The Chaser by John Collier - Short Story Unit Slides, Assignments, Activities
The Chaser by John Collier Short Story Unit - The perfect story and activities for a Valentine's Day lesson with your class are all right here with this slide presentation and activity bundle for the short story The Chaser by John Collier. This unit on The Chaser focuses on the valuable reading skill of making inferences and predictions and finishes with a creative writing assignment.
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➡️ The Chaser Presentation: This comprehensive 20-slide PowerPoint presentation is designed to seamlessly guide you through the lesson, featuring engaging discussion points and thought-provoking question/assignment prompts. Everything is organized for you from start to finish!
➡️ Prediction Cards: Students will create prediction cards where they anticipate the plot based solely on the title. This activity encourages critical thinking and sets the stage for deeper analysis as they compare their predictions to the actual storyline after reading.
➡️ Reading Analysis Questions: This assignment includes four thought-provoking post-reading analysis questions designed to allow students to find text evidence and support their claims. Answers are provided in the presentation, making it easy for you to review key themes and character motivations with the class.
➡️ Reading Inference Assignment: This assignment encourages students to delve into the text by using inference. Students will identify key moments in the story and make inferences about the characters’ motivations, themes, and potential outcomes. They will begin by stating what the text says, then their background information, then what they infer.
➡️ Dear Abby Advice Column Assignment: In this creative writing task, students step into the role of an advice columnist, offering thoughtful advice to the main character based on their understanding of the story.
***Please note that the full text of the short story is not included for copyright reasons, but can easily be found by searching the title and author in any internet search engine***
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved this resource. I have used it for the last two years. The Dear Abby advice writing at the end was a cute touch. I realized the first year I used it that I needed to introduce Dear Abby to them before this portion of the lesson. I found examples online. My students found advice columns humorous and enjoyed the wrap-up.
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