Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket Lesson Plans, Summary, Analysis

April 21, 2016 By

It’s not too late to help Tom Benecke, and it’s not too late to help teachers looking for lesson plans, a summary, an analysis and more for “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pockets” by Jack Finney. Before we get to an overview of these “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” lesson plans, I’ll give you […]

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“The Interlopers” Discussion Questions

April 12, 2016 By

The forest classroom of Gradwitz were of wide extent and well stocked with “Interlopers” discussion questions; the narrow strip of portables that lay on its outskirt was not remarkable for the students it harboured or the teaching comforts it afforded, but it was the most jealously guarded of all the school’s territorial possessions. A famous […]

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How Many of These 7 Suspense Short Stories Do You Teach?

February 8, 2016 By

I was feeling pretty good about myself after having taught some great short stories with examples of foreshadowing. So good, in fact, that I took down all the pictures of the teachers of the year since 1993 that were hanging in the hallway leading to the principal’s office at my school and replaced them with […]

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