Elementary School Short Stories Printables

Story Writing Unit - Step-by-Step Guide to Building & Writing Stories - Editable

By Michellecurtis

Teach your students how to write a great story with this comprehensive, step-by-step Story Writing Unit! Perfect for teachers who want to provide explicit, easy-to-follow lessons on story writing, this no-prep resource guides students through the entire process, from brainstorming and planning to drafting and revising. Help your students master essential writing skills as they build characters, develop plots, and create engaging stories that they’ll be proud of.

What's Included:

  • 55 Fully Editable Teaching Slides:

    • Lessons on plot structure, including the beginning, middle, and end of a story.
    • Visual breakdown of key elements like rising action, climax, and falling action.
    • Detailed guidance on character development, settings, and story arcs.
    • Step-by-step instructions to help students plan and structure their stories.
    • Examples and visuals, including popular story references, to aid understanding.
  • 25-Page Printable Workbook:

    • Brainstorming Pages: Help students generate ideas for characters, settings, and plots.
    • Character Development Sheets: Guides to create dynamic, multi-dimensional characters.
    • Plot Planning Tools: Plot mountain and story arc templates to outline story events.
    • Story Writing Prompts: Structured activities to encourage creative thinking.
    • Final Draft Templates: Space for students to write, revise, and finalize their stories.
  • Final Writing Rubric: A clear rubric to guide and assess students as they write their final stories, ensuring they understand the essential components of a great story.

Key Features:

  • No Prep, Ready to Use: Simply print the workbook and present the editable slides—perfect for busy teachers who want to make story writing easy and accessible.
  • Step-by-Step Guidance: Each stage of the writing process is laid out in a clear, structured format, helping students learn how to write a complete, polished story.
  • Engaging & Visual: The slides feature visual aids and real-world examples to make complex concepts easy to understand and fun to learn.
  • Versatile Use: Great for individual, small group, or whole-class instruction. Suitable for writing centers, creative writing units, and language arts lessons.

Perfect For:

  • Teachers who want to teach story writing in a clear, structured way with no prep required.
  • Students who need explicit instruction on how to brainstorm, plan, and write a story.
  • Educators looking for an all-in-one resource to build writing skills and boost creativity.

Get your students excited about writing with this engaging, comprehensive Story Writing Unit! They’ll learn everything they need to craft their own unique stories, step by step.

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Kindergarten Summer Reading CVC stories|Workbook|Review Packet|Coloring Pages

By LessonLink Teacher

If you are looking for a comprehensive and engaging resource to keep your young learners excited and learning during the summer break, get this bundle. The bundle contains 3 resources; Kindergarten Summer Workbook Review Packet, Kindergarten and Preschool Summer Coloring Pages, and Kindergarten CVC Words Reading Comprehension Passages with multiple choice questions and answer keys.

1. Kindergarten Summer Workbook Review Packet

Packed with interactive exercises, this workbook is a fantastic tool for reinforcing key concepts learned throughout the kindergarten year. From numbers and letters to shapes, colors, and basic math skills, this comprehensive review packet ensures a strong foundation for continued academic success.

2. Kindergarten and Preschool Summer Coloring Pages

Engage your student's creativity with our captivating summer-themed coloring pages. Not only will they enjoy coloring in the delightful illustrations, but they'll also enhance their fine motor skills, creativity, and vocabulary. These pages are perfect for quiet moments at home or for keeping little ones entertained on family trips.

3. Kindergarten CVC Words Reading Comprehension Passages

Foster early literacy skills with our engaging reading comprehension passages. Designed for emerging readers, these age-appropriate stories focus on CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words and help young learners improve their decoding, fluency, and comprehension abilities. Each passage is accompanied by comprehension questions to reinforce understanding.

By incorporating this bundle into your student's summer routine, you'll provide them with:

  • Comprehensive resources that cover key learning areas
  • Engaging activities that make learning enjoyable
  • Materials suitable for preschoolers, kindergarteners, 1st and 2nd graders
  • Opportunities for review, reinforcement, and enrichment
  • Versatile resources that can be used at home or in the classroom
  • Quality content that promotes skill development and prevents summer learning loss
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Halloween ELA Reading & Writing Packet 3rd-5th Grade

By Literacytales

Unlock the Halloween Spirit with these No PREP- Language Arts, Reading, writing, Vocabulary & Word Search Ready-to-Use! This resource has got you covered with Lesson plans, how-to-use, morning work, Fiction, and Nonfiction reading passages, Story Comprehension color by number, Vocabulary cards, and Let's Find the Match vocabulary activity, enriching your ELA/literacy center activities.

These worksheets are the perfect solution for your Halloween teaching needs. This resource has got you covered with captivating morning work, enriching ELA/literacy center activities, a comprehensive Halloween packet, and quick options for early finishers. You won't find a better fit for your classroom.

The Halloween ELA activities include:

  • 2-Halloween Reading Passages
  • 2- Halloween Reading Comprehension Questions
  • 2- Halloween Color By Number
  • 2- Halloween Vocabulary Matching Activity
  • 2-Halloween Word Search
  • 2- Halloween Craft
  • 2- Writing pages (Planning and Final Draft)
  • 2- Vocabulary Card Sets One for Each Story

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All About Bees - Bees Non Fiction Insect Animal Unit - Kindergarten 1st and 2nd

By The Chatty Kinder

Learn all about bees with this information packed Bees Non Fiction Insect Unit for students in kindergarten, first and second grade. Featuring over 90 pages, this bees study unit is filled with information on bees, beekeeping, honey and the life cycle. More specifically, students will read about the parts of a bee, its behavior, social activity, food, reproduction, jobs, how honey is extracted and a detailed view of its life cycle. The printable contains real photos which your learners will love and helps students make connections with what they see in their environment.

For a detailed view of the contents of this non-fiction unit on bees, please view the preview above.

This bees literacy unit includes the following activities and printables:

  • Poster/Booklet - All About Bees: Print individual pages as posters or bind pages to create a booklet. - 27 pages.
    Topics covered include:

    • What are bees?
    • What is pollination?
    • Where do bees live?
    • What do bees live in?
    • Honeycomb
    • General Anatomy of a Bee
    • Compound Eyes
    • Mouth
    • Antennae
    • Stinger
    • Hairs and Pollen basket
    • How do bees communicate?
    • What do bees eat?
    • Beehive
    • Hive frame
    • Honey bee colony
    • Queen Bee
    • How is the queen bee chosen?
    • Drone Bee
    • Worker bee
    • Activities of the Worker bee
    • Pollen
    • Honey
    • Beekeeper
    • Entomologist
    • Beeswax
  • Non Fiction Reader: How do we get honey from beehives? A simple book featuring real pictures and explaining the process by which honey is harvested from beehives - 17 pages

  • Non Fiction Reader: Life Cycle of a Honeybee Booklet: Includes a puzzle, and sequencing activity. Related 3-part cards are also available in the 3-part card document.

  • Vocabulary 3-part cards: A set of vocabulary cards relating to the life cycle of bees, beekeeping and related equipment - 29 vocabulary words

  • Parts of a bee: Poster and labeling activity - 1 poster, 1 worksheet

  • Sorting Mats: Sort the bees and bee nests - 2 mats

  • Worksheets: Engaging worksheets to help students reinforce their knowledge of bees - 5 pages

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Writing Prompts With Picture-Fun& Simple Sentence Starters- Creative Activities

By EduTeachers Toolbox

Ignite creativity and improve writing skills with our Writing Prompts with Pictures! This educational resource features 15 engaging writing prompts designed to inspire young minds. Each prompt is accompanied by a colorful illustration, making the writing experience more enjoyable and visually appealing for children.

Features:

  • Variety of Prompts: Each page includes a different prompt, such as “My favorite season is…” or “In the future, I want to be a…”, encouraging kids to express their thoughts and ideas.
  • Visual Stimulation: Each prompt is paired with an attractive image, helping to spark inspiration and guide students in their writing.
  • User-Friendly Format: Each sheet includes sections for the student's name, teacher, class, and date, promoting organization in classroom settings.
  • Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom activities, homework assignments, or creative writing exercises, this resource is perfect for educators and parents alike.

Encourage students to develop their writing skills in a fun and interactive way with this delightful set of writing prompts!

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Dolch Primer Sight Word Reading Comprehension Worksheets

By My Kinder Garden

Make learning Dolch sight words and building reading comprehension engaging and fun with these Dolch sight word printables. Worksheets can be used in the classroom or as homework. Activities include reading, counting high frequency words in text, comprehension questions, illustrating story, missing words in sentences, writing and illustrating a story, and sight word definition.

Activities will build skills such as :

  • Comprehension
  • Sight Word Recognition
  • Reading
  • Writing

The words are grouped in sets of five and there are five pages of activities for each set of words from the Dolch Primer list. The last set uses a few word from the Dolch First Grade List. This item will help students to accomplish meeting their sight word recognition goals as well as to improve reading results.

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Gary Soto 3 Short Stories Introductions & Prereading vocabulary PPT lessons

By Kiwious About Vocab

"Barbie," "No Guitar Blues," and "Mother and Daughter" by Gary Soto: these introductory POWERPOINT lessons provide digital pre-reading information for the author, genre, and setting. The lessons also include vocabulary study, practice, and assessment.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:
· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

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Reading Comprehension Work Sheets and Passages

By Jessica Policelli

Tons of short stories to explore

These activities not only encourage critical thinking but also help students practice their reading skills in a fun and engaging way. By discussing their answers in pairs or small groups, they can develop communication skills and learn from one another. Ultimately, these reading passages serve as a stepping stone toward becoming confident, independent readers.

The passages are nice and short and engaging. Your students will want to read more.

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Thanksgiving Reading, Writing, Vocabulary Packet 3rd-5th

By Literacytales

Looking for a quick and hassle-free way to get your students into the Thanksgiving spirit? Look no further! Our No PREP Language Arts, Reading, Writing, Vocabulary & Word Search Ready-to-Use resource has everything you need, including lesson plans, morning work, fiction and nonfiction reading passages, story comprehension color by number, vocabulary cards, and a Let's Find the Match vocabulary activity. This resource is perfect for enhancing your ELA/literacy center activities and will make your Thanksgiving lesson planning a breeze.


This is a comprehensive Language Arts packet and quick options for your short week in November. Celebrate, teach, cover the skills, print, and go. You won't find a better fit for your classroom.

Key Features:

⭐ Vocabulary Enhancement: Students will enhance their vocabulary skills.

⭐ Thanksgiving Fun: With two Thanksgiving pictures waiting to be colored in, this activity adds a festive touch to your November lessons.

⭐ Bonus Word Searches: We've included three Thanksgiving -word searches that tie into the theme, giving students even more word-related challenges to enjoy.

⭐ Aligned with New Jersey Standards: Our resource is designed to align with New Jersey educational standards, ensuring that it supports your curriculum objectives.

⭐Save Time and Engage Students: This resource is a time-saver for busy teachers. Print and Go!

Included:

The Thanksgiving ELA Packet Includes:

Teacher's Resources :

  • Lesson Plans
  • How to Use
  • Table of contents to save on ink and paper
  • Answer Keys

Students' Resources:

  • 2- Fiction Reading Passages 1 advance and 1 for struggling students
  • 2- Non-Fiction Reading Passages 1 advance and 1 for struggling students
  • 2- Reading Comprehension Questions
  • 2- Color By Number
  • 2- Vocabulary Card Sets One for Each Story
  • 2- Vocabulary Matching Activity
  • 3- Word Search
  • 2- Thanksgiving pictures to design their writing.
  • 3- Writing pages (Planning and Final Draft)

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Thanksgiving Vowel Sounds

Thanksgiving Color By Code Editable

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Literacy Tales

Where Stories Come Alive**✏️**

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AUTHOR STUDY: J. Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming, The Day You Begin, biogr template

By Kiwious About Vocab

GOAL- to provide factual information, explore published work samples, and supply a digital scaffolded research organizer so students may complete an AUTHOR STUDY FOR JAQUELINE WOODSON.

  1. *The 2 PREREADING PowerPoint lessons provide digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for both Jaqueline Woodson’s poetic memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming and and the short story, The Day You Begin. PDF LINKS to texts, AUTHOR INTERVIEW LINK, LINKS FOR BIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH and printables included.
  2. *These lessons have been paired with the DIGITAL BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH TEMPLATE to create a full AUTHOR STUDY bundle .

EACH SHORT STORY PREREADING LESSON
• Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.

-INTERVIEW LINK IS INCLUDED

- PDF LINK IS INCLUDED
• 2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!
• Vibrant Vocab slides
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition
• Context clue worksheets used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
• Quizlet vocab practice link
• Part of speech sort
*Class prediction and word connotation discussion slide

*Word Study organizer

>>>Plus, each ZIP file comes with a PDF folder containing 6 printable worksheets to be used with the PPT lessons.<<<


EDITABLE BIOGRAPHY RESEARCH TEMPLATE

This PowerPoint template has been designed to assist students in creating a well organized nonfiction biography project. The editable slides are highly organized with slide titles needed for a thorough project. Questions and prompts are included so students will always include all critical information.

Teachers can adapt the template to their needs and the needs of their students. The template is perfect to support Special Education students, ESL students, struggling students, or guide the entire class!

Nonfiction design includes elements such as topic, main idea, factual details, paraphrasing, and citations. The slides are logically organized and allow for adding photos or drawings . Slides can be deleted and others added where needed. The end product may be used as a Reading assessment.

This Digital Editable PowerPoint template will allow all students to complete their NONFICTION Biography Project and present an end product they are proud of!

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Two Dreamers, Baseball in April, Broken Chain short stories intro & vocab PPT

By Kiwious About Vocab

This PowerPoint bundle provides 3 complete digital and printable short story lessons by Gary Soto. Each is filled with pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment

Gary Soto short stories:

TWO DREAMERS, BASEBALL IN APRIL, BROKEN CHAIN
GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension •

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion/prediction
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

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My Perspectives: Black Hole, Hachiko, Feathered Friend, Chimps intro & vocab

By Kiwious About Vocab

PURPOSE: This PowerPoint lesson provides digital pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for 4 MY PERSPECTIVES short stories: Hachiko, Black Hole of Technology,Feathered Friend, Living Among the Chimps

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular ed, learning support, ESL or virtual classrooms

EACH POWERPOINT:
Opening slide
-genre, author photo and short bio.

2 setting slides
-Location photos with map
-Time period photos with live link to period music clip!

Vibrant Vocab slides
-bold photos appear without word for inference making
-vocab word 'slides in' so photo can be first WITHOUT the word
-part of speech
-concise definition

• **Differentiated Worksheet-**used as a pretest, posttest, or practice
Quizlet practice link
Part of speech sort
Class prediction and word connotation discussion slide

DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

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Grade 6 My Perspectives 8 Story PREREADING BUNDLE setting, vocab, quizzes ppt (TeachShare.com)

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Oranges, The Jacket, Drive In Movies short stories by Gary Soto intro & vocab

By Kiwious About Vocab

These 2 PowerPoint lessons provide digital and printable pre-reading resources, historical background info, vocabulary word study, practice, and assessment for 2 SHORT STORIES & POEM BY GARY SOTO: ORANGES, THE JACKET, DRIVE-IN MOVIE.

GOAL: to prepare each student to read rigorous literature by front-loading story elements critical to comprehension and aligned to standards

AUDIENCE: whole group, small group, or independent work for regular Ed, ESL, learning support, and virtual classrooms.

EACH POWERPOINT:

1. **Author Bio:** To connect vocabulary with real-world context, we provide author biographies related to each short story. This adds depth to the lesson, allowing students to appreciate the words in the context of the author's life experience.

2. **Setting**: highly informative slides include maps, historical images and intriguing video links to prepare students to have a deeper understanding of the location and time period in which the story takes place. This is a crucial element when preparing students to read outside their own worldview.

3. **Vocab with Concise Definitions :** Our PowerPoint lesson provides clear and concise definitions for challenging vocabulary words, ensuring that students understand the meaning of each word in context as it appears in the text.

4.**Bold Photos:** Visual learners will thrive with our visually appealing slides, featuring bold and relevant images that help reinforce vocabulary concepts and make learning more engaging.

5.**Parts of Speech:** Understanding the parts of speech is crucial for effective language comprehension. Our lesson includes sections dedicated to identifying the part of speech for each vocabulary word.

6. **Grammar Review & Sort** Strengthen language skills with integrated grammar review sections, ensuring students can apply the vocabulary words correctly in their own writing and communication.

7. **Connotation Review & Sort** Dive deeper into vocabulary nuances by exploring the connotations of words, helping students grasp the subtle shades of meaning and usage.

8.**Context Clues Sentences:** Our lesson includes carefully curated sentences that employ context clues, enabling students to decipher word meanings from surrounding text. This fosters independent comprehension skills. These worksheets can be used for practice or assessment.

9.**Quizlet Practice:** Reinforce learning and encourage self-assessment with Quizlet practice sets tailored to the vocabulary words covered in the lesson. This interactive tool allows students to review and quiz themselves.

10**PDF file** 9 organizers, activities, and quizzes

11 **Fun Fact** photos and video links are inserted throughout to bring important elements of the story into context and aid comprehension •
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DIGITAL USES IN THE CLASSROOM:

· Introduce new story
· Provide backstory to text
· Stimulate group discussion
· Create predictions about text
· Use as distance learning resource
· Post on webpage for review
· Add to electronic notebooks
· Provide test review
· Prompt Writing or Research assignments
· Grammar study / parts of speech
· Discuss Word Connotation

PRINTABLE USES: word walls and interactive notebooks

Enjoy -from Kiwious About Vocab!

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