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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Storytelling

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. In this storytelling lesson plan, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Worksheet
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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Worksheet
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School-Home Links 75

For Students 1st
In this writing stories worksheet, 1st graders make a list of some of the words they know. Students then write a story using two or more of these words.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Elements of Short Stories Vocabulary

For Students 10th - 11th
For this literature worksheet, learners match the correct word from the first column to the best definition found in the second column. There are twenty words and definitions to match.
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Lesson Plan
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Creating A Different Point Of View

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Indian marriage customs and culture.They connect and compare their own experiences with the experiences of characters from the short story Diamond Dust and rewrite a scene from the story from another point of view.
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Lesson Plan
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Elements of a Short Story

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read a short story, The Tell-Tale Heart and create a story map identifying the elements of a short story included in the selection. Students complete an Accelerated Reader test on the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Creating a Short Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how to outline their story, to write a story and then edit their work. They illustrate their story using drawing features like squares, circles, and other shapes or a drawing program if they have it on the computer.
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Lesson Plan
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Illustrating and Writing a Short Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use their art materials to go outside and draw a picture of a scene. They can also write down specific notes in a small spiral notebook about the scene they want to remember so they can write their stories. They complete...
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Lesson Plan
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Writing a Short Story - Weather

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the information they wrote about on the topic they chose in studying About Weather. They then write a short story using the information choosing a theme, setting, characters, and the plot.
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Lesson Plan
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Standing Woman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore a Japanese science fiction story that deals with the dangers of technology, failed attempts at utopia, mind control, and loss of loved ones through the reading of Yasutaka Tsutaka's "Standing Woman."
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Lesson Plan
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Buddy Stories

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Learners write and illustrate short stories. They read their original stories to younger Buddy Readers.
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Lesson Plan
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Thumbs Up to a Good Book!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read a short story and discuss whether they would give it a thumbs up or down and why. students write a group review on that story supporting why they gave it the up or down thumb. They choose and read a short story and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

STORY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH JAPANESE ART

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create a story to explain the art object being studied. The story displays students knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict, and the use of descriptive text.
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Lesson Plan
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A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers write a narrative or short story of 500-700 words based on an assigned work of art.
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eBook
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: James Joyce: Dubliners, Complete Text

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has the complete text of James Joyce's collection of short stories, "Dubliners."
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF of a 10-question worksheet for "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a six page PDF of the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Read to find out what happened to the borrowed diamond necklace.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a PDF of the text of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, a story of a lottery you don't want to win.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eight-page PDF of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a five-page PDF of the short story "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka.
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Primary
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte.
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a six-page PDF of the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a story about a conflict between a Chinese-American daughter and a Chinese immigrant mother.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: "Lamb to the Slaughter" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a two-page study guide for "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. It focuses on characters. point of view, exposition, theme, tone, and comprehension.
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Activity
University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.