Short Stories Guaranteed to Elicit Giggles What could be better than the sounds of children laughing? Perhaps, the fact that a short story caused the laughter. This list of funny short stories will keep your students reading and laughing in the classroom. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible,...
In class: Introducing students to more challenging text can always be a bit of a tough sell, so it’s nice to have a few short stories to warm students up to the idea. Students can practice transacting with text, asking questions about sections that confuse them, and working together to ...
Related values stories Adalina, the fairy without wings Chocolate Tears Once upon a time there was a paper doll that had no face. His whole body was perfectly cut out and painted, except for his face. However,he had a pencil in his hand so could choose whatever face he wanted to have....
Several students took this as permission to slack off a little in preparation for the finals. The final exam was twenty-five short-form essay questions —“Write at least one paragraph.”— for one point each to be scored with fractional points. ...
Skits are like short funny plays. They usually focus on just one idea or joke, and play with it to make it as funny as possible. You may have seen skits before: “Saturday Night Live” is famous for their well-written ones, and “Monty Python” is a legendary (very famous and admi...
Funny StoriesNon-DialogueStudentsLearning When I was a teenager, I went to a boarding school for “troubled teen girls” for a short period of time. I was physically ill after finally being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder, and my missing school was leading my grades to drop to the poi...
aThere is an old Chinese saying: Top students come from strict teachers. Perhaps affected by this saying for a long time, we believe it right. However, as time flies, lots of things have changed. Therefore, I am eager to discuss what relation is the best between teachers and students.[...
College & University,Funny Stories,Pennsylvania,Pittsburgh,StudentsTeachers,USA|Learning I have to take an art class for university, and we are going over a few famous historical paintings. Teacher:“This one is a marvelous piece filled with a lot of little details. It’s called the Arnolfini ...
Because her students were so bright. 136. What do you call a deer with pink eye? A colorful eye-deer. (credit to Capt. John of the Appledore!) 137, Where do sheep go on vacation? The Baaa-hamas. 138. What does every birthday end with? The letter Y. 139. What did the paper sa...
An English teacher wrote the words, ‘Woman without her man is nothing’ on the blackboard and asked the students to punctuate so that it made sense. The boys wrote: ‘Woman, without her man, is nothing.’ The girls wrote: ‘Woman! Without her, man is nothing.’ ...