Glencoe Literature © 2002 Course 6, Grade 11 American Literature : The Reader's Choice

"The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, and familiar things new." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) Glencoe Literature for 2002 also "makes new things familiar and familiar things new." Designed to meet the needs of today's classroom, Glencoe Literature has been developed with careful attention to instructional planning for teachers, strategic reading support, and universal access that meets the learning needs of all students. 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