Although we all love National Poetry Month, we love when it ends because that means summer vacation approaches. But there’s still a month left. May is not the time for English Romantic poetry, Victorian novels, or James Joyce. May is the time for high interest short stories. May is the time for short stories easy […]
Great Short Stories (and lesson plans) for the End of the School Year
April 30, 2018 By Trenton Lorcher
Filed Under: All Summer in a Day, Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket, Harrison Bergeron, Interlopers, Jumping Frog, Leiningen vs the Ants, Most Dangerous Game, Open Window, Rocking Horse Winner, Short Stories, Sound of Thunder, The Fun They Had, The Lottery, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Sniper, The Veldt, There Will Come Soft Rains, Through the Tunnel
Lesson Plan: Theme in “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury
February 5, 2018 By Trenton Lorcher
Summer vacation never gets old. Never. Even after nearly 20 years of teaching, I feel a wave of joy as the end of the school year approaches. And then one year, they changed the school calendar so the school year started two weeks sooner than normal. I felt like those kids in “All Summer in […]
Filed Under: All Summer in a Day, Ray Bradbury, Short Stories