Are your middle school or high school students tired of those boring short story worksheets and reading comprehension activities that are usually completed when reading “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst? I have the perfect solution to fix this problem…TASK CARDS! These DIGITAL task cards are designed to break up the monotony of normal short story unit assignments and captivate students’ attention. This short story reading comprehension activity contains 36 rigorous and engaging CCSS aligned tasks that require students to not only think critically when reading this classic Hurst short story, but also allows them to tap into their creativity.
Students will LOVE the variety of ways that they can create products and written responses to demonstrate their understanding of “The Scarlet Ibis”. Teachers will LOVE that these task cards contain tasks that address all the Common Core State Standards for Reading Literature (6th-9th) and that each task comes equipped with a list of clear and specific criteria for success. In addition, there are also EDITABLE blank criteria slides that allows you to customize the criteria for success to meet the specific needs of your students.
.✍ This resource covers the following Common Core Standards:
•RL.6-8.1
•RL.6-8.2
•RL.6-8.3
•RL.6-8.4
•RL.6-8.5
•RL.6-8.6
•W. 6-8.2
•W.6-8.3
► What’s Included:
• 36 DIGITAL Short Story Task Cards (Google Slides): Digital short story task cards are included in this resource. Each slide contains a single question or task, the directions and criteria, and room for students to complete the question/task on the slide.(There are a set of slides without directions to allow you to customize the tasks to fit the needs of your students.)
✅ The following questions/tasks are included in this product:
→ Question #1- Author’s Purpose
→ Question #2- Central Idea
→ Question #3- Theme
→ Question #4- Characterization
→ Question #5- Point of View
→ Question #6- Time Period
→ Question #7- Real Life Influences
→ Question #8- Figurative Language
→ Question #9- Conflict/Resolution
→ Question#10- Setting
→ Question #11- Theme & Development
→ Question #12- Painting a Picture
→ Question #13- Plot
→ Question #14- Objective Summary
→ Question #15- Mood
→ Question #16- Context Clues
→ Task #1- Movie Poster
→ Task #2- Be A Critic
→ Task #3- Picture It
→ Task #4- Interview the Author
→ Task #5- Interview a Character
→ Task #6- Comic Book
→ Task #7- Instagram
→ Task #8- Facebook
→ Task #9- Twitter Feed
→ Task #10- Trading Places
→ Task #11- Likes/Dislikes
→ Task #12- Rewrite
→ Task #13- Prequel
→ Task #14-Sequel
→ Task #15- Diary of a Character
→ Task #16- Cover Artist
→ Task #17- Dear Abby
→ Task #18- Music to My Ears
→ Task #19- Morning Announcements
→ Task #20- Word Cloud Collage
✋✋✋ It would be a great idea to laminate these task cards for durability or so that students can use a dry erase marker to check off the criteria while they are self-assessing their work.
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