H.P. Lovecraft's Short Stories - Quizzes and Analysis Activities (Volume 4)

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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. Four narratives, each written by H.P. Lovecraft, are featured: "The Lurking Fear," "From Beyond," "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," and "The Moon Bog." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:

  • Read for literal comprehension

  • Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of 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

  • Determine the functions of given passages

  • Describe tone in context

  • Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices including dramatic irony, foreshadowing, situational irony, and more

  • Consider 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

Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:

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. Four narratives, each written by H.P. Lovecraft, are featured: "The Lurking Fear," "From Beyond," "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," and "The Moon Bog." Answer keys and copies of the public domain texts are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a Google Drive option is available.) By engaging with these activities, students will:

  • Read for literal comprehension

  • Utilize dictionaries to ensure knowledge of 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

  • Determine the functions of given passages

  • Describe tone in context

  • Examine how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop

  • Apply knowledge of literary devices including dramatic irony, foreshadowing, situational irony, and more

  • Consider 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

Resources are available for teaching short stories of various genres:

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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. Four narratives, each written by H.P. Lovecraft, are featured: "The Lurking Fear," "From Beyond," "Beyond the Wall of Sleep," and "The Moon Bog."