Short Story Analysis Freebies!
I love short stories; I feel like they are an underappreciated art form. There is something about the roller coaster of the rise and fall within a short story, and the tight nugget of that adventure occurring in the span of less than an hour of reading. I'm in awe of short story writers. This fall, our 7th grader is studying short stories. We are using the collection Little Worlds: Short Story Classics to Inspire Readers edited by Peter Guthrie and Mary Page. We will begin using an analysis tool I created, and once we feel solid in that form of analysis we will move on to more open-ended analysis. Download Free Short Story Analysis Tool "The Sniper" Short Story Analysis Once he can clearly analyze conflict, problem/solution, etc., he can start analyzing just the parts of stories that make him excited, using a strategy another teacher taught me called Key Passages. Download Free Key Passages Both of these tools are free downloads for you, as well as an example of