Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.

A unit plan that uses short stories, graphic organizers, and journal writing to get middle schoolers to think about conflict resolution. Uses "Abd al-Rahmen Ibrahima" by Walter Dean Myers, Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird...

Have you ever heard of O.Henry and his Texas tales? Use this informative resource featuring links to lesson plans, teaching ideas, biographical information and more.

What do you know about the life and work of Lois Duncan? This site features links to several of her books that contain lesson plans, teaching guides and more.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach characterization using Raymond Carver's short story "A Small, Good Thing." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...

Complete teaching unit for 11th Grade Thematic Unit: "Values and Beliefs." Students will read 8 short stories that examine how values and beliefs are shaped. They will analyze these stories, and the short story form, while considering...

In this lesson students will write a personal decalogue for themselves, create a decalogue for an imaginary character and then, in the spirit of Because of Winn Dixie By Kate DiCamillo, they will write a short story where two characters...

Complete teaching unit for 5th Grade Author Study: Gary Soto. Students will read 4 short stories and 2 poems by Gary Soto that examine romantic and family love. Students will analyze these texts while considering the essential question:...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is series of two lesson plans designed to teach students to visualize the setting and determine its effect on characters in a fiction text. Lessons are based on two short texts and the book...