![]() Students could take this inspiration to prepare a short story to present to the class. If you’d like to challenge your students, you could use this story to introduce a storytelling challenge. Okay, so why is this story that’s great for middle schoolers on a list for high schoolers? Well, hear me out: I think good stories are good stories. You can find this story in the middle grade anthology Flying Lessons and Other Stories edited by Ellen Oh. ![]() The dozens of cousins make predictions and ask questions, and our students can, too! The frame story can help us have great conversations with students about how stories are told and transformed, and how listeners participate. Kenneth’s story will keep your students on the edge of their seats, as he uses several red herrings to build suspense. Uncle Kenneth’s tale of the Choctaw Bigfoot, Naloosha Chitto, unfolds with a harrowed tourist family and interventions from the cunning Bohpoli, a race of “little people.” In this story, Turtle Kid and their dozens of cousins listen to a story from Uncle Kenneth, and everyone knows you can’t believe a word Uncle Kenneth says. “Choctaw Bigfoot, Midnight in the Mountains” by Tim Tingle The story is available for free (online) from the Washington Post. It would be an excellent mentor text for simile/metaphor and descriptive language. With phrases like “the sky was the color of pewter and the clouds hurried by like women on their way to the market,” Cisneros’ words are as evocative as Kahlo and Rivera’s art. It alludes to their real life personas, but is fictional, not autobiographical. Pur Amor is a loosely based in-reality exploration of the relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. And you can expect more lush prose from this short story. Students may already be familiar with Cisneros’ work from her 1984 novel, The House On Mango Street. Today I’m going to share a few of my favorites.Ĭontemporary Short Stories for High School: Struggling to engage your reluctant readers? Check out these contemporary short stories for high school ELA.Īre you excited to teach short stories, or does the thought of revisiting “The Lottery” and “The Lady of the Tiger” fill you with intense boredom? Well, if you are tired of using the same old dead White guys, I promise your students are tired of reading them.īut don’t despair! There are tons of interesting contemporary YA short stories for high schoolers that you can use instead of (or alongside) the classics.
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