Curated OER
Adjectives
Students list adjectives to describe Anakin, his cloak and the mood of the poster to write an adjective-rich description. They then sort the adjectives into categories of what they describe: people, places, or things.
Curated OER
Measurement Mania
Second graders observe and demonstrate how to measure different objects. They listen to the book "Corduroy," and measure different aspects of a teddy bear, discuss how to measure using a variety of units of measurement, and complete a...
Curated OER
Genres in Literature
Students analyze and differentiate between various genres of literature. They view a slideshow, take a true/false quiz, create an Idea Pad file, and create an idea map of the various genres.
Curated OER
Writing a News Article
In this writing worksheet, students learn the essentials about how to write a newspaper article in journalistic style. Students read about style, headlines, bylines, first, middle and ending paragraphs. After reading this, students will...
Curated OER
24 Hour Party Robots
Students read an article about robots and social behavior. As a class, they write down new vocabulary words they are unfamilar with in the article. In groups, they discover what all the words have in commom and identify the type of...
Curated OER
ABC Wide World of Animals
Fifth graders use the software Wide World of Animals. This lesson is incorporated into a science unit on animals. The unit focuses on classifying animals into kingdoms and identifying the characteristics of animals within the different...
Curated OER
Folklore in Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God
Students read Zora Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God and explore her life history as well as novel analysis activities. In this novel analysis lesson, students identify elements in the novel and its overall literary impact. Students...
Curated OER
Literary Circles
Students use correct grammar, spelling and capitalization in their writing. They connect information acquired in history and science classes with the events described in the books that were read. Students make a clear and informative...
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: 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.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Fiction: Short Story & Novel Fact Sheet
This is a short story or novel fact sheet offered as a Word document or a PDF. It includes places for title; author; URL; list of important nouns, verbs, phrases, and clauses; setting (includes definition); characterization (including...
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.
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.
University of Pennsylvania
University of Penn: Bliss and Other Stories; Ebook
Read the full text of 14 Katharine Mansfield stories.
Read Works
Read Works: Lessons: Lesson 3: Short Story
[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.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Fiction: Alphabetical Search
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....
Other
Native American Bedtime Story Collection
This site provides eleven short stories based on different Native American stories. Stories from different tribes such as Navajo and Lakota.
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.
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia: Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Fantasy and Science Fiction: Isaac Asimov
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...
Other
Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
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...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson
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...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Story, Identity, Unity
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...
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia: The Monkey's Paw
Read this spooky story here in HTML format from the University of Virginia.