by Kristin | Mar 20, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
I LOVE survival shows! Sometimes these shows use professionals and skilled experts while others just throw someone on an island to see what happens 🙂 Not going to lie…these shows are hilarious. Now, I like to think if I were left alone in the woods to survive on...
by Kristin | Feb 28, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
As teachers, we often think of how we were taught and either follow suit or go in a very different direction. In that way, it’s a bit like parenting, isn’t it? In both instances as times change, our approaches need to adapt as well. This idea is true in so many...
by Kristin | Jan 24, 2024 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Writing
In the past, I have not been a huge fan of incorporating personal narrative examples in my curriculum. Narratives seemed too simplistic, a type of writing meant for the elementary classroom. Besides, students should be good at telling stories by the time they reach...
by Kristin | Nov 22, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
Sometimes, I want a short story to simply be a moment of escape. I don’t want to experience an important life lesson; I just want to be entertained like in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” or Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell-Tale...
by Kristin | Nov 13, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
If you desire to up your game by teaching higher-level short stories, check out Ambrose Bierce’s “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (also known as “An Occurrence at Owl Bridge”)! A perfect addition to any American Literature class,...
by Kristin | Oct 24, 2023 | Reading Comprehension, Short Stories, Teaching the Standards
The Necklace story by Guy de Maupassant is a staple in most middle and/or high school English classrooms. It is a classic piece of literature for many reasons. This story of riches to rags and letting go of one’s pride provides such a marvelous twist at the end,...
