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...
Why we love it: The brutality of this story sneaks up on you. For a while, you’re convinced this town is ordinary until you find out the dark consequences of blindly following tradition. This is a must-read for high schoolers, even if they’re read it before, coming to this story ...
What sort of short story unit plan or bundle? You can find the completeshort story unit plan. The short story bundle contains many short stories because I always change with my students’ choices. As we build a community of learners, we also work on literary analysis, sentence structure and...
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...
Lesson Transcript Cite this lesson Instructor Shoshana Yarin View bio Expert Contributor Sasha Blakeley View bio Obedience to parents, teachers, and authority figures is a fundamental virtue for children to keep them safe and guide them. Explore a short story in which a baby bird learns ...
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 ...
Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions How is an analysis of a short story written? An analysis of a short story is written by first making notes on the story's elements. The story is then broken down and analyzed by looking at each element and trying to understand why specific settings...
Why we love it: Few writers do coming-of-age stories these days better than Sherman Alexie. And this is a great coming-of-age story with a solid lesson at the end. 54. Girl by Jamaica Kincaid “Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes...
A Pessimistic Dog, a story about Optimism and positive attitude There was once a farmer who devised a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He made a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it.He wanted to see which animal would find them first. ...
The main idea or message of a story is often referred to as the theme. It is the underlying concept or central topic that the author wants to convey to the readers. The theme can be a moral lesson, a commentary on society, or an exploration of human nature. It provides a deeper ...