Short Stories for Middle School

This unit contains comprehension questions, activities, vocabulary, and analysis of the elements of a short story for the following stories. The stories are not included in the package due to copyright but can easily be found on the internet.

1) "Papa's Parrot" by Cynthia Rylant

2) "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury

3) "The Scholarship Jacket" by Marta Salinas

4) "Charles" by Shirley Jackson

5) "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl

6) "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant

7) "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

8) "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

9) "Lose now, Pay Later" by Carol Farley

10) "The Moustache" by Robert Cormier