Overview
Step into Stories is a complete resource for Years 7 – 10 students providing analytical, creative and comparative responses to prose fiction texts. It contains 20 short stories on a wide variety of themes and topics, written by well known, established and emerging writers.
Each story has been selected on its individual literary merit as well as its broad appeal to a teenage audience. The comprehensive activities offer independent and group learning opportunities and include text questions, contextualised grammar exercises and analytical exercises to name just a few!
Model responses, a glossary of terms, curriculum grids and a matrix of activities for teachers are provided to make it easier than ever for students and teachers to step into stories.
1 Playing games
2 Strange and supernatural
3 Scene at school
4 Teen scene
5 Scene of the crime
Elli Housden is an experienced English teacher and writer. She has shared her love of literature and writing with students in classrooms in Australia and the UK and published textbooks in both countries.