Short stories are so fun to teach in high school. First, high schoolers are ready and able to dive deep into text with close reading and analysis, which makes reading and analyzing short stories fun. Second, high schoolers love to read texts that pack an emotional punch, which is short ...
two-hour live webcasts. As one of the first stories ever composed in this manner, Pulitzer Prize-winning authorRobert Olen Butleroffers a wealth of educational initiatives for high school students with this creation.
We love fantasy stories! Just try to not have fun writing (or even just reading!) these fantasy writing prompts. Here are a few of my favorite fantasy story ideas: Bored high school wizards decide to throw a party to celebrate tomorrow's graduation. Nothing could possibly go wrong. Weddings...
Kids love short stories, and they are a wonderful way to encourage learning. Spanish short stories are great for classroom reading. This list of...
Becca goes to Edgewood High School. They live right near a forest. She gets bullied because kids there don't understand why she lives with her grandparents. Becca has been exploring the forest for years. Actually ever since she was a little girl. Before her parents died, she would visit ...
Below are the images for the first seven stories,which are by-products, off-cuts, spinoffs, or supplements (I haven’t found a congenial word for this concept) to the four novels of myHerbert West Series. They appear in “chronological” order, i.e., the first three happen during the...
though two could not really be counted. There was never a depth with any. Emma and he were introduced by Emma’s high school friend Joanne who had a crush on Patrick but was not in the playing field for his heart. Actually, no one was then. Gracious, as she held him in high esteem...
Why we love it: It really freaks out the kids when the grandmother meets her match in a twist that we see coming just in time to really feel the horror. If you’re looking for short stories that are engaging and rich for character study, this is the one for middle schoolers. ...
Shoebag Returns 1996 Shoebag’s family has moved to Miss Rattray’s School for Girls. This year there is one boy there who is having a hard time adjusting to the environment. Shoebag feels for him and decides to become a boy again so he can be his friend. Short Stories by M. E. ...
We love fantasy stories! Just try to not have fun writing (or even just reading!) these fantasy writing prompts. Here are a few of my favorite fantasy story ideas: Bored high school wizards decide to throw a party to celebrate tomorrow's graduation. Nothing could possibly go wrong. ...