Making Short Stories Pop

[Siri Nelson]

My name is Siri Nelson and I am an English-Secondary Education major at Aurora University. An assignment for one of my courses this semester is to create a 20 day unit plan on a topic of our choosing. I would like to teach a unit on short stories at a seventh grade level. At the end of the unit I would like my students to know the literary elements of a story, understand a plot diagram, how imagery is used in a short story and to understand different genres.
I have found some sources to help me with this unit (and are listed below), but I would like to find more. These sources would help me find creative ways to engage the students in the unit. I would also like help in differentiating the final assessment, which I plan to be writing one or two short stories. If you have any suggestions for how I should go about teaching this unit or any sources I should look at, please let me know.
Thank you,
Siri Nelson
Sources I Have Found So Far:
MCPOP:
Photo Based Writing
Heroes and Villains
Should Creative Writing Be Taught
Websites:
Short Story Lesson Plans
Young Adult Literature
Lesson Plans
Short Stories and Sitcoms
Teaching the Short Story

[Pam Goble]

Siri,
I will get back to u later in the day, but have some nice differentiated units on short stories.
Pam Goble

[Ryan Goble]

Siri, my mom gave you some docs - remind me to give them to you tomorrow morning.

RRG:)

[Siri Nelson]

Pam,
Thank you for the unit suggestions you gave me. I really appreciate it. If I have any questions, I will be sure to let you know.
Siri