Project Gutenberg 2015-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 716 Mikels, Rosa Mary Redding 1862 Mikels, Rosa M. R. 15020913 Short Stories for High Schools Reading ease score: 78.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Preface -- Introduction -- The first Christmas tree / by Henry Van Dyke -- A French tar-baby / by Joel Chandler Harris -- Sonny's christenin' / by Ruth McEnery Stuart -- Christmas night with Satan / by John Fox, Jr. -- A nest-egg / by James Whitcomb Riley -- Wee Willie Winkle / by Rudyard Kipling -- The gold bug / by Edgar Allan Poe -- The ransom of Red Chief / by O. Henry -- The freshman full-back / by Ralph D. Paine -- Gallegher / by Richard Harding Davis -- The jumping frog / by Mark Twain -- The lady or the tiger? / by Frank R. Stockton -- The outcasts of Poker Flat / by Francis Bret Harte -- The revolt of mother / by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Marse Chan / by Thomas Nelson Page -- "Posson Jone'" / by George W. Cable -- Our aromatic uncle / by Henry Cuyler Bunner -- Quality / by John Galsworthy -- The triumph of night / by Edith Wharton -- A messenger / by Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews -- Markheim / by Robert Louis Stevenson. Produced by Giovanni Fini, Andrew Sly, Al Haines and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Short Stories for High Schools" by Rosa Mary Redding Mikels is a collection of short stories written in the early 20th century. This anthology aims to provide high school students with engaging and diverse reading materials that reflect both contemporary and classic literature. The selected stories, ranging in themes and complexity, are curated to cater to the developmental needs of adolescents, promoting an appreciation for the art of storytelling. The opening of the collection introduces the book's purpose and the editorial decisions behind its curation. It articulates a desire to break free from solely relying on classic literary works by including more modern narratives that resonate with學生's experiences. The introduction emphasizes the importance of the short story format in education, outlining how these stories can aid comprehension and narrative creativity amongst high school students. The narrative selections include a variety of voices and styles, with the first story presenting a "hunter of demons" from a historical context, suggesting a blend of moral lessons and adventure that characterizes many of the stories to follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Short stories, American PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Teaching & Education Browsing: Fiction 839094 838973 2025-02-20T09:54:55.416156 2023-09-22T05:20:29.910082 text/html text/html 853221 2022-07-26T12:21:28 text/html 400681 2025-02-20T09:55:07.141087 application/epub+zip 396490 2025-02-20T09:54:57.471164 application/epub+zip 386971 2025-02-20T09:54:56.419141 application/epub+zip 599586 2025-02-20T09:55:14.221121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 534794 2025-02-20T09:55:06.061135 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 525661 2022-09-22T20:41:47.463241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 767634 767668 2025-02-20T09:54:54.300187 2023-09-22T05:20:28.461067 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 767953 2022-07-26T12:17:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20287 2025-02-20T09:55:14.376056 application/rdf+xml 11732 2025-02-20T09:54:56.604156 image/jpeg 1857 2025-02-20T09:54:56.549161 image/jpeg 282388 2022-07-26T12:22:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 330914 2022-07-26T12:22:14 application/octet-stream application/zip 342486 2025-02-20T09:54:55.490184 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog