American Literature Short Story Collection

There are a variety of activities and handouts for 19 different American short stories (all sold separately in my store) in this growing bundle. There are 270 pages and 77 Slides for a total of 347 pages. You save more than 40% when you buy this money saving bundle. This bundle is great if you teach a variety of grades (give different stories to different grade levels) or if you want to differentiate and have different groups to read different stories. The possibilities are endless.

Included in this short story bundle are:

1) "The Tell Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe (18 Pages and 7 Slides)

Poe's Biography

Story Analysis

Study Guide Questions with Answers

An article that relates to the story with a venn diagram

Two PowerPoint Lessons

Task Cards

2) “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe (22 Pages and 12 Slides)

Poe's Biography

Analysis of the story

Two different study guides for differentiation (there is an answer key for both study guides)

Vocabulary List with definitions.

Quiz with answer key

Group work assignment using various quotes

Three PowerPoint Lessons

Task Cards

3) "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe (18 Pages and 6 Slides)

Poe Biography

Story Analysis

Vocabulary List with Definitions

Study Guide Questions with Answers

Quiz for the story with Answers

Two PowerPoint Lessons

Task Cards

4) “Charles” by Shirley Jackson (13 Pages and 11 Slides)

Two different sets of questions (Good for different levels of students)

Vocabulary in Context

Inference Chart

Answer Keys

Two PowerPoint Lessons

Task Cards

5) "The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perks Gilman (26 Pages)

Lesson Plans

Background Information

Vocabulary List with Definitions

Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers

10 Question Short Story Quiz with Answers (Fill-In)

20 Question Quiz on the Story and the Vocabulary with Answers (Matching and Fill-In)

A copy of the story

Article about the story

Task Cards

6) "Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes (5 pages and 13 slides)

Two PowerPoint Lesson Plans

Study Guide Questions and Answers

Characterization Handout (Describes different types of characterization)

Conflicts and Characterization Handout

7) “Sucker” by Carson McCullers (17 Pages)

Worksheet discussing the 3 main characters in the story.

A poem that you can relate to the story.

A short quiz to give at the end of the story.

An answer key with suggested answers

Lesson Plans

Task Cards

8) “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne. (26 Pages)

Author Bio

Background Information about the Puritans

Vocabulary List with Definitions

Vocabulary Quiz with Answer Key

Study Guide Questions for the short story with Answer Key

Critical Lens Essay (New York State English Regents)

Task Cards

9) "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" by JD Salinger (15 Pages)

Lesson Plans

Vocabulary List with definitions

Study Guide Questions with suggested answers

An article to relate to the story

Task Cards

10) "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner (17 Pages and 16 Slides)

An Anticipation Guide

Vocabulary List and Definitions

Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers (22 questions)

Three PPT Lessons

Task Cards for the story

A Quiz with an Answer Key (20 multiple choice questions

11) “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson (13 Pages and 12 Slides)

Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers

Vocabulary Words with Definitions

Story Quiz with Answers

Three PowerPoint Lessons

Task Cards

12) “The Lady or the Tiger?” by Frank R. Stockton (15 Pages)

Questions for the short story

Vocabulary List

Creative writing assignment

Quiz for the short story

Task Cards

13) “Harrison Bergeron” by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (12 Pages)

Vocabulary List with definitions

Important details Handout - At the end of the story students search for important quotes and the author's message+ using this story specific graphic organizer

15 Question Quiz

Task Cards

14) “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury (12 Pages)

A Graphic Organizer with answers

Study Guide Questions with answers

A Vocabulary List with definitions

A Quiz with answers

Task Cards

15) "The Bad Babysitter" by R.L. Stine (6 pages)

Task Cards

16) "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov (4 pages)

Task Cards

17) "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe (3 pages)

Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers

18) "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell (13 pages)

Task Cards

19) "Tuesday of the Other June" by Norma Fox Mazer

Study Guide Questions with Suggested Answers

Characterization Webs

Venn Diagrams

Task Cards

Four Writing Prompts

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*All of these short stories are sold separately as well but if you purchase this money-saving bundle you save more than 30%. If you want a more extensive preview you can look at the stories individually in my store.

**Because of Copyright laws I can't include copies of all of the stories but they can all be found online for free.

When I update any of the individual stories I'll update the bundle as well. Check back for updates.

This product is included in my American Literature Bundle listed here:

American Literature Bundle

This product is also included in my Middle School English Language Arts Bundle listed here:

Middle School English Language Arts Bundle