Short+Stories

The page contains some of the short stories we have studied in 8th grade Language Arts:

"The Umbrella Man" Students should click the story below and save a copy in Notablilty for annotating: [|Comprehension 1 Quiz] [|Comprehension 2 Quiz] [|Vocabulary and Speaking]

Video Rendition: media type="youtube" key="z8TTqmOuQjc" width="420" height="315"

2. [|Walter Dean Myers]    - [|"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"] [|Quiz] [|online audio of the story]

3. "On The Sidewalk Bleeding"  by: [|Evan Hunter]  [|Lesson plan here] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">"On The Sidewalk Bleeding" Wordle: <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">media type="custom" key="6825337" width="118" height="118" <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">4. [|"All Summer in a Day"] by: Ray Bradbury <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Ray Bradbury Scavenger Hunt: <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> Websites to help find answers: <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> [|www.raybradbury.com] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> [|www.spaceagecity.com/bradbury/] <span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> [|www.bradburymedia.co.uk]

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">5. "[|The Kid Nobody Could Handle]"by: [|Kurt Vonnegut]

<span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">6. [|Choose And Read More Stories Here]