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This page features 20 of my favorite short stories with questions. These reading activities are perfect for classroom use. Written by some of the greatest authors in history, these stories are short enough to cover in a single class period, and rich enough to warrant study. I tried to select stories that students would find highly interesting.

Scholastic's Story Starters kids' writing activity generates creative writing prompts, from general fiction to adventure, fantasy, and science fiction.

In addition, the lesson “Persuasive Essay: Environmental Issues” can be adapted for your students as part of this exercise. Have students write persuasive arguments for a special class event, such as an educational field trip or an in-class educational movie. Reward the class by arranging for the class event suggested in one of the essays.

Her writing can be found in Tarpaulin Sky, Kenyon Review, Ninth Letter, Fourth Genre, Essay Daily, and elsewhere; her previous works include Disem(body), The Surfacing of Excess, and (Stitched) A Surface Opens: Essays. She has taught writing at the University of Arizona, the United World College, Pima Community College, Santa Fe Community College, the UA Poetry Center, Youth Speaks (now Urban.

The Short Story Challenge is an international writing competition that challenges writers to create short stories in as little as 24 hours based on a genre, subject, and character assignment. Tweet Best of luck to the 4,700 writers participating from around the world.

Prior to the release of your first book, you were nominated for a Pushcart Prize and your essay “Coming Out” (Fourth Genre, Issue 16.2: 2014) was named a notable in Best American Essays 2015, plus a laundry list of publications in some of the most recognizable nonfiction literary journals. Do you have any insight for someone, like me, who might be burned out on the submission process?

Outline your story. Create a story map to organize your ideas. Start with the title of your story on the top, then write down the setting and main characters. Then, flesh out the plot. Make sure your story has a beginning that introduces the characters and the problem, or conflict, a middle that builds the story, and an ending that resolves the.

Reedsy's Writing Prompts Contest. When the idea to start a weekly newsletter with writing inspiration first came to us, we decided that we wanted to do more than provide people with topics to write about. We wanted to try and help authors form a regular writing habit and also give them a place to proudly display their work. So we started the weekly Reedsy Writing Prompts Contest. Here's how.

Essay writing is a crucial skill as students traverse the path from elementary school to college and eventually the professional world. Our essay writing worksheets will equip them with everything they need for the journey. Informational, opinion, persuasive, and narrative text types are presented in innovative ways. These worksheets also.

Favorite books for 4th graders. Our panel of children's book experts recommends these great books for your fourth grader. by: GreatSchools Staff. Print book list. 2030: A Day in the Life of Tomorrow’s Kids. by: Amy Zuckerman and Jim Daly, illustrated by: John Manders - (Dutton, 2009) 32 pages. A talking dog, a housecleaning robot and a three-dimensional “data orb” are among the many cool.

The Role of the Audience. Theatre, in a way, is the ultimate example of consumerism. In the time of Shakespeare and even ancient Greece, there was a certain element of responsiveness in theatre.