Do you want a short story unit packed full of activities to study characterization, structure, tone, writing literary analysis and more? Short Stories about Coming of Age with a focus on the loss of innocence is a great way to engage your high school English students in all of this and more.
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Short Stories about Coming of Age Camp for Teachers
This Coming of Age Short Story Unit Plan is like a meal plan for teaching. You get a shopping list (the stories), the ingredients (the standards), the recipe (the essential question) and the recipes (lesson plans).
Each day for 5 days, you will get elements of this short story unit delivered right to your email inbox.
This curriculum is standards based (tied to both AP® Literature Essential Skills and Common Core/ NYS Next Gen Standards). It is focused on engaging students while building skills around literary analysis of characterization, plot, tone, setting and point of view.
The unit begins with a hook lesson using loss of innocence songs and then moves into character analysis in the first story. Skills are spiraled so that students repeat and build throughout the unit.
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This is a three-four-week unit based on essential questions around the theme of the loss of innocence. These short stories about coming of age will have your students asking for more.
What You Get During Short Story Camp
On Day One, you get the unit essential questions. Find out about the standards that will be addressed.
Day Two, you get the unit overview. This includes a day-by-day calendar, a list of the stories included in the unit and additional stories that fit the theme: Loss of innocence.
Day Three, get your unit hook lesson. A full lesson plan including handouts.
Day Four, you get a set of lesson plans (2-3 days) related to the first short story in the unit.
And, on Day Five, a second set of lesson plans (3-4) for the second short story about coming of age lands in your inbox.
And it’s all free. So join in the fun today.
It’s Standards Based
This unit is designed to address both Common Core Standards and AP® Literature Essential Skills.
Each lesson includes close reading, a standards based analysis or writing activity and closure.
Standards addressed include
- Character analysis
- Setting analysis
- Tone analysis
- Structure analysis
- Text complexity
- Writing claims
- Evidence selection
- and more
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Related Resources
Looking for a list of Coming of Age novels to pair with these short stories for the perfect a book club unit? Check out this list of 9 Coming of Age Novels for AP Lit and more.
Want more on teaching short stories? Check out why you should start the year with a short story unit.
Need a list of great short stories perfect for AP Literature and high school in general: 20 Short Stories for AP Lit.
Or how about How to Teach Literary Elements in a Short Story in an Engaging Way (The ReWrite Teacher).
A free lesson from The English Teacher Vault: How To Teach Setting In A Short Story.
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I’m a little late to the party, but I have purchased your short stories unit. I would love to know more about the hook and how you put it together.
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