Short stories are a great way to engage students and teach meaningful skills without having to enter into long units. Middle schoolers love a good suspenseful story that can be covered in a single class period. You can teach plot, theme, characterization, figurative language, foreshadowing, and pretty much any of the literature standards with a… Continue reading Suspenseful Short Stories for Middle School English Language Arts
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Scary Short Stories for Middle School
Even middle school students that claim to hate reading will get wrapped up in a spine-chilling short story. This is why October is such a great month for English class: we get to fully embrace Halloween as we weave it into our teaching. Time to turn down the lights, put on some spooky background music… Continue reading Scary Short Stories for Middle School
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