Stories: All-New Tales Overview & Chapter Abstracts for Teachers

Chapter Abstracts

Chapter abstracts are short descriptions of events that occur in each chapter. They highlight major plot events and detail the important relationships and characteristics of characters and objects. The Chapter Abstracts can be used to review what the students have read, or to prepare the students for what they will read. Hand the abstracts out in class as a study guide, or use them as a "key" for a class discussion. They are relatively brief, but can serve to be an excellent refresher of the text for either a student or teacher.

Blood and Fossil-Figures Abstract

* In "Blood," Vera's husband feels the need for blood creep up on him slowly - so slowly that at first he doesn't recognize it.
* When the need first overcomes Vera's husband, he is at home and though he fears being discovered, he cannot resist the blood on the...
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