These two resources will take your students from complete newbies with elements of short stories to confident experts! The first resource - Elements of Short stories - introduces 6 elements (narration, plot, character, setting, conflict, and theme) through a mini-lesson for each, a practice activity, and a mastery activity using a short story (or stories) of your choice.The second resource - Short Story Analysis Projects - builds on this learning with a book club style project that culminates in