The Jacket by Gary Soto Unit

Description

The Jacket by Gary Soto Short Story Unit includes structured, intentional mini-lessons that build student understanding of short stories, story elements, and the author’s craft. From the warm-ups to the slides for the mini-lessons, no extra prep is required.

► What’s Included:

• 5 Days of Complete Lesson Plans
• Editable The Jacket by Gary Soto Slides (PPT + Google Slides) – Introduce the story and guide students through a close reading.
• Double-Entry Journal – Support student annotations with a structured look at the descriptive language.
• Mini-Lessons – Teach figurative language, imagery, point of view, conflict, and symbolism with ease.
• Station Rotations – Get students up and moving with a stations activity – incorporating multiple skills in a single day.
• Conflict Blame Chart – Who’s really to blame in this short story? Gary? The Jacket? Gary’s Mom?
• Symbolism One Pager: Students create a visual representation of the jacket.
• Creative Writing Extension: Students learn how to write an ode – and write one for the jacket (or a similar object).
• Final The Jacket by Gary Soto Quiz – Assess students’ understanding of short stories story elements with multiple choice and short response items.
• Digital + Editable Options – Assign digitally or customize with ease to meet your students’ needs.

This unit is a teacher favorite – challenging enough to build critical thinking and structured enough to be stress-free for teachers! Whether you’re teaching short stories with figurative language or helping students unpack story elements, this mini-unit for The Jacket by Gary Soto is designed to help you succeed!

Looking for more ways to teach the story elements? Check out these units:

• Eleven by Sandra Cisneros
• Thank You M’am by Langston Hughes
• Charles by Shirley Jackson
• The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
• The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
• The Landlady by Roald Dahl

Or grab the 6th grade Short Stories Story Elements Unit & teach four paired texts with cohesive planning, pacing, and standards-aligned instruction.

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Supports Common Core Standards (CCSS):

RL.6.1, RL.6.2, RL.6.3, RL.6.4, RL.6.5, RL.6.6, RL.6.10

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