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Short stories are a vital part of English literature. These short story studies can be used to build a short story unit, to supplement other texts, or as a standby lesson.

[Use this with our FREE Introduction to Short Stories two-page handout.]https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12564488)

Each classic story is copyright free in Australia, the U.K. and U.S. Paragraphs are numbered for ease of reference.

Activities correspond to Bloom’s taxonomy of lower- to higher-order tasks.

  • A comprehension question checks knowledge and understanding
  • Application questions ask students to apply their knowledge of literary or rhetorical technique
  • Analytical questions interrogate the story’s effect, mood, and construction-strategies.
  • Creative writing tasks use an aspect of the story as a springboard to write creatively, discursively, or persuasively.

Tanizaki’s classic horror story has been successfully used with a Stage 5 / Year 10 class ( 15 years).

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