Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...

Contains plans for three lessons that ask middle schoolers to compare narrative writing (short stories) to expository writing (news articles) in order to understand what makes each genre unique. In addition to objectives and standards,...

This unit from the Yale University on elements of the short story is designed to develop student comprehension skills, particularly making inferences and generalizing. It also involves students in reading a number of short stories to...

Read the full text of Mark Twain's short story "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed". With links to other short stories by American writers.

Read the full text of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" on this site for free. With links to other short stories by American authors.

This Cambridge History of English and American Literature site provides biographical information and analysis of the works and literary contribution of Washington Irving. Use the forward arrows at the bottom of the web page to read a...

A learning module that begins with "To Build a Fire" by Jack London, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...

This Bibliomania site provides the full text to over 25 short stories by Ambrose Bierce! Each story is accessible by just clicking on the link of the one that you want to read. A great site to check out on the subject.

In this lesson plan, learners will engage in the technology, social studies, and language arts standards as students engage in reading by Octavia Butler's book entitled Kindred. Learners will research tslavery. Students will keep a...

"The Way to the Dairy" is short story written by H.H. Munro, better known as Saki. Read the full text on this site.

Read the full text of the short story "With Interest to Date" by Rex Ellingwood Beach on this site.

In "The Toys of Peace" by H.H. Munro a woman gives her brother an article about the dangers of war toys for young boys. Read the full text of this short story to find out how her kids respond to the civilian gifts their uncle brings on...

In "With Intent to Steal" the main character invites the narrator to spend the night in the barn that was once headquarters of a black magician whose spirit still dwells there. Read the full text on this site.

A learning module that begins with "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...

Read, write, and present a digital narrative with transition words to help us put the events in order! After modeling the lesson, groups of students will write narratives to recount a short sequence of events, they will include details...

This lesson is designed as a project-based unit plan that will take students through the narrative process from deconstruction to construction. After initial discussion, students will use the Interactive Story Map feature at Read Write...

This preposition practice activity provides a paragraph from a Hemingway short story. Students click on all of the prepositions used in prepositional phrases in the story. These words will appear in a box below. When finished they can...

For teaching the work of Tim O'Brien, this site features lesson plans, overviews, notes, and other resources to help learners reading The Things They Carried, Ambush, Going After Cacciato, If I Die in a Combat Zone, and so on.

Contains plans for four lessons that use "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. to engage students in a discussion about what constitutes equality. Lessons use re-writes, persuasive essays, computer activities, and informal class...

Ambrose Bierce is famous for his writings on the Civil War and showing the brutality that occurred. "Two Military Executions" is short story about a young soldier sentenced to death for hitting an officer. Read the full text on this site.

Read the full text of the short story Friedrich's Ballad by Juliana Horatia Ewing. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Read the full text of the short story Gabriel-Ernest by H. H. Munro. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Read the full text of the short story The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope by H. H. Munro. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

Dickens reminds adults to think of Christmas as a peaceful time to remember loved ones we have lost. Read this touching short story on this site.