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 “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 product includes a complete set of literary analysis activities for the short story “The Scholarship Jacket” by Marta Salinas, making it an excellent choice...
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 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 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 “Currents” by Hannah Bottomy Voskuil is a powerful short story of just under 300 words that is told backward, making it an especially compelling text for literary an...
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 This resource for “Sol Painting, Inc.” by Meg Medina includes thoughtfully structured before-reading, during-reading, and after-reading activities designed to suppor...
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 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 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 for the short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant helps students analyze vocabulary, conflict, irony, theme, and character mot...
Description This resource features a complete reading comprehension guide and literary analysis for “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker, a powerful short story that explores themes o...
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 creepy, Gothic short story “The Black Cat” by Edgar Allan Poe and deepen their understanding with engaging before-reading, during-reading...
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 ...
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 Ursula K. Le Guin’s short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is an ideal text for exploring utopian and dystopian literature, ethical dilemmas, and philosoph...
