The veldt activities

I love to try out and include as many fun and engaging activities as possible when teaching short stories. And since stories are short and filled with literary richness, they are absolutely perfect for bringing in and trying new ideas and activities. Here is a look at 10 of my favorite short story activities in the secondary ELA classroom. Teaching Short Stories | Short Story Activities | Creative Short Story Assignments | Engaging Short Story Work | Planning a Short Story Unit

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"The Veldt" lesson plan

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If you teach the horror genre, or are looking to add a little fun to your class this Halloween, make your life easier with this Spooky Short Story Bundle. An entire month of resources for "The Tell-Tale Heart”, "The Lottery”, "The Veldt”, & "The Monkey's Paw”. Teaches Conflict, Plot, Theme, Foreshadowing, Mood/Tone, and Irony with Plot diagrams, Short Response Q.'s, Quizzes, Philosophical Chairs Activity, One-pagers, Crosswords, PPT's, Vocab. ...and of course, each complete story! 70+ pages

This bundle covers the short story "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. This package comes with comprehension questions with thesis and topic sentence writing help, a final quiz, connection charts, a poem writing activity, a movie comparison with a narrative wiring prompt, and vocabulary practice! This short story satisfies many standards that you need to teach in your ELA classroom that include theme understanding, reading comprehension, author's tone and mood, plus many more!

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What a fun poem of darkness and madness. Maybe those should not go together, but I do find this tale of a midnight dreary has high engagement, in spite of the length and language. There are a lot…