literature
Short stories, poetry and resources
Sell Me a Story trailer project
Short stories used in SES classes
Short story/poetry part 1
Emily Dickinson
"A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" (1096)
"I Like to See It Lap the Miles" (43)
"A Route of Evanescence" (1489)
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
Hearts and Hands - O. Henry
Hearts and Hands Youtube Libravox version
Hearts and Hands Comprehension worksheet
Hearts and Hands interpretive questions
The Gift of the Magi - O. Henry
Matthew 2:1-12 text and explanation of the name Magi
Magi (frankincense and myrrh) information
After 20 Years - O. Henry
After 20 Years interpretive questions
O. Henry essay (practices of ACES method for MDPT)
*Saki
(Hector Hugh Munro -Scotland) “The Open Window” 5-11
Bjornson
The Father - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
The Father interpretive questions
Alice Walker (African American)
“Everyday Use” 108-117
Comprehension and interpretive questions for "Everyday Use."
Arna Bontemps "A Black Man Talks of Reaping" (online)
Galatians 6:7 Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.
Interpretive questions for "A Black Man Talks of Reaping"
Lucille Clifton "Miss Rosie" (472-3)
*Nadine Gordimer (Africa)
“The Moment Before the Gun Went Off” 50-57
EMC audio of "The Moment..."
Discussion questions for "Gun"
History of South Africa (4:14)
Graphic history of South Africa (1:47)
Apartheid: 46 Years in 90 seconds
British Empire in 1962 (map)
*Judith Ortiz Cofer (Puerto Rico) “Catch the Moon” 62-69
*Gabriela Mistral (Chile) and Doris Dana (America) “Ocho Perritos” 480
*Pat Mora (American Hispanic) “Immigrants” 482; “Family Ties” 483
*Jimmy Santiago Baca (Mexican-Apache) “I Am Offering This Poem” 395
Edgar Allen Poe (America) “The Masque of the Red Death” 82-91
Leo Tolstoy (Russia) "Land Enough for a Man" 931-41
Questions for "Land Enough"
MAPS
"Land Enough" map 1 showing Volga river
"Land Enough" map 2 showing Samara (pipeline map)
"Land Enough" map 3 showing Ural mountains (weather map) - The land of the Bashkirs was bounded on the east by the Ural Mountains and within seventy kilometers of the Kazakhstan border at its southernmost point.
"Land Enough" map 4 may show the area a bit more clearly.
Short story/poetry part 2
Amy Tan (America-China) “The Rules of the Game” (online); “Two Kinds” 69
Marilyn Chin (American Chinese) “The Floral Apron” 414
Amy Tan
The Rules of the Game - Amy Tan Rules of the Game Youtube audio
Rules of the Game Interpretive Questions
William Saroyan (America-Armenia)
“The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse”
White Horse interpretive questions
Supplements:
The Demon Lover The Demon Lover with author background
16 Demon Lover Group Discussion Guide
The House Carpenter song - Joan Baez
Demon Lover literary criticism
*The Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allen Poe Audio version Audio 2 Video with subtitles 1 Video with subtitles 2
The Bet - Anton Chekhov "The Bet" audio
Other stories to attempt to work in:
The Cactus - O. Henry
The Cactus comprehension and interpretive questions
The Last Leaf - O. Henry
Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
Flowers interpretive questions
Rorschach test - multiple choice
The Sniper - Liam O'flaherty
The Pedestrian - Ray Bradbury
Leinengen Vs. the Ants Vocabulary Reading check
*De Maupassant (France) “Two Friends” 94-103
*Sun-won - “Cranes” 132-136
*These stories are in the Mirrors and Windows text that SES will use next year.
Neighbor Rosicky Full Neighbor R story online Neighbor R worksheet