So you’re going to teach Kate Chopin's “The Story of an Hour.” Whether it’s your first or hundredth time, Chopin’s short story has been a mainstay of English classrooms for generations....

The first paragraph of the story consists of a single sentence that communicates several pieces of information. What facts do you learn from the sentence? What can you infer from it? Who are...

Why was Mrs. Mallard’s family worried about telling her of her husband’s death? Mrs. Mallard had heart trouble, so her family was concerned about how the news would affect her. What was the manner...