Tags :High school lesson plans & tips Page content This post is part of the series: Short Story Suggestions for Teaching The Elements of Literature “Content’s of the Dead Man’s Pocket” by Jack Finney - Tom Benecke compiles a report that just may get him his big raise, but as the...
I never teach the sameshort story unittwice. I begin standard English classes with short stories which allows me to encourage student choice and assess student needs. Read on for ways to use short stories in the first nine weeks! A short story unit allows teachers to build relationships, eval...
Worked with youth for over 20 years in academic settings. Avid reader, history and mystery lover. Cite this lesson Edgar Allen Poe's 'Some Words with a Mummy' is a short story about a living mummy conversing with two examiners. Explore a summary of the story and the topics of discussion...
This 4,800-word genre-bending story was written online, in a series of seventeen, 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 creati...
This post is part of the series: More Short Story Suggestions Teach the elements of literature by teaching great short stories. Short Stories for Teaching Symbolism Great Examples of Characterization: Short Stories for High School Students Short Stories for Teaching Foreshadowing in Literature ...
Short Story Fred Ferkel’s eyes thrust open to a dim-lit bedroom. He let them focus for a moment on the spinning ceiling fan and then carefully slithered out from the covers like a legless... 2 Favourites/Science Fiction/Short Stories/Short Stories for High School ...
Here is another short story by O. Henry.Soapy was a homeless man looking for somewhere to stay during the winter. He was thinking about doing something bad so the police would send him (A)___ prison. First, he planned to eat in a restaurant (B)___ paying, but the waiter looked at...
Lesson Summary American Short Story Writers Even though America is quite young compared to the rest of the world, itsliterary canoncontains much depth, culture, and quality, and the American short story is one of the canon's staples. In the 19th century, as the nation was still a young co...
is a short play based on a short story that first appeared in Reader's Digest and attributed to Howard C. Shade. A pastor and his wife take over a struggling church with a dilapidated building shortly after WWII. After a terrible storm causes damage to one of the walls in old building,...
That short story that was shortlisted last week has officially been accepted! More details will come when official announcements are made. Now, for the standards: Thank you so much to everyone who has become a Patreon for Horror Tree. We honestly couldn’t make it without you all! Please,...