Are you looking for middle school short stories with comprehension questions, scaffolded close reading activities, and step-by-step writing tasks? The Ray Bradbury Short Story Bundle contains short story units for “All Summer in a Day”, “A Sound of Thunder”, and “The Veldt”. Each close reading unit includes differentiated materials, a narrative writing task or argumentative writing task, as well as 36 task cards that include creative projects and higher-order thinking questions.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Saves You Time with Quick and Easy Prep
✅ Scaffolded Lessons to Meet the Needs of All Learners
✅ Teacher Models and Answer Keys
✅ Anchor Charts for Main Idea, Theme, Inferences, and Characterization
✅ Clear Student Directions and Criteria
✅ Strategies and Activities for Student Collaboration
✍ What’s Included:
➀ “All Summer in A Day” + “The Veldt” Probable Passages
➙ ➙ “The original template for Probable Passage is from When Kids Can’t Read/What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers. You can read more about this strategy on pages 87 – 95 of that book, which is available in e-format at http://www.heinemann.com/products/EBK03025.aspx.”
➁ “All Summer in A Day” + “The Veldt” Close Reading Activity
- Differentiated Vocabulary Activity
- Anticipation Guide and Four Corners Activity
- First Read: Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Objective Summary
- Second Read: Comprehension Questions with a Double Entry Journal
- Third Read: Characterization
- 3 Constructed Writing Prompts
➂ “All Summer in A Day” + “The Veldt” Assessments
- 8 Multiple Choice Questions
- 2 Extended Response Questions (Students select one to answer)
- Extended Response Rubric
➃ “All Summer in A Day” + “The Veldt” Narrative Writing Tasks
- Task #1- Prewriting: Four Square Organizer
- Task #2- Rough Draft
- Task #3- Self and Peer Assessment
- Task #4- Final Draft
- “All Summer in A Day” Narrative Writing Reference Sheet
- Narrative Writing Rubric
- Strong and Weak Writing Samples
➄ BONUS: Early Finisher Choice Board Activities
- Early Finisher Activity
- 4 Task
- Task Handouts
➅ Lesson Presentations (+75 Slides)
- Editable slides
- Learning Targets
- Warm-ups + Exit Tickets
- Detailed Lesson Breakdowns
- Self Reflection Activities
➆ Teacher Models and Answer Keys
- Provided for all activities
➇ Teacher Guide
- Lesson Breakdown
- Daily Lesson Structures
- Activity Tips and Suggestions
- Modification and Differentiation Ideas
- Annotated Teacher Text
➈ Anchor Charts
- Main Idea, Supporting Details, and Objective Summary
- Theme
- Characterization
- Inferences
• 36 “All Summer in A Day” by Ray Bradbury Task Cards
– 16 CCSS Aligned H.O.T. Questions
– 20 Creative Projects
• Short Story Handouts
• BONUS: DIGITAL Short Story Task Cards (Google Slides)
• 36 “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury Task Cards
– 16 CCSS Aligned H.O.T. Questions
– 20 Creative Projects
• Short Story Handouts
• BONUS: DIGITAL Short Story Task Cards (Google Slides)
• 36 “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury Task Cards
– 16 CCSS Aligned H.O.T. Questions
– 20 Creative Projects
• Short Story Handouts
• BONUS: DIGITAL Short Story Task Cards (Google Slides)
✋ What Standards and Skills Are Addressed?
• Citing Text Evidence
• Context Clues
• Making Predictions
• Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Objective Summary
• Theme
• Inferences
• Setting
• Elements of Plot
• Characterization
• and MORE!
