This 6th-grade short story unit contains 12 different lessons to help your students read and analyze
short stories. Students will explicitly learn about various literary elements and devices such as plot,
character, setting, theme, conflict and figurative language such as similes and metaphors. This unit
uses the following short stories:
1. The Wish by Roald Dahl
2. The Hockey Sweater by Roch Carrier
3. Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
4. The Beau Catcher by Frederick Laing
5. Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez
6th Grade Short Story Unit Outline
1. Activating Prior Knowledge Graffiti Brainstorm
2. What is a short story?
3. Literary Elements Note
4. Literary Elements Practice Stations
5. Literary Elements Quiz
6. Literary Devices Note
7. Literary Devices Practice
8. Literary Devices Quiz
9. Short Story Group Work & Choice Board Project
10. Short Story Application Task (Test)
11. Write Your Own Short Story
12. Short Story Sharing Café
Unit Includes:
 Individual PDFs of student pages for uploading to Google Classroom or other LMS
systems
 Google Slides graphic organizers for 1:1 schools
 Literary elements and devices classroom posters (anchor charts)
 Student choice
 Comprehension questions, quizzes and test
 Scaffolded and regular graphic organizers options
 Unit plan and detailed daily lessons
 Lessons divided up with title pages for easy access
 Standards-based assessment options
 Points-based assessment options