Exploring Themes: An Interactive Approach to Literature
Published on 10. December 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
166 pages
978-0-8013-1315-8 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring Themes is a unique interactive approach to the study of literature. It presents authentic literature about people, their experiences, their differing value systems, and their ways of thinking. As students read they are asked to apply their prior knowledge, culture, and values to the content of each selection.
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Content
To the Teacher.
To the Student.
Acknowledgments.
To a Distant Shore.
Home of the Brave (autobiographical sketches). Mary Motley Kalergis (editor).
The Journey Back.
First Christmas (song) Stan Rogers. from Blue Winds Dancing (story) Thomas Whitecloud
Letting Go.
from The Red Dog (story) Howard Maier. Leaving Home (story) Wendy Abbott Hansen.
All that Glitters.
Carmel Point (poem) Margaret Phyllis MacSweeney. From The Pearl (short novel) John Steinbeck. Richard Cory (song) Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel.
The Power of Illusion.
from The Great Houdini (biographical sketch) Lester David. The Sword-Swallower (poem) Shel Silverstein.
Between Two Cultures.
Second Nature (poem) Diana Chang from Cecilia Rosas (story) Amado Mura.
The Search for Love.
The Rose (song) Amanda McBroom from Romantic Deceptions and Reality (essay) Dr. Stanley J. Katz and Aimee E. Liu. from The Prophet (poem) Kahlil Gibran.
Survival.
from To Build a Fire (story) Jack London. from A Tribute to Courage (biographical sketch) Gareth Hiebert.
Simple Pleasures.
from Gift from the Sea (personal essay) Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I have Found Such Joy (poem) Grace Noll Crowell.
Images of Growing Old.
The First Snow of the Year (poem) Mark Van Doren. from Always Ahead (personal essay) Elizabeth Yates. from Desiderata (poem) Max Ehrmann.
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Glossary
Credits
To the Student.
Acknowledgments.
To a Distant Shore.
Home of the Brave (autobiographical sketches). Mary Motley Kalergis (editor).
The Journey Back.
First Christmas (song) Stan Rogers. from Blue Winds Dancing (story) Thomas Whitecloud
Letting Go.
from The Red Dog (story) Howard Maier. Leaving Home (story) Wendy Abbott Hansen.
All that Glitters.
Carmel Point (poem) Margaret Phyllis MacSweeney. From The Pearl (short novel) John Steinbeck. Richard Cory (song) Paul Simon and Arthur Garfunkel.
The Power of Illusion.
from The Great Houdini (biographical sketch) Lester David. The Sword-Swallower (poem) Shel Silverstein.
Between Two Cultures.
Second Nature (poem) Diana Chang from Cecilia Rosas (story) Amado Mura.
The Search for Love.
The Rose (song) Amanda McBroom from Romantic Deceptions and Reality (essay) Dr. Stanley J. Katz and Aimee E. Liu. from The Prophet (poem) Kahlil Gibran.
Survival.
from To Build a Fire (story) Jack London. from A Tribute to Courage (biographical sketch) Gareth Hiebert.
Simple Pleasures.
from Gift from the Sea (personal essay) Anne Morrow Lindbergh. I have Found Such Joy (poem) Grace Noll Crowell.
Images of Growing Old.
The First Snow of the Year (poem) Mark Van Doren. from Always Ahead (personal essay) Elizabeth Yates. from Desiderata (poem) Max Ehrmann.
Word Bank
Glossary
Credits