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Discovering Fiction is a three-level anthology of short stories by contemporary and classic American authors such as Isaac Asimov, Edgar Allen Poe, Sandra Cisneros, Kate Chopin, Ernest Hemingway, Langston Hughes, and Mark Twain. The texts provide interactive, skill-building tasks around each story. Extensive pre-reading activities capture students' interest, reading and comprehension activities check students' understanding, and grammar and vocabulary tasks increase students' language knowledge. In addition, there are thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments, as well as tasks that enhance students' ability to interpret and appreciate literature. The first level in the series, Discovering Fiction An Introduction, contains an Audio CD with readings from each story packaged into the Student's Book.
Key Features

• Extensive pre-reading activities capture students' interest.
• Accompanying Grammar exercises help students overcome such troublespots as prepositions, articles and irregular verbs.
• The universal appeal of the stories will touch students and make them think.
• Reading and vocabulary comprehension activities check students' understanding.
• Graphic organizers guide students in discovering how literary techniques function.
• Thought-provoking discussion and writing assignments encourage students to share their ideas.
• Review sections offer compare-and-contrast activities that tie the stories together.
• An Audio-CD with recordings from the stories accompanies the Discovering An Introduction, Student's Book.

North American short stories enhance pre-intermediate students' reading skills, language learning, and enjoyment of literature. The Teacher's Manual provides tips and strategies on how to teach the different exercise types in a chapter. In addition, the authors provide interpretative commentary on the readings, helping teachers gain a literary appreciation of the text. Finally, a complete answer key is provided, including suggested answers to the critical thinking questions.