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Figurative Language Graphic Organizer for Short Stories
For use in locating examples of figurative language in literature.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: reading

 


 
Essay questions on short Stories
Essay questions for a series of short stories: * Vendetta * Gift of the Magi * Lamb to te slaughter * Old man at the bridge * The monkey�s paw
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Urban Pictionary 4
Part of a five part series of short stories matched with a picture dictionary about modern topics for esl learners. Stories include: Urban legends , Fashion , Movies , Celebrities , and Crime. I recommend you have students read the lesson as homework before the class and then read through the lesson as a class. Lots of good vocabulary and conversat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Urban Pictionary 5 of 5
Part of a five part series of short stories matched with a picture dictionary about modern topics for esl learners. Stories include: Urban legends , Fashion , Movies , Celebrities , and Crime. I recommend you have students read the lesson as homework before the class and then read through the lesson as a class. Lots of good vocabulary and conversat...
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: lesson-plan

 


 
ALONE (a short story by Li Yiyun): Questions
Li Yiyun is an important Chinese-American writer, especially for foreigners teaching English in China who are challenged in locating English-language materials that students can understand culturally--without having to decode unfamiliar cultural references about the West. Li Yiyun thus provides short stories about China that students will understan...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
THE UMBREALLA MAN: questions about the short story by Roald Dahl
Questions about THE UMBRELLA MAN by Roald Dahl. It compliments the material on this site that can be found using the link below. http://www.eslpr intables.com/printab le.asp?id=395350#the top
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
A MAN LIKE HIM (short story by Li Yiyun): Comprehension Questions
This story may be downloaded for free at http://www.new yorker.com/fiction/f eatures/2008/05/12/0 80512fi_fiction_li Li Yiyun is an important contemporary write-about-China. She now lives and teaches in the USA. These are comprehension questions.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Scarlet Ibis quiz
Short story - "The Scarlet Ibis" quiz
Level: advanced
Age: 14-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
THE PROPRIETRESS: Questions about the short story by Li Yiyun
The questions in this worksheet are for Li Yiyun�s short story THE PROPRIETRESS. A Shanghai reporter goes to Mrs. Jin�s (the main character) town to interview Susu, whose husband has been recently executed. Susu has sparked interest because, before her husband�s execution, she asked the court to allow her to have a child with her husband. Li explor...
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading

 


 
A CHINESE CULTURAL VERSION OF �THE HORSEDEALER�S DAUGHTER�: text plus questions and exercises
I changed the story to reflect a Chinese setting and created questions and exercises. Students might be assigned the story as homework, discuss in pairs in class, and then ask and answer questions with a new partner. The length of the text allows various in-class exercises, e.g., dictation, and so on.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: reading

 


 
Short stories
Read the stories, instead pictures say words.
Level: intermediate
Age: 7-17
Type: worksheet

 


 
Scenarios from short stories - discussion questions
Deals with character, setting, suggestions to the writer as to how to improve their writing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Type: activity-card

 


 
Hippo�s lost eye
working with short stories. focused on the reading and writing make a new story with students� opinions and thoughts.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
Type: worksheet

 


 
Scripts -- to prepare students for writing short stories -- showing internal and external conflict
These scripts were designed to demonstrate the types of conflict that can be used as the basis for the complication that drvies the plot of a short story. They can also serve as the beginning for role plays or as examplars for short script writing.
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Type: Choose

 


 
character analysis for short stories
Teachers could use this to teach characters in short stories.This worksheet will enhance students know more about the character. The middle box is for students to draw the character base on their imagination of a character from reading the story.
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Type: worksheet

 

 

 

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