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Facilitate reading comprehension and sharpen literary analysis skills with this bundle of activities and assessments covering Jim Heynen’s short story “What Happened During the Ice Storm.” A plot-based quiz, close reading inference worksheet, vocabulary definitions activity, crossword puzzle, word search game, and answer keys are included. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. By engaging with these materials, students will:

• Read for literal comprehension
• Consult reference materials to learn and verify word meanings as needed
• Choose the most proper application of words as they are used in sentences
• Infer the intended effects of the author’s word choices and narrative techniques
• Explore how complex characters think, behave, interact, and develop
• Evaluate whether the narrator would agree with most people’s assertions that the ice-coated setting is “beautiful”
• Apply knowledge of literary devices including alliteration, euphemism, metaphor, simile, and more
• Consider themes in context
• Support claims and inferences with relevant evidence and sound reasoning
• Write about literature with clarity, accuracy, and precision
• Come to class better prepared to discuss literature