Great Short Stories (and lesson plans) for the End of the School Year

April 30, 2018 By

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 […]

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Alternative 2016 Presidential Candidates from Literature

September 28, 2016 By

I’m not going to tell you who to vote for. That’s not what I do here at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com. Nor will I tell you who I’m voting for—you don’t care. I do know this. We could do worse. Alternative 2016 Presidential Candidates from Literature Candidate: Diana Moon Glampers from “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut Qualifications: Served […]

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Short Stories for Teaching Imagery Lesson Plans

June 14, 2016 By

After teaching students about characterization and point of view, I felt pretty good about myself, so good in fact, that I commissioned the pottery teacher to create an action sculpture of me in the center of my classroom. But after grading the 93rd imagery analysis paragraph that stated “the author uses imagery to paint a […]

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