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1、Visit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.WritingHow do you think Peyton Farquhar was captured by the soldiers?Write your version of what happened,including a detailed description of the setting.Social StudiesResearch the Civil War.Write a report about the Federal Armys advance into n
2、orthern Alabama.Conclude with a description of how these historical events affect the characters.ConnectionsAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeA Reading AZ Level Z2 Leveled BookWord Count:3,754www.readinga-Adapted from the Writings of Ambrose Bierce Illustrated by Chiara FedeleAn Occurrence at Owl Cre
3、ek BridgeLEVELED BOOK Z2Classic Storieswww.readinga-Ambrose Bierce was an American writer and journalist.He enlisted with the Union Army during the Civil War.In 1913,he traveled to Mexico to witness the Mexican Revolutionary War firsthand.Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico and was never heard
4、 from again.Ambrose Bierce 1842?How does the author manipulate time in this story to shape the plot?Focus QuestionAdapted from the Writings of Ambrose BierceIllustrated by Chiara FedeleAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeLevel Z2 Leveled Book Learning AZAdapted from the
5、 Writings of Ambrose BierceIllustrated by Chiara FedeleAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Credits:Title page:Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo;pages 3,8,22:Victoria Ryabinina/iStock/Thinkstockabrasion blockaded cannoneer civilian commandant condemned delirium diminuendo executioners f
6、atigued Federal Armygesticulated infantry ingloriousintolerable martinetmuzzle outpost provision ramrods report sentinel stockade suffocation Words to KnowCorrelationLEVEL Z2YZN/A70+Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA23Glossaryabrasion(n.)an area on the skin that has been damaged by scraping or rubbi
7、ng(p.19)blockaded(v.)obstructed or prevented passage through a certain area(p.4)cannoneer(n.)someone in the military who aims and shoots a canon(p.20)civilian(n.)a person who is not a member of the military or police(p.5)commandant (n.)a commanding officer in the army (p.10)condemned (adj.)sentenced
8、 to a severe punishment (p.6)delirium(n.)a confused or disturbed state of mind,often due to a fever or other illness (p.21)diminuendo (n.)a decrease in loudness,often in music(p.18)executioners (n.)people who have the job of killing people who have been sentenced to death(p.3)fatigued(adj.)tired or
9、weary from mental or physical labor(p.20)Federal Army (n.)the armed forces that fought for the United States against the Confederacy during the Civil War;Union Army(p.3)An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z224gesticulated (v.)moved ones hands and arms,often when talking in an emotional or dramat
10、ic way(p.16)infantry(n.)soldiers trained and given weapons and gear to fight on foot(p.4)inglorious(adj.)disgraceful or lacking in honor(p.9)intolerable(adj.)unable to be accepted or endured(p.12)martinet(n.)a strict person who demands discipline and obedience(p.18)muzzle(n.)the open end of a guns b
11、arrel where the bullet exits(p.4)outpost(n.)a small military camp that is set far away from other settlements(p.4)provision(n.)a legal condition or rule(p.5)ramrods(n.)rods that are used to push gunpowder down the barrel of some old guns(p.17)report(n.)a loud and sudden noise,such as a gunshot(p.16)
12、sentinel(n.)someone who keeps watch or guards something(p.4)stockade(n.)a strong barrier made of upright posts set in a line,usually used for defense (p.4)suffocation(n.)the process of dying from a lack of air or the inability to breathe(p.12)www.readinga-Ambrose Bierce was an American writer and jo
13、urnalist.He enlisted with the Union Army during the Civil War.In 1913,he traveled to Mexico to witness the Mexican Revolutionary War firsthand.Bierce mysteriously disappeared in Mexico and was never heard from again.Ambrose Bierce 1842?How does the author manipulate time in this story to shape the p
14、lot?Focus QuestionAdapted from the Writings of Ambrose BierceIllustrated by Chiara FedeleAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeLevel Z2 Leveled Book Learning AZAdapted from the Writings of Ambrose BierceIllustrated by Chiara FedeleAll rights reserved.www.readinga-Photo Cr
15、edits:Title page:Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo;pages 3,8,22:Victoria Ryabinina/iStock/Thinkstockabrasion blockaded cannoneer civilian commandant condemned delirium diminuendo executioners fatigued Federal Armygesticulated infantry ingloriousintolerable martinetmuzzle outpost provision
16、 ramrods report sentinel stockade suffocation Words to KnowCorrelationLEVEL Z2YZN/A70+Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRA23Glossaryabrasion(n.)an area on the skin that has been damaged by scraping or rubbing(p.19)blockaded(v.)obstructed or prevented passage through a certain area(p.4)cannoneer(n.)som
17、eone in the military who aims and shoots a canon(p.20)civilian(n.)a person who is not a member of the military or police(p.5)commandant (n.)a commanding officer in the army (p.10)condemned (adj.)sentenced to a severe punishment (p.6)delirium(n.)a confused or disturbed state of mind,often due to a fe
18、ver or other illness (p.21)diminuendo (n.)a decrease in loudness,often in music(p.18)executioners (n.)people who have the job of killing people who have been sentenced to death(p.3)fatigued(adj.)tired or weary from mental or physical labor(p.20)Federal Army (n.)the armed forces that fought for the U
19、nited States against the Confederacy during the Civil War;Union Army(p.3)An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z224gesticulated (v.)moved ones hands and arms,often when talking in an emotional or dramatic way(p.16)infantry(n.)soldiers trained and given weapons and gear to fight on foot(p.4)inglori
20、ous(adj.)disgraceful or lacking in honor(p.9)intolerable(adj.)unable to be accepted or endured(p.12)martinet(n.)a strict person who demands discipline and obedience(p.18)muzzle(n.)the open end of a guns barrel where the bullet exits(p.4)outpost(n.)a small military camp that is set far away from othe
21、r settlements(p.4)provision(n.)a legal condition or rule(p.5)ramrods(n.)rods that are used to push gunpowder down the barrel of some old guns(p.17)report(n.)a loud and sudden noise,such as a gunshot(p.16)sentinel(n.)someone who keeps watch or guards something(p.4)stockade(n.)a strong barrier made of
22、 upright posts set in a line,usually used for defense (p.4)suffocation(n.)the process of dying from a lack of air or the inability to breathe(p.12)21He was sure they were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.The wood on either side was full of singular noises,among which
23、once,twice,and againhe distinctly heard whispers in an unknown tongue.His neck was in pain and lifting his hand to it found it horribly swollen.He knew that it had a circle of black where the rope had bruised it.His eyes felt congested;he could no longer close them.His tongue was swollen with thirst
24、;he relieved its fever by thrusting it forward from between his teeth into the cold air.How softly the turf had carpeted the untraveled avenuehe could no longer feel the roadway beneath his feet!Doubtless,despite his suffering,he had fallen asleep while walking,for now he sees another sceneperhaps h
25、e has merely recovered from a delirium.He stands at the gate of his own home.All is as he left it,and all bright and beautiful in the morning sunshine.He must have traveled the entire night.As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white walk,he sees a flutter of female garments;his wife,loo
26、king fresh and cool and sweet,steps down from the veranda to meet him.At the bottom of the steps she stands waiting,with a smile of ineffable joy,an attitude of matchless grace and dignity.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z222Ah,how beautiful she is!He springs forwards with extended arms.As h
27、e is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck;a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannonthen all is darkness and silence!Peyton Farquhar was dead;his body,with a broken neck,swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of th
28、e Owl Creek bridge.3Iman stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama,looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.The mans hands were behind his back,the wrists bound with a cord.A rope closely encircled his neck.It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell t
29、o the level of his knees.Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executionerstwo private soldiers of the Federal Army,directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff.At a short remove upon the same temporary
30、platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank,armed.He was a captain.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z24A sentinel at each end of the bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as“support,”that is to say,vertical in front of the left shoulder,the hammer resting on the forearm thr
31、own straight across the chesta formal and unnatural position,enforcing an erect carriage of the body.It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge;they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it.Beyond one of the se
32、ntinels nobody was in sight;the railroad ran straight away into a forest for a hundred yards,then,curving,was lost to view.Doubtless there was an outpost farther along.The other bank of the stream was open grounda gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks,loopholed for rifles,with
33、a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge.Midway up the slope between the bridge and fort were the spectatorsa single company of infantry in line,at“parade rest,”the butts of their rifles on the ground,the barrels inclining slightly backward agains
34、t the right shoulder,the hands crossed upon the stock.A lieutenant stood at the right of the line,the point of his sword upon the ground,his left hand resting upon his right.3Iman stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama,looking down into the swift water twenty feet below.The mans hands were
35、 behind his back,the wrists bound with a cord.A rope closely encircled his neck.It was attached to a stout cross-timber above his head and the slack fell to the level of his knees.Some loose boards laid upon the ties supporting the rails of the railway supplied a footing for him and his executioners
36、two private soldiers of the Federal Army,directed by a sergeant who in civil life may have been a deputy sheriff.At a short remove upon the same temporary platform was an officer in the uniform of his rank,armed.He was a captain.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z24A sentinel at each end of th
37、e bridge stood with his rifle in the position known as“support,”that is to say,vertical in front of the left shoulder,the hammer resting on the forearm thrown straight across the chesta formal and unnatural position,enforcing an erect carriage of the body.It did not appear to be the duty of these tw
38、o men to know what was occurring at the center of the bridge;they merely blockaded the two ends of the foot planking that traversed it.Beyond one of the sentinels nobody was in sight;the railroad ran straight away into a forest for a hundred yards,then,curving,was lost to view.Doubtless there was an
39、 outpost farther along.The other bank of the stream was open grounda gentle slope topped with a stockade of vertical tree trunks,loopholed for rifles,with a single embrasure through which protruded the muzzle of a brass cannon commanding the bridge.Midway up the slope between the bridge and fort wer
40、e the spectatorsa single company of infantry in line,at“parade rest,”the butts of their rifles on the ground,the barrels inclining slightly backward against the right shoulder,the hands crossed upon the stock.A lieutenant stood at the right of the line,the point of his sword upon the ground,his left
41、 hand resting upon his right.21He was sure they were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.The wood on either side was full of singular noises,among whichonce,twice,and againhe distinctly heard whispers in an unknown tongue.His neck was in pain and lifting his hand to it
42、found it horribly swollen.He knew that it had a circle of black where the rope had bruised it.His eyes felt congested;he could no longer close them.His tongue was swollen with thirst;he relieved its fever by thrusting it forward from between his teeth into the cold air.How softly the turf had carpet
43、ed the untraveled avenuehe could no longer feel the roadway beneath his feet!Doubtless,despite his suffering,he had fallen asleep while walking,for now he sees another sceneperhaps he has merely recovered from a delirium.He stands at the gate of his own home.All is as he left it,and all bright and b
44、eautiful in the morning sunshine.He must have traveled the entire night.As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white walk,he sees a flutter of female garments;his wife,looking fresh and cool and sweet,steps down from the veranda to meet him.At the bottom of the steps she stands waiting,wi
45、th a smile of ineffable joy,an attitude of matchless grace and dignity.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z222Ah,how beautiful she is!He springs forwards with extended arms.As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck;a blinding white light blazes all about him
46、 with a sound like the shock of a cannonthen all is darkness and silence!Peyton Farquhar was dead;his body,with a broken neck,swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge.19the report arrives too late;it lags behind the missile.That is a good gun.Suddenly he felt himsel
47、f whirled round and roundspinning like a top.The water,the banks,the forests,the now distant bridge,fort and men,all were commingled and blurred.Objects were represented by their colors only;circular horizontal streaks of colorthat was all he saw.He had been caught in a vortex and was being whirled
48、on with a velocity of advance and gyration that made him giddy and sick.In few moments he was flung upon the gravel at the foot of the left bank of the streamthe southern bankand behind a projecting point which concealed him from his enemies.The sudden arrest of his motion,the abrasion of one of his
49、 hands on the gravel,restored him,and he wept with delight.He dug his fingers into the sand,threw it over himself in handfuls and audibly blessed it.It looked like diamonds,rubies,emeralds;he could think of nothing beautiful which it did not resemble.The trees upon the bank were giant garden plants;
50、he noted a definite order in their arrangement,inhaled the fragrance of their blooms.A strange roseate light shone through the spaces among their trunks and the wind made in their branches the music of Eolian harps.An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Level Z220He had no wish to perfect his escapehe wa