Teaching short stories

Build student confidence and reading endurance with these resources. Teaching short stories has never been more exciting or engaging! (blog post)

One of my favorite units to teach is my short story unit. Teaching students about the elements of fiction and literary devices is so much fun. Helping

Here are ten hand-picked short stories with plot twists that will keep your students hooked. Teach suspense and foreshadowing with these classic shorts. Each story listed contains a link to a PDF copy of the story for easy use in your classroom.

Looking for dystopian short stories to teach in your secondary classroom? Keep reading for a list of the 31 best dystopian short stories!

Using Micro Teaching--stories students can read in under 10 minutes--is a great way to introduce skills, techniques and so much more in high school English classes. For AP® Literature and all ELA classes 9-12.

Read on to learn tips for teaching plot with short stories, including a list of titles your students are sure to love.

Free short stories to save to your Pocket app (or whatever you use) and read on the go!

Gems by authors ranging from Ray Bradbury to Edgar Allan Poe.

Short story units have the potential to deeply inspire and impact learning with students, but if the approach is disjointed or lacking any sort of alignment, these units can feel like flops. Here are the ways that I craft meaningful, engaging, and interesting units to highlight the short stories th

Popular short stories for students and teenagers. Great choices for those new to the short story and experienced readers.