Each Chapter contains "Pre-Reading Vocabulary-Context," "Pre-Reading Vocabulary-Word Attack," "Pre-Reading Questions," "About the Author," "Journal," "Follow Up Questions," and "Writing." Foreword. Introduction to the Instructor. Introduction to the Student. Ripe Figs-A Sample Lesson. 1. CHARACTERS and Conflicts. Eudora Welty, A Worn Path.

Migene Gonzalez-Wippler, Yoruba James Thurber, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart. Ray Bradbury, There Will Come Soft Rains. 2. SETTING and Props. Ambrose Bierce, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. Mark Twain, Strong Temptations-Strategic Movement-The Innocents Beguiled. Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado.

Jack London, To Build a Fire. Joseph Bruchac, Bone Girl 3. PLOT and Foreshadowing. Frank Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger? Langston Hughes, Salvation. Maxine Hong Kingston, No Name Woman. Anita Endrezza, Marlene's Adventure Flannery O'Connor, Good Country People. 4. IRONY.

Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour. O. Henry, Gifts of the Magi. O. Henry, The Ransom of Red Chief. Dorothy Parker, Wonderful Old Gentleman. Zora Neale Hurston, Sweat. 5.

EXTENDED STUDY. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment. William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily. Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death. Herman Melville, The Bell-Tower.