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The Fun They Had Mini Short Story Unit – Digital Download in Google Drive

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Description

With online learning becoming more prevalent in our society, most of our students have experienced traditional learning in a classroom with socialization and online at home.  Both approaches to learning come with their own sets of challenges and rewards. Isaac Asimov’s short story “The Fun They Had” introduces an interesting opportunity for students to discuss the importance of social and human contact in learning.

 Appropriate for grades 7-10

Resource contains

❒ Lesson plan to guide the teacher

❒ Pre-reading journal activity, a brief introduction of the author and historical context 

❒ A copy of the short story with directions on how to annotate the work

❒ Comprehension questions (in both Google Docs and Google Forms formats)

❒ A copy of the short story both annotated for the teacher and without annotation for students

❒ An answer key

❒ An optional Letter Writing Enrichment Activity

❒ Evaluation or enrichment activity (with rubric and self-evaluation checklist)

Pages total 17 pages and a Google Forms

The resource is completely editable in Google Docs and Forms.

When your purchase is complete, you will download a PDF document containing the links to the digital resources.  You will be invited to make a copy of the document and save it in your drive. 

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❒ELA Literature Study Unit

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❒Rubrics: Self-Evaluation Bundle

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❒The Elevator Short Story

It’s teaching made easy!

Total Pages
17 and 1 Google Forms
Answer Key
Included with rubric
Teaching Duration
3 days

FREE MISC. LESSON – “Free English Language Game for ESL & ELLs | Fun Listening & Speaking Activity!”

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by The Laughing Linguist
Kindergarten – 12th Grade


Free ESL & ELL Game for beginners and intermediate English students! ☀☀☀

Improve your students’ listening and speaking skills with this fun and engaging activity which aims to improve speaking clarity and listening comprehension while also providing them with a memorable lesson almost guaranteed to have them crying with laughter!

This is one of my very favorite teaching activities! Give it a try…i guarantee your students will love it! I have taught it to ESL/ELL students aged from 5 to 75 in multiple countries and it always works really well. I think it would also work really well in public schools; either for art or for English for younger learners. I hope you like it, too!

Mulitple worksheets and activities to pre-teach important vocab

Multiple matching activity worksheets are included in order for you to help students overcome any blocking words. There is a focus on body parts and shapes and is a good recap for young learners/ELL/ESL students.

Practice and Strengthen students speaking and listening accuracy

Students work in pairs to describe and draw a monster. One student can see the monster printout and has to describe accurately and in details what they can see. The other has to listen very carefully so that they are able to create a copy of the drawing.

This activity always has students roaring with laughter. A very popular activity and one which is both fun and has real educational benefit!

A big thank you to Pixabay.com for providing the copyright-free clipart.

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If you are interested in this, then maybe you would find these materials of use:

Building Writing Together – Quick Methods To Improve Writing

Before & After – Grammar Lesson

Conversation Starters For Teens & Adults

Or these reading lessons for English or ESL/ELL classes:


1. Festivals – Guy Fawkes Night, Burning Man & Pamplona Running of the Bulls

2. Famous People & Celebrities – David Bowie, Lucy Liu & Steve Irwin

3. Food Culture Around The World – Healthy Eating, Extreme Eating & Coffee Culture

4. Music and Culture – Grafitti, Opera & Punk

5. Cities and their People – Jerusalem, Christchurch & Athens

6. Art and Literature – Graphic Novels, The Guggenheim & Franz Kafka

7. Global Sports – Cricket, Rugby &Base Jumping

8. Scientists & Inventors – Elon Musk, Boyan Slat & Mae Jemison

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