Curated OER
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men: Fun Trivia Quiz
Quiz your class for basic plot understanding, character recognition, and quote recall with this ten-question online quiz. After choosing their answers to the multiple choice questions about John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, learners can...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Forms
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.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Kate Chopin's "The Awakening"
In this Curriculum Unit, students will consider "Kate Chopin's"The Awakening"" in 3 Lessons. The unit also includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov
This is the text of the novella "A Boring Story" by Anton Chekhov (also known as "A Dreary Story"). It is narrated by a dying professor of medicine charting his own decline as he approaches death.
Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms
This site provides a long list of literary terms complete with full definitions and examples.
Other
What Is a Short Story?
An essay that attempts to answer that question. The author is an author and teacher, and is understandably troubled with the idea of defining exactly what a "short story" is.
Caro Clarke
Writing Advice: Don't Get It Right the First Time
How much of your novel have you written? Do you keep starting it and never finishing it? Learn the answers to these questions in this novel-writing advice piece.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
This is the complete text of the fairy tale novella The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Dawn of a to Morrow" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is the complete text of the short story/novella The Dawn of A To-morrow by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Classic Reader: Daisy Miller by Henry James
This is the complete text of the novella Daisy Miller by Henry James.
TES Global
Tes: Animal Farm Scheme of Work
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides ten lessons connected to George Orwell's novella, Animal Farm. An assessment is included that is connected to this allegory and propaganda.
Eserver
E Server: Short Fiction
A diverse group of writers, subjects, and eras is represented here. All references cited are often anthologized and studied in English classes.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "An Accursed Race" by Elizabeth Gaskell
This is the text of the novella "An Accursed Race" by Elizabeth Gaskell; a historical essay that deals with the tragic history of the Cagots, a European group of people who lived in Western France and Northern Spain, whose existence was...
Other
The Literary Link: Washington Irving: On Style and Purpose in Short Story
Two excerpts from Early American author Washingtom Irving about his preference for writing short works and why.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Forms
This lesson introduces different forms of fiction. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Caro Clarke
Caro Clarke: Writing Advice: Beginner's Four Faults
This site is a personal site from Caro Clarke. The third installment in this series looks at the four major mistakes made by beginning authors. The main idea of this article is that the author needs to be able to combine dialogue with...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Doom of the Griffiths by Elizabeth Gaskell
This is the complete text of the novella The Doom of the Griffiths by Elizabeth Gaskell
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Classic Reader: The Elixir by Georg Ebers
This is the full text of the novella The Elixir by Georg Ebers including a Postscript.