Possibilities, a literature anthology of fifty short stories, poems, essays, and speeches, integrates thematically with the lessons in the Career Choices series text. Students receive career advice from John Updike, inspiration from Emily Dickinson, and life planning tips from Ralph Waldo Emerson, while exploring activities that meet the Common Core State Standards.
A Sampling of the Selections in Possibilities
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Secret Life of Walter Mitty
by James Thurber
- A Dream Deferred
by Langston Hughes
- Sympathy
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
- Hope
by Emily Dickinson
- from Self-Reliance
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Savings Book
by Gary Soto
- To Build a Fire
by Jack London
- To Be of Use
by Marge Piercy
- The Boys’ Ambition
by Mark Twain
- I Hear America Singing
by Walt Whitman
- The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
- Sonnet 43
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
- Ex-Basketball Player
by John Updike
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