![]() ![]() ![]() When hard colloquial language is employed, it is appropriate to the characters and the story. The vocabulary in the selected stories is frequently challenging, but rarely crude. Without a doubt they are horrifying however, they also have important messages about good and evil and human motivation. The goal of this teacher's guide is to provide a selection of King's short stories that are appropriate for classroom use. When introduced as the first readings in a unit on horror and suspense in literature, King's short stories can be excellent springboards to the work of classic novelists. Because students are already familiar with King's work and are intrigued by the genre of horror, they are willing to analyze the stories and use them as a model for their own writing. However, King has many stories that are not only motivational, but worthy of study. His often strong language or the grossness of the horror in some of his stories may have been a barrier. Although most teachers recognize the motivational quality of King's work, many have not considered teaching it in the classroom. ![]() ![]() Because of his popularity with the young, assigning a Stephen King short story to a class will certainly appeal to even the most reluctant readers. High school students who have not read his novels have probably seen films based on them or others for which he has written the screenplays. There is no doubt that Stephen King is an incredibly popular author of horror short stories and novels. ![]()
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