The short story, “The Lady, or the Tiger?” is a fun short story to use in middle school and high school classes. Assuming students aren’t frustrated with the ambiguous ending!
Alternate Ending Project
The ending is a key component in the story, but students might enjoy writing a different ending. They can choose a pivotal point in the story and write a different ending. Students reference details from the text in their project, but they have lots of room for creativity.
Buy the Alternate Ending Projects, with narrative instructions and rubric, plus graphic novel with instructions and rubric.
Alternate Point of View Writing
Writing from an alternate point of view is a good activity for students. Two options with this story are to write from the point of view of the young man or the point of view of an audience member. Consider what the character knows, or doesn’t know, based on their point of view. This project can be done as written narrative or, for variety, as a multimedia project.
These resource are included as two of 9 options in the Culminating Projects set.
Infographic Activity
Infographics make for a fun visual activity that still includes analysis of the text. Students can create a literary infographic identifying story elements and events from the text, demonstrating their understanding in this creative form.
This resource is included as one of 9 options in the Culminating Projects set.
Literary Essay Writing
Short stories are great for working on literary analysis. The short form makes it easy to work with finding evidence for a response. For this story, students might evaluate the impact of the ending or analyze the theme.
Buy the Literary Essay resource, with planning worksheet, choice of four topics, and rubric.
The items listed in this post are sold in the money saving “The Lady, or The Tiger?” Activities Bundle PDF. Great for building a unit including “They Lady, or The Tiger ” by Frank R. Stockton.