Description
Have your students demonstrate their understanding of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving by creatively blending written analysis with visual elements drawn from the text using this one-pager reading comprehension project. Students use details from the short story to transform key ideas into meaningful illustrations and written responses.
This short story one-pager activity encourages close reading and critical thinking as students analyze important literary elements such as theme, foreshadowing, figurative language, and characterization. The creative format allows students to synthesize their understanding while still demonstrating strong comprehension skills.
Completed projects result in thoughtful and creative interpretations of the story and also make eye-catching classroom displays and bulletin boards that showcase student learning.
This resource includes
Student directions provided in PDF format, a rubric for assessment in PDF format, an example completed one pager in PDF format, ten blank printable templates (optional), and an editable Word document containing the student directions and rubric so teachers can modify the assignment as needed.