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A World of Short Stories introduces a selection of short stories from around the globe into the developmental reading course. With an outstanding selection of authors and carefully designed apparatus, the book is the ideal vehicle for introducing world literature to developing readers. Organized around different literary elements, such as plot, theme, and character, the selections in the text are surrounded by pedagogy including vocabulary exercises, pre-reading questions, comprehension quizzes, and writing prompts.
List of contents
Each chapter follows the format of Chapter 1 below.
Intent and/or Tone Contents.
Geographical Contents.
Foreword.
Preface.
Ripe Figs: A Sample Lesson.
Kate Chopin, Ripe Figs.
1. Characters and Conflicts.
Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour.
Pre-reading Vocabulary-Context.
Pre-reading Vocabulary-Word Attack.
Pre-reading Questions.
“The Story of an Hour.”
Journal.
Follow-up Questions.
Discussion Questions.
Writing.
Hwang Sunwon, Cranes.
Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, Yoruba.
Dinah Silveira de Queiroz, Jovita.
2. Setting and Props.
Roch Carrier, The Hockey Sweater.
Patricia Grace, It Used to Be Green Once.
Jialin Peng, What's in a Name?
Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.
3. Plot and Foreshadowing.
R. K. Narayan, Trail of the Green Blazer.
Grace Ogot, The Rain Came.
R. Sarif Easmon, Bindeh's Gift.
Chinua Achebe, The Madman.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band.
4. Irony.
Catherine Lim, Ah Bah's Money.
Guy de Maupassant, The Necklace.
Juan Bosch, The Beautiful Soul of Don Damian.
O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief.
Leo Tolstoy, God Sees the Truth, But Waits.
Summary
A World of Short Stories introduces a selection of short stories from around the globe into the developmental reading course.
With an outstanding selection of authors and carefully designed apparatus, the book is the ideal vehicle for introducing world literature to developing readers.
Organized around different literary elements, such as plot, theme, and character, the selections in the text are surrounded by pedagogy including vocabulary exercises, pre-reading questions, comprehension quizzes, and writing prompts.
