This short story bundle includes vocabulary games, comprehension quizzes, and close reading inference worksheets to ensure high school students can read with a purpose and exercise critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Three narratives, each written by Katherine Mansfield, are featured: “The Doll’s House,” “The Garden Party,” and “Bliss.” Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will do the following: Read for literal comprehension Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Discern the functions of given excerpts Describe tone in context Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, metaphor, personification, symbolism, and more Consider themes in context Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction

Support vocabulary development, evaluate reading comprehension, and facilitate analysis of characters, plot, and literary craft with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Katherine Mansfield’s short story “Bliss.” A plot-based quiz, a close reading inference worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search, the short story, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Read for literal comprehension Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed Discern the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Reflect on the author’s choice of title Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including situational irony, foreshadowing, repetition, and assonance Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction

Support vocabulary development, evaluate reading comprehension, and facilitate analysis of characters, plot, and literary craft with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Katherine Mansfield’s short story “The Doll’s House.” A plot-based quiz, a close reading inference worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search, the short story, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Read for literal comprehension Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Discern the functions of given excerpts Describe tone in context Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, personification, symbolism, and more Consider themes in context Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Come to class better prepared to discuss works of fiction

Evaluate general reading comprehension, facilitate vocabulary development, and sharpen critical thinking skills with this bundle of materials for teaching the science fiction short story “Dark They Were and Golden Eyed” by Ray Bradbury. A plot-based quiz, a close reading analysis worksheet, a vocabulary application activity, a crossword puzzle, a word search game, and answer keys are provided. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Identify what the text states explicitly and implicitly Define words and phrases as they are used in the text Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify word meanings Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, simile, and more Explore themes in context Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision Come to class better prepared to discuss literature

Evaluate general reading comprehension and support the development of close reading analysis skills with this bundle of formative assessments covering Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown.” Included are the following: a plot-based quiz, a worksheet composed of rigorous close reading questions, a craft analysis activity, a vocabulary application worksheet, a word search game, a crossword puzzle, the public domain narrative, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will: Identify what the text states both explicitly and implicitly Determine the narrative’s dominant conflict Articulate how the narrative is consistent with the conventions of Dark Romanticism (Gothic literature) Discern the intended effect of the author’s language Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop Apply knowledge of literary devices including anaphora, ambiguity, personification, foreshadowing, simile, and onomatopoeia Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision

Help high school students navigate William Shakespeare’s language with these vocabulary games and activities to facilitate comprehension of King Lear. Alternatively, stash these materials in an emergency sub folder to keep students meaningfully engaged in the play during unexpected teacher absences. Included are 5 vocabulary application activities, 5 crossword puzzles, 5 word search games, and answer keys. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. A total of 153 words are addressed: abate, abhorred, adder, affect, affliction, aidant, alack, alteration, amities, anon, apothecary, apt, aroint, arraign, attaint, auricular, auspicious, avaunt, avouch, barbarous, baseness, beggarly, beguile, benediction, bereaved, beseech, bestow, boast, boon, braggart, caitiff, censure, chide, clamour, conjure, counsel, countenance, cowish, coxcomb, cur, daub, dearth, dejected, descend, descry, diligent, disbranch, discord, disposition, dissuade, dog-hearted, dower, dullard, ebb, eminence, enkindle, entreat, esperance, exalt, fain, falchion, festinate, fie, filial, finical, flibbertigibbet, foppery, forbear, forfended, forlorn, fortnight, fraught, gait, gilded, gossamer, hark, haste, hasten, heinous, heretic, ignobly, impetuous, indignation, infirm, insolent, jarring, jovial, judicious, knave, lameness, lily-livered, machination, malady, malice, manifold, mar, maugre, oeillades, parricide, patrimony, penury, pernicious, perpetual, pilgrimage, pinion, plight, prithee, privily, propinquity, puissant, quagmire, queasy, raiment, rash, reciprocal, remediate, renounce, repent, reposal, repose, reprieve, reprovable, retinue, reverence, rotundity, ruffian, saucy, scarcely, scourge, scurvy, shun, simper, sirrah, sojourn, squiny, strife, subdued, superfluous, superflux, tarry, temperance, thrice, treachery, trifle, usurp, vain, valiant, wagtail, wail, wherefore, withal, woeful, and yeoman. 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