Short Stories for Teens: Thinking and Exploring Literature

***𝙎𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨***
The teacher will provide a pdf of the short story upon enrollment. 

𝗪̲𝗵̲𝘆̲ 𝗧̲𝗲̲𝗲̲𝗻̲𝘀̲ 𝗦̲𝗵̲𝗼̲𝘂̲𝗹̲𝗱̲ 𝗥̲𝗲̲𝗮̲𝗱̲ 𝗦̲𝗵̲𝗼̲𝗿̲𝘁̲ 𝗦̲𝘁̲𝗼̲𝗿̲𝗶̲𝗲̲𝘀̲:
• They are bite-sized, ensuring everyone wraps up the story. In a world racing against time, short stories snugly fit into busy schedules.
• Completing a short story sparks that satisfying sense of accomplishment, a confidence booster in every tale.
• Short stories offer a chance to take a short trip to a new genre and authors without a major time commitment. A quick literary getaway to discover new joys.
• Short stories are a great way to develop a daily reading habit. 

From thought-provoking plots to unforgettable characters, these stories pack a punch—and leave plenty of room for discussion, creativity, and growth. I look forward to meeting your learner in the classroom.

Stories to be read:
Wednesdays @3pm EST

The story cycle repeats so learners can join at any time.

September 4, 2024: 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 by Roald Dahl
September 11, 2024: 𝘐 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 by Tillie Olsen
September 18, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘯 by Richard Wright
September 25, 2024: 𝘈 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 by Jonathon Swift
October 9, 2024: 𝘈 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 by J.D. Salinger
October 16, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 - Edgar Allen Poe
October 23, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 by Edgar Allen Poe
October 30, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 by Washington Irving
November 6, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 by Guy de Maupassant
November 13, 2024: 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘸𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 by Ambrose Bierce
November 20, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 by O'Henry
December 4, 2024: 𝘈 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 by Eudora Welty
December 11, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
December 18, 2024: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪 by O. Henry 
January 8, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘴 by John Steinbeck
January 15, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 - Katherine Anne Porter
January 22, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
January 29, 2025: 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 (Poem) - Walt Whitman
February 5, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 - Dr. Seuss
February 12, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘸 by W.W. Jacobs
February 19, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 by Shirley Jackson
February 26, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘵 by Stephen Crane
March 5, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰 by Edgar Allen Poe
March 12, 2025: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 by Raymond Carver
March 19, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 by Richard Connell
March 26, 2025: 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 by Jamaica Kincaid
April 2, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 by James Thurber
April 9, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘣𝘪𝘴 by James Hurst
April 16, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 - by Kate Chopin
April 23, 2025: 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 30, 2025: 𝘊𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 by Ernest Hemingway
May 7, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 by Kate Chopin
May 28, 2025: 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴 (one act play) by Susan Glaspell
June 4, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘵 by Ray Bradbury
June 11, 2025: 𝘙𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘛𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘷𝘪 by Rudyard Kipling
June 18, 2025: 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘕𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘺 by Judith Viorst
June 25, 2025: 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 by Jack London

Summer Break 2025

September 3, 2025: 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 by Roald Dahl
September 10, 2025: 𝘐 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 by Tillie Olsen
September 17, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘯 by Richard Wright
October 8, 2025: 𝘈 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘭 by Jonathon Swift
October 15, 2025: 𝘈 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩 by J.D. Salinger
October 22, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯 - Edgar Allen Poe
October 29, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 by Edgar Allen Poe
November 5, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 by Washington Irving
November 12, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 by Guy de Maupassant
November 19, 2025: 𝘈𝘯 𝘖𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘸𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 by Ambrose Bierce
November 26, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘙𝘦𝘥𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 by O'Henry
December 3, 2025: 𝘈 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩 by Eudora Welty
December 10, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 by Nathaniel Hawthorne
December 17, 2025: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪 by O. Henry 
January 7, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘶𝘮𝘴 by John Steinbeck
January 14, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘪𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭 - Katherine Anne Porter
January 21, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 - F. Scott Fitzgerald
January 28, 2026: 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 (Poem) - Walt Whitman
February 4, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬 - Dr. Seuss
February 11, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘺'𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘸 by W.W. Jacobs
February 18, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 by Shirley Jackson
February 25, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘵 by Stephen Crane
March 4, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘰 by Edgar Allen Poe
March 11, 2026: 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 by Raymond Carver
March 18, 2026: 𝘎𝘪𝘳𝘭 by Jamaica Kincaid
March 26, 2026:𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦 by Richard Connell
April 8, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘺 by James Thurber
April 15, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘐𝘣𝘪𝘴 by James Hurst
April 22, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 - by Kate Chopin
April 29, 2026: 𝘉𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘢𝘪𝘳 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
May 6, 2026: 𝘊𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 by Ernest Hemingway
May 13, 2026:  𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮 by Kate Chopin
May 20, 2026: 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘴 (one act play) by Susan Glaspell
May 27, 2026: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘵 by Ray Bradbury
June 3, 2026: 𝘙𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘛𝘪𝘬𝘬𝘪 𝘛𝘢𝘷𝘪 by Rudyard Kipling
June 10, 2026: 𝘛𝘰 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 by Jack London
June 17, 2026: 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦, 𝘕𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘝𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘢𝘥 𝘋𝘢𝘺 by Judith Viorst
Summer Break 2026

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀:

𝗥𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆:
I follow Outschool's policy on refunds for ongoing classes: Parents enrolled in an ongoing class will see a “stop subscription” button instead of “withdraw” on the classroom page after the class’s first meeting. Use this button to prevent any future weekly charges, starting with the following billing period, which rolls over Sunday mornings Pacific time. You can use this to stop future charges at any time.  There will be no refunds issued for a student(s) missing class.  

𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆: If your learner misses a class meeting, you are not entitled to a refund. If your learner misses 3 consecutive class live meetings without communicating with the teacher, you forfeit the class fee and the teacher may cancel the class or withdraw your learner.” 

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆: Please note that per Outschool policy, if there are 0 students after the first 10 minutes of the class, the class will be canceled for that day. The live meetings are scheduled for 50 minutes; however, depending upon the number of students and the amount of participation from the class, some live meetings may be shorter than 50 minutes.  If the teacher needs to cancel class a makeup class will be assigned. If the student is unable to attend the makeup class a refund will be issued after the makeup class.

𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆:
When you enroll your child in my classes, you are paying for a live, interactive group learning experience. To maintain the integrity of this format, I do not release recordings of my live classes.
The decision not to share recordings is to protect the safety and privacy of all learners. Many families prefer that recordings of their children not be shared or distributed to others, and I fully respect and prioritize that preference. Additionally, this policy helps safeguard my intellectual property, as the lessons I teach are original content I have personally developed. Unfortunately, the misuse or unauthorized distribution of educational resources is a growing concern, and this policy helps mitigate such risks.
Thank you for your understanding and support in creating a safe and respectful learning environment.