Laura Randazzo

I'm working on choosing stories for a Short Stories & Literary Criticism block (Waldorf does this in grade 8), and I want to very highly recommend the work of Laura Randazzo. A LOT of the resources on Teachers Pay Teachers are filled with typographical errors or mistakes in the answer key, or the assignments are confusing for students or poorly designed. But I think her work is exceptional!

If you are preparing for the Short Stories block, here are the stories for which she has resources on TpT (as of Apr 4, 2023). They tend to be $3.00 or $3.50:

Supertoys Last All Summer Long by Brian Aldiss

Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov

Marionettes, Inc. by Ray Bradbury

The Veldt by Ray Bradbury

The Bet by Anton Chekhov

Désirée’s Baby by Kate Chopin

The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl

The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Click-Clack the Rattlebag by Neil Gaiman

A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

The Last Leaf by O. Henry

"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes

The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst

Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

The Doll's House by Katherine Mansfield

The Interlopers by Saki (H.H. Munro)

The Storyteller by Saki (H.H. Munro)

The All-American Slurp by Lensey Namioka

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

The Feather Pillow by Horacio Quiroga

Sticks by George Saunders (here's the story)

The Rules of the Game, a piece from The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The Egg by Andy Weir

She also has Author Study resources for Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Anton Chekhov, Roald Dahl, Guy de Maupassant, Neil Gaiman, Susan Glaspell, O. Henry, Langston Hughes, Washington Irving, Katherine Mansfield, Saki (H.H. Munro), Edgar Allan Poe, Horacio Quiroga, George Saunders, Amy Tan, Leo Tolstoy, and Andy Weir... plus a variety of activities that could be applied to any short story. Enjoy!

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