All American Stories A All American Stories B All American Stories C

All American Stories

Classic Short Stories by Famous American Authors
C.G. Draper

All American Stories, by C. G. Draper, introduces students to the genre of the short story with classic tales by famous American authors. This three-level series features adaptations of classic stories, which progress in both conceptual and language difficulty within each level. In addition to building reading and vocabulary skills, students also learn to identify and appreciate literary techniques including metaphor, personification, irony, suspense, and mood.

Each Student Book contains:

  • An introductory unit that defines the elements of a short story and presents an accessible model.
  • Pre-reading activities to provide background information and activate prior knowledge.
  • Reading Strategies and Key Words to increase understanding and enjoyment.
  • Exercises and activities to build skills in comprehension, word analysis, writing, the elements of literature, and critical thinking.

Table of Contents: All American Stories A

  • To The Student
  • What is a Short Story?
  • The Gift of the Magi, O. Henry
    1. Love of Life
      Jack London
    2. A Cub-PilotŐs Education
      Mark Twain
    3. The Tell-Tale Heart
      Edgar Allen Poe
    4. Of the Coming of John
      W.E.B. DuBois
    5. The Lady, or the Tiger?
      Frank R. Stockton
    6. How I Went to the Mines
      Bret Harte
  • Glossary
  • Index

Table of Contents: All American Stories B

  • To The Student
  • What is a Short Story?
  • The Story of an Hour, Kate Chopin
    1. The Romance of a Busy Broker
      O. Henry
    2. The Ingrate
      Paul Laurence Dunbar
    3. A Jury of Her Peers
      Susan Glaspell
    4. The Whale Hunt
      Herman Melville
    5. Paste
      Henry James
    6. The Lost Phoebe
      Theodore Dreiser
  • Glossary
  • Index

Table of Contents: All American Stories C

  • To The Student
  • What is a Short Story?
  • A White Heron, Sarah Orne Jewitt
    1. The Cask of Amontillado
      Edgar Allan Poe
    2. April Showers
      Edith Wharton
    3. Rip Van Winkle
      Washington Irving
    4. A Day's Wait
      Ernest Hemingway
    5. A Mystery of Heroism
      Stephen Crane
    6. Hope Deferred
      Alice Dunbar-Nelson
  • Glossary
  • Index

Components

All American Stories A
Student Book0-13-192986-0
Teacher's Edition0-13-192987-9
All American Stories B
Student Book0-13-192988-7
Teacher's Edition0-13-192989-5
All American Stories C
Student Book0-13-192990-9
Teacher's Edition0-13-192991-7

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