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Sample planners by title

Each title has a worked example (a finished plan plus a completed student 3–2–1) and a blank companion that keeps the teacher scaffolds — TEKS target, text-specific questions, and Jigsaw lenses — while leaving the plan and prep for students to fill in. Two US Letter pages each; print at 100%. Copyrighted titles are paraphrase-only companions — students need a lawful copy of the book.

  1. The Gift of the Magi — O. Henry · Public domain · grades 7–10
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  2. The Necklace — Guy de Maupassant · Public domain · grades 8–10
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  3. To Build a Fire — Jack London · Public domain · grades 8–11
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  4. The Tell-Tale Heart — Edgar Allan Poe · Public domain · grades 8–11
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  5. The Monkey’s Paw — W. W. Jacobs · Public domain · grades 7–10
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  6. The Gettysburg Address — Abraham Lincoln · Public domain · grades 6–12
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  7. The Yellow Wallpaper — Charlotte Perkins Gilman · Public domain · grades 10–12
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  8. The Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett · Public domain · grades 5–7
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  9. Little Women — Louisa May Alcott · Public domain · grades 7–9
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  10. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass — Frederick Douglass · Public domain · grades 9–12
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  11. The Giver — Lois Lowry · Copyrighted · grades 6–8
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  12. Kindred — Octavia E. Butler · Copyrighted · grades 11–12 (English III–IV)
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)
  13. Brave New World — Aldous Huxley · Copyrighted · grades 11–12 (English III–IV)
    Worked PDF · Blank PDF · worked / blank (online)

© 2026 TCEA, created by Miguel Guhlin · Content CC BY-NC 4.0. Public-domain texts retain that status; copyrighted titles remain © their owners.