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Theme: On the Edge

Why Read Literature?

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Literal Comprehension Strategies

(3)

Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket . . . Short Story

(24)

Jack Finney

Reading Informational Materials: Business Documents Business Letter and Memorandum

(5)

Comparing Literary Works

from View From the Summit . . . Nonfiction

(7)

Sir Edmund Hillary

Connections: Literature and Geography from Into Thin Air . . . Nonfiction

(2)

Jon Krakauer

The Dream Comes True from The Tiger of the Snows . . . Nonfiction

(11)

Tenzing Norgay

James Ramsey Ullman

Comparing Literary Works

The Monkey's Paw . . . Short Story

(9)

W. W. Jacobs

The Bridegroom . . . Poem

(11)

Alexander Pushkin

from A Walk to the Jetty from Annie John . . . Fiction

(12)

Jamaica Kincaid

The Masque of the Red Death . . . Short Story

(12)

Edgar Allan Poe

Comparing Literary Works

Spring and All . . . Poem

(1)

William Carlos Williams

Fear . . . Poem

(1)

Gabriela Mistral

The street . . . Poem

(6)

Octavio Paz

Comparing Literary Works

Two Friends . . . Short Story

102

(7)

Guy de Maupassant

Damon and Pythias . . . Myth

109

(19)

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Narration: Autobiographical Narrative

116

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering a Narrative

120

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Context Clues and Word Meanings

121

(3)

Theme: Striving for Success

Why Read Literature?

124

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Interactive Reading Strategies

125

(3)

from In Commemoration: One Million Volumes . . . Nonfiction

128

(10)

Rudolfo A. Anaya

How Much Land Does a Man Need? . . . Short Story

138

(20)

Leo Tolstoy

Comparing Literary Works

Success is counted sweetest . . . Poem

158

(1)

Emily Dickinson

I dwell in Possibility--- . . . Poem

159

(1)

Uncoiling . . . Poem

160

(2)

Pat Mora

Columbus Dying . . . Poem

162

(6)

Vassar Miller

from My Left Foot . . . Nonfiction

168

(14)

Christy Brown

Connections: Literature and Media

Daniel Day-Lewis Plays Christy Brown

178

(4)

A Visit to Grandmother . . . Short Story

182

(14)

William Melvin Kelley

Comparing Literary Works

After Apple-Picking . . . Poem

196

(3)

Robert Frost

Mowing Poem

198

(1)

Style . . . Essay

199

(1)

Maya Angelou

At Harvesttime . . . Essay

200

(6)

The Apple Tree . . . Short Story

206

(10)

Katherine Mansfield

Comparing Literary Works

Africa . . . Poem

216

(1)

David Diop

Old Song . . . Poem

217

(1)

All . . . Poem

218

(1)

Bei Dao

Also All . . . Poem

219

(1)

Shu Ting

from The Analects . . . Nonfiction

220

(22)

Confucius

Reading Informational Materials: Product Information Instructions and Warranty

227

(3)

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Exposition: How-to Essay

230

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Descriptive Presentation

234

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Facts and Details

235

(3)

Theme: Clashing Forces

Why Read Literature?

238

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Interactive Reading Strategies

239

(3)

Through the Tunnel . . . Short Story

242

(14)

Doris Lessing

The Dog That Bit People . . . Essay

256

(10)

James Thurber

Comparing Literary Works

Conscientious Objector . . . Poem

266

(1)

Edna St. Vincent Millay

A Man . . . Poem

267

(1)

Nina Cassian

The Weary Blues . . . Poem

268

(2)

Langston Hughes

Jazz Fantasia . . . Poem

270

(5)

Carl Sandburg

Reading Informational Materials: Newspaper Features Feel the City's Pulse? It's Be-bop, Man!

275

(5)

Ann Douglas

Comparing Literary Works

Like the Sun . . . Short Story

280

(4)

R. K. Narayan

Tell all the Truth but tell it slant--- . . . Poem

284

(6)

Emily Dickinson

Comparing Literary Works

Hearts and Hands . . . Short Story

290

(3)

O. Henry

The Fish . . . Poem

293

(7)

Elizabeth Bishop

Comparing Literary Works

from Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese-American Family . . . Nonfiction

300

(8)

Yoshiko Uchida

Speech on Japanese American Internment . . . Nonfiction

308

(4)

Gerald Ford

Connections: Literature and History from Snow Falling on Cedars . . . Novel

312

(6)

David Guterson

The Cabuliwallah . . . Short Story

318

(24)

Rabindranath Tagore

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Persuasive Essay

330

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering Persuasive Arguments

334

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Stated and Implied Main Ideas

335

(3)

Theme: Turning Points

Why Read Literature?

338

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Critically

339

(3)

from Speak, Memory . . . Nonfiction

342

(10)

Vladimir Nabokov

Games at Twilight . . . Short Story

352

(14)

Anita Desai

Comparing Literary Works

The Bridge . . . Poem

366

(1)

Leopold Staff

The Old Stoic . . . Poem

367

(1)

Emily Bronte

I Am Not One of Those Who Left the Land . . . Poem

368

(1)

Anna Akhmatova

Speech During the Invasion of Constantinople . . . Speech

369

(7)

Empress Theodora

The Good Deed . . . Short Story

376

(22)

Pearl S. Buck

Comparing Literary Works

Thoughts of Hanoi . . . Poem

398

(3)

Nguyen Thi Vinh

Auto Wreck . . . Poem

401

(1)

Karl Shapiro

Pride . . . Poem

402

(2)

Dahlia Ravikovitch

Before the Law . . . Parable

404

(7)

Franz Kafka

Reading Informational Materials: Persuasive Articles

65-MPH Speed Limit Is Saving Lives

411

(3)

Charles Lave

Connections: Literature and History

Calling Home from Going After Cacciato

414

(16)

Tim O'Brien

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Narration: Reflective Essay

418

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Comparing Media Coverage

422

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Cause and Effect

423

(3)

Theme: Expanding Horizons

Why Read Literature?

426

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Fiction

427

(3)

The Widow and the Parrot . . . Short Story

430

(14)

Virginia Woolf

Civil Peace . . . Short Story

444

(12)

Chinua Achebe

Comparing Literary Works

How to React to Familiar Faces . . . Essay

456

(2)

Umberto Eco

The Bean Eaters . . . Poem

458

(6)

Gwendolyn Brooks

Comparing Literary Works

A Picture From the Past: Emily Dickinson . . . Essay

464

(2)

Reynolds Price

What Makes a Degas a Degas? . . . Essay

466

(8)

Richard Muhlberger

Connections: Literature and Humanities

from Angela's Ashes . . . Autobiography

474

(10)

Frank McCourt

The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog . . . Myth

484

(14)

The Street of the Canon from Mexican Village . . . Short Story

498

(14)

Josephina Niggli

Comparing Literary Works

A Storm in the Mountains . . . Prose

512

(1)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

In the Orchard . . . Poem

513

(1)

Henrik Ibsen

A Tree Telling of Orpheus . . . Poem

514

(9)

Denise Levertov

Reading Informational Materials: Cause-and-Effect Articles

Lightning and Thunder

523

(17)

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Research Writing

526

(6)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyzing Types of Arguments

532

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Graphic Aids

533

(3)

Genre: Short Stories

Why Read Literature?

536

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Constructing Meaning

537

(3)

The Open Window . . . Plot

540

(10)

Saki (H. H. Munro)

Leiningen Versus the Ants . . . Conflict

550

(26)

Carl Stephenson

By the Waters of Babylon . . . Point of View

576

(20)

Stephen Vincent Benet

Reading Informational Materials: Web Sites Egyptology Resources Web Site

591

(5)

Comparing Literary Works

A Problem . . . Character

596

(8)

Anton Chekhov

Luck . . . Character

604

(10)

Mark Twain

Comparing Literary Works

There Will Come Soft Rains . . . Setting

614

(7)

Ray Bradbury

The Garden of Stubborn Cats . . . Setting

621

(11)

Italo Calvino

Connections: Literature and Technology

from The Future of Luxury

632

(6)

Hans Enzensberger

Comparing Literary Works

The Princess and All the Kingdom . . . Theme

638

(3)

Par Lagerkvist

The Censors . . . Theme

641

(19)

Luisa Valenzuela

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Narration: Short Story

648

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Effective Listening

652

(1)

Assessment: Forms of Propaganda

653

(3)

Genre: Nonfiction

Why Read Literature?

656

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Nonfiction

657

(3)

The Marginal World . . . Expository Essay

660

(11)

Rachel Carson

Reading Informational Materials: Brochures

Aquarium of the Pacific . . . Brochure

671

(5)

Comparing Literary Works

from The Way to Rainy Mountain . . . Reflective Essay

676

(7)

N. Scott Momaday

from Nobel Lecture . . . Persuasive Essay

683

(4)

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Keep Memory Alive . . . Persuasive Essay

687

(7)

Elie Wiesel

Comparing Literary Works

A Child's Christmas in Wales . . . Autobiography

694

(8)

Dylan Thomas

Marian Anderson: Famous Concert Singer . . . Biography

702

(10)

Langston Hughes

Flood . . . Descriptive Essay

712

(12)

Annie Dillard

Mothers & Daughters . . . Visual Essay

724

(10)

Tillie Olsen

Estelle Jussim

Connections: Literature and Art The Life and Times of Mary Cassatt

730

(4)

Comparing Literary Works

Star Wars---A Trip to a Far Galaxy That's Fun and Funny . . . Critical Review

734

(3)

Vincent Canby

Star Wars: Breakthrough Film Still Has the Force . . . Critical Review

737

(11)

Roger Ebert

Comparing Literary Works

Imitating Nature's Mineral Artistry . . . Technical Article

748

(5)

Paul O'Neil

Work That Counts . . . Technical Article

753

(19)

Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay

758

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Analyze a Media Presentation

762

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Comparing and Contrasting

763

(3)

Genre: Drama

Why Read Literature?

766

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Drama

767

(1)

Greek Theater

768

(4)

Antigone

Sophocles

Prologue Through Scene 2 . Protagonist and Antagonist

772

(19)

Scenes 3 Through 5 . . . Tragic Character

791

(22)

Reading Informational Materials: Arts-and-Leisure Articles

Private Horror Made Public

813

(1)

Ben Brantley

After 1,500 Years, Colosseum Reopens for Shows

814

(8)

Ben Brantley

William Shakespeare

816

(2)

Shakespeare on Stage

818

(4)

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

Act I . . . Exposition in Drama

822

(19)

Act II . . . Blank Verse

841

(20)

Act III . . . Dramatic Speeches

861

(21)

Connections: Literature and History

Eulogy for a Fallen Leader (Yitzhak Rabin)

882

(46)

Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof

Act IV . . . Conflict

884

(17)

Act V . . . Tragedy

901

(15)

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Response to Literature

916

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Oral Response to Literature

920

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Characteristics of Text

921

(3)

Genre: Poetry

Why Read Literature?

924

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Poetry

925

(3)

The Stolen Child . . . Atmosphere

928

(6)

William Butler Yeats

Connections: Literature and Music

Cat's in the Cradle . . . Song

934

(4)

Harry

Sandy Chapin

Comparing Literary Works

In Flanders Fields . . . Musical Devices

938

(1)

John McCrae

The Kraken . . . Musical Devices

939

(1)

Alfred

Lord Tennyson

Meeting at Night . . . Musical Devices

940

(1)

Robert Browning

Reapers . . . Musical Devices

941

(1)

Jean Toomer

Prayer of First Dancers . . . Musical Devices

942

(8)

Comparing Literary Works

The Wind---tapped like a tired Man . . . Figurative Language

950

(1)

Emily Dickinson

A Pace Like That . . . Figurative Language

951

(1)

Yehuda Amichai

Metaphor . . . Figurative Language

952

(2)

Eve Merriam

Right Hand . . . Figurative Language

954

(6)

Philip Fried

Comparing Literary Works

La Belle Dame sans Merci . . . Narrative Poem

960

(3)

John Keats

Danny Deever . . . Dramatic Poem

963

(7)

Rudyard Kipling

Comparing Literary Works

Jade Flower Palace . . . Lyric Poem

970

(1)

Tu Fu

The Moon at the Fortified Pass . . . Lyric Poem

971

(1)

Li Po

The Guitar . . . Lyric Poem

972

(2)

Federico Garcia Lorca

What Are Friends For . . . Free Verse

974

(1)

Rosellen Brown

Making a Fist . . . Free Verse

975

(1)

Naomi Shihab Nye

Some Like Poetry . . . Free Verse

976

(5)

Wislawa Szymborska

Reading Informational Materials: Historical Essays

The History of the Guitar

981

(5)

Thomas A. Hill

Comparing Literary Works

The Waking . . . Poetic Forms

986

(2)

Theodore Roethke

Tanka . . . Poetic Forms

988

(1)

Ki no Tsurayuki

Tanka . . . Poetic Forms

988

(1)

Priest Jakuren

Haiku . . . Poetic Forms

989

(1)

Matsuo Basho

Haiku . . . Poetic Forms

989

(1)

Kobayashi Issa

Sonnet 18 . . . Poetic Forms

990

(16)

William Shakespeare

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Writing for Assessment

994

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Multimedia Presentation

998

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Analyzing an Author's Meaning

999

(3)

Genre: Epics and Legends

Why Read Literature?

1002

(1)

How to Read Literature: Use Strategies for Reading Epics and Legends

1003

(3)

from Don Quixote . . . Parody

1006

(14)

Miguel de Cervantes

Comparing Literary Works

Morte d'Arthur . . . Legend

1020

(10)

Alfred

Lord Tennyson

Arthur Becomes King of Britain from The Once and Future King . . . Legend

1030

(16)

T. H. White

Connections: Literature and Media

Star Wars: An Epic for Today . . . Essay

1046

(6)

Eric P. Nash

Rama's Initiation from the Ramayana . . . Epic Hero

1052

(12)

R. K. Narayan

from Sundiata: An Epic of Old Mali . . . Epic Conflict

1064

(13)

D. T. Niane

Reading Informational Materials: Reference Materials

Mali . . . Atlas

1077

(8)

Dorling Kindersley

Skills Workshops

Writing Workshop: Letter to the Editor

1080

(4)

Listening and Speaking Workshop: Interviewing Techniques

1084

(1)

Assessment Workshop: Organization

1085

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