"A Room Full of Leaves" from Not What You Expected by Joan Aiken, copyright © 1972, 1974 by Joan Aiken, reprinted by permission of ... "The Man He Killed" from The Complete Poems of Thomas Hardy, edited by James Gibson, Macmillan, 1978.
The hunter was catching up , but each time he came over a rise the wolverine was looking back from the next rise , just out of range . The hunter topped one more rise and met the wolverine bounding toward him .
Part writing text, part anthology, this 1,300-page volume invites students to connect with the works of poets, playwrights, and authors, and to craft personal responses to the works into well-supported...
... prepare for the SAT II: Literature Test by completing close, critical readings of both English and American literature and then responding in writing. These readings should include selections from varied genre (poems, essays, drama, ...
Unless the reader has at least some experience with the topic, is familiar with the specific rhetorical devices used in poems, plays, short stories, essays, novels, and biographies, and can process the language and stylistic features of ...
In efforts to reform English education, little attention is given to English teachers' conceptual understanding of their work; the focus instead is on their actions and whether or not those...
Literature, Reading and Responding to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay
Commonly, novels, poetry, short stories, essays, and similar forms constitute the art of literature. ... how strong on-camera performances may be, the medium freezes what the actors are doing, and they cannot respond to their audiences.
This thematically arranged anthology incorporates poetry, drama, fiction, and the essay. Four introductory chapters illustrate ways of responding to and writing about literature, with numerous examples of student writing.
English/language Arts Curriculum Resource Handbook: A Practical Guide for K-12 English/language Arts Curriculum
Attempts to defend this social myth , whether in fact or in language , have produced in southern writers a contorted state of desire for the myth and torment in its ramifications ( the fable of the southern writer ) that have been ...