American 24-Karat Gold : 24 Classic American Short Stories
ISBN: 9780205823437 | 0205823432
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 2/2/2011
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Part of Longman#x19;s #x1C;Literature for College Readers#x1D; series, American 24-Karat Goldintroduces developmental readers to classic American short stories, with pedagogy to support their reading and comprehension and make the literary pieces accessible. The text includes a collection of American short stories by classic American writers (e.g., Mark Twain, O. Henry, Kate Chopin) along with diverse modern writers (e.g., Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, Amy Tan, Zora Neale Hurston, and Alice Walker). Each story contains pre-reading vocabulary exercis... MORE
| Intent and/or Tone Contents | p. x |
| Chronological Contents | p. xii |
| Foreword | p. xiii |
| Preface | p. xv |
| A Sample Lesson | p. 1 |
| ôRipe Figsö | p. 2 |
| Characters and Conflicts | p. 21 |
| ôThe Unexpectedö | p. 23 |
| Is Dorothea shallow or profoundingly honest? What do you think? | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 23 |
| ... MORE | p. 25 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 25 |
| ôThe Unexpectedö | p. 26 |
| Journal | p. 29 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 32 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 33 |
| Writing | p. 33 |
| ôA Worn Pathö | p. 34 |
| Old Phoenix overcomes challenge after challenge as she takes the reader on a journey to town. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 34 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 36 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 36 |
| ôA Worn Pathö | p. 37 |
| Journal | p. 45 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 48 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 49 |
| Writing | p. 49 |
| ôTwo Kindsö | p. 50 |
| Tensions between mother and child touch us all in this lively tale of hopes and aspirations. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 50 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 52 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 52 |
| ôTwo Kindsö | p. 53 |
| Journal | p. 63 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 66 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 67 |
| Writing | p. 67 |
| ôThe Tell-Tale Heartö | p. 68 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 68 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 70 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 70 |
| ôThe Tell-Tale Heartö | p. 71 |
| Journal | p. 76 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 79 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 80 |
| Writing | p. 80 |
| ôThere Will Come Soft Rainsö | p. 81 |
| Using nontraditional characters, Ray Bradbury questions humankind's relationship with the technology it creates. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 81 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 83 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 83 |
| ôThere Will Come Soft Rainsö | p. 84 |
| Journal | p. 88 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 91 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 92 |
| Writing | p. 92 |
| Setting and Props | p. 93 |
| ôElevenö | p. 95 |
| Rachel brings forth insights we can all share. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 95 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 97 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 97 |
| ôElevenö | p. 98 |
| Journal | p. 101 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 104 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 105 |
| Writing | p. 105 |
| ôEveryday Useö | p. 106 |
| Sincerity triumphs over superficiality in this story centered around a family heirloom. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 106 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 108 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 108 |
| ôEveryday Useö | p. 109 |
| Journal | p. 118 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 121 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 122 |
| Writing | p. 122 |
| ôBone Girlö | p. 123 |
| Old traditions lead to new changes in this spirited tale. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 123 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 125 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 125 |
| ôBone Girlö | p. 126 |
| Journal | p. 133 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 136 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 137 |
| Writing | p. 137 |
| ôStrong Temptations-Strategic Movements- The Innocents Beguiledö | p. 138 |
| Told with humor and irony, this is the classic tale of Tom Sawyer painting the fence. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 138 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 140 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 140 |
| ôStrong Temptations-Strategic Movements-The Innocents Beguiledö | p. 141 |
| Journal | p. 146 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 149 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 150 |
| Writing | p. 150 |
| ôThe Cask of Amontilladoö | p. 151 |
| Edgar Allan Poe walks the reader through the homicidal mind in this classic story of family revenge wherein darkness increases with the subterranean descent. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 151 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 153 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 153 |
| ôThe Cask of Amontilladoö | p. 154 |
| Journal | p. 161 |
| Eollow-up Questions | p. 164 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 165 |
| Writing | p. 165 |
| Plot and Foreshadowing | p. 167 |
| ôSalvationö | p. 168 |
| We share the narrator's confusion as events swirl around him in this light yet introspective tale. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 168 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 170 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 170 |
| ôSalvationö | p. 171 |
| Journal | p. 174 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 177 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 178 |
| Writing | p. 178 |
| In this lively story, Migene Gonzalez-Wippler portrays a childhood experience with a religious system that combines Christian and African beliefs, enhanced by foreshadowing. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 179 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 181 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 181 |
| ôYorubaö | p. 182 |
| Journal | p. 192 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 195 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 196 |
| Writing | p. 196 |
| ôWine on the Desertö | p. 197 |
| Justice is brutally served in this powerful story. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 197 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 199 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 199 |
| ôWine on the Desertö | p. 200 |
| Journal | p. 208 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 211 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 212 |
| Writing | p. 212 |
| ôThe Last Leafö | p. 213 |
| We share friendship and devotion in this stirringly poignant tale. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 213 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 215 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 215 |
| ôThe Last Leafö | p. 216 |
| Journal | p. 222 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 225 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 226 |
| Writing | p. 226 |
| ôThe Lady or the Tiger?ö | p. 227 |
| The reader expects resolution in a story, but Frank Stockton leaves the reader holding her or his breath. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 227 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 229 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 229 |
| ôThe Lady or the Tiger?ö | p. 230 |
| Journal | p. 236 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 239 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 240 |
| Writing | p. 240 |
| Irony | p. 241 |
| ôThe Story of an Hourö | p. 242 |
| Kate Chopin turns marital assumptions upside down with her ironic twist. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 242 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 244 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 244 |
| ôThe Story of an Hourô | p. 245 |
| Journal | p. 248 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 251 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 252 |
| Writing | p. 252 |
| ôGifts of the Magiö | p. 253 |
| Love triumphs over all as gifts are well, if not wisely, given. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 253 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 255 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 255 |
| ôGifts of the Magiô | p. 256 |
| Journal | p. 261 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 264 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 265 |
| Writing | p. 265 |
| ôThe Wonderful Old Gentlemanö | p. 266 |
| Did you ever want to scream, ôThat's unfairö? The knife of injustice slowly twists in this ironic story. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 266 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 268 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 268 |
| ôThe Wonderful Old Gentlemanö | p. 269 |
| Journal | p. 280 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 283 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 284 |
| Writing | p. 284 |
| ôThe Ransom of Red Chiefö | p. 285 |
| O. Henry turns the tables in this story in a way that is still humerous today. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 285 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 287 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 287 |
| ôThe Ransom of Red Chiefö | p. 288 |
| Journal | p. 298 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 301 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 302 |
| Writing | p. 302 |
| ôSweatö | p. 303 |
| Zora Neale Hurston's ever-surviving female realizes ultimate justice. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 303 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 305 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 305 |
| ôSweatö | p. 306 |
| Journal | p. 317 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 320 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 321 |
| Writing | p. 321 |
| Extended Short Story Study | p. 323 |
| ôTo Build a Fireö | p. 324 |
| Arctic conditions test the knowledge of man and dog. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 324 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 326 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 326 |
| ôTo Build a Fireö | p. 327 |
| Journal | p. 341 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 344 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 345 |
| Writing | p. 345 |
| ôA Rose for Emilyö | p. 346 |
| The reader experiences the very wretchedness of William Faulkner's decaying-South through Emily and her relationships. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 346 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 349 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 349 |
| ôA Rose for Emilyô | p. 350 |
| Journal | p. 359 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 362 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 363 |
| Writing | p. 363 |
| ôDr. Heidegger's Experimentö | p. 364 |
| In this tale set amid dark and ominous surroundings, Nathaniel Hawthorne questions change with light humor, irony, and even a touch of sarcasm. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 364 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 368 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 368 |
| ôDr. Heidegger's Experimentö | p. 369 |
| ô Journal | p. 378 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 381 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 382 |
| Writing | p. 382 |
| ôThe Bell-Towerö | p. 383 |
| In this powerful tale written long before modern machinery Herman Melville exposes a man's self-glorifying pride in his own resourcefulness. | |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context | p. 383 |
| Pre-reading Vocabulary-Structural Attack | p. 387 |
| Pre-reading Questions | p. 387 |
| ôThe Bell-Towerö | p. 388 |
| Journal | p. 401 |
| Follow-up Questions | p. 404 |
| Discussion Questions | p. 405 |
| Writing | p. 405 |
| Judges | p. 407 |
| How I Use This Book | p. 411 |
| Vocabulary in Context | p. 415 |
| Glossary of Prefixes and Suffixes | p. 419 |
| Credits | p. 425 |
| Index | p. 427 |
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