Most Dangerous Game Short Story Lesson Plan: How to Introduce a Short Story

June 14, 2021 By

Every painstaking movement of the second hand on the round 1970s style clock in the front of the classroom deepened the soul-destroying angst in Mr. Nocontext’s being. Mr. Jobkiller, the school’s new principal, had come to observe. And the short story lesson plan for the “Most Dangerous Game” wasn’t going well. The lesson itself wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Lesson of the Day, Lessons, Most Dangerous Game, Short Stories

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” Lesson Plans, Summary, and Analysis

June 9, 2021 By

There’s a fairly good chance you came across this post because you were searching for a “Rappaccini’s Daughter” Lesson Plan, so I’ll just get it out of the way. Of course, you’re welcome to peruse the entire post. It’s pretty good. It’s got an analysis of the short story, a little bit about theme, and […]

Filed Under: American Romanticism, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rappaccini's Daughter

Short Stories of O’Henry Lesson Plans: “Cop and the Anthem,” “After Twenty Years,” and “Hearts and Hands”

June 7, 2021 By

ON HIS BENCH in Madison Square Middle School, Mr. Soapy moved uneasily. When wild geese honk high of nights, and when teachers without seal-skin coats grow kind to their principals, and when Mr. Soapy moves uneasily on his wheeled chair in the classroom, you may know that formal evaluation time is near at hand. Luckily, […]

Filed Under: Lessons, O' Henry, Short Stories