital resource to other teachers. ⭐ post this resource on any webpage or server that is available for public view, for other teachers. ⭐Publish or teach on OutSchool If you and a team of teachers would like to use this resource together, please purchase additional licenses on the resource purchase page. Failure to comply with these terms of use is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Did you know you receive credits for leaving feedback on items you purchase on Teachers Pay Teachers? That’s right! Leave feedback on this product, and you will receive credits for your next purchase. I would greatly appreciate it if you contact me first if you have an issue with the product before leaving feedback. I will be more than happy to accommodate you! Just email me at [email protected]. FOLLOW ME! INSTAGRAM FACEBOOK PINTEREST BLOG
Writing a good short story seems so simple. Write 1,000 to 10,000 words of fiction on a particular genre, theme, or subject. The problem? With so few words, every paragraph of a short story needs t…
Looking for short story ideas that will help you get published? Check out this list of over 100 story ideas to help you write great stories.
This product is a literature circle/Socratic Circle for the short story "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury. In this product, teachers will receive a guide for questions and general rules as far as literature circles go if you have not lead one or lead very many! In addition to these questions linked inside of the Google Slideshow, there is a preparation guide for students so they are able to prepare accordingly, along with 5 various graphic resources for students to fill out before, during, and after the circle. This is a great resource considering how complex this story is and I find it provides a great deal of clarity for students and myself! Some of the topics that students are to discuss are: Technology in our present day Technology in the "future" Presence of governmental control AI in our modern society and it's role AND MORE Happy teaching! :)
A fun, quick, and painless research project, which can be done in under a week and complements both the short story and the novel versions. Rorschach inkblot samples, citation guide, research topics page, research notes page, presentation writing frame, sample poster layout, and cheat sheet are included. The project is easily differentiated and allows for student choice, novelty, accountability. Are You Smarter Than an Inkblot: A Flowers for Algernon Project by K. Zutali is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
We are in need of constant search of motivation to develop our leadership skills. One such source is short stories on leadership.
Have your movie lover read about the history of movies, and then test her reading comprehension as she arranges the events to complete a timeline.
We've updated our list of 150 top short story ideas. Use them as writing prompts for contests, assignments, or just for fun!
12 comprehension and analysis questions about the short story "Ruthless" by William de Mille. (To get a free copy of the story for classroom use, Google "Ruthless by William de Mille".) Questions are about setting, characterization, and theme as well as some morality topics that come up in the plot.
After students have read Raymond Carver's "Cathedral," use this lesson to have students dive deeper into the short story. This jigsaw activity focuses on symbols, themes, and characterization items. What's Included: Google Slideshow with SIX different topics. Each topic has multiple questions that students will need to reflect and respond on. Space is provided for students to type on the slideshow so the presentation can be presented as a full class at the end This slideshow pairs well with How to Read Literature like a Professor activities