9th Grade Short Stories Games

This bundle features a full year's worth (one escape room per month) of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your secondary Language Arts classroom - second edition.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 12 full-length ELA Escape Rooms. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Plus, all tasks are skills-based and aligned to the Common Core so that with each escape room, learning is not sacrificed. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different Language Arts skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way.

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and necessary information to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklets (small and large options)

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Suggested Escape Room Progression:

• August - Back to School Grammar Escape Room
• September - Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM
• October - Halloween Poetry ESCAPE ROOM
• November - Escape from Dystopia ESCAPE ROOM
• December - Hanukkah Kwanzaa Christmas Diwali ESCAPE ROOM
• January - New Year's ESCAPE ROOM
• February - Valentine's Day ESCAPE ROOM
• March - St. Patrick's Day ESCAPE ROOM
• April - Easter ESCAPE ROOM
• May - A Midsummer Night's Dream ESCAPE ROOM
• June - End of Year ELA Escape Room - Pop Culture Edition
• July - End of Year ELA Escape Room - Second Edition

Purchasing this bundle saves over 30% off the cover price of a year's worth of escape rooms. All are suitable for middle-high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out volumes 1 & 3 as well as our digital escape room bundle:

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 1

⭐ Full Year of ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE - Volume 3

⭐ Full Year of Digital ELA Escape Rooms BUNDLE

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This bundle includes 7 more of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your short story unit featuring A Sound of Thunder, To Build a Fire, The Pit & the Pendulum, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Necklace, The Veldt, and The Fall of the House of Usher.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 7 full-length Escape Rooms for A Sound of Thunder, To Build a Fire, The Pit & the Pendulum, Lamb to the Slaughter, The Necklace, The Veldt, and The Fall of the House of Usher. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way based on the short story they feature.

Each Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials for each station
• Student Answer Sheets
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Purchasing this bundle saves an incredible 30% off the cover price of the 7 escape rooms. Suitable for middle and high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out Volume 1 or build your own bundle!

⭐ Short Story Escape Room Bundle - Volume 1

⭐ Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE

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This bundle includes 7 of our rigorous and engaging escape rooms for your short story unit featuring The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, A Christmas Carol, The Black Cat, The Most Dangerous Game and the Gift of the Magi.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 7 full-length Escape Rooms for The Tell-Tale Heart, The Lottery, Harrison Bergeron, A Christmas Carol, The Black Cat, The Most Dangerous Game, and the Gift of the Magi. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. These activities involve movement, energy, creative thinking and most of all, collaboration. Your students will be having so much fun that they won’t even realize the higher order thinking skills they are applying in the playing of these games!

How does it work?

Your students must work to escape your classroom by solving 5 different skills-based puzzles, discovering hidden messages, and finding clues along the way based on the short story they feature.

Each Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions, and supplementary materials for each station
• Student Answer Sheets
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Purchasing this bundle saves an incredible 30% off the cover price of the 7 escape rooms. Suitable for middle and high school students.

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If this combination of escape rooms isn't exactly what you're looking for, check out Volume 2 or build your own bundle!

⭐ Short Story Escape Room Bundle - Volume 2

⭐ Build Your Own Escape Room BUNDLE

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This bundle features 6 of our popular escape rooms for A Sound of Thunder, All Summer in a Day, The Veldt, Marionettes, Inc., There Will Come Soft Rains, along with our Introduction to Ray Bradbury.

There is no wonder why escape rooms are so popular; they are highly engaging and encourage people to work together and think creatively in order to solve different puzzles... all while trying to beat the clock! This meticulously-crafted resource features all of the materials you need to conduct 6 full-length Escape Rooms for Ray Bradbury and some of his most notable short stories. Planning an escape room may seem like quite the daunting task, but this product provides everything from the basics and set-up instructions to signs and answer keys so that yours run smoothly from start to finish. You will find that they are the absolute best way to review for a final test on each of the stories and a fantastic way to introduce or review one of the most beloved American authors of all time.

Each Escape Room Includes:

• Escape Room Basics
• Detailed Day-Of Instructions
• Escape Room Print Checklist
• Student Teams Chart
• Materials for 5 Tasks: task signs, task instructions, and supplementary materials
• Student Answer Sheets
• Teacher Answer Keys
• Code Word Theme Open Response for homework or in-class writing activity
• Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

Purchasing this bundle saves 35% off the cover price of the 6 escape rooms. Each escape room is an ideal way to engage your students and check for understanding during your Ray Bradbury unit and the perfect way to review for a final test. Suitable for middle and high school students.

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This resource features a bundle of our four famous author escape rooms for Edgar Allan Poe, Jane Austen, Ray Bradbury, and William Shakespeare. They offer the perfect way to introduce, re-introduce, or review each author with your students in an engaging and meaningful way.

Edgar Allan Poe ESCAPE ROOM:

The ghost of Edgar Allan Poe has risen from the grave to have his revenge on your students who he feels, spend too much time on their smartphones and not enough time studying him. He has trapped them in the room until they can show that they do in fact "know Poe!"

• Poe FAQs: In the first task, students must complete a crossword puzzle with questions about Poe. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• Death Mystery: In the second task, students must find all 21 theories of how Poe died in a word search. Remaining letters will form the second code.
• Extra! Extra! Read All About it!: In the third task, students must match fictional newspaper headlines with the short story by Poe that they represent. This task is in the form of a mat puzzle and the code is revealed when students have matched all short stories correctly.
• Annabel Lee: In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of one of Poe's most famous poems, Annabel Lee. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem will form the fourth code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the fifth task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle with a quote from one of Poe's stories.

Jane Austen Escape Room:

The ghost of Jane Austen has risen from the grave with a dire warning. She is upset because she believes that people have become too concerned with money and looks and have forgotten the true meaning of love. She will not allow anyone to exit the room until everyone learns more about her, her novels, and the lessons she desires to instill upon us all.

• Austen FAQs: In the first task, students must complete a crossword puzzle with questions about Jane Austen's life. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• Inspired by Jane: Due to her sharp social commentary and the timelessness of her writing, Jane Austen’s works have been adapted and reimagined into countless novels, films, and television shows. Complete the word search of just 19 of these adaptations. Remaining letters form the second code.
• Extra! Extra! Read All About it!: In the third task, students must match fictional newspaper headlines with the novel by Austen that they represent. This task is in the form of a mat puzzle and the code is revealed when students have matched all short stories correctly.
• Austen's 7 Heroines: In the fourth task, students will match each of Austen's renowned female protagonists in the left column with her description on the right. Letters not intersected by the lines for the fourth code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle with a notable Jane Austen quote.

Ray Bradbury Escape Room:

The ghost of Ray Bradbury has risen from the grave with a dire warning. He is upset because he believes that students spend too much time on their smartphones and not enough time preventing the future collapse of society! He has trapped them in the room until they can show that they do in fact care about the future of humankind.

• Bradbury FAQs: In the first task, students must complete a crossword puzzle with questions about Ray Bradbury. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• Write Every Day: Did you know that Ray Bradbury wrote every single day since he was 12 years old? In the second task, students must find 25 titles of short stories, novels, and screenplays that Bradbury wrote in a word search. Remaining letters will form the second code.
• Extra! Extra! Read All About it!: In the third task, students must match fictional newspaper headlines with the short story by Bradbury that they represent. This task is in the form of a mat puzzle and the code is revealed when students have matched all short stories correctly.
• If Only We Had Taller Been: In the fourth task, students must perform a close reading of one of Bradbury's most famous poems, If Only We Had Taller Been. He read this poem in 1971 the day before the Space Probe Mariner 9 landed on Mars. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the poem form the fourth code. *Please note that the text of the poem cannot be included in this resource due to copyright restrictions.*
• Jig Saw Quote: In the fifth and final task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle with a notable Ray Bradbury quote.

William Shakespeare ESCAPE ROOM:

In order to escape from Elizabethan England and return to the present day, your students must escape your classroom by solving 6 different puzzles, discovering a hidden message, and finding clues along the way.

• Shakespeare FAQs: In the first task, students must complete a crossword puzzle with questions about Shakespeare. Once complete, they must unscramble circled boxes to reveal the first code.
• The Globe: In the second task, students must correctly identify components of the Globe Theater. Shaded boxes within the correct answers will reveal the second code.
• Name That Play: In the third task, students must match fictional newspaper headlines with the Shakespearean play they represent. This task is in the form of a mat puzzle and the code is revealed when students have matched all plays correctly.
• My Mistress' Eyes: In the fourth task, students must analyze one of Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing like the Sun. The letters of the multiple choice questions about the sonnet will form the fourth code.
• Jig Saw Quote: In the fifth task, students must assemble a jig saw puzzle with a quote from one of Shakespeare’s plays.
• Putting it all Together: The final task brings the first 5 tasks together. Students will learn that each of the codes represent an aspect of one of Shakespeare’s plays. The name of the play is the key to escape Elizabethan England and return to the present day!

Each Escape Room Includes:

- Escape Room Basics

- Detailed Day-Of Instructions

- Escape Room Print Checklist

- Student Teams Chart

- Welcome Sign for Your Door

- List of Reputable & Credible Shakespeare Resources

- Materials for Tasks: task signs to be folded upright, task instructions (2 per page for easy printing), and supplementary materials to be kept at stations

- Student Answer Booklet

- Teacher Answer Keys

- Escape Room Reflection for homework or in-class writing activity

**Please be aware that these escape rooms are designed for use with internet access. The purpose of the escape rooms is to learn about the famous authors and therefore many aspects will not be common knowledge. It is therefore highly recommended that computers or tablets are available for student use.**

By purchasing this bundle, you save 30% off the cover price of the four escape rooms.

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This resource features a growing bundle of all of our lesson plans, materials, and activities for the study of Richard Connell's thrilling short story, The Most Dangerous Game. The numerous activities as well as full-length lesson plans provide an excellent basis for comprehension and vocabulary acquisition for the short story and encourage students to think critically about literary elements, themes, and symbolism. All the materials needed for a formal set of Socratic Seminars are included to ensure deep thinking and close reading of the text. A full answer key is provided along with student-tested lesson plans to help guide you through teaching the story. Also included is our popular Escape Room with tasks on characters, vocabulary, plot, quotes, and literary elements of the story - perfect for a review before the final test (also included!). The wide range of lessons in this unit will keep your students engaged from start to finish and help them to gain a deep understanding of Richard Connell's enduring tale.

Product Includes:

• Reader's theater script

• Poem pairing lesson plan

• "Silent Conversation" quote pass activity

• Socratic Seminar lesson plan and materials

• Figurative Language Challenge Activity

• Human Tic Tac Toe review game

• Escape Room

• Symbol Gallery Walk lesson & materials

• Complete teacher's key

Coming Soon:

• Anticipation Guide
• Comprehension questions
• Vocabulary worksheet
• Literary elements chart
• Unit Test

**A growing bundle means we're still working on it! As we add more products, the price of the bundle will increase so this is the cheapest you will ever see this bundle. As more resources are added, re-download them at no extra cost.**

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