No Vocabulary

Literary Terms:
myth

(See English Terms.)

Other GLCE Goals:

Vocabulary
(R.WS.08.04)
apparition,
bas-relief
Bedlam
cauterize
diatribe
palatable,
proposition,
renegade
surreptitiously
sylvan

Literary Terms:
irony

(See English Terms.)

The Story: O. Henry is one of America's favorite storytellers.  This humorous tale of a kidnapping gone wrong will help the student become familiar with classic literature that represents the American heritage we share (R.NT.00.01-- see GLCEs).

Other GLCE Goals:

Vocabulary
(R.WS.08.04)
renounced
insolently
warily
incredulously
haggard
matron   
raucous   
simultaneous   
swagger   
reformation

Literary Terms:

(See English Terms.)

The Story:

Other GLCE Goals:
This story will help the student become familiar with classic,  contemporary literature recognized for quality and literary merit   (R.NT.00.01)

Vocabulary
(R.WS.08.04)

Literary Terms:
legend
tall tale
folk tale
fable
dialect ("Brer Possum")

(See English Terms.)

The Stories:
"The Wise Old Woman"  a traditional Japanese folk tale pg 152, about 3 pages long
"We Are All One" a Chinese folk tale, pg 265, about 2 1/2 pgs long
"Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon" a traditional Zuni folk tale, pg 463, about 1 1/2 pgs long
"Brer Possum's Dilemma" an African-American folk tale, pg 453, about 2 pgs long
"Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion" an African-American folk tale, pg 466, 1 page long
"Davy is Born" an American tall tale, pg 521, about 1 1/2 pages long

An Article:
"Folk-Tales" (an article) 460

Vocabulary
(R.WS.08.04)
cremation
heed
ghastly
brawn
loathe
hearken
defiance
former
latter
multitude
scornful
writhing

Literary Terms:
for Sam McGee: 
Exaggeration

for Poetry Project:
free verse
rhyme scheme
rhythm
speaker
stanza
tone
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Sam McGee:
Far in the frozen north, Sam McGee, who can't stand the cold, is dying--and he wants a special funeral. 

Casey:
The classic baseball poem of the small-town slugger.   

No Vocabulary

Terms:
(See English Terms.)

The Story:

Other GLCE Goals:

Literary Elements
character
plot
theme
setting
conflict
foreshadowing
imagery   
personification   
point of view
suspense
frame story
motivation
unreliable narrator
allusion
allusion
direct quotations
flashback
biography
allusion
Plot parts:
Xxx complications
Xxx climax
Xxx resolution
irony

Range of Genre
novel
short story
autobiography
myth
legend
tall tale
folk tale
fable

Range of Genre
narrative poem
free verse
elegy
couplet
ballad
lyric

Poetic Elements
meter
refrain
rhyme scheme
speaker
stanza
rhythm
tone
alliteration
exaggeration