Goodman, Burton
Surpr!ses : 15 Great Stories with Surprise Endings : with Exercises for Comprehension & Enrichment / Burton Goodman. - Providence, RI : Jamestown Publishers, 1990. - 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Level D"
"Surprises offers you great reading. It also helps you master important reading and literature skills. There are 15 great stories in this book. Each one has a surprise ending. The stories will give you hours of reading fun. And you will enjoy the exercises that follow each story. The exercises are a great way to help you improve your skills:
Getting the meaning of the story
Reviewing story elements
Examining vocabulary words
Adding words to a passage
Thinking about the story." (To the Student)
TABLE OF CONTENTS :
To the Student
The Short Story - 10 Important Literary Terms
1. A Secret for Two
/ Quentin Reynolds
2. The Romance of a Busy Broker
/ O. Henry
3. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger
/ Saki
4. The Piping-Hot Pizza Mystery
/ Elizabeth VanSteenwyk
5. The Gift of the Magi
/ O. Henry
6. The Southpaw
/ Judith Viorst
7. His Father's Boots
/ Charles Land
8. The Angel
/ Carol Chapman
9. A White Heron
/ Sarah Orne Jewett
10. Pop's Boy
/ Irvin Ashkenazy
11. Ooka and the Stolen Smell
/ I. G. Edmonds
12. One Thousand Dollars O. Henry
13. Setup
/ Jack Ritchie
14. The Woodcutter's Child / Manuela Williams Crosno
15. Gold-Mounted Guns
/ F.R. Buckley
Acknowledgments
Progress Chart
Progress Graph
0890616752 (pbk)
Reading (Adult education)
Readers (Adult)
Reading comprehension.
PE1126.A4 / G65 1990
Surpr!ses : 15 Great Stories with Surprise Endings : with Exercises for Comprehension & Enrichment / Burton Goodman. - Providence, RI : Jamestown Publishers, 1990. - 141 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
"Level D"
"Surprises offers you great reading. It also helps you master important reading and literature skills. There are 15 great stories in this book. Each one has a surprise ending. The stories will give you hours of reading fun. And you will enjoy the exercises that follow each story. The exercises are a great way to help you improve your skills:
Getting the meaning of the story
Reviewing story elements
Examining vocabulary words
Adding words to a passage
Thinking about the story." (To the Student)
TABLE OF CONTENTS :
To the Student
The Short Story - 10 Important Literary Terms
1. A Secret for Two
/ Quentin Reynolds
2. The Romance of a Busy Broker
/ O. Henry
3. Mrs. Packletide's Tiger
/ Saki
4. The Piping-Hot Pizza Mystery
/ Elizabeth VanSteenwyk
5. The Gift of the Magi
/ O. Henry
6. The Southpaw
/ Judith Viorst
7. His Father's Boots
/ Charles Land
8. The Angel
/ Carol Chapman
9. A White Heron
/ Sarah Orne Jewett
10. Pop's Boy
/ Irvin Ashkenazy
11. Ooka and the Stolen Smell
/ I. G. Edmonds
12. One Thousand Dollars O. Henry
13. Setup
/ Jack Ritchie
14. The Woodcutter's Child / Manuela Williams Crosno
15. Gold-Mounted Guns
/ F.R. Buckley
Acknowledgments
Progress Chart
Progress Graph
0890616752 (pbk)
Reading (Adult education)
Readers (Adult)
Reading comprehension.
PE1126.A4 / G65 1990