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A guide to using short story collections in the classroom, by Teri S. Lesesne.
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Forming Connections and Awakening Visions  Nilsen also point out that the traditional section on the short story,which is de rigeur in literary anthologies, does not generate enthusiasmamong young adult readers because many were written for...
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/spring94/Lesesne.html

Provides reader based reviews of classic and modern short stories.
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STORYBITES  In response to those readers who have asked for additional resources on their favorite authors, you're in luck! Some of the sites listed below are official links to a living...
http://www.storybites.com

Materials and ideas for "issues of the family" and "issues of identity," by Jane K. Marshall, from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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83.03.03: The Short Story: A Slice of Life  It is very difficult to teach an English course amidst TV, video games, and other inducements to passivity which entice our students away from communication and thought. Equally distressing is...
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/cu...lum/units/1983/3/83.03.03.x.html

Curriculum guide that exposes the ESL student to American writers, American short stories, and the English language, by Maria Pennacchio, from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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83.03.05: Short Stories Reflections of Two Worlds  Reading is a substantial component of any given curriculum. Whether I am teaching Italian or English, I will come across the reading of short stories. This unit will aid me...
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/cu...lum/units/1983/3/83.03.05.x.html

Curriculum guide for middle and high schools, by Kathleen Dinneen and Maryanne O'Connor, from the Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute.
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83.03.09: Elements of the Short Story  Skills as a criteria for evaluating its students. Each year on the Reading Section of the test, students show a deficiency in the areas of generalizations and inference. This deficiency...
http://www.cis.yale.edu/ynhti/cu...lum/units/1983/3/83.03.09.x.html

A writers critique group for short story and poetry writing.
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Short Story Writers writers, poets critique group for short story writing and poetry with writing and poetry resources and exercises  An international community of writers All levels of ability Published and unpublished Cost of Membership a willingness to work together to share and exchange ideas, critique each others work. Membership...
http://www.shortstorygroup.net/default.asp