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

Untitled......Page 1
Exit......Page 0
frontmat-I......Page 2
Book Overview......Page 7
Table of Contents......Page 8
features-xxvii......Page 27
Literary Maps......Page 30
Guide to Active Reading......Page 33
Active Reading Strategies: Fiction......Page 34
Active Reading Model: The Life You Save May Be Your Own......Page 37
Active Reading Strategies: Poetry......Page 50
Active Reading Model: The Fish......Page 53
Active Reading Strategies: Nonfiction......Page 56
Active Reading Model: Thoughts on the African-American Novel......Page 59
unit1t01......Page 66
Unit One: From the Earliest Days......Page 67
Unit Introduction......Page 68
Theme 1: Beginnings and Change......Page 75
Literature Focus: Native American Mythology......Page 76
How the World Was Made......Page 78
The Sky Tree......Page 80
Interdisciplinary Connection: Ecology: Living in Harmony with Nature......Page 83
from The Iroquois Constitution......Page 85
Vocabulary Skills: Understanding Analogies......Page 89
Media Connection: Shipwreck Survivors Recall Ordeal in Shark-filled Waters......Page 90
from La Relación......Page 92
Reading & Thinking Skills: Recognizing Bias......Page 97
from Of Plymouth Plantation......Page 99
Technology Skills: Using a Video Camera......Page 104
Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666......Page 107
To My Dear and Loving Husband......Page 109
Media Connection: In Your Eyes......Page 112
Writing Skills: Using Specific, Vivid Words......Page 113
from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson......Page 115
from Stay Alive, My Son......Page 123
Comparing Selections: from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and from Stay Alive, My Son......Page 128
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Conducting an Interview......Page 129
from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God......Page 131
Grammar Link: Avoiding Sentence Fragments......Page 136
Offer of Help......Page 138
Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing: Historical Narrative......Page 140
Unit Assessment......Page 144
Standardized Test Practice......Page 146
unit2t02......Page 148
Unit Two: A New Nation......Page 149
Unit Introduction......Page 150
Theme 2: Breaking Free......Page 159
from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin......Page 161
from Poor Richard\'s Almanack......Page 164
Dichos......Page 169
Comparing Selections: from Poor Richard\'s Almanack and Dichos......Page 174
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Analyzing Advertising Slogans......Page 175
Speech to the Second Virginia Convention......Page 177
Media Connection: Give Me Rhetoric!......Page 181
Literature Focus: Analyzing Essays......Page 182
from The Crisis, No. 1......Page 185
from The Histories......Page 191
Comparing Selections: from The Crisis, No. 1 and from The Histories......Page 197
Declaration of Independence......Page 199
Technology Skills: E-mail: Business Writing......Page 204
To His Excellency, General Washington......Page 208
Writing Skills: Effective Conclusions......Page 211
Letter to Her Daughter from the New and Unfinished White House......Page 213
Media Connection: Amistad America......Page 217
from The Life of Olaudah Equiano......Page 219
Writing Workshop: Personal Writing: Reflective Essay......Page 226
Theme 3: Gaining Insight......Page 231
The Devil and Tom Walker......Page 233
Media Connection: Bart Sells His Soul......Page 246
Vocabulary Skills: Using Roots to Understand New Words......Page 247
To a Waterfowl......Page 249
Thanatopsis......Page 250
Old Ironsides......Page 255
The Chambered Nautilus......Page 256
Interdisciplinary Connection: Mathematics: Math Under the Sea?......Page 259
The First Snow-Fall......Page 261
Grammar Link: Making Pronouns and Their Antecedents Agree......Page 264
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls......Page 266
Concord Hymn......Page 270
from Nature......Page 272
from Self-Reliance......Page 275
from Walden......Page 282
from Civil Disobedience......Page 287
The Minister\'s Black Veil......Page 296
The Three-Piece Suit......Page 309
Comparing Selections: The Minister\'s Black Veil and The Three-Piece Suit......Page 313
Reading & Thinking Skills: Scanning......Page 314
To Helen......Page 316
The Raven......Page 317
The Pit and the Pendulum......Page 322
Media Connection: Dead Singer Buckley\'s Voice Haunts Poe Disc......Page 337
Writing Workshop: Descriptive Writing: Travel Article......Page 338
Unit Assessment......Page 342
Standardized Test Practice......Page 344
unit3t04......Page 346
Unit Three: The Civil War and Its Aftermath......Page 347
Unit Introduction......Page 348
Theme 4: The Union Is Tested......Page 357
from My Bondage and My Freedom......Page 360
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot......Page 367
Go Down, Moses......Page 368
Follow the Drinking Gourd......Page 369
Interdisciplinary Connection: Music: From Spirituals to Rock and Roll......Page 372
Media Connection: Mars Robot \'Sojourner\' Named by Black Girl to Honor Abolitionist Sojourner Truth......Page 373
And Ain\'t I a Woman?......Page 375
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Making a Persuasive Speech......Page 378
from His Promised Land......Page 380
Technology Skills: Internet: Writing Resources on the Web......Page 384
from Mary Chesnut\'s Civil War......Page 387
Letters to His Family......Page 393
Grammar Link: Making Subjects and Verbs Agree......Page 396
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge......Page 398
Media Connection: \"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge\" (2/28/64)......Page 409
Reading & Thinking Skills: Sequencing: Order of Events......Page 410
Shiloh......Page 412
The Gettysburg Address......Page 415
The Gift in Wartime......Page 419
Comparing Selections: The Gettysburg Address and The Gift in Wartime......Page 421
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Writing: Essay......Page 422
Theme 5: Two New American Voices......Page 427
Literature Focus: Poetry......Page 428
Media Connection: Stolen Whitman Papers Surface After 50 Years......Page 430
I Hear America Singing......Page 433
When I Heard the Learn\'d Astronomer......Page 434
A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim......Page 436
Beat! Beat! Drums!......Page 437
from Song of Myself......Page 440
The Butterfly Dream......Page 449
Comparing Selections: from Song of Myself and The Useless and The Butterfly Dream......Page 451
Vocabulary Skills: Understanding Prefixes and Suffixes......Page 452
If you were coming in the Fall......Page 455
The Soul selects her own Society......Page 456
Much Madness is divinest Sense......Page 458
Success is counted sweetest......Page 459
The Bustle in a House......Page 461
Because I could not stop for Death......Page 462
Writing Skills: Elaborating on an Idea......Page 464
There\'s a certain Slant of light......Page 465
This is my letter to the World......Page 466
Media Connection: Dickinson Parodies......Page 469
Writing Workshop: Expository Writing: Analyzing a Poem......Page 470
Unit Assessment......Page 474
Standardized Test Practice......Page 476
unit4t06......Page 478
Unit Four: Regionalism and Realism......Page 479
Unit Introduction......Page 480
Theme 6: The Energy of the Everyday......Page 489
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County......Page 492
Media Connection: Frogs......Page 501
Literature Focus: Short Story......Page 502
The Outcasts of Poker Flat......Page 506
Chief Sekoto Holds Court......Page 518
Comparing Selections: The Outcasts of Poker Flat and Chief Sekoto Holds Court......Page 523
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Storytelling......Page 524
Media Connection: Feeling Chilly? Check Out These Hypothermia Tips......Page 525
To Build a Fire......Page 528
Vocabulary Skills: Using Context Clues......Page 542
I Will Fight No More Forever......Page 544
Technology Skills: Multimedia: American Literature Through American History......Page 546
Let Us Examine the Facts......Page 549
Writing Skills: Using Transitions Effectively......Page 552
The Story of an Hour......Page 555
Interdisciplinary Connection: Psychology: Mysteries of the Mind......Page 559
A Wagner Matinée......Page 562
Douglass......Page 573
We Wear the Mask......Page 574
Lucinda Matlock......Page 577
Fiddler Jones......Page 578
Grammar Link: Avoiding Faulty Shifts in Verb Tense......Page 581
Richard Cory......Page 583
Miniver Cheevy......Page 584
Reading & Thinking Skills: Making Inferences......Page 586
The Open Boat......Page 589
Writing Workshop: Business Writing: Problem-Solution Proposal......Page 608
Unit Assessment......Page 612
Standardized Test Practice......Page 614
unit5t07......Page 616
Unit Five: Beginnings of the Modern Age......Page 617
Unit Introduction......Page 618
Theme 7: New Directions......Page 627
Literature Focus: Imagist Poetry......Page 628
A Pact......Page 630
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock......Page 634
Reading & Thinking Skills: Identifying the Author\'s Purpose......Page 641
The Red Wheelbarrow......Page 643
This Is Just to Say......Page 644
Anecdote of the Jar......Page 647
Media Connection: \"Let\'s Call the Whole Thing Off\"......Page 649
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall......Page 651
Richness......Page 662
Comparing Selections: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall and Richness......Page 664
Ars Poetica......Page 666
Dirge Without Music......Page 669
Recuerdo......Page 670
anyone lived in a pretty how town......Page 673
Media Connection: from The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes......Page 675
Poetry......Page 677
The Bridal Party......Page 682
Vocabulary Skills: Using a Semantic Features Chart......Page 698
Chicago......Page 701
from Songs of Gold Mountain......Page 705
In Another Country......Page 710
Grammar Link: Using Commas in a Series......Page 715
Technology Skills: Spreadsheet: Determining Productivity......Page 716
Soldiers of the Republic......Page 719
Penelope......Page 722
Mending Wall......Page 726
Birches......Page 728
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening......Page 731
The Death of the Hired Man......Page 733
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Oral Presentation of a Poem......Page 741
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Writing: Editorial......Page 742
Theme 8: The Harlem Renaissance......Page 747
My City......Page 750
Media Connection: A Place to Be Free......Page 752
from Dust Tracks on a Road......Page 755
Writing Skills: Creating Unified Paragraphs......Page 762
If We Must Die......Page 764
The Tropics in New York......Page 765
Media Connection: Artist Jacob Lawrence......Page 767
I, Too......Page 770
The Negro Speaks of Rivers......Page 771
from Songs for Signare......Page 775
Comparing Selections: I, Too and The Negro Speaks of Rivers and from Songs for Signare......Page 777
Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem......Page 779
Interdisciplinary Connection: Art: Visions from Harlem......Page 781
Storm Ending......Page 783
November Cotton Flower......Page 784
A black man talks of reaping......Page 788
Any Human to Another......Page 789
Writing Workshop: Creative Writing: Poem......Page 792
Unit Assessment......Page 796
Standardized Test Practice......Page 798
unit6t09......Page 800
Unit Six: Midcentury Voices......Page 801
Unit Introduction......Page 802
Theme 9: Personal Discoveries......Page 811
The Second Tree from the Corner......Page 813
Media Connection: The Mystery of Happiness......Page 820
Ode to My Socks......Page 822
Comparing Selections: The Second Tree from the Corner and Ode to My Socks......Page 825
Breakfast......Page 828
A Rose for Emily......Page 834
Address upon Receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature......Page 842
Vocabulary Skills: Defining Compound Words......Page 845
Father\'s Bedroom......Page 847
Writing Skills: Organizing Details......Page 849
from Black Boy......Page 852
Media Connection: 100-Mile Run to Agony and Ecstasy......Page 860
A Worn Path......Page 863
The Explorer......Page 874
February......Page 877
Grammar Link: Avoiding Run-on Sentences......Page 879
The Portrait......Page 881
Interdisciplinary Connection: Communications: Buyer Beware......Page 885
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner......Page 887
Reading & Thinking Skills: Summarizing......Page 889
The Beautiful Changes......Page 891
The Rockpile......Page 895
The Magic Barrel......Page 905
from Stride Toward Freedom......Page 922
Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.......Page 928
Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing: College Application......Page 932
Theme 10: Acting on an Idea......Page 937
Literature Focus: Drama......Page 938
Media Connection: Blacklisted Woman Vindicated by Federal Court Ruling......Page 940
The Crucible......Page 943
Nineteen Thirty-Seven......Page 1029
Comparing Selections: The Crucible and Nineteen Thirty-Seven......Page 1038
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Critical Viewing of a Drama......Page 1039
Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing: Dramatic Scene......Page 1040
Unit Assessment......Page 1044
Standardized Test Practice......Page 1046
unit7t11......Page 1048
Unit Seven: Into the Twenty-First Century......Page 1049
Unit Introduction......Page 1050
Theme 11: Generations......Page 1059
Snow......Page 1062
from The Woman Warrior......Page 1066
Vocabulary Skills: Using a Thesaurus......Page 1073
Media Connection: Calvin and Hobbes......Page 1074
Son......Page 1077
from The Way to Rainy Mountain......Page 1084
Ambush......Page 1093
Rain Music......Page 1097
Reading & Thinking Skills: Identifying Cause and Effect......Page 1101
Kitchens......Page 1103
Bread......Page 1108
Comparing Selections: Kitchens and Bread......Page 1111
Picture Bride......Page 1113
Media Connection: Love and Money......Page 1115
Prime Time......Page 1117
Se me enchina el cuerpo al oír tu cuento......Page 1127
from Kubota......Page 1131
Speaking......Page 1139
apprenticeship 1978......Page 1140
Writing Workshop: Persuasive Writing: Speech......Page 1142
Theme 12: Variety Is Richness......Page 1147
Prayer to the Pacific......Page 1149
Interdisciplinary Connection: Geography: The Magnificent Pacific......Page 1152
Riding the Elevator into the Sky......Page 1155
Media Connection: Need a Lift?......Page 1157
Game......Page 1159
Waiting for the Barbarians......Page 1165
Comparing Selections: Game and Waiting for the Barbarians......Page 1168
Mirror......Page 1170
Traveling Through the Dark......Page 1173
Frederick Douglass......Page 1176
Writing Skills: Using Quotations......Page 1178
Poem......Page 1180
Weaver......Page 1183
For Georgia O\'Keeffe......Page 1187
Most Satisfied by Snow......Page 1188
Geometry......Page 1192
The Welder......Page 1195
The House......Page 1198
La Casa......Page 1199
Listening, Speaking, and Viewing: Discussing Literature......Page 1201
Salvador Late or Early......Page 1204
Embroidering: A Response to \"Somnad\" by Carl Larsson......Page 1207
El Olvido (Según las Madres)......Page 1208
The Names of Women......Page 1211
Media Connection: The Name Reign......Page 1218
Naming Myself......Page 1220
Poniendome un Nombre......Page 1221
Grammar Link: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers......Page 1223
Technology Skills: Word Processing: Publishing a Newsletter......Page 1224
A Poet\'s Job......Page 1227
Emily Dickinson......Page 1228
Writing Workshop: Expository Writing: Research Report......Page 1230
Unit Assessment......Page 1234
Standardized Test Practice......Page 1236
Reference Section......Page 1238
Literary Terms Handbook......Page 1239
Troubleshooter......Page 1256
Troublesome Words......Page 1271
Grammar Glossary......Page 1282
Mechanics......Page 1289
Spelling......Page 1297
The Writing Process......Page 1300
Writing Modes......Page 1304
Research Paper Writing......Page 1306
Business and Technical Writing......Page 1314
Using Electronic Resources......Page 1316
Study and Test-Taking Skills......Page 1318
Vocabulary Development......Page 1324
Comprehension Strategies......Page 1325
Analysis and Evaluation......Page 1330
Narrative Writing: Historical Narrative......Page 1332
Personal Writing: Reflective Essay......Page 1334
Descriptive Writing: Travel Article......Page 1335
Persuasive Writing: Essay......Page 1336
Expository Writing: Analyzing a Poem......Page 1337
Business Writing: Problem-Solution Proposal......Page 1338
Persuasive Writing: Editorial......Page 1339
Creative Writing: Poem......Page 1340
Narrative Writing: College Application......Page 1341
Narrative Writing: Dramatic Scene......Page 1342
Persuasive Writing: Speech......Page 1343
Expository Writing: Research Report......Page 1344
Glossary......Page 1346
Spanish Glossary......Page 1357
Index of Skills......Page 1367
Index of Authors and Titles......Page 1379
Index of Art and Artists......Page 1383
Acknowledgments......Page 1386