Description Help students explore truth, empathy, responsibility, and moral complexity with this complete literary analysis lesson for “A Man Who Had No Eyes” by MacKinlay Cante...
Description “The Pedestrian” is a dystopian short story by Ray Bradbury, set in the year 2053, that draws unsettling parallels to modern society’s obsession with technology and ...
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 “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 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 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...
Description This is a ready-to-teach unit for “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. Set during the Irish Civil War, “The Sniper” follows an Irish soldier whose split-second decisions...
Description This short story analysis resource is the perfect addition to your dystopian fiction unit or short story unit. In this engaging lesson, students will read “Examinati...
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 “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a powerful and unsettling short story that works especially well for Women’s History Month or lessons focused o...
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 “Names/Nombres” by Julia Álvarez is a powerful personal essay in which Alvarez reflects on her family’s early years as Dominican immigrants in the United States. Thr...
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 This lesson includes complete before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities for the powerful short story “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison. In this hear...
Description “Snow” by Julia Álvarez is a poignant short story about a young immigrant girl named Yolanda experiencing snow in New York City for the first time. Excerpted from Ál...
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 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 resource provides a complete literary analysis of the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, guiding students through close reading, critical thinking, a...
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 “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...
