Overview

The unifying theme of this integrated-skills reading text is the psychological and physical conflicts that generate literature. Multicultural selections include short stories, poems, and a one-act play. Authors include Amy Tan, Langston Hughes, and Emily Dickinson. * A whole-language approach integrates all four language skills in pre-reading, vocabulary, and comprehension questions; in summary, journal, and essay writing; in small group discussions; and in formal oral presentations. * Ideal for bridge and/or credit-bearing classes.

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Author:   Brenda Dyer
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson Education (US)
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.60cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.332kg
ISBN:  

9780131220461

ISBN 10:   0131220462
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 February 1995
Audience:   ELT/ESL ,  ELT General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Unit 1: INTRODUCTION Why Read a Story? What Is a Story? Taboo; Interchapters by Ernest Hemingway How to Read a Story Thank You, M'am by Langston Hughes Unit 2: FAMILY TIES Leg by Paul Milenski Reunion by John Cheever Rules of the Game by Amy Tan A Moving Day by Susan Nunes Sadie and Maud by Gwendolyn Brooks Unit 2 Projects Unit 3: MEN AND WOMEN Birthday Party by Katharine Brush Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin The Girls in their Summer Dresses by Irwin Shaw Sleepy Time Gal by Gary Gildner The Young Housewife by W.C. Williams Unit 3 Projects Unit 4: US AND THEM Sunday in the Park by Bel Kaufman So What Are You, Anyway? by Lawrence Hill Dry September by William Faulkner First Practice by Gary Gildner What Do I Remember of the Evacuation? by Joy Kogawa Much Madness is Divinest Sense by Emily Dickinson Unit 4 Projects Unit 5: THE USE OF FORCE Trifles by Susan Glaspell Unit 5 Projects

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