I got this letter from a former student not long ago. Dear Former Teacher You may not remember me, but I was in your class many years ago. It was Halloween. I hated Halloween. But then you came up with awesome lesson plans involving Halloween short stories that didn’t involve Edgar Allan Poe. You see, […]
Halloween Short Stories not by Edgar Allan Poe
October 9, 2019 By Trenton Lorcher
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9 High Interest Short Stories for High School Students
February 8, 2019 By Trenton Lorcher
Get a ton of short story for high school students (and middle school students) lesson plans right here. An Occurrence at Owl Creek High School A man stood upon a teacher desk in northern Alabama, looking down into the not so swift students twenty feet below. The teacher’s hands were behind his back, the wrists […]
Science Fiction Short Stories for Middle School and High School
June 29, 2018 By Trenton Lorcher
Although I teach high school, I often teach short stories that work for middle school as well. If you need science fiction short stories for middle school or science fiction short stories for high school, here’s a good—but nowhere close to exhaustive— list. Science Fiction Short Stories for Middle School Could you use these science […]