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Today I am talking about spooky short stories that students love. These are short stories that I love too, and all of them are classics, worthy of being studied as literature. I will tell you what I find valuable about them, and then I will give you some specific ways that you can use them in your literature and writing classroom. 

In this episode, I discuss

✅how spooky stories have their roots in eighteenth-century gothicism

✅why short stories are great tools for teaching literary analysis

✅7 spooky stories that students can’t wait to discuss

✅3 specific writing activities to accompany each story

✅a literary element to focus on for each story

Links Mentioned:

Spooky Short Story Lesson Plan Free PDF

Twilight Zone Season 5, Episode 23 “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Ridge”

The Monkey’s Paw Short Story Film 1982