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...
Lily and the Lion Short Story Lesson Introduce your students to “Lily and the Lion” by the Brothers Grimm, a fairy tale filled with enchantment, difficult choices, sacrifice, an...
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 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 “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 closely analyze the short story “Thank You, Ma’am” by Langston Hughes, a Harlem Renaissance legend whose writing captures themes of character, emp...
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 One of Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous and sinister tales, “The Cask of Amontillado,” is a gripping short story that never fails to captivate students. Dark, suspensef...
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 “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 reading guide for “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe provides structured before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities to support c...
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 This resource includes a complete reading guide and short story analysis for “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury, making it an excellent choice for teaching...
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 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 This resource for “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto includes engaging before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities designed to support reading comprehensi...
Description In this lesson, students read and analyze the script of Lucille Fletcher’s radio play The Hitchhiker (also spelled The Hitch-Hiker), a suspenseful and atmospheric wo...
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 Engage your students with this complete, ready-to-use lesson for Flannery O’Connor’s classic short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” Designed for high school ELA, ...
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...
