Best-selling chapters. Middle level : chapters from 10 books for young adults with lessons for teaching the basic elements of literature / Raymond Harris.
To the teacher. Introduction -- The contents of a unit -- How to use this book -- To the student -- Unit 1. Summer of my German soldier / by Bette Greene -- Character -- Unit 2. I know why the caged bird sings / by Maya Angelou -- How authors use language -- Unit 3. Julie of the wolves / by Jean Craighead George -- Setting -- Unit 4. To kill a mockingbird / by Harper Lee -- Tone and mood -- Unit 5. -- The westing game / by Ellen Raskin -- Theme -- Unit 6. Of mice and men / by John Steinbeck -- Conflict -- Unit 7. A separate peace / by John Knowles -- Symbolism -- Unit 8. Anne Frank : the diary of a young girl / by Anne Frank -- Autobiography and biography -- Unit 9. The hobbit / by J.R.R. Tolkien -- Fantasy -- Unit 10. The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle / by Avi -- The historical novel -- Using the writing process. A writing checklist -- Answer key -- Comprehension scores graph -- Comprehension skills profile -- Bibliography.