Short Stories

Whether you're looking for a short story to pair with the novel you're teaching, or you need a 2- to 3-day sub plan to use with the stories in your textbooks, Prestwick House Instant Short Story Packs go beyond basic comprehension to help students learn how to analyze literature. Each downloadable…

No Easy Answers is an anthology of sixteen short stories by noted young adult fiction writers about teenagers facing difficult decisions. It's the perfect book to drive great classroom discussions. The Teaching Unit for No Easy Answers gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you…

Whether you're looking for a short story to pair with the novel you're teaching, or you need a 2- to 3-day sub plan to use with the stories in your textbooks, Prestwick House Instant Short Story Packs go beyond basic comprehension to help students learn how to analyze literature. Each downloadable…

Immerse your students in some of the best short stories America has produced. The tales in this book run the gamut from the fervor of "Young Goodman Brown" to the hilarity of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." The ten stories in this anthology appeal to all levels of readers. It's an…

…touch on only a few selections as part of a larger anthology, but Discovering Genre allows your students to examine enough full-text poems, short stories, or plays to make sure that they really grasp the nuances of each literary form. Along with detailed explanations of the conventions of each genre…

Whether you're looking for a short story to pair with the novel you're teaching, or you need a 2- to 3-day sub plan to use with the stories in your textbooks, Prestwick House Instant Short Story Packs go beyond basic comprehension to help students learn how to analyze literature. Each downloadable…

Whether you are a tenured expert, new to the profession, or somewhere in between, Prestwick House Teaching Units help you teach literature or plays with confidence. Each unit identifies grade-appropriate objectives and asks questions that develop students’ understanding of the text as they…

This volume contains twenty-three stories by some of the most important writers at work in the middle of the twentieth century. As Sylvia and Douglas Angus write in their introduction: These stories present a fascinating psychological record of what may best be termed The Age of Crisis', the age in…

Classic American Short Stories offers a collection of some of the most influential American authors. The Teaching Unit for Classic American Short Stories gives you a comprehensive academic framework that saves you hours of prep work. You can rely on this well-researched unit as a strong base for…

With works by Henry James, Stephen Crane, John Cheever, James Joyce, and many others, this outstanding collection of 35 American and British short pieces of fiction from the first half of the 20th century is one of the bestselling collections of our time. This book is eligible for Prestwick House…

A collection of 35 contemporary short stories. The publisher describes it as a volume that "mirrors our age, our conscious, and our lives." If you’re looking for an alternative to the long popular paperback anthologies, this could be it. This book is eligible for Prestwick House…

Whether you're looking for a short story to pair with the novel you're teaching, or you need a 2- to 3-day sub plan to use with the stories in your textbooks, Prestwick House Instant Short Story Packs go beyond basic comprehension to help students learn how to analyze literature. Each downloadable…