Prentice Hall Literature

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780131804333
• ISBN10: 0131804332
• Edition: Student
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

Table of Contents

Theme: Coming of Age
Why Read Literature?	2	(1)
How to Read Literature: Literal Comprehension Strategies	3	(3)
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh . . . Short Story	6	(10)
Ray Bradbury
Connections Literature and Social Studies
An Episode of War . . . Short Story	16	(6)
Stephen Crane
Charles . . . Short Story	22	(10)
Shirley Jackson
from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings . . . Autobiography	32	(12)
Maya Angelou
Comparing Literary Works
The Road Not Taken . . . Poem	44	(2)
Robert Frost
All But Blind . . . Poem	46	(2)
Walter de la Mare
The Choice . . . Poem	48	(6)
Dorothy Parker
from E-mail from Bill Gates . . . Article	54	(8)
John Seabrook
Reading Informational Materials
How to Be Polite Online . . . Magazine Article	62	(6)
Virginia Shea
Comparing Literary Works
Grandma Ling . . . Poem	68	(2)
Amy Ling
Old Man . . . Poem	70	(2)
Ricardo Sanchez
The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson . . . Folk Tale	72	(6)
Leo Tolstoy
Comparing Literary Works
Ring Out, Wild Bells . . . Poem	78	(1)
Alfred
Lord Tennyson
Winter Moon . . . Poem	79	(1)
Langston Hughes
Poets to Come . . . Poem	80	(4)
Walt Whitman
Reading Informational Material
A Tour on the Prairies . . . Eyewitness Account	84	(16)
Washington Irving
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Narration: Autobiographical Writing	88	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Organizing and Presenting a Narrative Presentation	92	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Context Clues	93	(3)
Theme: Meeting Challenges
Why Read Literature?	96	(1)
How to Read Literature: Literal Comprehension Strategies	97	(3)
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi . . . Autobiography	100	(12)
Mark Twain
Reading Informational Materials
Employment Contract . . . Contract	112	(6)
The Secret . . . Short Story	118	(12)
Arthur C. Clarke
Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom . . . Social Studies Article	130	(14)
Ann Petry
Comparing Literary Works
Columbus . . . Poem	144	(2)
Joaquin Miller
Western Wagons . . . Poem	146	(2)
Stephen Vincent Benet
The Other Pioneers . . . Poem	148	(8)
Roberto Felix Salazar
Up the Slide . . . Short Story	156	(10)
Jack London
Connections Literature Past and Present
from Hatchet . . . Contemporary Fiction	166	(6)
Gary Paulsen
Thank You, M'am . . . Short Story	172	(10)
Langston Hughes
Flowers for Algernon . . . Short Story	182	(32)
Daniel Keyes
Reading Informational Materials
The Underground Railroad . . . Research Report	214	(16)
Robert W. Peterson
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Description: Descriptive Essay	218	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Critical Listening	222	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Analyzing Information	223	(3)
Theme: Quest for Justice
Why Read Literature?	226	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Constructing Meaning	227	(3)
Brown vs. Board of Education . . . Analytic Essay	230	(12)
Walter Dean Myers
A Retrieved Reformation . . . Short Story	242	(14)
O. Henry
Comparing Literary Works
from Lincoln: A Photobiography . . . Biography	256	(5)
Russell Freedman
O Captain! My Captain! . . . Poem	261	(7)
Walt Whitman
Comparing Literary Works
Gentleman of Rio en Medio . . . Short Story	268	(4)
Juan A. Sedillo
Saving the Wetlands . . . Article	272	(10)
Barbara A. Lewis
Reading Informational Materials
Analysis of a Legislative Bill . . . Public Document	282	(6)
Raymond's Run . . . Short Story	288	(14)
Toni Cade Bambara
Paul Revere's Ride . . . Poem	302	(8)
Henry Wadsworth
Connections Literature and History
The Deposition: Draft . . . Autobiographical Narrative	310	(6)
Paul Revere
Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin . . . Article	316	(10)
Brent Ashabranner
Reading Informational Materials
Accidental Entrepreneurs . . . Documentary Transcript	326	(16)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Business Letter	330	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering an Informational Presentation	334	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Identifying the Main Idea	335	(3)
Theme: From Sea to Shining Sea
Why Read Literature?	338	(1)
How to Read Literature: Interactive Reading Strategies	339	(3)
from The People, Yes . . . Poem	342	(8)
Carl Sandburg
from Travels with Charley . . . Autobiography	350	(14)
John Steinbeck
Comparing Literary Works
Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. . . . Essay	364	(4)
Alice Walker
Ellis Island . . . Poem	368	(2)
Joseph Bruchac
Achieving the American Dream . . . Essay	370	(2)
Mario Cuomo
The New Colossus . . . Poem	372	(4)
Emma Lazarus
Connections Literature and Culture
Ellis Island and Angel Island	376	(4)
Comparing Literary Works
A Ribbon for Baldy . . . Short Story	380	(4)
Jesse Stuart
The White Umbrella . . . Short Story	384	(14)
Gish Jen
Comparing Literary Works
Taught Me Purple . . . Poem	398	(1)
Evelyn Tooley Hunt
The City Is So Big . . . Poem	399	(1)
Richard Garcia
Those Winter Sundays . . . Poem	400	(4)
Robert Hayden
Reading Informational Materials
Arguments in Favor of a Sixteenth Amendment . . . Persuasive Speech	404	(4)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Reading Informational Materials
Darkness at Noon . . . Persuasive Essay	408	(16)
Harold Krents
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Persuasive Composition	412	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering a Persuasive Speech	416	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Identifying the Best Summary	417	(3)
Theme: Extraordinary Occurrences
Why Read Literature?	420	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Critically	421	(3)
from An American Childhood . . . Autobiography	424	(8)
Annie Dillard
Connections Literature and Popular Culture
Stephen King: His Books, His Life, His Wife . . . Interview	432	(6)
Comparing Literary Works
What Stumped the Blue Jays . . . Short Story	438	(5)
Mark Twain
Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall . . . Cause-and-Effect Essay	443	(9)
Diane Ackerman
Comparing Literary Works
Southbound on the Freeway . . . Poem	452	(2)
May Swenson
Los New Yorks . . . Poem	454	(2)
Victor Hernandez Cruz
The Story-Teller . . . Poem	456	(6)
Mark Van Doren
The Adventure of the Speckled Band . . . Short Story	462	(26)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Reading Informational Materials
How to Use a Microscope . . . Technical Directions	488	(6)
Kristeen Rogers
Comparing Literary Works
from Woodsong . . . Autobiography	494	(4)
Gary Paulsen
Mushrooms . . . Poem	498	(2)
Sylvia Plath
Southern Mansion . . . Poem	500	(2)
Arna Bontemps
The Bat . . . Poem	502	(4)
Theodore Roethke
Reading Informational Materials
A Simple Shadow Puppet . . . Instructions	506	(16)
David Currell
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Explanation of a Process	510	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Evaluating an Informational Presentation	514	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Interpreting Visual Aids	515	(3)
Genre: Short Stories
Why Read Literature?	518	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Fiction	519	(3)
The Tell-Tale Heart . . . Plot	522	(12)
Edgar Allan Poe
Comparing Literary Works
The Day I Got Lost . . . Character	534	(5)
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Hamadi . . . Character	539	(11)
Naomi Shihab Nye
Reading Informational Materials
Map and Directions to the Monterey Bay Aquarium . . . Internet Map and Directions	550	(6)
Comparing Literary Works
The Finish of Patsy Barnes . . . Setting	556	(8)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Tears of Autumn . . . Setting	564	(12)
Yoshiko Uchida
Comparing Literary Works
The Story-Teller . . . Theme	576	(6)
Saki (H. H. Munro)
The Medicine Bag . . . Theme	582	(12)
Hawk Sneve
Connections Literature and Culture
from My Own True Name . . . Essay	594	(4)
Pat Mora
Reading Informational Materials
from Sharing in the American Dream . . . Speech	598	(16)
Colin Powell
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Narration: Short Story	602	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Storytelling	606	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Identifying Cause and Effect	607	(3)
Genre: Nonfiction
Why Read Literature?	610	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Nonfiction	611	(3)
Animal Craftsmen . . . Reflective Essay	614	(10)
Bruce Brooks
Comparing Literary Works
Baseball . . . Autobiography	624	(4)
Lionel G. Garcia
from One Writer's Beginning . . . Autobiography	628	(8)
Eudora Welty
Comparing Literary Works
Hokusai: The Old Man Mad About Drawing . . . Biography	636	(3)
Stephen Longstreet
Not to Go With the Others . . . Biography	639	(9)
John Hersey
Comparing Literary Works
Forest Fire . . . Descriptive Essay	648	(4)
Anais Nin
Debbie . . . Narrative Essay	652	(10)
James Herriot
Reading Informational Material
Fire Extinguisher Warranty and How to Operate Your Extinguisher in a Fire Emergency . . . Warranty and Product Directions	662	(6)
Comparing Literary Works
The Trouble with Television . . . Speech	668	(4)
Robert MacNeil
The American Dream . . . Persuasive Essay	672	(6)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Connections Literature and Culture
from A Painted House . . . Contemporary Fiction	678	(4)
John Grisham
Reading Informational Materials
Why Is the Sea Blue? . . . Cause-and-Effect Essay	682	(18)
Denis Wallis
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Research: Research Report	686	(6)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering a Research Presentation	692	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Distinguishing Fact From Opinion	693	(3)
Genre: Drama
Why Read Literature?	696	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Drama	697	(3)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Act I . . . Drama	700	(49)
Act II . . . Drama	749	(33)
Summary of The Diary of Anne Frank . . . Summary	782	(4)
Literature and Film
from Life Is Beautiful . . . Screenplay	786	(8)
Roberto Benigni
Vincenzo Cerami
Introducing Natty Bumppo . . . Response to Literature	794	(16)
May Lamberton Becker
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Response to Literature: Critical Review	798	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Delivering an Oral Response to Literature	802	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Sentence Construction	803	(3)
Genre: Poetry
Why Read Literature?	806	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Poetry	807	(3)
The Secret Heart . . . Lyric Poem	810	(8)
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Comparing Literary Works
The Wreck of the Hesperus . . . Ballad	818	(6)
Henry Wadsworth
The Centaur . . . Narrative Poem	824	(10)
May Swenson
Comparing Literary Works
Harlem Night Song . . . Lyric Poem	834	(2)
Langston Hughes
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind . . . Lyric Poem	836	(2)
William Shakespeare
January . . . Lyric Poem	838	(2)
John Updike
love is a place . . . Lyric Poem	840	(8)
E. E. Cummings
Comparing Literary Works
Ode to Enchanted Light . . . Ode	848	(1)
Pablo Neruda
Two Haiku . . . Haiku	849	(1)
Basho
Moritake
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways . . . Elegy	850	(1)
William Wordsworth
from John Brown's Body . . . Epic	851	(2)
Stephen Vincent Benet
Harriet Beecher Stowe . . . Sonnet	853	(1)
Paul Laurence Dunbar
400-Meter Free Style . . . Concrete Poem	854	(6)
Maxine Kumin
Reading Informational Materials
Stopwatch Operating Instructions and Warranty . . . Instructions and Warranties	860	(4)
Connections Literature and Culture
Haiku for the Olympics . . . Haiku	864	(4)
Comparing Literary Works
Silver . . . Sound Devices	868	(1)
Walter de la Mare
Forgotten Language . . . Sound Devices	869	(1)
Shel Silverstein
Drum Song . . . Sound Devices	870	(2)
Wendy Rose
If I can stop one Heart from breaking . . . Sound Devices	872	(6)
Emily Dickinson
Comparing Literary Works
New World . . . Imagery	878	(2)
N. Scott Momaday
Lyric 17 . . . Imagery	880	(2)
Jose Garcia Villa
For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties . . . Imagery	882	(8)
Alice Walker
Comparing Literary Works
The Dark Hills . . . Figurative Language	890	(2)
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Incident in a Rose Garden . . . Figurative Language	892	(6)
Donald Justice
Reading Informational Materials
Are Animals Smart? . . . Comparison-and-Contrast Essay	898	(16)
Bruce Brooks
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay	902	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Evaluating Media Messages	906	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Appropriate Usage	907	(3)
Genre: The American Folk Tradition
Why Read Literature?	910	(1)
How to Read Literature: Strategies for Reading Folk Literature	911	(3)
Comparing Literary Works
Chicoria . . . Mexican American Cuento	914	(3)
Jose Griego y Maestas
Rudolfo A. Anaya
Brer Possum's Dilemma . . . African American Tale	917	(3)
Jackie Torrence
Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon . . . Native American Myth	920	(3)
Richard Erdoes
Alfonso Ortiz
Why the Waves Have Whitecaps . . . African American Tale	923	(5)
Zora Neale Hurston
Reading Informational Materials
Student Government Bylaws . . . Technical Document	928	(6)
Comparing Literary Works
John Henry . . . Ballad	934	(4)
Pecos Bill: The Cyclone . . . Tall Tale	938	(7)
Harold W. Felton
Paul Bunyan of the North Woods . . . Tall Tale	945	(3)
Carl Sandburg
Davy Crockett's Dream . . . Tall Tale	948	(6)
Davy Crockett
Connections Literature and History
from The Right Stuff . . . Nonfiction	954	(4)
Tom Wolfe
Reading Informational Materials
Crime-Solving Procedures for the Modern Detective . . . Training Manual	958	(9)
Skills Workshops
Writing Workshop: Exposition: Guidelines and Rules	962	(4)
Listening and Speaking Workshop: Multimedia Presentation	966	(1)
Assessment Workshop: Spelling, Capitalization, and Punctuation	967