ELA Sample Chapters Middle School Sample Chapter FICTION | Page 2

“You been here now for three months, Johnny, so I better prepare
you. About this time of year,” he said, studying the murk and fog,
“something comes to visit the lighthouse.”
—RAY BRADBURY, “The Foghorn”
When have you encountered something you didn’t expect? What did you learn from the experience? In his
short story “The Foghorn,” writer Ray Bradbury describes how two lighthouse keepers encounter a strange
sea creature that is lured by the sound of their foghorn. As you read the short stories in the unit, imagine
how you might feel if confronted with the unusual, unexplainable, or surprising events that they describe.

ERNEST
HEMINGWAY

LESLIE MARMON
SILKO

O. HENRY

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