Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories - Quizzes, Vocabulary Games, and Analysis Worksheets
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 practice critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, are featured: "Young Goodman Brown," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," "The Minister's Black Veil," and "The Hollow of the Three Hills." 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 bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify 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
Describe tone in context
Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, sibilance, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research on the author's life
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literary materials
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 practice critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, are featured: "Young Goodman Brown," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," "The Minister's Black Veil," and "The Hollow of the Three Hills." 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 bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify 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
Describe tone in context
Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, sibilance, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research on the author's life
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literary materials
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 practice critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, are featured: "Young Goodman Brown," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," "The Minister's Black Veil," and "The Hollow of the Three Hills." 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 bundle option is available.) By engaging with these materials, students will do the following:
Read for literal comprehension
Determine the meaning of unfamiliar and complex words
Consult reference materials in order to learn and verify 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
Describe tone in context
Explore how characters think, behave, interact, and develop
Apply knowledge of literary devices including foreshadowing, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, sibilance, simile, situational irony, symbolism, and more
Consider themes in context
Conduct research on the author's life
Support claims and inferences with sound reasoning and relevant evidence
Write about fiction with clarity, accuracy, and precision
Come to class/leave class better prepared to discuss literary materials
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 practice critical thinking and literary analysis skills. Four narratives, each written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, are featured: "Young Goodman Brown," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," "The Minister's Black Veil," and "The Hollow of the Three Hills."