Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: Writing a Short Story
This seven-page example is of a short story entitled "T-formity." Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and explanations on the essay.
Brown University
Writing Vietnam Tim O'brien Lecture
Tim O'Brien's complete lecture is presented. It is very revealing about why he writes, the purpose of the writer, his books, and our culture.
Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago: Art Access: Write a Short Story
Compare and contrast two works of art that show groups of people in two different settings. Then choose one of the paintings to write a short story.
Other
Classic Books at American Literature: "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
A short synopsis of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" followed by the full text divided by Chapter selection. With links to other short stories by American writers.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Etext
This famous "Ghost," story is especially popular around Halloween. Read the original version by Washington Irving here.
University of North Carolina
Documenting the Amer. South: Kate Chopin: Bayou Folk
The Documenting the American South project has made this full text version of Kate Chopin's novel available online. The page includes a link to a biography of Chopin, html files of the work, as well as title page and cover images.
Indiana University
A Passionate Pilgrim, and Other Tales by Henry James, Jr
View a facsimile of the original 1875 edition of Henry James's short stories or read them in PDF or plain text form.
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Heart of Darkness" and "The Secret Sharer" [Pdf]
Explore Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness," and his short story, "The Secret Sharer," with the help of this study guide. It provides pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary, introductory article), reading activities,...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: When I Was Young In, a Literature to Language Experience
Past meets present in this lesson plan in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Story Starters: Powerful Sentences
In this lesson, students will click a button that will help them generate ideas for story development. Students can click several times, if needed, until one of the ideas is interesting to them. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
University of Maryland
Mary Shelley's Short Fiction
This index page links to the full text of four Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly short stories, including "The False Rhyme," "Ferdinando Eboli," "The Mourner," and "The Mortal Immortal."
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams
In this lesson plan, students will consider Three Shots: Ernest Hemingway's Nick Adams. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab. In this activity, students study issues related to independence and...
Sonoma State University
Berkeley Digital Library: The Red One
Short story collection from 1918, including a haunting novella entitled "The Red One". Check out this site.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 10th Lit/comp
Contains learning modules on the following topics: Research and MLA Foundations, Novels and Short Stories, Poetry: the Sonnet, Shakespearean Drama, Informative and Argumentative Essays,Research and MLA Review, Narrative Nonfiction,...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Fiction: Alphabetical Search
This website offers the full text for thousands of short stories, novels, drama, and more. This search allows you to search by clicking on the letter of the alphabet of the text you are looking for and then find a link to the full text....
British Council
British Council: Learn English Kids: The Cold Planet
Listening to a cute story about an imaginary planet helps with English comprehension and the additional activities encourage reading and writing skills.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Character's Decalogue [Pdf]
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...
Other
Stories From the Web
Reading skills development program for children from 1 to 14 years old. Children can find short stories, poems, art work, games, pictures, everything divided by age range. Also are useful links for parents and teachers.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Composition
This is an introduction to a unit on writing in various genre including Nonfiction, Narrative, Literary Writing, Short Stories, and Poetry. Analysis of "The Odyssey", "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Romeo and Juliet". Click on the View links...
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: "The Brick Moon," and Other Stories
The University of Virginia Library provides the full text to Edward Everett Hale's volume of short stories. The preface is very enlightening and should definitely be read. The volume includes eight of his short stories.
Other
Cultures of the Andes
Provides examples of the Quechua language such as riddles, poetry, short stories and other written forms. Contains a link to photos from the Andes.
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: Innocents Abroad; Or, the New Pilgrim's Progress
Extensive collection from the University of Virginia that explores many aspects of Twain's short story, "Innocents Abroad; or, The New Pilgrim's Progress." Included are links that examine pre-texts, letters, sales, advertisement,...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Creating a Second Person Choice Story
This activity is designed to help students understand plot dimensions and literary devices while writing a multi-faceted short story that has many possible outcomes. For inspiration, students will analyze songs that tell stories for both...
Indiana University
Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers, Now First Collected
The 1855 edition of Washington Irving's essay collection Wolfert's Roost is provided in facsimile and can also be read in PDF and plain text form.