Glencoe Literature, Course 4, Student Edition
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- ISBN: 9780078779787 | 0078779782
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 5/21/2008
Glencoe Literature is a series covering grades 6-12 and World Literature. It contains a comprehensive collection of outstanding literature and connected, relevant nonfiction. Throughout the program, there is strong, integrated skill instruction in literary analysis, literary elements, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary.
Unit 1 The Short Story
The Jump Leo Tolstoy Short Story
Part 1 Matters of Life and Death
Literary Focus: Plot and Setting
The Lady, or the Tiger? Frank R. Stockton Short Story
The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell Short Story
The Leap Louise Erdrich Short Story
Vocabulary Workshop: Academic Vocabulary
The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allen Poe Short Story
Vocabulary Workshop: Homonyms and Homophones
Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird Toni Cade Bambara Short Story
The Interlopers Saki Short Story
TIME: Shattered Christopher Batin
Part 2 Rewards and Sacrifices
Literary Focus: Character and Theme
Rules of the Game Amy Tan Short Story
Grammar Workshop: Sentence Combining
The Gift of the Magi O. Henry Short Story
Vocabulary Workshop: Dictionary Use
Comparing Literature: Liberty Julia Alvarez Short Story
Comparing Literature: The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl Elizabeth Wong Memoir
Comparing Literature: Legal Alien Pat Mora Poem
Sweet Potatoe Pie Eugenia Collier Short Story
Grammar Workshop: Misplaced Modifiers
The Scarlet Ibis James Hurst Short Story
Vocabulary Workshop: Multiple-Meaning Words
The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant W.D. Wetherell Short Story
Part 3 Dreams and Reality
Literary Focus: Narrator and Voice
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber Short Story
Grammar Workshop: Run-on Sentences
The Necklace Guy De Maupassant Short Story
American History Judith Ortiz Cofer Short Story
Historical Perspective: The Drums of Washington Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Memoir
Mrs. James Alice Childress Short Story
The Son from America Isaac Bashevis Singer Short Story
Writing Workshop: Response to Literature
Professional Model: On "The Aleph" Oscar Hijuelos Essay
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Discuss Ideas About Literature
Independent Reading
Assessment
from The Lumber Room Saki Short Story
Unit 2 Nonfiction
Literary Analysis Model: from On Finding a Latino Voice Julia Alvarez Essay
Part 1 Looking into Lives
Literary Focus: Autobiography and Biography
Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties Yoshiko Uchida Memoir
Only Daughter Sandra Cisneros Memoir
A Brother's Crime James Cross Giblin Biography
Visual Perspective: from The Murder of Abraham Lincoln Rick Geary Graphic Novel
from Black Boy Richard Wright Autobiography
Grammar Workshop: Dialogue and Speaker Tags
Escape from Afghanistan Farah Ahmedi Autobiography
Media Workshop: Compare Media Genres
Part 2 On the Move
Literary Focus: Personal and Expository Essay
from All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Maya Angelou Essay
Walking Linda Hogan Essay
Grammar Workshop: Clauses and Phrases
Sayonara Anne Morrow Lindbergh Essay
from Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer Essay
TIME: Adventure to Antarctica Rob Johnson
Vocabulary Workshop: Jargon
Part 3 Finding Common Ground
Literary Focus: Persuasive Essay and Speech
A New Generation of Americans John F. Kennedy Speech
That One Man's Profit is Another's Loss Michel De Montaigne Essay
Daylight Saving Benjamin Franklin Letter
Comparing Literature: Thoughts on Fenway Park Various Opinion
Comparing Literature: Taxpayers will get a return on investment John L. Harrington Article
Comparing Literature: Other revenue sources should be pursued William M. Straus Article
Put Down the Backpack Anna Quindlen Speech
Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative
Professional Model: A Day of Pleasures Isaac Bashevis Singer Memoir
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Narrative Presentation
Independent Reading
Assessment
from To Be Young, Gifted, and Black Lorraine Hansberry Memoir
Unit 3 Poetry
Genre Focus
Literary Analysis Model: The Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem
Part 1 Nature Inspires
Literary Focus: Form and Structure
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth Poem
who are you, little i E.E. Cummings Poem
1(a Poem
A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns Poem
A Noiseless Patient Spider Walt Whitman Poem
TIME: The Island Within Leslie Marshall
Comparing Literature: An Indian Summer Day on the Prarie Vachel Lindsay Poem
Comparing Literature: On Summer Lorraine Hansberry Essay
Comparing Literature: Monument Natasha Trethewey Poem
The Black Snake Mary Oliver Poem
The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry Poem
Grammar Workshop: Subject-Verb Agreement
Haiku Matsuo Basho Haiku
Haiku Katy Peake Haiku
Haiku Chiyo Haiku
Peace Paula Yup Haiku
Vocabulary Workshop: Thesaurus Use
Part 2 Life Lessons
How Things Work Gary Soto Poem
I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid Alma Luz Villanueva Poem
Choices Nikki Giovanni Poem
"Hope" is the thing with feathers- Emily Dickenson Poem
I'm Nobody! Who are you? Emily Dickenson Poem
Defining the Grateful Gesture Yvonne Sapia Poem
Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem
Remember Joy Harjo Poem
The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Poem
Time Joseph Bruchac Poem
Theme for English B Langston Hughes Poem
The Secret Denise Levertov Poem
Part 3 The Strength of Family
Literary Focus: Sound Devices
Grape Sherbet Rita Dove Poem
"Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning" Alice Walker Poem
Where Are Those Songs? Micere Githae Mugo Poem
My Mother Combs My Hari Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Poem
Visual Perspective: from Bone: Out from Boneville Jeff Smith Graphic Novel
Lineage Margaret Smith Poem
Writing Workshop: Reflective Essay
Professional Model: Good Use for Bad Weather Donald Hall
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Reflective Presentation
Independent Reading
Assessment
Possum Crossing Nikki Giovanni
from The Laborious Ant Mark Twain
Unit 4 Drama
Genre Focus
Literary Analysis Model: from The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde
Part 1 The Power of Love
Literary Focus: Tragedy
Literary History: Shakespearian Drama
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Drama
TIME: A Long Overdue Encore Barry Hillenbrand
Grammar Workshop: Verb Tense
Comparing Literature: The Taxi Amy Lowell Poem
Comparing Literature: Counting the Beats Robert Graves Poem
Comparing Literature: The Princess and All the Kingdom Par Lagerkvist Modern Fable
Part 2 Awkward Encounters
Literary Focus: Comedy and Modern Drama
The Bear Anton Chekhov Drama
The Hitchhiker Lucille Fletcher Drama
Vocabulary Workshop: Denotation and Connotation
The Leader Eugene Ionesco Drama
Literary Perspective: How I Cam to the Theater Claude Bonnefoy with Eugene Ionesco Interview
Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Essay
Professional Model: from An Introduction to Shakespeare Marchette Chute Essay
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Literary Analysis
Independent Reading
Assessment
from In the Bear's House N. Scott Momoday Drama
The Traveling Bear Amy Lowell Poem
Unit 5 Epic and Myth
Genre Focus
Literary Analysis Model: from the Ramayana R.K. Narayan Epic
Part 1 Journeys
Literary Focus: Hero
Literary History: Homer and the Epic
from the Odyssey Homer Epic
Vocabulary Workshop: Word Origins: Words from Greek and Roman Mythology
Comparing Literature: An Ancient Gesture Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem
Comparing Literature: Ithaca C.P. Cavafy Poem
Comparing Literature: Waiting from The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood Myth
TIME: Leaving it All Behind Susan Jakes
Over Hill and Under Hill from The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Novel
Visual Perspective: from The Hobbit Charles Dixon Graphic Novel
Part 2 Courage and Cleverness
Literary Focus: Archetype
Perseus retold by Edith Hamilton Myth
Grammar Workshop: Transitional Expressions
The Fenris Wolf retold by Olivia Coolidge Myth
Vocabulary Workshop: Word Origins: Words from Norse Mythology
Coyote and Crow retold by Ella Clark Myth
Sweet Betsy from Pike Traditional Ballad
Writing Workshop: Research Report
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Multimedia Presentation
Independent Reading
Assessment
from The Apple of Discord Thomas Bulfinch
Unit 6 Genre Fiction
Genre Focus
Literary Analysis Model: from Buy Jupiter Isaac Asimov Short Story
Part 1 Our World and Beyond
Literary Focus: Description and Style
The Sentinel Sir Arthur C. Clarke Short Story
Historical Perspective: 2001: A Space Odyssey Roger Ebert Movie Review
Grammar Workshop: Commas with Items in a Series
He-y Come on Ou-t Shinichi Hoshi Modern Fable
Comparing Literature: In Memoriam Nancy Kress Short Story
Comparing Literature: The Gift Li-Young Lee Poem
Comparing Literature: Purchase Naomi Long Madgett Poem
The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind Ray Bradbury Modern Fable
Vocabulary Workshop: Loaded Words
The Red-Headed League Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story
TIME: Lost Apes of the Congo Stephan Faris
The Stolen Cigar Case Bret Harte Short Story
Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Editorial
Professional Model: from Decision Time for Space Exploration Scott Sheppard Editorial
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Persuasive Presentation
Independent Reading
Assessment
from Wasps' Nest Agatha Christie
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