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On this website, you use graphics to create a story. The options are a little limited, but it could help in generating ideas for creative writing. Although this website may seem a little juvenile at first glance, it is actually very fun and I think high schoolers may enjoy it.

This is a site that provides a lot of information for teachers. There are policy initiatives, Data for school improvement and teaching strategies and a lot more. This page is specifically instruction for using Story Impression as a pre-reading lesson and to arouse curiosity.

This website has a lot of novels and short stories available. This could be a really valuable resource in a school that might not be able to afford as many books.

From Scholastic, this website offers several graphic organizers to aid with reading comprehensions. Organizers include: reading, story elements, plot, sequence, assessment, character analysis, and setting.

Lesson plans for Poe's short stories

a list of links to popular/classic short stories.

CNN Student News is a simplified version of the biggest current news stories for students. Not only does it keep the attention of a high school student, but it is extremely relevant information. This is my favorite website!

This site helps show students the mythological roots of many words, but in an interactive, fun way- the students read stories, find meanings, and can even access worksheets using the words

This site has over 2000 classic texts in full online. There are countless short stories and poetry as well. Perfect for lessons on short stories, poetry, or a quick look into a chapter or two of a fiction or nonfiction work. It also has study guides, author biographies, reference books, interviews, religious texts, etc.

Bibliomania is a resource for free literature texts, especially classics, in an electronic format. This is useful for english and maybe history.

Teaching elements of a narrative

Find lesson plans related to places, including America and Britain, as well as genres, including novels, short stories, poetry, and more.

This website is not for just one certain content area. It allows you to choose your certain content area, grade level, certain materials (i.e. English - poetry, short stories, etc.). I have used a lot of the ideas from this website to create my own lesson

Lessons for all subjects includes worksheets

Lesson Plans for all subjects

This site is really helpful for students reading Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," as it provides pop-ups with vocab, info, reading questions, etc. that help the student understand Poe's story