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 “Christmas Every Day” by William Dean Howells is a thoughtful short story about a young girl who wishes that Christmas could happen every single day. In this frame n...
Description Engage your students with this festive and meaningful lesson plan based on A Kidnapped Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. This holiday-themed resource blends close readin...
Description Have your students read the foreboding, gothic short story “The Masque of the Red Death” by Edgar Allan Poe using this close reading and literary analysis lesson des...
Description In this resource, students read and analyze the science fiction, dystopian short story “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ said the Ticktock Man” by Harlan Ellison, a fast-paced a...
Description In this resource, students read and analyze the dystopian science fiction short story “Frost and Fire” by Ray Bradbury, a gripping tale set on a nightmarish planet w...
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 This short story reading comprehension resource for “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury includes a variety of engaging activities that guide students through close...
Description This product includes a complete set of lesson plans centered on the classic short story “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs, making it an engaging and structured opt...
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 “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 Read the dystopian short story The Machine Stops by E. M. Forster, a prophetic cautionary tale that imagines a world completely dependent on technology. Written long...
Description Have your students read the creepy, Gothic short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe and deepen their understanding with engaging before-reading, during-reading...
Description This resource provides a complete literary analysis of the short story “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Bambara, with structured before-reading, during-reading, and afte...
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 This resource focuses on Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” and provides structured reading comprehension questions along with a Gothic literature an...
Description This resource is an engaging and effective way to teach the short story “The Pie” by Gary Soto, making it a strong addition to any short story unit. In just 872 word...
Description “The Outsider” by H. P. Lovecraft is a classic Gothic short story that fits seamlessly into any short story unit. Creepy and grotesque, the tale features 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 ready-to-teach unit for Washington Irving’s classic tale The Devil and Tom Walker is packed with rigorous literary analysis, engaging activities, and differenti...
