Classics for Young Readers - Volume 8 Author:John Holdren (Editor) The stories in this impressive collection have been chosen for the challenge they offer the reader and the variety of language used. These stories include a careful selection of autobiographical stories such as A Cub Pilot from Mark Twain, stories in verse, short stories, selections from Bible as literature, two great speeches by Abraham Lincoln... more » and Martin Luther King, and a drama by Sophocles. Poetry selections in this volume focus on Seasons, Voices and Viewpoints, and Ideas. Difficult vocabulary is defined on the page in which the word appears, building vocabulary while exposing the student to a wide variety of writing styles.
Autobiographically speaking: A cub pilot, from Barrio Boy, No gumption, from I know why the caged bird sings --
Stories in verse: Lochinvar, The raven, Annabel Lee, The song of wandering Aengus, The wreck of the Hesperus, The creation --
Short stories: The glass of milk, Gumption, To build a fire, The secret life of Walter Mitty, The piece of string, The tell-tale heart, The lottery, The lady or the tiger? --
To everything there is a season: Spring and fall, in just, July, To autumn, It sifts from leaden sieves, The snow-storm --
Making us see: A night ride in a priarie schooner, Walden Pond, from Pilgrim at Tinker Creek --
Voices and viewpoints: The rainy day, Invictus, We real cool, The negro speaks of rivers, Mending wall, Two sonnets --
The bible as literature: Creation and fall (Genesis 1-3), Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-6), Three psalms, Faith, hope, charity (1 Corinthians 13), Three parables --
Poetry of ideas: Will there really be a "morning?," I dwell in possibility, Ozymandias, Do not go gentle into that good night, The charge of the light brigade, The battle of Blenheim --
Two great speeches: The Gettysburg address, I have a dream --