Glencoe Literature is a series covering grades 6-12 and World Literature. It contains a comprehensive collection of outstanding literature and connected, relevant nonfiction. Throughout the program, there is strong, integrated skill instruction in literary analysis, literary elements, reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary.

Unit 1 The Short Story

The Jump Leo Tolstoy Short Story

Part 1 Matters of Life and Death

Literary Focus: Plot and Setting

The Lady, or the Tiger? Frank R. Stockton Short Story

The Most Dangerous Game Richard Connell Short Story

The Leap Louise Erdrich Short Story

Vocabulary Workshop: Academic Vocabulary

The Cask of Amontillado Edgar Allen Poe Short Story

Vocabulary Workshop: Homonyms and Homophones

Blues Ain't No Mockin Bird Toni Cade Bambara Short Story

The Interlopers Saki Short Story

TIME: Shattered Christopher Batin

Part 2 Rewards and Sacrifices

Literary Focus: Character and Theme

Rules of the Game Amy Tan Short Story

Grammar Workshop: Sentence Combining

The Gift of the Magi O. Henry Short Story

Vocabulary Workshop: Dictionary Use

Comparing Literature: Liberty Julia Alvarez Short Story

Comparing Literature: The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl Elizabeth Wong Memoir

Comparing Literature: Legal Alien Pat Mora Poem

Sweet Potatoe Pie Eugenia Collier Short Story

Grammar Workshop: Misplaced Modifiers

The Scarlet Ibis James Hurst Short Story

Vocabulary Workshop: Multiple-Meaning Words

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant W.D. Wetherell Short Story

Part 3 Dreams and Reality

Literary Focus: Narrator and Voice

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty James Thurber Short Story

Grammar Workshop: Run-on Sentences

The Necklace Guy De Maupassant Short Story

American History Judith Ortiz Cofer Short Story

Historical Perspective: The Drums of Washington Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Memoir

Mrs. James Alice Childress Short Story

The Son from America Isaac Bashevis Singer Short Story

Writing Workshop: Response to Literature

Professional Model: On "The Aleph" Oscar Hijuelos Essay

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Discuss Ideas About Literature

Independent Reading

Assessment

from The Lumber Room Saki Short Story

Unit 2 Nonfiction

Literary Analysis Model: from On Finding a Latino Voice Julia Alvarez Essay

Part 1 Looking into Lives

Literary Focus: Autobiography and Biography

Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties Yoshiko Uchida Memoir

Only Daughter Sandra Cisneros Memoir

A Brother's Crime James Cross Giblin Biography

Visual Perspective: from The Murder of Abraham Lincoln Rick Geary Graphic Novel

from Black Boy Richard Wright Autobiography

Grammar Workshop: Dialogue and Speaker Tags

Escape from Afghanistan Farah Ahmedi Autobiography

Media Workshop: Compare Media Genres

Part 2 On the Move

Literary Focus: Personal and Expository Essay

from All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes Maya Angelou Essay

Walking Linda Hogan Essay

Grammar Workshop: Clauses and Phrases

Sayonara Anne Morrow Lindbergh Essay

from Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer Essay

TIME: Adventure to Antarctica Rob Johnson

Vocabulary Workshop: Jargon

Part 3 Finding Common Ground

Literary Focus: Persuasive Essay and Speech

A New Generation of Americans John F. Kennedy Speech

That One Man's Profit is Another's Loss Michel De Montaigne Essay

Daylight Saving Benjamin Franklin Letter

Comparing Literature: Thoughts on Fenway Park Various Opinion

Comparing Literature: Taxpayers will get a return on investment John L. Harrington Article

Comparing Literature: Other revenue sources should be pursued William M. Straus Article

Put Down the Backpack Anna Quindlen Speech

Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative

Professional Model: A Day of Pleasures Isaac Bashevis Singer Memoir

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Narrative Presentation

Independent Reading

Assessment

from To Be Young, Gifted, and Black Lorraine Hansberry Memoir

Unit 3 Poetry

Genre Focus

Literary Analysis Model: The Charge of the Light Brigade Alfred, Lord Tennyson Poem

Part 1 Nature Inspires

Literary Focus: Form and Structure

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud William Wordsworth Poem

who are you, little i E.E. Cummings Poem

1(a Poem

A Red, Red Rose Robert Burns Poem

A Noiseless Patient Spider Walt Whitman Poem

TIME: The Island Within Leslie Marshall

Comparing Literature: An Indian Summer Day on the Prarie Vachel Lindsay Poem

Comparing Literature: On Summer Lorraine Hansberry Essay

Comparing Literature: Monument Natasha Trethewey Poem

The Black Snake Mary Oliver Poem

The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry Poem

Grammar Workshop: Subject-Verb Agreement

Haiku Matsuo Basho Haiku

Haiku Katy Peake Haiku

Haiku Chiyo Haiku

Peace Paula Yup Haiku

Vocabulary Workshop: Thesaurus Use

Part 2 Life Lessons

How Things Work Gary Soto Poem

I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid Alma Luz Villanueva Poem

Choices Nikki Giovanni Poem

"Hope" is the thing with feathers- Emily Dickenson Poem

I'm Nobody! Who are you? Emily Dickenson Poem

Defining the Grateful Gesture Yvonne Sapia Poem

Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem

Remember Joy Harjo Poem

The Road Not Taken Robert Frost Poem

Time Joseph Bruchac Poem

Theme for English B Langston Hughes Poem

The Secret Denise Levertov Poem

Part 3 The Strength of Family

Literary Focus: Sound Devices

Grape Sherbet Rita Dove Poem

"Good Night, Willie Lee, I'll See You in the Morning" Alice Walker Poem

Where Are Those Songs? Micere Githae Mugo Poem

My Mother Combs My Hari Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Poem

Visual Perspective: from Bone: Out from Boneville Jeff Smith Graphic Novel

Lineage Margaret Smith Poem

Writing Workshop: Reflective Essay

Professional Model: Good Use for Bad Weather Donald Hall

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Reflective Presentation

Independent Reading

Assessment

Possum Crossing Nikki Giovanni

from The Laborious Ant Mark Twain

Unit 4 Drama

Genre Focus

Literary Analysis Model: from The Importance of Being Ernest Oscar Wilde

Part 1 The Power of Love

Literary Focus: Tragedy

Literary History: Shakespearian Drama

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare Drama

TIME: A Long Overdue Encore Barry Hillenbrand

Grammar Workshop: Verb Tense

Comparing Literature: The Taxi Amy Lowell Poem

Comparing Literature: Counting the Beats Robert Graves Poem

Comparing Literature: The Princess and All the Kingdom Par Lagerkvist Modern Fable

Part 2 Awkward Encounters

Literary Focus: Comedy and Modern Drama

The Bear Anton Chekhov Drama

The Hitchhiker Lucille Fletcher Drama

Vocabulary Workshop: Denotation and Connotation

The Leader Eugene Ionesco Drama

Literary Perspective: How I Cam to the Theater Claude Bonnefoy with Eugene Ionesco Interview

Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis Essay

Professional Model: from An Introduction to Shakespeare Marchette Chute Essay

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Literary Analysis

Independent Reading

Assessment

from In the Bear's House N. Scott Momoday Drama

The Traveling Bear Amy Lowell Poem

Unit 5 Epic and Myth

Genre Focus

Literary Analysis Model: from the Ramayana R.K. Narayan Epic

Part 1 Journeys

Literary Focus: Hero

Literary History: Homer and the Epic

from the Odyssey Homer Epic

Vocabulary Workshop: Word Origins: Words from Greek and Roman Mythology

Comparing Literature: An Ancient Gesture Edna St. Vincent Millay Poem

Comparing Literature: Ithaca C.P. Cavafy Poem

Comparing Literature: Waiting from The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood Myth

TIME: Leaving it All Behind Susan Jakes

Over Hill and Under Hill from The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien Novel

Visual Perspective: from The Hobbit Charles Dixon Graphic Novel

Part 2 Courage and Cleverness

Literary Focus: Archetype

Perseus retold by Edith Hamilton Myth

Grammar Workshop: Transitional Expressions

The Fenris Wolf retold by Olivia Coolidge Myth

Vocabulary Workshop: Word Origins: Words from Norse Mythology

Coyote and Crow retold by Ella Clark Myth

Sweet Betsy from Pike Traditional Ballad

Writing Workshop: Research Report

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Multimedia Presentation

Independent Reading

Assessment

from The Apple of Discord Thomas Bulfinch

Unit 6 Genre Fiction

Genre Focus

Literary Analysis Model: from Buy Jupiter Isaac Asimov Short Story

Part 1 Our World and Beyond

Literary Focus: Description and Style

The Sentinel Sir Arthur C. Clarke Short Story

Historical Perspective: 2001: A Space Odyssey Roger Ebert Movie Review

Grammar Workshop: Commas with Items in a Series

He-y Come on Ou-t Shinichi Hoshi Modern Fable

Comparing Literature: In Memoriam Nancy Kress Short Story

Comparing Literature: The Gift Li-Young Lee Poem

Comparing Literature: Purchase Naomi Long Madgett Poem

The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind Ray Bradbury Modern Fable

Vocabulary Workshop: Loaded Words

The Red-Headed League Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Short Story

TIME: Lost Apes of the Congo Stephan Faris

The Stolen Cigar Case Bret Harte Short Story

Writing Workshop: Persuasion: Editorial

Professional Model: from Decision Time for Space Exploration Scott Sheppard Editorial

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Persuasive Presentation

Independent Reading

Assessment

from Wasps' Nest Agatha Christie

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