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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Literature: What Makes a Good Short Story?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive exhibit takes learners on a literary journey through the classic short story.
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University of Pennsylvania

University of Penn: Bliss and Other Stories; Ebook

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of 14 Katharine Mansfield stories.
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Read Works

Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 3: Short Story

For Teachers K Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson plan, texts, and materials to teach kindergarten students to use clues in a story to draw and explain a conclusion.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Fiction: Alphabetical Search

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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....
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Other

Native American Bedtime Story Collection

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site provides eleven short stories based on different Native American stories. Stories from different tribes such as Navajo and Lakota.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Forms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on forms of fiction: short story, novella, and novel. It describes the defining characteristics of each, provides examples, and explains how to identify each.
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library, this site offers the full text of Guy de Maupassant's "Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life" which includes 27 short stories. Also provided are...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fantasy and Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Isaac Asimov, science fiction author. It features links to I, Robot, a a collection of nine science fiction short stories and Isaac Asimov's website. It also provides questions and a quiz over "Robbie," the first...
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Other

Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "Tales from Gold Mountain", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the experiences of Chinese immigrants to...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with the short story "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: The Monkey's Paw

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this spooky story here in HTML format from the University of Virginia.
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Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: Joyce Carol Oates: Detailed Bibliography and Awards

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive listing of the works of Joyce Carol Oates, including her novels, collections, anthologies, and short stories. Click on the year to view information about that year. Includes brief descriptions of each work.
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Eserver

E Server: Short Fiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diverse group of writers, subjects, and eras is represented here. All references cited are often anthologized and studied in English classes.
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Caro Clarke

Historical Fiction: Who Rules?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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?
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fantasy and Science Fiction: Ray Bradbury

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Ray Bradbury, a prominent science fiction author; it stresses the importance of setting in science fiction and provides a link to a setting activity. The lesson features links to a Bradbury biography, the short...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Fantasy and Science Fiction: Kurt Vonnegut

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Kurt Vonnegut, a science fiction author who is famous for his quotes and satire. It features his short story "Harrison Bergeron," an after-reading quiz, and a writing assignment about it. It also provides the NPR:...
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World Wide School

World Wide School: The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield (Full Text)

For Students 9th - 10th
You can read a full text version of Katherine Mansfield's book of short stories, "The Garden Party" at this site.
Website
Fantastic Fiction

Fantastic Fiction: Rod Serling: Detailed Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists all works:Novels, collections, anthologies, and short stories. Good research site!
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: h.g. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to H. G. Wells' fiction and short story collections by title and category.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The Necklace: Notes and text/bartleby.com

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is the full text (in English) of Maupassant's famous short story, The Necklace, as well as links to a brief comment about the story and a bibliography of the story.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury

For Students 6th - 8th
In this short story, Mr. and Mrs. Hadley become concerned when they realize how important the machines of their futuristic home are to their children. As you read, take notes on what the veldt means to the children and their parents....
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Other

Ink Pot: A Print Literary Journal

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Ink Pot accepts short stories, poetry, and essays. Guidelines for submitting work, as well as samples of previously published entries, are readily available at this site. This site offers a great archive as well.
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Other

Classic Books at American Literature: "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
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.

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