Your assignment is to read a novel (at least 200 pages) and write a five paragraph essay persuading or dissuading Ms. Archer to read or teach that book in class. You are to mak your argument by citing the elements of literature that you know. These include : figurative language, plot, characterization, theme, and conflict. Your essay should be a 5 paragraph format and can be typed or handwritten. Essays are due Friday January 9,2016.
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The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Hearts and Hands by O. Henry
Mother and Daughter by Gary Soto
The Rocking Horse Winner by D. H. Lawrence
Miss Awful by Arthur Cavenaugh
Charles by Shirley Jackson
The Moustache by Robert Cormier
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (This is a longer work appropriate for students who can complete some of the reading at home.)
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell
The Two Brothers by Leo Tolstoy
The Black Cat by Edgar Allen Poe
The Sniper by Liam O’Flaherty
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce
The Veldt by Ray Bradbury
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Third Wish by Joan Aiken
The Landlady by Roald Dahl
The Fun They Had by Isaac Asimov
Rikki Tikki Tavi by Rudyard Kipling
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe
Thank you, Ma’am by Langston Hughes
Names/Nombres by Julia Alvarez
original list from http://www.mrswatersenglish.com/2014/05/40-excellent-short-stories-for-middle-school/