Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story with a strong plot in seven mini-lessons: Introduction, Choose the Point of View, Figure Out What to Say, Suspend Readers in Midair, Write about a Central Theme, Read A...

You will be able to use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story. W.11-12.3b Narratives

This lesson focuses on the writing in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas and...

In this activity, students will complete humorous fill-in-the-blank prompts. After students complete each blank, students will view an automatically-generated story that contains their sentences organized in ways that will be funny.

This lesson focuses on teacher preparation of lesson plans before attempting to teach young scholars to write short stories. It includes questions to ask yourself, ideas for activities, and a sample lesson plan.

Read the full text of Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" for free. With links to other short stories by famous American writers.

Use various literary strategies and devices, including dialogue and suspense, to enhance the plot in a short story.

Read a short story by Kate Chopin titled "The Story of an Hour." Review the elements of a narrative and the point of view of the narrator. Then, create the final product of the module, a narrative written from a different point of view.

Delve into the art of storytelling in this self-guided unit. Multiple topics are covered such as literary genres, the 7 elements of fiction, figurative language, theme, characterization, etc. At the end of the unit, write your own flash...

Glimmer Train accepts entries from both published and upcoming writers, although there is a separate category for new writers. Deadlines and additional information are given at this site. (It would be wise to click on the Short-Story...

Check out this lesson on haiku that includes samples by Richard Wright. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational tool.

This lesson will focus on the writing you do in high school. Whether you write expository and persuasive essays or short stories, your first steps are to determine and define your audience. After that, you will begin to generate ideas...

This is the short story "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. This website offers two versions of the short story which can be viewed side-by-side.

This is the twelfth article in a series that is designed to help the new novel writer. This article focuses on how to effectively use descriptions in any writing.

The full text of the short story "The Story of An Hour" by Katherine Chopin. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

The full text of the short story "A Distant Relative" by W.W. Jacobs.

Read the full text of the short story A Son of the Gods by Ambrose Bierce. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.

As part of a revision and writing section of BBC Bitesize, this page provides several tips involved in writing dialogue and description for short story fiction.

This is the fifteenth article in a series designed to help the new novel author. This article focuses on the genre of historical fiction and the role of the author. Is the author a researcher or a story-teller?

This is the eighth article in a series that focuses on helping the new novel author. This article looks at how the author can avoid creating stumbling blocks that disrupt the flow of the novel.

Lucy Maud Montgomery, best known for writing "Anne of Green Gables", wrote several short stories including "Young Si". Read the full text of this short story about a summer boarder on this site.

Read a sampling of short stories by Eleanor H. Porter, who is famous for writing "Pollyanna", in "Across the Years".

Text of the short story "Italian Without a Master" by Mark Twain. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)