Prentice Hall Literature

by Prentice-Hall, Inc.

• ISBN13: 9780134352954
• ISBN10: 0134352955
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Coming of Age
Reading for Success Literal Comprehension Strategies	4	(52)
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Ray Bradbury
Short Story	5	(9)
Part 1: Arriving at Understanding
Charles
Short Story
Shirley Jackson	14	(5)
Connections to Today's World
Calvin and Hobbes
Bill Watterson
Cartoon	19	(5)
from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Nonfiction	24	(10)
The Road Not Taken
Robert Frost
Poem	34	(2)
All But Blind
Walter de la Mare
Poem	36	(1)
The Choice
Dorothy Parker
Poem	37	(5)
from E-Mail from Bill Gates
John Seabrook
Nonfiction	42	(7)
Science Connection: How E-Mail Works	45	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The First Americans
The Girl Who Hunted Rabbits
Zuni Legend
Legend	49	(7)
Writing Process Workshop: Personal Narrative	56	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Writing Realistic Dialogue	57	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Common and Proper Nouns	58	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Understanding an Author's Purpose	59	(1)
Grammar Review: Nouns	60	(36)
Part 2: Seasons and Cycles
Christmas Day in the Morning
Pearl S. Buck
Short Story	64	(10)
The Old Grandfather and His Little Grandson
Leo Tolstoy
Folk Tale	74	(1)
Grandma
Amy Ling
Poem	75	(1)
Old Man
Ricardo Sanchez
Poem	76	(6)
Social Studies Connection: Caring for the Elderly	77	(5)
Shooting Stars
Hal Borland
Nonfiction	82	(2)
Science Connection: The Hubble Telescope	83	(1)
Something From the Sixties
Garrison Keillor
Nonfiction	84	(6)
Poets to Come
Walt Whitman
Poem	90	(1)
Winter Moon
Langston Hughes
Poem	91	(1)
Ring Out, Wild Bells
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Poem	92	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Description	96	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Sensory Words	97	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Fragments	98	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Adjusting Your Reading Rate	99	(1)
Grammar Review: Pronouns	100	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Participating in a Group	101	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Origins of Calendar Words	102	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	103	(5)
Unit 2 Meeting Challenges
Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies	108	(58)
Cub Pilot on the Mississippi
Mark Twain
Nonfiction	109	(13)
Science Connection: River Navigation	116	(6)
Part 1: Blazing Trails
The Secret
Arthur C. Clarke
Short Story	122	(5)
Connections to Today's World
Space Oddity
David Bowie
Song	127	(5)
Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom
Ann Petry
Nonfiction	132	(12)
Columbus
Joaquin Miller
Poem	144	(2)
Western Wagons
Stephen Vincent Benet
Poem	146	(2)
The Other Pioneers
Roberto Felix Salazar
Poem	148	(6)
Up the Slide
Jack London
Short Story	154	(9)
Social Studies Connection: The Klondike Gold Rush	159	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Colonial Era
The Pilgrims' Landing and First Winter
William Bradford
Nonfiction	163	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Historical Cause-and-Effect Essay	166	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Correct Verb Forms	167	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Active Voice	168	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading to Find Specific Information	169	(1)
Grammar Review: Verbs	170	(58)
Part 2: Facing hard Questions
The Ninny
Anton Chekhov
Short Story	174	(2)
The Governess
Neil Simon
Drama	176	(10)
Thank You, M'am
Langston Hughes
Short Story	186	(8)
Prospective Immigrants Please Note
Adrienne Rich
Poem	194	(1)
Much Madness is divinest Sense
Emily Dickinson
Poem	195	(1)
This We Know
Chief Seattle
Nonfiction	196	(2)
Social Studies Connection: History of Our National Parks	197	(1)
Hard Questions
Margaret Tsuda
Poem	198	(6)
Flowers for Algernon
Daniel Keyes
Short Story	204	(24)
Writing Process Workshop: Problem-and-Solution Essay	228	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Run-on Sentences	229	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Combining Sentences	230	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Challenging the Text	231	(1)
Grammar Review: Principal Parts and Verb Tenses	232	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Expressing Disagreement	233	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Words Borrowed From Native Americans	234	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	235	(5)
Unit 3 Quest for Justice
Reading for Success Strategies for Constructing Meaning	240	(44)
Brown vs. Board of Education
Walter Dean Myers
Nonfiction	241	(11)
Social Studies Connection: The Role of the Supreme Court	246	(6)
Part 1: Taking a Stand
A Retrieved Reformation
O. Henry
Short Story	252	(10)
Emancipation from Lincoln: A Photobiography
Russell Freedman
Nonfiction	262	(4)
O Captain! My Captain!
Walt Whitman
Poem	266	(6)
Gentleman of Rio en Medio
Juan A.A. Sedillo
Short Story	272	(4)
Saving the Wetlands
Barbara A. Lewis
Nonfiction	276	(8)
Science Connection: Saving the Earth
Writing Process Workshop: Letter to the Editor	284	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Degrees of Comparison	285	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas With Coordinate Adjectives	286	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Analyzing a Position	287	(1)
Grammar Review: Adjectives and Adverbs	288	(46)
Part 2: Leading the Way
Raymond's Run
Toni Cade Bambara
Short Story	292	(10)
Connections to Today's World
There Is No Off-Season
Special Olympics
Brochure	302	(4)
Paul Revere's Ride
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Nonfiction	306	(5)
Barbara Frietchie
John Greenleaf Whittier
Poem	311	(3)
Elizabeth Blackwell
Eve Merriam
Poem	314	(7)
Career Connection: Facts About Women in Medicine	317	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Revolutionary Period
Young Jefferson Gets Some Advice From Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
Nonfiction	321	(5)
Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin
Brent Ashabranner
Nonfiction	326	(8)
Writing Process Workshop: Persuasive Essay	334	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Placing Adverbs	335	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Commas in a Series	336	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Persuasive Techniques	337	(1)
Grammar Review: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases	338	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Presenting Persuasively	339	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Vocabulary From Government and Politics	340	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	341	(5)
Unit 4 From Sea to Shining Sea
Reading for Success Interactive Reading Strategies	346	(46)
from The People, Yes
Carl Sandburg
Poem	347	(7)
Part 1: A Land of Promise
from Travels with Charley
John Steinbeck
Nonfiction	354	(7)
Connections to Today's World
Travel Article
Jamie Jensen
from Road Trip U.S.A	361	(5)
The New Colossus
Emma Lazarus
Poem	366	(1)
Ellis Island
Joseph Bruchac
Poem	367	(1)
Achieving the American Dream
Mario Cuomo
Nonfiction	368	(2)
Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Alice Walker
Nonfiction	370	(7)
Social Studies Connection: March on Washington	373	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: A Young Nation
The Man Without a Country
Edward Everett Hale
Nonfiction	377	(15)
Writing Process Workshop: Summary	392	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Verb Phrases With Have	393	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Correcting Run-on Sentences	394	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Identifying Main Ideas in Articles	395	(1)
Grammar Review: Conjunctions	396	(34)
Part 2: An Album of Stories
Sancho
J. Frank Dobie
Nonfiction	400	(5)
The Closing of the Rodeo
William Jay Smith
Poem	405	(5)
Science Connection: Animal Imprinting	405	(5)
A Ribbon for Baldy
Jesse Stuart
Short Story	410	(4)
Science Connection: Corn Crops	413	(1)
The White Umbrella
Gish Jen
Short Story	414	(10)
Those Winter Sundays
Robert Hayden
Poem	424	(1)
Taught Me Purple
Evelyn Tooley Hunt
Poem	425	(1)
The City Is So Big
Richard Garcia
Poem	426	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Consumer Report	430	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Precise Adjectives	431	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Jargon	432	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Making Inferences	433	(1)
Grammar Review: Subjects and Predicates	434	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Telephone Communications	435	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Newspaper and Magazine Vocabulary	436	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	437	(5)
Unit 5 Extraordinary Occurrences
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Critically	442	(54)
Lights in the Night from An American Childhood
Annie Dillard
Nonfiction	443	(9)
PART 1: THE EXTRAORDINARY IN THE ORDINARY
What Stumped the Blue Jays
Mark Twain
Short Story	452	(6)
Science Connection: Birds	457	(1)
Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall
Diane Ackerman
Nonfiction	458	(8)
Southbound on the Freeway
May Swenson
Poem	466	(1)
The Story-Teller
Mark Van Doren
Poem	467	(1)
Los New Yorks
Victor Hernandez Cruz
Poem	468	(6)
Social Studies Connection: Puerto Rico	469	(5)
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Short Story	474	(20)
Connections to Today's World
Crime-Solving Procedures for the Modern Detective
California Commission
Maual	494	(2)
Writing Process Workshop: Business Letter	496	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Informal and Formal English	497	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Correctly Writing Company Names	498	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Product Labels	499	(1)
Grammar Review: Complements	500	(22)
Part 2: Strange Doings
A Glow in the Dark from Woodsong
Gary Paulsen
Nonfiction	504	(4)
Mushrooms
Sylvia Plath
Poem	508	(2)
Science Connection: Mushrooms	509	(1)
Southern Mansion
Arna Bontemps
Poem	510	(1)
The Bat
Theodore Roethke
Poem	511	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Civil War: Families Torn Apart
A Horseman in the Sky
Ambrose Bierce
Short Story	515	(7)
Writing Process Workshop: How-to Essay	522	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Transitions to Indicate Time	523	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas After Introductory Transitions	524	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Manuals	525	(1)
Grammar Review: Phrases	526	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Delivering a Speech	527	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Mystery and Detective Vocabulary	528	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	529	(5)
Unit 6 Short Stories
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Fiction	534	(38)
The Dinner Party
Mona Gardner
Plot	535	(7)
Part 1: Plot and Character
The Tell-Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe
Plot	542	(9)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Civil War: Battles
An Episode of War
Stephen Crane
Short Story	551	(7)
The Day I Got Lost
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Character	558	(4)
Hamadi
Naomi Shihab Nye
Character	562	(10)
Social Studies Connection: Jerusalem	569	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Fictional Narrative	572	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Tag Words	573	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Consistency in Verb Tense	574	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Novels and Other Extended Works	575	(1)
Grammar Review: Clauses	576	(36)
Part 2: Setting and Theme
The Finish of Patsy Barnes
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Setting	580	(6)
Career Connection: Horse Trainer	585	(1)
Tears of Autumn
Yoshiko Uchida
Setting	586	(10)
The Story-Teller
Saki (H. H. Munro)
Theme	596	(5)
Connections to Today's World
How to Tell a Good Story
Chris Granstrom
Article	601	(1)
The Medicine Bag
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Theme	602	(10)
Cultural Connection: The Sioux	609	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Literary Analysis	612	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Wordiness	613	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Writing Titles Correctly	614	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Recognizing Bias	615	(1)
Grammar Review: Sentence Structure	616	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Interviewing	617	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Phobia Words	618	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	619	(5)
Unit 7 Nonfiction
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Nonfiction	624	(38)
Animal Craftsmen
Bruce Brooks
Reflective Essay	625	(9)
Part 1: Personal Accounts and Biographies
from One Writer's Beginnings
Eudora Welty
Autobiography	634	(2)
Baseball
Lionel G. Garcia
Autobiography	636	(7)
Sports Connection: Little League Baseball	639	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Suffragist Movement
from The United States vs. Susan B. Anthony
Margaret Truman
Biography	643	(11)
Hokusai: The Old Man Mad About Drawing
Stephen Longstreet
Biography	654	(2)
Not to Go With the Others
John Hersey
Biography	656	(6)
Social Studies Connection: Axis vs. Allies	659	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Public-Service Announcement	662	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Appositives	663	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Who, That, and Which Correctly	664	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Advertisements	665	(1)
Grammar Review: Correct Pronoun Use	666	(30)
Part 2: Essays and Speeches
Debbie
James Herriot
Narrative Essay	670	(5)
Forest Fire
Anais Nin
Descriptive Essay	675	(3)
How to Be Polite Online from Netiquette
Virginia Shea
Expository Essay	678	(8)
The Trouble with Television
Robert MacNeil
Persuasive Essay	686	(3)
The American Dream
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Speech	689	(5)
Social Studies Connection: The Nobel Prize	691	(3)
Connections to Today's World
from Sharing the American Dream
Colin Powell
Speech	694	(2)
Writing Process Workshop: Research Paper	696	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Sentence Structure	697	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Citing Your Sources	698	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Evaluating Sources of Information	699	(1)
Grammar Review: Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement	700	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Resisting Persuasion	701	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Sportspeak	702	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	703	(3)
Unit 8 Drama
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Drama	706	(42)
Part 1: Modern Drama
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act I
Frances Goodrich
Albert Hackett
Drama	712	(34)
Social Studies Connection: Broadway Theaters	744	(2)
Connections to Today's World
Anne Frank ... On Broadway
Playbill	746	(2)
The Diary of Anne Frank, Act II	748	(28)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Cold War
from A Walk in the Woods
Lee Blessing
Drama	773	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Video Script	776	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Using Pronouns Correctly	777	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Double Negatives	778	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Reading Visuals	779	(1)
Grammar Review: Subject and Verb Agreement	780	(16)
Part 2: Scenes and Soliloquies
Introduction to Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
from A Midsummer Night's Dream from Act III, scene ii
Scene	784	(6)
from Much Ado About Nothing from Act II, scene iii
Soliloquy	790	(2)
from The Life and Death of King Richard III from Act I, scene i
Soliloquy	792	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Critical Review	796	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Direct and Indirect Quotations	797	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using good and well Correctly	798	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Distinguishing Between Important and Unimportant Details	799	(1)
Grammar Review: Subject and Verb Agreement	800	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Debating	801	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Movie Vocabulary	802	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	803	(5)
Unit 9 Poetry
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Poetry	808	(40)
The Secret Heart
Robert P. Tristram Coffin
Elements of Poetry	809	(7)
Part 1: Types of Poetry
The Wreck of the Hesperus
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Narrative Poem	816	(4)
The Centaur
May Swenson
Narrative Pome	820	(8)
Humanities Connection: The Centaur	823	(5)
Harlem Night Song
Langston Hughes
Lyric Poem	828	(1)
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
William Shakespeare
Lyric Poem	829	(1)
love is a place
E. E. Cummings
Lyric Poem	830	(1)
The Freedom of the Moon
Robert Frost
Lyric Poem	831	(5)
January
John Updike
Poetic Form	836	(1)
Two Haiku
Basho
Moritake
Poetic Form	837	(1)
Identity
Julio Noboa Polanco
Poetic Form	838	(1)
400-Meter Free Style
Maxine Kumin
Poetic Form	839	(6)
Sports Connection: Freestyle Swimming	841	(4)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Vietnam War
Wahbegan
Jim Northrup
Poem	845	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Comparison-and-Contrast Essay	848	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Varying Sentence Beginnings	849	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Avoiding Double Comparisons	850	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Extend Cultural Understanding	851	(1)
Grammar Review: Correct Use of Modifiers	852	(30)
Part 2: Elements of Poetry
Silver
Walter de la Mare
Sound Devices	856	(1)
Forgotten Language
Shel Silverstein
Sound Devices	857	(1)
Drum Song
Wendy Rose
Sound Devices	858	(1)
If I can stop one Heart from breaking
Emily Dickison
Sound Devices	859	(5)
New World
N. Scott Momaday
Imagery	864	(2)
One Time
William Stafford
Imagery	866	(1)
Science Connection: Braille	866	(1)
Lyric 17
Jose Garcia Villa
Imagery	867	(1)
For My Sister Molly Who in the Fifties
Alice Walker
Imagery	868	(4)
Connections to Today's World
The Wind Beneath My Wings
Larry Henley
Jeff Silbar
Song	872	(4)
The Dark Hills
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Figurative Language	876	(1)
Solar
Philip Larkin
Figurative Language	877	(1)
Incident in a Rose Garden
Donald Justice
Figurative Language	878	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Poem	882	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Avoiding Cliches	883	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Choosing the Correct Homophone	884	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Breaking Down Difficult Texts	885	(1)
Grammar Review: Usage Problems	886	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Critically Viewing TV Messages	887	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Analogies	888	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	889	(5)
Unit 10 The American Folk Tradition
Reading for Success Strategies for Reading Folk Literature	894	(32)
Johnny Appleseed
Rosemary Carr Benet
Poem	895	(7)
Part 1: A Sampling of Stories
Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon
Zuni Retold by
Richard Erdoes
Alfonso Ortiz
Native American Myth	902	(3)
Cultural Connection: Coyote the Trickster	904	(1)
The Spirit Chief Names the Animal People
Mourning Dove
Native American Myth	905	(7)
Chicoria
Jose Griego y Maestas
Rudolfo A. Anaya
Mexican American Cuento	912	(3)
Social Studies Connection: The Mexican-American War	914	(1)
Brer Possum's Dilemma
Jackie Torrence
African American Tale	915	(3)
Why the Waves Have Whitecaps
Zora Neale Hurston
African American Tale	918	(5)
Connecting Literature to Social Studies: The Space Age: Pushing the Frontier
from The Right Stuff
Tom Wolfe
Nonfiction	923	(3)
Writing Process Workshop: Multimedia Presentation	926	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Creating Unity	927	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Using Commas in Compound Sentences	928	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using Headings and Text Structure	929	(1)
Grammar Review: Commas	930	(26)
Part 2: Tales of American Heroes
Hammerman
Adrien Stoutenburg
Legend	934	(6)
John Henry
Traditional
Ballad	940	(4)
Science Connection: Development of the Locomotive	943	(1)
Paul Bunyan of the North Woods
Carl Sandburg
Tall Tale	944	(2)
Pecos Bill: The Cyclone
Harold W. Felton
Tall Tale	946	(5)
Connections to Today's World
Superman Online
Internet Home Page	951	(1)
Davy Crockett's Dream
Davy Crockett
Tall Tale	952	(4)
Writing Process Workshop: Internet Web Page	956	(1)
Applying Language Skills: Drafting/Revising Application: Commonly Confused Words	957	(1)
Editing/Proofreading Application: Capitalization of Proper Nouns	958	(1)
Real-World Reading Skills Workshop: Using an Internet Web Page	959	(1)
Grammar Review: Variety in Sentence Beginnings	960	(1)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Workshop: Conducting Business	961	(1)
Vocabulary Adventures With Richard Lederer: Regional Vocabulary	962	(1)
Extended Reading Opportunities	963	(1)
Access Guide to Vocabulary	964	(2)
Literary Terms Handbook	966	(8)
Writing Handbook	974	(4)
Grammar and Mechanics Handbook	978	(7)
Speaking, Listening, and Viewing Handbook	985	(2)
Index of Authors and Titles	987	(2)
Index of Skills	989	(6)
Acknowledgments (continued)	995