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Storytelling
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. In this storytelling lesson, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Bottom of the Ninth and Down by Four
In this writing prompt worksheet, students use the prompt 'It was the bottom of the ninth and we were down by four runs,' to write a short story.
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School-Home Links 75
In this writing stories worksheet, 1st graders make a list of some of the words they know. Students then write a story using two or more of these words.
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Elements of Short Stories Vocabulary
In this literature activity, students match the correct word from the first column to the best definition found in the second column. There are twenty words and definitions to match.
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Creating A Different Point Of View
High schoolers explore Indian marriage customs and culture.They connect and compare their own experiences with the experiences of characters from the short story Diamond Dust and rewrite a scene from the story from another point of view.
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Elements of a Short Story
Students read a short story, The Tell-Tale Heart and create a story map identifying the elements of a short story included in the selection. Students complete an Accelerated Reader test on the selection.
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Creating a Short Story
Middle schoolers examine how to outline their story, to write a story and then edit their work. They illustrate their story using drawing features like squares, circles, and other shapes or a drawing program if they have it on the computer.
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Illustrating and Writing a Short Story
Students use their art materials to go outside and draw a picture of a scene. They can also write down specific notes in a small spiral notebook about the scene they want to remember so they can write their stories. They complete their...
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Writing a Short Story - Weather
Learners use the information they wrote about on the topic they chose in studying About Weather. They then write a short story using the information choosing a theme, setting, characters, and the plot.
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Standing Woman
Students explore a Japanese science fiction story that deals with the dangers of technology, failed attempts at utopia, mind control, and loss of loved ones through the reading of Yasutaka Tsutaka's "Standing Woman."
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Buddy Stories
Students write and illustrate short stories. They read their original stories to younger Buddy Readers.
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Thumbs Up to a Good Book!
Second graders read a short story and discuss whether they would give it a thumbs up or down and why. students write a group review on that story supporting why they gave it the up or down thumb. They choose and read a short story and...
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STORY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH JAPANESE ART
Eighth graders create a story to explain the art object being studied. The story displays students knowledge of writing conventions, elements of a short story, literary conflict, and the use of descriptive text.
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A Picture's Worth 500-700 Words
Students write a narrative or short story of 500-700 words based on an assigned work of art.
Bibliomania
Bibliomania: James Joyce: Dubliners, Complete Text
This site has the complete text of James Joyce's collection of short stories, "Dubliners."
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Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant [Pdf]
This is a PDF of a 10-question worksheet for "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant [Pdf]
This is a six page PDF of the short story "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant. Read to find out what happened to the borrowed diamond necklace.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson [Pdf]
This is a PDF of the text of the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, a story of a lottery you don't want to win.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl [Pdf]
This is an eight-page PDF of the short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka [Pdf]
This is a five-page PDF of the short story "A Hunger Artist" by Franz Kafka.
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte
This is the text of the the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Francis Bret Harte.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan [Pdf]
This is a six-page PDF of the short story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, a story about a conflict between a Chinese-American daughter and a Chinese immigrant mother.
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Ga Virtual Learning: "Lamb to the Slaughter" Study Guide [Pdf]
This is a two-page study guide for "Lamb to the Slaughter" by Roald Dahl. It focuses on characters. point of view, exposition, theme, tone, and comprehension.
University of Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts, Amherst: Aesop's Fables
Work your way through the moral tales of Aesop. Table of context provides links to traditional tellings and modernized versions. Videos and original illustrations help tell the stories.