Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Write a Short Story: Practice 1
A learning module that gives students practice writing a short story in four lessons: Introduction; Before Writing-Brainstorm, Brainstorm, Brainstorm; Writing Prompts; Point of View; and Quick Tips for Writing a Timed Response.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: Instruction Page 2: Short Stories
This lesson focues on plot, irony, and suspense as seen in short stories by Richard Connell and Edgar Allan Poe. It defines each term and provides examples.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
This lesson focuses on the short story "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe. It includes links to a Discovery Education video about Edgar Allan Poe (Registration Required), a PoeDecoder page for "The Cask of Amontillado," a...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: The Modern Short Story
This lesson is an introduction to the modern short story including defining the short story, how the modern short story differs from the classic short story, the elements of a short story, and what is to be expected in this unit.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature and Composition: Short Stories
This lesson provides and introduction to a short story unit. It focuses the lessons and morals taught by short stories and the use of literary elements in fiction. I provides a list of essential questions.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: British Lit: 20th Century Postmodernism: Short Stories
This is a lesson from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism; it focuses on three short stories from the period: "A Shocking Accident" by Graham Greene, "The Rocking Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence, and "No Witchcraft for Sale" by Doris...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing a Short Story With Well Developed Conflict and Resolution
A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Understanding the Essence, Getting an Idea, Structuring Plot, Building Conflict, and Outlining Your Own Story.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing a Short Story With Interesting and Believable Characters
A learning module that teaches students about writing a short story with believable characters in six mini-lessons: Introduction, Imagine 3-D Characters, Show and Tell, Build Your Main Character Read about a Main Character, and Draft...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Write a Short Story: Practice 1
Given a prompt, write a short story.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Writing a Short Story With Interesting and Believable Characters
You will be able to write a short story with interesting and believable characters.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway:writing an Engaging Short Story Well Developed Conflict/resolution
Write a short story with a well-developed conflict and resolution.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway:how to Read and Analyze a Short Story
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this learning module, the user will learn to read and analyze a short story using knowledge of literary and poetic devices.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts: How to Analyze a Short Story
This lesson focuses on analyzing a short story including all of the elements of a short story such as setting, plot and structure, and characterization.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Short Stories: "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This lesson focuses on the short story "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. It features links to the article "The Salem Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 and 'Young Goodman Brown'" and the PDF text for the short story. It also defines...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Literature: Short Stories: "The Necklace"
This lesson focuses on the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. It defines irony and the types of irony and provides links to a PDF text of "The Necklace" and reading questions.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Translating Short Stories Into Original Short Films
After reviewing the elements of the short story, students develop a script and storyboard from a published or original story. Students then film and edit a video of the story to present during a class film festival.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?
This interactive exhibit takes learners on a literary journey through the classic short story.
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of Short Stories
The complete etext to the short stories of Charles Dickens.
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: A Reader of Short Stories for High School Students
Need help explaining the horrors of the Holocaust? Use these recommended short stories that were written by Jewish and non-Jewish survivors of the Holocaust. Each short story has a short biography of the author, summary of the story, and...
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: The Short Story: Specimens Illustrating Its Development
Written by literary critic and Columbia professor, Brander Mathews, this site lists 23 short stories from the Middle Ages through the early 20th century. Mathews' notes on each story show the development of the genre.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: 20th Century Postmodernism: Short Stories: Virginia Woolf
This lesson is from a unit on 20th Century Postmodernism and focuses on Virginia Woolf and her short stories. It includes links to her biography, a timeline of her life, and two short stories: "Death of the Moth" and "Three Pictures."...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Brit Lit: Postmodernism: Short Stories: James Joyce
This is a lesson from a unit on Postmodernism; it focuses on James Joyce, his life and works including the short story "Araby," which is offered in a PDF link for students to read. A link is also provided to a more in-depth biography of...
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: Horror Stories of Stephen King; Teacher's Guide. [Pdf]
Fourteen-page teacher guide for Stephen King's horror short stories includes selections from three books: "Night Shift," "Nightmares & Dreamscapes," and "Skeleton Crew." Features in-depth overview of King's life and writing. Provides...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Playing With Genre Through Newspapers and Short Stories
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students 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...
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