Glencoe Literature Course 6, Grade 11 American Literature : The Reader's Choice

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Beverly Ann Chin is Professor of English, Director of
the English Teaching Program, Director of the Montana
Writing Project, and former Director of Composition at
the University of Montana in Missoula. In 1995–1996,
Dr. Chin served as President of the National Council of
Teachers of English. She currently serves as a Member
of the Board of Directors of the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards. Dr. Chin is a nation-
ally recognized leader in English language arts stand-
ards, curriculum, and assessment. Formerly a high
school English teacher and adult education reading
teacher, Dr. Chin has taught in English language arts
education at several universities and has received
awards for her teaching and service.

Denny Wolfe, a former high school English
teacher and department chair, is Professor of English
Education, Director of the Tidewater Virginia Writing
Project, and Director of the Center for Urban
Education at Old Dominion University in Norfolk,
Virginia. For the National Council of Teachers of
English, he has served as Chairperson of the Standing
Committee on Teacher Preparation, President of the
International Assembly, member of the Executive
Committee of the Council on English Education, and
editor of the SLATE Newsletter. Author of more than
seventy-five articles and books on teaching English,
Dr. Wolfe is a frequent consultant to schools and
colleges on the teaching of English language arts.

Jeffrey S. Copeland is Professor and Head of the
Department of English Language and Literature at
the University of Northern Iowa, where he teaches
children’s and young adult literature courses and a
variety of courses in English education. A former public
school teacher, he has published many articles in the
professional journals in the language arts. The twelve
books he has written or edited include Speaking of
Poets: Interviews with Poets Who Write for Children
and Young Adults and Young Adult Literature: A
Contemporary Reader.

Mary Ann Dudzinski is a former high school English
teacher and recipient of the Ross Perot Award for
Teaching Excellence. She also has served as a member
of the core faculty for the National Endowment for the
Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers of Secondary
School English and History at the University of North
Texas. After fifteen years of classroom experience in
grades 9–12, she currently is a language arts consultant.

William Ray has taught English in the Boston
Public Schools; at Lowell University; University of
Wroclaw, Poland; and, for the last fourteen years, at
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in Sudbury,

Massachusetts. He specializes in world literature. He
has worked on a variety of educational texts, as editor,
consultant, and contributing writer.

Jacqueline Jones Royster is Professor of English
and Associate Dean of the College of Humanities at
The Ohio State University. She is also on the faculty
of the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury
College in Middlebury, Vermont. In addition to the
teaching of writing, Dr. Royster’s professional interests
include the rhetorical history of African American
women and the social and cultural implications of
literate practices.

Jeffrey Wilhelm, a former English and reading
teacher, is currently an assistant professor at the
University of Maine where he teaches courses in
middle and secondary level literacy. He is the author
or co-author of several books on the teaching of
reading and literacy, including You Gotta BE the Book
and Boys and Books. He also works with local
schools as part of the fledgling Adolescent Literacy
Project and is the director of two annual summer
institutes: the Maine Writing Project and Technology
as a Learning Tool.

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Program Consultants

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Sister Mary Kay Lampert
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Norfolk Public Schools
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Literary Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Guide to Active Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

UNIT � ONE
From the Earliest Days
36

Theme 1
Beginnings and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

UNIT � TWO
A New Nation
118

Theme 2
Breaking Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Theme 3
Gaining Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

UNIT � THREE
The Civil War and Its Aftermath
316

Theme 4
The Union Is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327
Theme 5
Two New American Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

UNIT � FOUR
Regionalism and Realism
448

Theme 6
The Energy of the Everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

UNIT � FIVE
Beginnings of the Modern Age
586

Theme 7
New Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597
Theme 8
The Harlem Renaissance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .717

UNIT � SIX
Midcentury Voices
770

Theme 9
Personal Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .781
Theme 10
Acting on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .907

UNIT � SEVEN
Into the Twenty-First Century
1018

Theme 11
Generations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1029
Theme 12
Variety Is Richness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1117

Literary Terms Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R1
Language Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R18
Writing Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R62
Communications Skills Handbook . . . . . . .R78
Reading Handbook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R86
Writing Workshop Models . . . . . . . . . . . . .R94

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R108
Spanish Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R119
Index of Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R129
Index of Authors and Titles . . . . . . . . . . .R141
Index of Art and Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R145
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .R148

Reference Section

Book Overview

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UNIT � ONE
From the Earliest Days . . . . . . .36

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Theme 1 Beginnings and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Literature Focus Native American Mythology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

James Mooney
How the World Was Made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .48
Joseph Bruchac
The Sky Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Myth . . . . . . . . . .50

Interdisciplinary Connection Ecology: Living in Harmony with Nature . . . . . . . . . .53

Dekanawida
from The Iroquois Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .55

Vocabulary Skills Understanding Analogies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Patrick J. McDonnell
Media Connection Shipwreck Survivors Recall
Ordeal in Shark-filled Waters . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . . . . .60

indicates world literature

Active Reading Strategies Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Flannery O’Connor
Active Reading Model: The Life You Save
May Be Your Own . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . .7

Active Reading Strategies Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Elizabeth Bishop
Active Reading Model: The Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . . .23

Active Reading Strategies Nonfiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Toni Morrison
Active Reading Model: Thoughts on the
African-American Novel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . . .29

Guide to Active Reading

Contents

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Álvar Núñez Cabeza
de Vaca
from La Relación . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .62

Reading & Thinking Skills Recognizing Bias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

William Bradford
from Of Plymouth Plantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .69

Technology Skills Using a Video Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74

Anne Bradstreet
Upon the Burning of Our House,
July 10th, 1666 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .77
To My Dear and Loving Husband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .79

Peter Gabriel
Media Connection In Your Eyes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .82

Writing Skills Using Specific, Vivid Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Mary Rowlandson
from A Narrative of the Captivity and
Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .85
Pin Yathay
from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .93

Comparing Selections: from A Narrative of the Captivity
and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and
from Stay Alive, My Son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Conducting an Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Jonathan Edwards
from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .101

Grammar Link Avoiding Sentence Fragments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Canassatego
Offer of Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . .108

Writing Workshop Narrative Writing: Historical Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

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UNIT � TWO
A New Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Theme 2 Breaking Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Benjamin Franklin
from The Autobiography of
Benjamin Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .131
from Poor Richard’s Almanack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .134
Américo Paredes
Dichos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .139

Comparing Selections: from Poor Richard’s Almanack and Dichos . . . . . . . . . . .144

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Analyzing Advertising Slogans . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Patrick Henry
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .147

Wen Smith
Media Connection Give Me Rhetoric!. . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .151

Literature Focus Analyzing Essays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Thomas Paine
from The Crisis, No. 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .155
Herodotus
from The Histories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .161

Comparing Selections: from The Crisis, No. 1 and
from The Histories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Thomas Jefferson
Declaration of Independence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .169

Technology Skills E-mail: Business Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174

Phillis Wheatley
To His Excellency, General Washington . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .178

Writing Skills Effective Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Abigail Adams
Letter to Her Daughter from the New and
Unfinished White House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .183

Media Connection Amistad America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .187

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Olaudah Equiano
from The Life of Olaudah Equiano . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .189

Writing Workshop Personal Writing: Reflective Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Theme 3 Gaining Insight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201

Washington Irving
The Devil and Tom Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .203

Media Connection Bart Sells His Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . Television script . . . . .216

Vocabulary Skills Using Roots to Understand New Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

William Cullen Bryant
To a Waterfowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .219
Thanatopsis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .220
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Old Ironsides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .225
The Chambered Nautilus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .226

Interdisciplinary Connection Mathematics: Math Under the Sea? . . . . . . . . . . . .229

James Russell Lowell
The First Snow-Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .231

Grammar Link Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .236
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Concord Hymn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .240
from Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .242
from Self-Reliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .245
Henry David Thoreau
from Walden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .252
from Civil Disobedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .257
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Minister’s Black Veil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .266
Ali Deb
The Three-Piece Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .279

Comparing Selections: The Minister’s Black Veil and The Three-Piece Suit . . . .283

Reading & Thinking Skills Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Edgar Allan Poe
To Helen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .286
The Raven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .287
The Pit and the Pendulum. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .292

Steve James
Media Connection Dead Singer Buckley’s
Voice Haunts Poe Disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CD review . . . . . . .307

Writing Workshop Descriptive Writing: Travel Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

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CONTENTS

UNIT � THREE
The Civil War
and Its Aftermath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Theme 4 The Union Is Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Frederick Douglass
from My Bondage and My Freedom. . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .330
Anonymous
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .337
Anonymous
Go Down, Moses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .338
Anonymous
Follow the Drinking Gourd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Song . . . . . . . . .339

Interdisciplinary Connection Music: From Spirituals to Rock and Roll . . . . . . . . .342

Jet magazine
Media Connection Mars Robot ‘Sojourner’
Named by Black Girl to Honor
Abolitionist Sojourner Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . Magazine article . . . . .343

Sojourner Truth
And Ain’t I a Woman? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .345

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Making a Persuasive Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348

John P. Parker
from His Promised Land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .350

Technology Skills Internet: Writing Resources on the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .354

Mary Chesnut
from Mary Chesnut’s Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .357
Robert E. Lee
Letters to His Family. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .363

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Grammar Link Making Subjects and Verbs Agree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .366

Ambrose Bierce
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . .368

Marc Scott Zicree
Media Connection “An Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge” (2/28/64) . . . . . Television script and commentary . . .379

Reading & Thinking Skills Sequencing: Order of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .380

Herman Melville
Shiloh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .382
Abraham Lincoln
The Gettysburg Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . .385
Tran Mong Tu
The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .389

Comparing Selections:

The Gettysburg Address and
The Gift in Wartime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .391

Writing Workshop Persuasive Writing: Essay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .392

Theme 5 Two New American Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .397

Literature Focus Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398
David Streitfeld and
Elizabeth Kastor
Media Connection Stolen Whitman
Papers Surface After 50 Years . . . . . . . . . . . Newspaper article . . .400

Walt Whitman
I Hear America Singing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .403
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .404
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim . . . Poem . . . . . . . .406
Beat! Beat! Drums! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .407
from Song of Myself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .410
Chuang Tzu
The Useless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419
The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .419

Comparing Selections: from Song of Myself and The Useless
and The Butterfly Dream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .421

Vocabulary Skills Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .422

Emily Dickinson
If you were coming in the Fall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .425
My life closed twice before its close . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426
The Soul selects her own Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .426
Much Madness is divinest Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .428

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Emily Dickinson
Success is counted sweetest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .429
I heard a Fly buzz when I died. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431
The Bustle in a House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .431
Because I could not stop for Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .432

Writing Skills Elaborating on an Idea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .434

There’s a certain Slant of light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .435
This is my letter to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . .436

Media Connection Dickinson Parodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web page . . . . . . .439

Writing Workshop Expository Writing: Analyzing a Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .440

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444

Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

UNIT � FOUR
Regionalism and Realism . . .448

Unit Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450

Theme 6 The Energy of the Everyday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .459

Mark Twain
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of
Calaveras County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .462

David Badger
Media Connection Frogs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography/science book . . . . .471

Literature Focus Short Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472

Bret Harte
The Outcasts of Poker Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .476
Bessie Head
Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . . . . . .488

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Comparing Selections: The Outcasts of Poker Flat and
Chief Sekoto Holds Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .493

Listening, Speaking, and Viewing Storytelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .494

Media Connection Feeling Chilly? Check Out These
Hypothermia Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Web site . . . . . . . .495

Jack London
To Build a Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .498

Vocabulary Skills Using Context Clues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .512

Chief Joseph
I Will Fight No More Forever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .514

Technology Skills Multimedia: American Literature
Through American History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .516

Corn Tassel
Let Us Examine the Facts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfiction . . . . . . .519

Writing Skills Using Transitions Effectively . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .522

Kate Chopin
The Story of an Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .525

Interdisciplinary Connection Psychology: Mysteries of the Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . .529

Willa Cather
A Wagner Matinée . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .532
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .543
We Wear the Mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .544
Edgar Lee Masters
Lucinda Matlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .547
Fiddler Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .548

Grammar Link Avoiding Faulty Shifts in Verb Tense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .551
Edwin Arlington
Robinson
Richard Cory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .553
Miniver Cheevy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poem . . . . . . . . .554

Reading & Thinking Skills Making Inferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .556

Stephen Crane
The Open Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Short story . . . . . . .559

Writing Workshop Business Writing:
Problem-Solution Proposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .578

Unit Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .582

Standardized Test Practice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .584

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