Short Stories
Following are links to the short stories you will be reading and discussing as a class (these stories can be found in the Imprints 11 textbooks assigned in class). You are expected to read each of these stories when they are assigned, and complete the Short Story Analysis questions for each:
"The Prospector's Trail" by Cathy Jewison (Imprints 11, pp.21-31)
Characters to analyze:
Characters to analyze:
- Norman
- Jennifer
- Roy
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber
(Imprints 11, pp.33-37)
Characters to analyze:
(Imprints 11, pp.33-37)
Characters to analyze:
- Walter Mitty
- Mrs. Mitty
Short Story Literature Circles
The following stories will be read and analyzed in a Literature Circle format. Each group members will be responsible for completing a particular Short Story Literature Circle activity each day:
For the Literature Circles, you will be responsible for reading and completing the assigned activities for the following stories:
The following stories will be read and analyzed in a Literature Circle format. Each group members will be responsible for completing a particular Short Story Literature Circle activity each day:
- Discussion Director
- Passage Picker
- Themes, Symbols and Connections
- Summarizer (if in a group of three, develop a verbal summary together)
- Vocabulary and Literary Devices (skip this role if your group contains fewer than five members)
For the Literature Circles, you will be responsible for reading and completing the assigned activities for the following stories:
- "Mirror Image" by Lena Coakley (Imprints 11, pp.12-18)
- "Saturday Climbing" by W.D. Valgardson (Imprints 11, pp.52-59)
- "The Pose" by Anwer Khan (Imprints 11, pp.98-101)
- "The Elephant" by Slawomir Mrozek (Imprints 11, pp.103-106)
- "He-y, Come on Ou-t!" by Shinichi Hoshi (Imprints 11, pp.152-155)
- "The Singing Silence" by Eva-Lis Wuorio (Imprints 11, pp.157-161)