Description This paired texts analysis lesson focuses on The Tell-Tale Heart and The Black Cat, two classic gothic short stories that provide rich opportunities for text-depende...
Description If you are looking for powerful paired texts for literary analysis, this lesson features The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Pe...
Description This resource includes a worksheet with 30 questions designed to test students’ understanding of figurative language, along with a complete answer key. It’s an engag...
Description An introduction to Young Adult Literature is perfect for any teacher beginning a young adult novel with their class or preparing students for an independent novel st...
Description This Character Collabs project is the perfect addition to your unit on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. In this activity, students analyze nine major characters...
Description Bring James Joyce’s classic short story “Araby” to life with this engaging, ready-to-use literary analysis lesson designed to build close reading, critical thinking,...
Description “In a Grove” (also translated as “In a Bamboo Grove”) is a Japanese short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that challenges readers to question truth, perspective...
Description This reading comprehension guide for “The Open Window” by Saki provides structured support for students before, during, and after reading, making it an excellent cho...
Description “I Am Not My Skin” by Neema Komba is a powerful short story that explores identity, self-worth, and resilience, making it an excellent choice for meaningful and refl...
Description This resource for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto includes engaging before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities designed to support reading comprehensi...
Description This lesson for The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving pairs reading comprehension, literary analysis, and creative writing, making it a perfect fi...
Description “The Flowers” by Alice Walker is a deceptively simple yet haunting short story that leaves a lasting impact on students. In fewer than 600 words, Walker tells the st...
Description This reading comprehension guide for the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant helps students analyze vocabulary, conflict, irony, theme, and character mot...
Description “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin is a powerful short story that invites students to explore irony, gender roles, and personal freedom within the context of nine...
Description This resource for “Sol Painting, Inc.” by Meg Medina includes thoughtfully structured before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities designed to suppor...
Description This dystopian short story literary analysis of “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. provides a complete set of before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading...
Description “The Lesson” by Toni Cade Bambara is a powerful and eye-opening short story that introduces students to issues of economic inequality, social class, and privilege in...
Description Have your class complete a literary analysis of the eerie short story “The Landlady” by Roald Dahl with this engaging, ready-to-use lesson. Students begin with an an...
Description In this resource, students read and analyze the science fiction and dystopian novella “The Minority Report” by Philip K. Dick, a thought-provoking text that raises t...
Description This lesson plan provides a complete literary analysis of Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl,” originally published in The New Yorker in 1978. Although the text is ...
