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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Vision of Tom Chuff

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Vision of Tom Chuff" by supernatural fiction writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "William Tyrwhitt's 'Copy'" by Bernard Edward J. Capes

For Students 9th - 10th
Bernard Capes is mostly remembered for his writing of eerie fiction. Read the full text of "William Tyrwhitt's 'Copy'" for an example of his work.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Venus

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the science fiction story "Venus" by Maurice Baring.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Rising Action

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson explains rising action in fiction.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Coals of Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "Coals of Fire" by American novelist Ralph Henry Barbour.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Cobbler and the Ghosts

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of the short story "The Cobbler and the Ghost" by Juliana Horatia Ewing.
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Consul by Richard Harding Davis

For Students 7th - 9th
Read the full text of the short story "The Consul" by Richard Harding Davis about Abraham Lincoln's right-hand man.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Alienation in Raymond Carver & Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using short fiction by Raymond Carver and the art of Edward Hopper, this short unit plan explores the theme of alienation. This site includes questions, a list of suggested works, a reflection sheet, and an interactive exhibit of...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; The Boy and the Book

For Students 4th - 6th
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Young Emigrants; Madelaine Tube; The Boy and the Book by Susan Anne Livingston Ridley Sedgwick, four short fiction novels in one book for children.
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Other

African Postcolonial Literature in English: Achebe's Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short synopsis on Achebe's use of language to combat politics in Africa. With a quote from his essay "The Novelist as Teacher."
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Edgar Allan Poe who introduced the genre of horror and mystery to literature in the nineteenth century with stories such as "The Raven."
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Other

S.e. hinton.com

For Students 9th - 10th
This "official S. E. Hinton web site" offers a short biography, information about her works, and a nice FAQ section with answers from the author.
Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021

For Students 1st - 9th
For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...
Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Is It What I Think or What I Know? (Fact or Opinion)

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This short lesson provides a fairly simple way to teach young students the difference between fact and opinion.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Southern Renaissance: Flannery O'connor

For Students 9th - 10th
Flannery O'Connor is featured in this biography for her contributions to literature through many short stories, in most of which she created rural southern characters. See "Flannery O'Connor Activities" for related materials.
Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Is It What I Think or What I Know? (Fact or Opinion)

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This short lesson provides a fairly simple way to teach young students the difference between fact and opinion.
Website
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021: International

For Students 1st - 9th
This year, Childnet is introducing the brand new International Category, to enable young people who attend school outside of the UK to also enter. Whilst this will run alongside the UK competition, please note that the International...
Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Unit Plan
The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a complete online study guide/notes for the short story collection Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
Lesson Plan
Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 8: Tell Tale Heart: Unit Files

For Teachers 8th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the short story, Tell-Tale Heart.
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Other

The Irish Short Story

For Students 9th - 10th
This is more of a bibliographical reference of names of writers and resources that can be used.
Activity
Other

Storyarts: The on Line Writing Workshop

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Storyarts is a free online writing workshop that includes not only assignments, but also publication of writings to other e-mail subscribers through its Storyarts Listserv. Samples of published works are included.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Small Life

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short story shares a fictional account from the perspective of a hamster. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Fyodor Sologub

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to the complete texts of the Russian author Fyodor Sologub's novel The Created Legend and his short story "Hide and Seek."

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