A very brief organizer in which students can list examples from their current reading selection which represent elements from the folk tale, such as the supernatural, good over evil, and moral lessons.

Spooky stories featuring the supernatural were all the rage during the darkest time of the year. Towards the end of each year, as fireplaces are lit and hot cocoa is made, Americans have made it a tradition to revisit their favorite...

Lesson explores the genre of Gothic literature. Includes discussion of Frankenstein, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allen Poe among others.

Read the full text of the first three John Silence stories in "Three More John Silence Stories" written by the British writer of supernatural tales Algernon Blackwood.

Read the eerie short story "A Child of the Rain" by Ella W. Peattie a supernatural tale about a strange, destitute child who appears spectrally on a late-night streetcar.