Description Engage your students in a meaningful study of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Winter Dreams with this classroom-ready lesson plan. This resource supports a close look at the s...
Description Engage your students in a meaningful study of Willa Cather’s “The Burglar’s Christmas” with this classroom-ready lesson plan. This resource guides students through a...
Description “Désirée’s Baby” is a powerful short story by Kate Chopin, first published in 1893, that explores issues of racism, sexism, identity, and power in the Antebellum Sou...
Description This resource provides a complete literary analysis of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, guiding students through close reading, critical thinking, a...
Description This resource provides a complete literary analysis of “We Ate the Children Last” by Yann Martel, making it an excellent choice for teaching dystopian literature or ...
Description “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers is a powerful coming-of-age short story in which an adolescent boy learns an unexpected lesson about the value of ...
Description In this short story analysis of “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken, students explore the timeless theme that wishes may seem appealing, but they often come at a ...
Description This reading comprehension guide and literary analysis for “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl includes structured before-reading, during-reading, and after-readin...
Description “The Hand” by Guy de Maupassant (1883) is a classic gothic short story that works beautifully in a gothic literature or short story unit. Dark, suspenseful, and psyc...
Description Have your students closely analyze the short story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, a Harlem Renaissance legend whose writing captures themes of character, emp...
Description Guilty or not guilty?! Let your students decide the fate of the narrator from “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe in this engaging, trial-style literary analysi...
Description This digital short story lesson is designed for teaching Sticks by George Saunders, a powerful example of flash fiction commonly used in middle school and high schoo...
Description Bring a beautiful piece of Japanese folklore into your classroom with “Green Willow,” a timeless folktale rich with samurai honor, nature spirits, and universal them...
Description “The Lady, or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton challenges students to think deeply about human nature, choice, justice, and consequences. Famous for its unresolved e...
Description Luella Miller is an unsettling and unusual short story in which anyone who helps the mysterious Luella slowly becomes pale, lifeless, and ultimately dies. In this go...
Description “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry is a timeless short story that fits perfectly into Christmas and holiday season lessons. With its focus on love, sacrifice, and ge...
Description Have your students read the unsettling short story “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury, a futuristic tale in which technology designed to make life easier becomes dangerous—...
Description The Body Snatcher is a chilling Gothic mystery short story by Robert Louis Stevenson that never fails to captivate students. Told through an embedded narrative, this...
Description Students will love the sweet and meaningful short story “Fish Cheeks” by Amy Tan, and this reading comprehension guide and lesson plan helps them analyze the text wh...
Description This resource for “Eleven” by Sandra Cisneros includes engaging reading questions, a strong activating strategy, and a creative after-reading project, making it a we...
