Our FIRST Unit of Short Stories will include:
The Management of Grief (Lit Book page 224-236) by Bharati Mukherjee
Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin (Lit Book page 314-315 or 306-308 ... depending on versions)
A Pair of Tickets by Amy Tan (Page 166-193)
NOTE: Trail of the Green Blazer was also covered...not in our book.
Concepts:
Theme...Search for self/identity
Man vs Self Conflicts
Culture/Gender
FOIL
The Journey ... Discovery
Distance ... physically and mentally
Irony
Metaphor
Symbolism
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Looking Beyond surface level...reading between the lines
Learning about cultures from reading