Taylor Sapp - Stories Without End

Stories Without End

Taylor Sapp

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Early Praise for Stories Without End

I love the variety of topics and levels. The open-ended stories are especially fun and motivating.

Mina Gavell, ESL Instructor

Taylor's well-thought-out approach to using fiction in an ESOL environment really stands out. Having all the elements for introducing, discussing, and branching out from the reading in a self-contained package is very useful.

Andrew Lawrence., Professor, MA TESOL Program, Concordia University

I cannot wait to use Taylor's book with my students. His Stories Without End truly bring reading and writing together as a meaningful activity for lower- to intermediate-level learners in a way that few - if any - tasks do.

Verena Schfers Sutherland, MATESOL, PCC Newberb/Linfield College

The focus on engaging reading and writing materials is really what students need!

David Williams, English Professor, Dhofar University

"This book is a wonderful jumping point for creative writing in the classroom. You could use this book for any age/grade and adapt the expectation of a creative response to suit"

Carmen M., Educator

"Every classroom should own a copy of this book. Heck, All of us who journal or write for ourselves should won this book! I love the idea of story prompts."

Catherine H., Writer

I loved the stories and ideas in this book, definitely will be found in our library for me or other teachers to use as a resource. I hope more editions like this come out for next year.

Diane K., School Librarian

W hat make it interesting is that we created the end of the stories by ourselves.

Rasheed A.

I think it can give some thinking. I think these stories are easy to understand and it is good for students because if [the work] looks difficult, students think that they don't want to do it .... Key vocabularies also not too many, so students [will be motivated] to do this.

Honoka S.

[These stories] improved my reading speed and our useful to extend reading skills.

We can learn new words and develop creativity.

Copyright 2018 by Taylor Sapp

ISBN: 978-1-948492-12-6 (epub)

978-1-948492-13-3 (kindle)

978-1-948492-11-9 (paperback)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2018935996

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, introduced into, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise) without the prior written permission of the copyright holder.

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First Printing 2018

Published by:

Alphabet Publishing

1204 Main Street #172

Branford, Connecticut 06405 USA

info@alphabetpublishingbooks.com

www.alphabetpublishingbooks.com/

All images from DepositPhoto and Adobestock except:

Jack and the Beanstalk by Warwick Goble (Public Domain)

Authors photo by Taylor Sapp.

Dedication

Special thanks should be given to friends, family, teachers, and students who helped in the reading and testing of these stories!

Abdulaziz Albatli

Mona Alfayez

Sima Mansour Almashaf

Abdulelah Alsaed

Hussam Aljumah

Hanan Alrabiee

Rasheed Alrabiee

Ahmed Alrashed

Turki Althaqib

Juan Camilo Arieza-Lopez

Cassie Chia-Chi Chang

Wei Ling Chang

Katrina Cui

Ayumi Funakawa

Mina Gavell

Ryo Hatakeyama

Noriki Honsako

Seichiro Hori

Suzuna Kiso

Moeka Kudo

Peter Lacey

Andrew Lawrence

Atsushi Nakamura

Yui Okabe

Honoka Sato

Yurie Sato

Rika Yasukawa

My excellent publisher and editor, Walton Burns

And of course my family, Aya, Quinn, Noah, Susan, Parker, James, and Leslie

How to Use this Collection

T his book is a collection of 24 open-ended stories on some creative and unexpected topics, each followed by a number of discussion activities and creative projects. One of the big challenges as an ESL teacher is to get students to engage with literature. That is why the stories in this collection venture a bit outside the box, with topics designed to get them thinking in new ways. The stories in this book will challenge the students assumptions about gender roles, relationships, the meaning of success, and even reality itself. Students will be driven to engage with the stories, whether they agree or disagree with some of the views in them.