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1GADGETS AND GLITCHESUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 1162POEM?If You Go into the Woods You WillFind It Has a Technologyby Heather ChristleESSENTIALQUESTIONSCIENCE FICTIONHallucinationby Isaac AsimovDoes technologyimprove or control ourlives?SCIENCE FICTIONThere Will Come Soft Rainsby Ray BradburyNOVELfrom All the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony DoerrANALYZE & APPLYThe Brave Little Toaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Cory DoctorowMENTOR TEXTAre Bionic Superhumans on the Horizon?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Ramez Naam16POEMInterflora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Susan Hamlyn28COLLABORATE & COMPAREARGUMENTCOMPAREARGUMENTSThe Automation Paradox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by James BessenGrade 836ARGUMENTHeads Up, Humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Claudia AlarcónFM6Singularityby William Sleator48 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Lubor Zelinka/Shutterstock; Zauberschmeterling/iStock/Getty Images; Paul Bradbury/OJO Images/Getty Images; trekandshoot/Shutterstockt; Houghton Mifflin HarcourtINFORMATIONAL TEXTNOVEL4 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Syda Productions/Shutterstock; AdamGault/OJO Images/Getty Images; Helene Wiesenhaan/Getty Images; Nithid Memanee/Shutterstock; Suwin/Shutterstock; Phonlamai Photo/ShutterstockNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELSuggested Novel ConnectionSCIENCE FICTIONUnit1Tasks Write an Informational Essay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Present and Respond to an Instructional Speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6471Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Key Learning Objectives Analyze plotAnalyze science fictionAnalyze organizationAnalyze structureAnalyze ironyAnalyze claim and evidence Analyze graphic features Evaluate evidence Analyze rhetoric andreasoningVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM7
2THE THRILL OF HORRORUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 742140POEMFrankensteinby Edward Field?ESSENTIALQUESTIONPOEMbeware: do not read this poemby Ishmael ReedWhy do we sometimeslike to feel frightened?SHORT STORYBloodby Zdravka EvitmovaSHORT STORYThe Outsiderby H. P. LovecraftESSAYANALYZE & APPLYNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELLITERARY CRITICISMScary Talesby Jackie TorrenceMENTOR TEXTWhat Is the Horror Genre? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Sharon A. Russell78Suggested Novel ConnectionNOVELSHORT STORY104COLLABORATE & COMPARESHORT STORYCOMPAREVERSIONSThe Monkey’s Paw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by W. W. JacobsFILM CLIPfrom The Monkey’s Paw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Ricky Lewis Jr.FM8Grade 8112132 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Nika Fadu/Moment/Getty Images; AlekseySagitov/iStock/Getty Images; Elena Dijour/Shutterstock; Danomyte/Shutterstock; Zacarias Pereira Da Mata/DreamstimePOEMThe Hollow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Kelly DeschlerDraculaby Bram Stoker90 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): PeopleImages/DigitalVision/Getty Images; javarman3/iStock/Getty Images; Hein Nouwens/Shutterstock; andreiuc88/Shutterstock; schankz/Shutterstock;The Monkey’s Paw: Lewisworks StudioThe Tell-Tale Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Edgar Allan PoeUnit2Task Write a Literary Analysis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149Key Learning Objectives Analyze literary criticismMake connectionsAnalyze rhyme schemeAnalyze point of viewAnalyze suspense Analyze theme Analyze foreshadowing Evaluate mediaVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM9
3PLACES WE CALL HOMEUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3228These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 150POEMMy Father and the FigtreeNaomi Shihab Nye?ESSENTIALQUESTIONSHORT STORYGolden Glassby Alma Luz VillanuevaWhat are the placesthat shape who youare?MEMOIRfrom The Latehomecomerby Kao Kalia YangRESEARCH STUDYA Place to Call Homeby Scott Bittle and Jonathan RochkindMYTHANALYZE & APPLYSalmon Boyby Michael J. Caduto and Joseph BruchacSHORT STORYMy Favorite Chaperone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Jean Davies OkimotoFPONOVELMENTOR TEXTfrom The Book of Unknown Americans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Cristina HenríquezSpirit Walking in the Tundra. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Joy Harjo200COLLABORATE & COMPAREDOCUMENTARYNew Immigrants Share Their Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .directed by Lisa GosselsFM10 Grade 8208INFORMATIONAL TEXTA Common Bond: Teens Forge FriendshipsDespite Differences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Brooke HauserSeedfolksby Paul Fleischman184POEMCOMPAREPURPOSESSuggested Novel Connection212 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Valeniker/Shutterstock; agsandrew/Shutterstock; longtaildog/Shutterstock; J. Emilio Flores/Corbis Historical/Getty Images; Johann Helgason/Shutterstock; Tony Anderson/Digital Vision/Getty ImagesNOVEL154 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Jason Donnelly/Shutterstock; Lia Koltyrina/Shutterstock; Peek Creative Collective/Shutterstock; Andrey Burmakin/Shutterstock; New Immigrants Share theirStories: The Working Group; David Grossman/AlamyNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELUnit3Task Write a Short Story. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237Key Learning Objectives Analyze plotAnalyze characterAnalyze narrative structureAnalyze theme Analyze graphical elements Analyze literary devicesVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM11
4THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOMUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4310These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 238POEMI Saw Old General at Bayby Walt Whitman?ESSENTIALQUESTIONSHORT STORYA Mystery of Heroismby Stephen CraneWhat will people risk tobe free?HISTORY WRITINGfrom Bloody Times: The Funeral of Abraham Lincolnand the Manhunt for Jefferson Davisby James L. SwansonBIOGRAPHYMy Friend Douglassby Russell FreedmanANALYZE & APPLYNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELJOURNALCivil War Journalby Louisa May AlcottAUTOBIOGRAPHYfrom Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,an American Slave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Frederick Douglass242Suggested Novel ConnectionNOVEL254HISTORICAL FICTIONThe Drummer Boy of Shiloh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Ray Bradbury274POEMO Captain! My Captain! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Walt Whitman288COLLABORATE & COMPAREPOEMCOMPARETREATMENTSNot My Bones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Marilyn NelsonHISTORY WRITINGMENTOR TEXTfrom Fortune’s Bones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Pamela EspelandFM12 Grade 8296302 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Greg Dale/National Geographic/Getty Images; DenGuy/iStock/Getty Images; MPI/Getty Images; Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division [LC-DIG-highsm09902]; Fotosearch/Archive Photos/Getty Images; Kwest/Fotoliafrom Harriet Tubman: Conductor on theUnderground Railroad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Ann Petry Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Library of Congress Prints & PhotographsDivision [LC-DIG-ppmsca-34584]; Time Life Pictures/Getty Images; Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division,LC-USZ62-7816; egd/Shutterstock; Jupiterimages/Getty Images; Adri Berger/Stone/Getty Images; The LIFE PictureCollection/Getty ImagesBIOGRAPHYThe Glory Fieldby Walter Dean MyersUnit4Tasks Write a Research Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Participate in a Collaborative Discussion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312319Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321Key Learning Objectives Analyze autobiography Analyze structure Analyze characterization innonfiction Analyze author’s craft Analyze settingAnalyze moodAnalyze figurative languageAnalyze poetryVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM13
5FINDING YOUR PATHUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 3225392POEMTeenagersby Pat Mora?ESSENTIALQUESTIONPOEMIdentityby Julio Noboa PolancoHow do your teenageyears prepare you foradulthood?POEMHard on the Gasby Janet S. WongSHORT STORYMarigoldsby Eugenia CollierESSAYANALYZE & APPLYNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELMy Summer of Scooping Ice Creamby Shonda RhimesINFORMATIONAL TEXTThe Debt We Owe to the Adolescent Brain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Jeanne Miller326Suggested Nonfiction ConnectionMEMOIRNOVELPOEMCOMPAREPOEMSPOEMSummer of His Fourteenth Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Gloria AmescuaARGUMENTCOMPAREARGUMENTS352358MENTOR TEXTfrom It’s Complicated: The Social Livesof Networked Teens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by danah boyd364ARGUMENTOutsmart Your Smartphone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Catherine Steiner-AdairFM14 Grade 8376 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Nik Taylor/Alamy; Alex Sava/iStock/GettyImages; Raul Gama/EyeEm/Getty Images; Olena Mykhaylova/Shutterstock; Elena Veselova/Alamy; Eyewire/GettyImagesCOLLABORATE & COMPAREHanging Fire. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Audre LordeReaching Outby Francisco Jiménez338 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): David Schaffer/Caiaimage/Getty Images; Daniel Milchev/Stone/Getty Images; ROMAOSLO/E /Getty Images; Bounce/Cultura/Getty Images; valzhina/iStock/Getty Images; Leo Patrizi/E /Getty Images; SpeedKingz/Shutterstock; (inset) Treter/Shutterstockfrom Bronx Masquerade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Nikki GrimesUnit5Tasks Write an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Present an Argument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .394401Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .403Key Learning Objectives Analyze structureAnalyze author’s purposeAnalyze characterizationAnalyze free verse poetryMake inferences Analyze argument Identify counter argument Analyze rhetorical devicesVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM15
6THE LEGACY OF ANNE FRANKUNITUNITINDEPENDENT READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .These selections can be accessed through the digital edition.PAGE 4046534ESSAYPeace Can Happenby Christine Kingery?ESSENTIALQUESTIONCHILDREN’S POEMS OF THE HOLOCAUSTThe Butterflyby Pavel FriedmannOn a Sunny Eveningby AnonymousWhat can we learn fromAnne Frank?SHORT STORYThe Singing Womenby Rebecca MakkaiARTICLEfrom A Tragedy Revealed: A Heroine’s Last Daysby Ernst SchnabelANALYZE & APPLYThe Diary of Anne Frank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett500SPEECHAfter Auschwitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Elie Wiesel512COLLABORATE & COMPAREPOEMCOMPAREPOEMSThere But for the Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Wisława Szymborska522POEMDays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Billy CollinsFM16 Grade 8Suggested Novel ConnectionMENTOR TEXTfrom The Diary of a Young Girl. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Anne Frank528NOVEL Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): mikyso/iStock/Getty Images; Wave/Corbis; Roberto Soncin Gerometta/Lonely Planet Images/Getty Images; Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images; Bjoern Sigurdsoen/NTB/AP Images; Stockdisc/Getty ImagesDIARYNobel Prize Acceptance Speechby Elie Wiesel408 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Image Credits (t to b): Tim de Waele/Corbis via Getty Images; Timde Waele/Corbis via Getty Images; Anne Frank Fonds-Basel/Anne Frank House-Amsterdam/Getty Images; Ian Waldie/Getty Images News/Getty Images; Don Farrall /Getty Images/PhotoDisc; Sergey Nivens/ShutterstockNOTICE & NOTEREADING MODELSPEECHDRAMANumber the Starsby Lois LowryUnit6Task Write a Personal Narrative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .536Reflect on the Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543Key Learning Objectives Analyze dramaAnalyze plot developmentMake predictionsAnalyze primary sourcesMake inferences Analyze appealsAnalyze rhetorical devicesAnalyze sound devicesAnalyze figurative languageVisit the InteractiveStudent Edition for: Unit and Selection VideosMedia SelectionsSelection Audio RecordingsEnhanced Digital InstructionContentsFM17
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