Short+Stories A10

__ Short Stories - World Authors Final Projects __

=**World Short Story Lit. Circles**=

**Lit Circle Group Member Evaluations **
= = = “Punishment” Rabindranath Tagore = = = = “The Night Face Up” Julio Cortazar = = = = “The Watch” Elie Wiesel = = = = “Marriage is a Private Affair” Chinua Achebe = = = = “The Storyteller” Saki =
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Short Story Selections
 * __**The Fatalist**__ (Isaac Bashevis Singer) – Poland
 * Text Online: [|The Fatalist]
 * [[file:Fatalist Vocabulary.docx]]
 * An Interview with Isaac Bashevis Singer: [|Singer]
 * Virtual Jewish History Tour: [|Poland]
 * Author Biography: [|Issac Bashevis Singer]
 * __**The Piece of String**__ (Guy de Maupassant) – France
 * Text Online: [|The Piece of String]
 * French Revolution: [|History]
 * Author Biography: [|Guy de Maupassant]
 * TIme's "Game Changers:" [|Wrongfully Accused]
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 * __**Two Kinds**__ (Amy Tan) – Daughter of Chinese immigrants
 * Text Online: [[file:olsen-classpage/TwoKindsfulltext.pdf|Two Kinds]]
 * Analysis of Jing-Mei: [|Character Analysis]
 * Small Literary Analysis of Two Kinds: [|Literary Analysis]
 * Author Biography: [|Amy Tan]
 * Communist Revolution: [|Communist Revolution]
 * A Chinese mother's perspective on child rearing: [|Tiger Mom]


 * __**The First Seven Years**__ (Bernard Malamud) – Son of Russian immigrants
 * Text Online: [|The First Seven Years]
 * The First Seven Years Notes: [|Notes]
 * Articles about the author: [|NY Times]
 * Letter writing activity: [|Letter]
 * Historical Reference: [|World War II and the Holocaust]
 * Author Information: [|Malamud];[|Biography]


 * __**The Bet**__ (Anton Chekhov) – Russia
 * Text Online: [|The Bet]
 * Student Engagement Activities: [|Lessons]
 * Death penalty vs. Life in Prison: [|Arguments]
 * Author Information: [|Anton Chekhov]


 * __**Boys and Girls**__ (Alice Munro) – Canada
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Text Online: [|Boys and Girls]
 * Feminist Analysis of Short Story: [|Criticism]
 * World War II: [|Canada's role]
 * Author Information: [|Alice Munro]
 * Interview with the author: [|Interview]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">__**The Man to Send Rain Clouds**__ (Leslie Marmon Silko) – Pueblo and Mexican ancestry
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Text Online: [|The Man to Send Rain Clouds]
 * Reader's Notebook: [|Vocabulary and Conflicts]
 * Native American Burials: [|Customs]
 * Author Information: [|Leslie Marmon Silko]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">__**The Doll’s House**__ (Katherine Mansfield) – New Zealand
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Text Online: [|The Doll's House]
 * Activities and Questions: [|Work for Students]
 * Author Information: [|Katherine Mansfield]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">__**A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings**__ (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) – Columbia
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Text Online: [|A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Author Information and Magical Realism: [|Gabriel Garcia Marquez]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Interview with the Author: [|Marquez on NPR]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Imagery Chart: [|Chart]


 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">__**The Storyteller**__ (Saki) – Burma
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Text Online: [|The Storyteller]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Recitation of the story: [|YouTube]
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Author Information: [|H.H. Monro (Saki)]