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
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“The Sniper”: Short Story Lesson Plans
June 2, 2017 By Trenton Lorcher
On a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge High School, an assistant principal career sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his red pen and over his shoulders was slung a list of standards you weren’t teaching. His face was the face of a principal, chubby and mustached, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. […]
Filed Under: Short Stories, The Sniper