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 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 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 Engage your students with the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan using this ready-to-use short story analysis packet designed to build comprehension, critica...
Description Help students analyze how an author uses literary elements to create meaning with this complete Literary Analysis & Essay Writing lesson for the short story “Bir...
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 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 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...
Description “In a Grove” (also translated as “In a Bamboo Grove”) is a Japanese short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa that challenges readers to question truth, perspective...
Description This resource for “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Andersen includes structured reading comprehension activities designed to guide students through this emo...
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 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 This resource includes pre-reading, during-reading, and post-reading activities for “The Gift” by Ray Bradbury. “The Gift” is a touching holiday short story ...
Description This resource includes engaging activities for the short story “Christmas Is a Sad Season for the Poor” by John Cheever. This comical, ironic, and ultimately somber ...
Description “Geraldine Moore the Poet” by Toni Cade Bambara is a moving and thought-provoking short story that reminds students how little we often know about what others are ca...
Description Use Zora Neale Hurston’s powerful short story “Sweat” to teach feminist literature, highlight influential African American authors, and explore theme and Biblical al...
