This collection includes some of American literature's greatest short stories throughout history, including "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Real Thing" by Henry James; "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and "To Build a Fire" by Jack London. These stories will engage your students with their various topics and amazing detail. There is no easier way to introduce your students to the writings of America's best authors.
With this Great American Short Stories Response Journal, you’ll have an amazing selection of writing prompts for every chapter in the book right at your fingertips.
Below are the titles of all 19 short stories included within this compilation:
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown"
- Edgar Allan Poe, "The Tell-Tale Heart"
- Herman Melville, "Bartleby"
- Bret Harte, "The Luck of Roaring Camp"
- Stephen Crane, "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"
- Mark Twain, "The Private History of a Campaign that Failed"
- Sarah Orne Jewett, "A White Heron"
- Charles Waddell Chesnutt, "The Goophered Grapevine"
- Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, "A New England Nun"
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman, "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- Henry James, "The Real Thing"
- Kate Chopin, "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
- Jack London, "To Build a Fire"
- Ambrose Bierce, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
- Theodore Dreiser, "The Lost Phoebe"
- Willa Cather, "Paul's Case"
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "Bernice Bobs Her Hair"
- Sherwood Anderson, "The Egg"
- Ernest Hemingway, "The Killers"
Help your students form and express their own opinions with these personal writing prompts and essay topics.
This Response Journal will help you:
- Prepare dozens of fun, ready-made journal topics that students will love;
- Start every day with a quick reading response activity;
- Give your students the perfect opportunity to develop good grammar habits.
Great teachers help their students focus on writing. With Prestwick House’s Response Journals, your students will:
- Learn to develop their own unique writing voice;
- Become confident in voicing their opinions;
- Build a personal connection to literature.
This package includes 30 copies of the paperback book automatically upgraded to our highest discount and a copy of our print Response Journal.
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