Short Story Lesson Plans: 5 More Short Stories for Teaching Irony

Regular readers of this blog are aware of my fascination with Ender Wiggin, Lennie Smalls, and sports teams from the state of Ohio. What they may not be aware of is my fascination with irony. In fact, I once stayed up late into the night figuring out how everything in life is ironic, which is […]

An Update on the Monkey’s Paw Re-emergence

Those of you who read my blog on a regular basis (all four of you (it used to be five, but my dad died)) know two things: (1) Don’t mess with Ender Wiggin! (2) Don’t mess with the monkey’s paw! ELAcommoncorelessonplans.com was the only media source to link the goings-on in the world of college […]

The Monkey’s Paw Strikes Again

A lost portion of “The Monkey’s Paw” manuscript has been recovered from a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It helps explain some of the oddities which have recently taken place in the state. Here is the portion that pertains to the subject at hand. “Wolverine’s paw?” said Mrs. White curiously. “It had a spell put on […]