The “The Tell-Tale Heart” short story reading comprehension task cards are the PERFECT reading comprehension activities for middle school and high school students to demonstrate their new learning. These PRINT and DIGITAL reading task cards are designed to break up the monotony of normal short story unit assignments and captivate students’ attention. This short story activity contains 36 rigorous and engaging CCSS aligned tasks that require students to not only think critically when reading this classic Edgar Allan Poe 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 Tell-Tale Heart.” 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 CUSTOMIZABLE blank criteria slides that allow you to customize the criteria for success to meet the specific needs of your students.
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Resource:
✅ Saves You Time with Quick and Easy Prep
✅ Allows students to show their learning in a creative project
✅ Can be used for ELA learning stations, group work, early finishers and more!
✅ Perfect Activity for Substitute Days
✅ Clear Student Directions and Criteria
✅ Easy Way to Scaffold and Differentiate
✋ What Standards and Skills Are Addressed?
• Citing Text Evidence
• Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Theme
• Author’s Point of View
• Elements of Plot
• Characterization
• Figurative Language
• and MORE!
✍ What’s Included:
• 36 “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe Task Cards
– 16 CCSS Aligned H.O.T. Questions
– 20 Creative Projects
• Short Story Handouts
• BONUS: DIGITAL Short Story Task Cards (Google Slides)
✅ 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
What Other Teachers Are Saying About This Resource:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Dena C. says, “Wonderful product. Students were able to dig much deeper into the story using these task cards. Thank you for your hard work!
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Christina C. says, “I loved using these cards for centers and end of unit projects. There are so many choices to allow the students to take ownership of their work!“
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: Joey R. says, “This is probably one of the most complete and user friendly TPT purchases ever! I love that criteria cards are included. Excellent product.“
