Thank You Ma’am Short Story | PDF & Digital Formats: This short story lesson on “Thank You Ma’am” by Langston Hughes focuses on literary elements of plot, character, setting, theme, and conflict as well as these literary devices: similes, metaphors, symbols and foreshadowing. Use this lesson to introduce or review literary elements and literary devices with your students.
- This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom™. The unit also comes with Google Slides™ versions of the included graphic organizers for 1:1 technology schools.
Lesson Includes
- Comprehension Questions + Answer Key
- Literary Elements and Devices Graphic Organizer + Answer Key
- Standards-based Assessment
- Points-based Assessment
- Individual PDFs of student pages for uploading to Google Classroom or other online learning portals
- Google Slides graphic organizers for 1:1 schools
Teacher Feedback
- “This is a great resource that includes activities on several literary elements. The text itself is easy to find online.”
- “Very comprehensive – lends organization to the study of this short story.”
- “Excellent resource to use with Grade 8 students. Excellent review of literary elements and literary devices in clear concise language for students.”
- “My students really enjoyed this activity, they were fully engaged and want to continue on after the lesson was over!”
Notes:
Due to copyright, PDFs of the short story are not included. This lesson is included in the Short Story Unit Middle School Bundle 2.
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