Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering a short story by the Brothers Grimm: “The Three Brothers.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the Grimm’s fairy tale. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The brothers’ common objective The nature of the father’s relationship with his sons The brothers’ distinct interests Secondary characters who cross paths with primary characters The resolution And more

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering a short story by the Brothers Grimm: “Gossip Wolf and the Fox.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the narrative. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Gossip Wolf’s general disposition Gossip Wolf’s request of the fox The fox’s general disposition Acts of deception The humans’ treatment of Gossip Wolf The resolution And more

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering a short story by the Brothers Grimm: “The Donkey.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the fairy tale. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: A queen’s self-image The donkey’s relation to the king and queen The queen’s treatment of the donkey The donkey’s love of music Factors that contribute to the donkey’s sadness A king’s kindness A servant’s secret order The donkey’s transformation The resolution And more

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering a short story by the Brothers Grimm: “The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the fairy tale. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The reason for the mother goat’s departure Distinguishing characteristics of the wolf The mother’s emotional state as she departs Means by which the wolf tries to trick the little goats The number of eaten goats The location of the uneaten goat(s) Means by which the eaten goats are rescued The wolf’s cause of death The goats’ collective reaction to the wolf’s death

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering a cautionary fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm: “The Wolf and the Man.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the narrative. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: The fox’s perspective on what makes for the best self-defense The wolf’s impulsive nature The fox’s role in the wolf’s downfall The various humans the wolf observes The fox’s actions in contrast to the wolf’s The wolf’s lack of knowledge about the ways of man The fox’s concluding remarks

Evaluate general reading comprehension and eliminate assessment planning responsibilities with this plot-based quiz covering Liam O’Flaherty’s short story “The Sniper.” The assessment may double as a guided reading worksheet to facilitate active engagement with the narrative. An answer key is included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following: Setting The general characterization of the sniper Risks taken by the sniper What initiates an exchange of fire Where the sniper gets injured A strategy to trick the enemy The sniper’s reaction to his kill What motivates the sniper to know the enemy’s identity An ironic discovery

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Liam O’Flaherty’s short story “The Sniper.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: ascetic, beleaguer, dart, gibber, mutter, parapet, paroxysm, reckless, recoil, remorse, ruse, and turret. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Help high school students explore literary craft with this activity covering Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” With this worksheet, students will isolate and reflect upon textual details that are consistent with the conventions of Dark Romanticism, horror, and supernatural fiction. An answer key is provided, as well as a copy of the narrative, which makes for an excellent addition to a short story unit for grades 9 through 12. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with this literary craft analysis activity, students will: Isolate examples of compelling sensory description Isolate characterization details that elicit emotional responses from readers Apply knowledge of literary devices with emphasis on dramatic irony, foreshadowing, hyperbole metaphor, personification, simile, and symbolism Convey information through speech and writing in a coherent manner Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction

Help high school students explore literary craft with this activity covering Saki’s short story “The Interlopers.” With this worksheet, students will isolate and reflect upon textual details that meaningfully develop character and advance plot. An answer key is provided, as well as a copy of the narrative, which makes for an excellent addition to a short story unit for grades 9 through 12. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with this literary craft analysis activity, students will: Isolate characterization details that elicit emotional responses from readers Isolate examples of figurative language and articulate the intended effects Isolate examples of descriptive language that contribute to an atmosphere of urgency Isolate examples of foreshadowing and articulate what those details reveal about future events Explore the symbolism associated with objects in the narrative Convey information through speech and writing in a coherent manner Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement Kate Chopin’s short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings.” A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acute, appreciable, consternation, decipher, deft, fastidious, gaudy, gaunt, judicious, laborious, matinee, muse, poignant, and shabby. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 25, 26, and 27 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: blight, bluster, feeble, frayed, indistinct, putrescence, slup, spindly, stealthy, sullenly, and trot. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 28, 29, and 30 of John Steinbeck’s novel The Grapes of Wrath. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: aristocrat, clamber, cynically, effluvium, exultantly, fretful, gaunt, grubby, nimble, perspire, and relentlessly. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the prologue and chapters 1 through 3 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: appease, artfully, bauble, dart, discord, dote, gale, hospitable, kindle, mediation, murmur, repose, rouse, scarcely, scud, sentry, shoal, summon, swiftly, and taut. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 7 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin (“Circe”). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: acrobat, anoint, cunning, decree, deign, descend, disposition, gorge, haughtily, homely, isle, moor, prophecy, provision, swoon, toil, trot, venerable, whimper, and widow. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 14 and 15 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: bard, besieged, brazen, buoyant, commerce, exert, heft, lyre, oracle, owlish, prudence, scowl, smitten, sneeringly, stagger, sturdy, supplicant, usher, witty, and writhe. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 12 and 13 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: altar, brood, caulk, chariot, dire, exploit, flare, fragrant, furnish, heed, kine, libation, makeshift, meddlesome, piety, plight, ravenous, treacherous, tumult, and wander. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: bleat, counsel, court, dwell, feeble, further, inept, insatiable, madden, perish, provoke, rendezvous, reproach, sage, shudder, spume, strait, stride, torrent, and vengeful. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapters 4, 5, and 6 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: abruptly, apt, bellow, boisterously, exile, gibber, glower, gluttonous, indifferent, jeer, mercilessly, mutiny, peer, plead, quarrel, revel, skirmish, unwittingly, weary, and wriggle. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement chapter 16 of The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin (“The Return”). A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: archery, bestow, brawl, churl, clamor, disarm, errand, exultant, jest, lanky, merry, quiver, rampart, roister, scurvy, spurn, stile, tallow, torpor, and wheedle. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences

Support vocabulary development and enhance reading comprehension with this set of games and activities to complement the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. A crossword puzzle, a word search activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. Specifically, the following vocabulary terms are addressed: boisterous, gravely, interminably, jovial, lapse, murmur, paraphernalia, perfunctory, precede, profusely, reprimand, and shabby. By engaging with these activities, students will: Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences