Imagine a world where students not only never ever said, "imagery is when a writer paints a picture in the reader's mind," but a world in which they understood what imagery was and why it's important in determining the theme of a short story.

Use these short stories to teach imagery and a bunch of other literary elements.

1. "A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
2. "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst
3. "A White Heron" by Sarah Orne Jewett
4. "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
5. Bonus: The Poems of Emily Dickinson

Each unit contains lesson plans, graphic organizer handouts with answer keys, essay rubrics, a summary and analysis of the story, discussion ideas, a quiz, and oh so much more.