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MCDOUGAL LITTELL LITERATURE SELECTION

WRITING ASSIGNMENT

IN MCDOUGAL LITTELL

LITERATURE

RELATED WRITING UNIT

IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

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READING CONNECTIONS: INTEGRATED LESSON PLANS

MCDOUGAL LITTELL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH

Grade 8 Theme/Unit 1: Insights

Title: “Checkouts”PE pgs: 22-31TE pgs: 22-31

Title: “Raymond’s Run”PE pgs: 32-43TE pgs: 32-43

Title: “Stop the Sun”PE pgs: 48-58TE pgs: 48-58

Title: “A Mother in Mannville”PE pgs: 59-68TE pgs: 59-68

Title: “The Ransom of Red Chief”PE pgs: 69-82TE pgs: 69-82

Type of writing: PersonalLetter; Imaginary DialogueTE pgs: 30

Type of writing: Personal-Best ParagraphTE pgs: 42

Type of writing: Fa t h e r’s Da yC a rdTE pgs: 57

Type of writing: Biography ofJerryTE pgs: 67

Type of writing: AdviceColumn; Journal EntryTE pgs: 81

Unit 14: Writing a StoryUnit 13: Writing a FriendlyLetterPE/TE pgs: 618-644,646-682

Unit 13: Writing a PersonalNarrativePE/TE pgs: 618-644

Unit 9: Writing PoetryPE/TE pgs: 474-479

Unit 14: Writing a NarrativePE/TE pgs: 646-682

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadeUnit 14: Writing a NarrativePE/TE pgs: 422-486,646-682


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Skill: Sentence FragmentsTE pgs: 31Skill: Punctuating DialogueTE pgs: 26

Skill: Ad j e c t i ve and Ad ve r bPh r a s e sTE pgs: 37Skill: Creating Sentences withUnusual Word OrderTE pgs: 43

Skill: Predicate Nouns andPredicate AdjectivesTE pgs: 58Skill: Distinguishing BetweenAction Verbs and LinkingVerbsTE pgs: 54

Skill: Consistent Verb TenseTE pgs: 68Skill: Simple Tenses andPerfect TensesTE pgs: 67

Skill: Pronouns and TheirAntecedentsTE pgs: 82Skill: Pronoun AgreementTE pgs: 74Skill: Indirect ObjectsTE pgs: 78

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 2: PrepositionalPhrases as ModifiersPE/TE pgs: 350-354Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 8: ComplexSentencesPE/TE pgs: 61-62

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 9: Fragments andRun-onsPE/TE pgs: 63-66Unit 5: Capitalization andPunctuationLesson 7: Quotation MarksPE/TE pgs: 256-259

Unit 3: VerbsLesson 1: Kinds of VerbsLesson 10: Predicate Nounsand AdjectivesPE/TE pgs: 112-114,144-146

Unit 3: VerbsLesson 3: TensesLesson 7: Progressive FormsPE/TE pgs: 118-121,135-136

Unit 6: Pro n o u n sLesson 2: Pronoun AntecedentsPE/TE pgs: 3 0 2 - 3 0 7Unit 3: Ve r b sLesson 9: Di rect and In d i re c tOb j e c t sPE/TE pgs: 1 4 0 - 1 4 3


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Skill: Latin Roots vers/vertTE pgs: 24

HMSV Unit: 14,20,26,32Lesson: Latin Root I, II andIIIPE/TE pgs: 90-95,126-131,162-167,198-203HME CD-ROM Unit:14,20,26,32

Skill: Greek Word PartsTE pgs: 42Skill: The Sound fTE pgs: 36

Skill: Greek PrefixesTE pgs: 53

Skill: Spelling Hard and Soft cTE pgs: 64

Skill: Prefixes com- and im-TE pgs: 72

HMSV Unit: 2,8Lesson: Greek Words Part I, IIPE/TE pgs: 18-23,54-59 HME CD-ROM Unit: 2,8

HMSV Unit: 2,8Lesson: Greek Words Parts I,IIPE/TE pgs: 18-23,54-59HME CD-ROM Unit: 2,8

HMSV Unit: 1Lesson: Consonant ChangesPE/TE pgs: 12-17HME CD-ROM Unit: 1

HMSV Unit: 7Lesson: Absorbed PrefixesPE/TE pgs: 48-53HME CD-ROM Unit: 7


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Title: “The Great Rat Hunt”PE pgs: 106-117TE pgs: 106-117

Title: “Flying”PE pgs: 118-129TE pgs: 118-129

Title: f rom “High Tide in Tu c s o n”PE pgs: 134-142TE pgs: 134-142

Title: “The King of Mazy May”PE pgs: 148-158TE pgs: 148-158

Title: “The Story of anEyewitness”PE pgs: 159-167TE pgs: 159-167

Type of writing: Father’sMemoir; Persuasive ParagraphTE pgs: 116

Type of writing: ComparisonEssay; How-to InstructionsTE pgs:

Type of writing: PondPoem; Informal Essay(Description)TE pgs: 141

Type of writing: InformalAssessment (Writing a Letter)TE pgs: 155

Type of writing: WritingWorkshop: Writing YourAutobiographical IncidentTE pgs: 177

Unit 14: Writing a Na r r a t i veUnit 13: Writing a Pe r s o n a lNa r r a t i vePE/TE pgs: 6 1 8 - 6 4 4 , 6 4 6 - 6 8 2

Unit 11: Writing to Compareand Contrast; How-toPE/TE pgs: 524-568

Unit 9: Writing PoetryUnit: Getting Started: Writing aDescriptionPE/TE pgs: 8-31,474-479

Unit 13: Writing a FriendlyLetterPE/TE pgs: 618-644

Unit 13: Writing a PersonalNarrativePE/TE pgs: 618-644


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Skill: Subjects and PredicatesTE pgs: 110,117

Skill: Simple Subjects andPre d i c a t e sTE pgs: 124,129

Skill: Compound Subjects and Compound PredicatesTE pgs: 142Skill: Agreement with CompoundSubjectsTE pgs: 142Skill: Using Compound Subjectsand Verbs for Sentence VarietyTE pgs: 142

Skill: Sentence VarietyTE pgs: 158Skill: Punctuating Four Kindsof SentencesTE pgs: 152Skill: Creating SentenceVariety by Using DifferentSentence StructureTE pgs: 158

Skill: Problems with Here andThereTE pgs: 167

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 3: Simple Subjects andSimple PredicatesPE/TE pgs: 40-42

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 2: Complete Subjects andComplete PredicatesPE/TE pgs: 37-39

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 5: Compound Subjects andCompound PredicatesPE/TE pgs: 46-50

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 1: Kinds of SentencesLesson 8: Complex SentencesPE/TE pgs: 34-36,57-62

Unit: Building vocabularyLesson: Words often MisspelledPE/TE pgs: H80


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Skill: Hard and Soft c and gTE pgs: 114

HMSV Unit: 1Lesson: Consonant ChangesPE/TE pgs: 12-17HME CD-ROM Unit: 1

Skill: Words Ending with -ousTE pgs: 128

Skill: No Spelling TaughtTE pgs:

Skill: Words Spelled with -erand -orTE pgs: 154

Skill: Prefixes com-, col- andcon-TE pgs: 162

HMSV Unit: 27Lesson: Adjective SuffixesPE/TE pgs: 168-173HME CD-ROM Unit: 27

HMSV Unit: No SpellingTaughtLesson:PE/TE pgs:HME CD-ROM Unit:

HMSV Unit: 32,35Lesson: Expanding vocabularyPE/TE pgs: 198,220HME CD-ROM Unit: 32,35



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Grade 8 Theme/Unit 2: Rising to the Challenge

Title: “ M r. Mi s e n h e i m e r’s Ga rd e n”PE pgs: 202-210TE pgs: 202-210

Title: “Flowers for Algernon”PE pgs: 220-248TE pgs: 220-248

Title: “The Million-Pound BankNote”PE pgs: 263-282TE pgs: 263-282

Title: “The Bet”PE pgs: 285-295TE pgs: 285-295

Type of writing: PersuasiveLetter; Diary EntryTE pgs: 209

Type of writing: JournalEntry; Letter ofRecommendationTE pgs: 247

Type of writing: FundRaising Letter; CharacterSketchTE pgs: 281

Type of writing: A l t e r n a t i veEn d i n gTE pgs: 294

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadeUnit 13: Writing a Pe r s o n a lNa r r a t i vePE/TE pgs: 422-486,618-644

Unit: Getting StartedWriting a DescriptionUnit 10: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 8-31,422-486

Unit: Getting StartedWriting a DescriptionUnit 10: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 8-31,422-486

Unit 14: Writing a StoryPE/TE pgs: 646-682


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Skill: Past and Perfect TensesTE pgs: 210Skill: Making DistinctionsAmong Progressive TensesTE pgs: 209Skill: Distinguishing AmongPerfect TensesTE pgs: 210

Skill: Subject-Verb AgreementTE pgs: 248

Skill: PronounsTE pgs: 282Skill: Forms of PronounsTE pgs: 270Skill: Pro n o u n - Re f e re n tA g re e m e n tTE pgs: 282

Skill: Proper NounsTE pgs: 295Skill: Capitalizing ProperNounsTE pgs: 295

Unit 3: VerbsLesson 12 & 13: Subject-VerbAgreementPE/TE pgs: 152-158

Unit 3: VerbsLesson 3: TensesLesson 7: Progressive FormsPE/TE pgs: 118-121,132-136

Unit 6: PronounsLesson 1-8:PE/TE pgs: 298-330

Unit 2: NounsLesson 1: Kinds of NounsPE/TE pgs: 82-84Unit 5: Capitalizing andPunctuationLesson 3: Proper Nouns andProper AdjectivesPE/TE pgs: 241-244


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Skill: Spelling with schwaTE pgs: 204

HMSV Unit: 13,19,25,31Lesson: Vowel Changes I, II,III and IVPE/TE pgs: 84-89,120-125,156-161,192-197HME CD-ROM Unit: 13,19,25,31

Skill: Final e with SuffixesTE pgs: 28

Skill: PrefixesTE pgs: 281

Skill: Prefix in-/im-TE pgs: 292

HMSV Unit: 15,21Lesson: Noun Suffixes I, IIPE/TE pgs: 96-101,132-137HME CD-ROM Unit: 15,21

HMSV Unit: 3,7,9,33Lesson: PrefixesPE/TE pgs: 24-29,48-53,60-65, 204-209HME CD-ROM Unit:3,7,9,33



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Grade 8 Theme/Unit 3: The Human Spirit

Title: “The Treasure of LemonBrown”PE pgs: 334-347TE pgs: 334-347

Title: “Rules of the Game”PE pgs: 348-362TE pgs: 348-362

Title: from “Still Me”PE pgs: 374-385TE pgs: 374-385

Title: from “Grand Mothers”PE pgs: 408-416TE pgs: 408-416

Title: “The Diary of Anne Frank”PE pgs: 447-514TE pgs: 447-514

Type of writing: Diary EntryTE pgs: 346

Type of writing: CharacterComparisonTE pgs: 361

Type of writing: Pe r s u a s i veSpeech; In t e rv i ew Qu e s t i o n sTE pgs: 384

Type of writing: WritingWorkshop: ClassificationTE pgs: 432

Type of writing: TrialSpeech; Video ReviewTE pgs: 532

Unit 13: Writing a Pe r s o n a lNa r r a t i vePE/TE pgs: 618-644

Unit 11: Writing toCompare and ContrastPE/TE pgs: 524-568

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 422-486

Unit 9: Writing to Ex p ress anOp i n i o n

Unit 9: Writing to Express anOpinionUnit 10: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 422-486


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Skill: AdjectivesTE pgs: 347Skill: PunctuatingCompound AdjectivesTE pgs: 344Skill: Using Adjectives forDescriptionsTE pgs: 347

Skill: Adverb PlacementTE pgs: 362Skill: Forming AdverbsTE pgs: 362

Skill: ParticiplesTE pgs: 385Skill: Participles thatFunction as AdjectivesTE pgs: 377Skill: Punctuation withParticiplesTE pgs: 385

Skill: AppositivesTE pgs: 416Skill: Words from the FrenchLanguageTE pgs: 411Skill: Punctuation andAppositivesTE pgs: 416

Skill: AdverbsTE pgs: 533Skill: Comparative andSuperlative Forms of AdverbsTE pgs: 500

Unit 4: ModifiersLesson 3: AdverbsPE/TE pgs: 200-205

Unit 4: ModifiersLesson 1: AdjectivesPE/TE pgs: 190-195Unit 5: Capitalization andPunctuationLesson 3: Proper Nouns andProper AdjectivesPE/TE pgs: 241-244

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 4: Verbals: ParticiplesPE/TE pgs: 358-360

Unit 2: NounsLesson 2: Compound andCollective NounsPE/TE pgs: 85-89

Unit 4: ModifiersLesson 3: AdverbsLesson 4: Comparing withAdverbsPE/TE pgs: 200-209


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Skill: The Suffix -lyTE pgs: 346Skill: Spelling the schwaTE pgs: 339

HMSV Unit: 16Lesson: Proofreading and WritingPE/TE pgs: 105HME CD-ROM Unit: 16HMSV Unit: 13,19,25,31Lesson: Vowel Changes I, II, IIIand IVPE/TE pgs: 84-89,120-125,156-161,192-197HME CD-ROM Unit:13,19,25,31

Skill: Adding the Suffix -lyTE pgs: 355

Skill: Words Ending in -ateand -ionTE pgs: 381


Skill: Prefixes and RootsTE pgs: 464

HMSV Unit: 16Lesson: Proofreading andWritingPE/TE pgs: 105HME CD-ROM Unit: 16

HMSV Unit: 29Lesson: Single and DoubleConsonantsPE/TE pgs: 180-185HME CD-ROM Unit: 29


HMSV Unit: 3,7,9,14,20,26,32,33Lesson: Prefixes and RootsPE/TE pgs: 24-29,48-53,60-65, 90-95,126-131,162-167,198-203, 204-209HME CD-ROM Unit:3,7,9,14, 20,26,32,33


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Grade 8 Theme/Unit 4: Strange Goings-On

Title: “Rain, Rain, Go Away”PE pgs: 554-564TE pgs: 554-564

Title: “The Dinner Party”PE pgs: 565-570TE pgs: 565-570

Title: “A Running Brook ofHorror”PE pgs: 574-586TE pgs: 574-586

Title: “The Lady, or the Tiger?”PE pgs: 592-603TE pgs: 592-603

Title: “The Tell-Tale Heart”PE pgs: 624-633TE pgs: 624-633

Type of writing: MessageHome; Television ProposalTE pgs: 563

Type of writing: LivelyDialogueTE pgs: 569

Type of writing: NewspaperObituary; ReptilianMetaphors; Eyewitness ReportTE pgs: 585

Type of writing: Royal DiaryEntry; Story EndingTE pgs: 602

Type of writing: SuspectDescriptionTE pgs: 632

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadeUnit 13: Writing a FriendlyLetterPE/TE pgs: 422-486,618-644



Unit 14: Writing a Story; Writing a NarrativePE/TE pgs: 646-682

Unit: Getting StartedWriting a DescriptionPE/TE pgs: 8-31


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Skill: Using ParticipialPhrases to Vary SentenceStructureTE pgs: 564Skill: Forming Past andPresent ParticiplesTE pgs: 563Skill: Varying SentenceStructureTE pgs: 564

Skill: Prepositional Phrases asAdverbsTE pgs: 570Skill: Avoiding MisplacedPrepositional PhrasesTE pgs: 570

Skill: Introductory PhrasesTE pgs: 586Skill: Commas AfterIntroductory ElementsTE pgs: 577

Skill: Prepositional Phrases asAdjectivesTE pgs: 603Skill: PunctuatingPrepositional Phrases in aSeriesTE pgs: 596

Skill: Participial PhrasesTE pgs: 633Skill: Punctuating ParticipialPhrasesTE pgs: 626

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 1: PrepositionalPhrasesPE/TE pgs: 346-349

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 5: Participial PhrasesLesson 7: Writing withParticipial and Gerund PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 361-363,371-372

Unit 5: Capitalization andPunctuationLesson 5: More Uses forCommaPE/TE pgs: 251-252

Unit 7: Ph r a s e sLesson 2: Pre p o s i t i o n a lPhrases as Mo d i f i e r sPE/TE pgs: 3 5 0 - 3 5 4Unit 5: Capitalization andPu n c t u a t i o nLesson 5: Mo re Uses forC o m m a sPE/TE pgs: 2 5 1 - 2 5 2

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 5: Participial PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 361-363


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Skill: Spelling the schwasoundTE pgs: 557

HMSV Unit: 13,19,25,31Lesson: Vowel Changes I, II,III, IVPE/TE pgs: 8 4 - 8 9 , 1 2 0 - 1 2 5 ,1 5 6 - 1 6 1 , 1 9 2 - 1 9 7HME CD-ROM Unit:13,19, 25,31


Skill: SuffixesTE pgs: 585

Skill: Spelling with SuffixesTE pgs: 602

Skill: Words with SilentLettersTE pgs: 630


HMSV Unit: 15,21,27Lesson: SuffixesPE/TE pgs: 96-101,132-137,168-173HME CD-ROM Unit:15,21,27


HMSV Unit: 17,23Lesson: Words OftenMisspelled I and IIPE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23


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Title: “Man-Made Monsters”PE pgs: 638-646TE pgs: 638-646

Title: “The Hitchhiker”PE pgs: 654-668TE pgs: 654-668

Title: “The Third Wish”PE pgs: 672-679TE pgs: 672-679

Title: “The Monkey’s Paw”PE pgs: 680-692TE pgs: 680-692

Type of writing: BookReview; Back-Cover CopyTE pgs: 645

Type of writing: AdditionalScene; Different-TakeIntroductionTE pgs: 667

Type of writing: InformalAssessment (AlternativeEnding)TE pgs: 678

Type of writing: InformalAssessment (Writing aSummary)TE pgs: 686

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 422-486





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Skill: Gerund PhrasesTE pgs: 646Skill: Distinguishing BetweenGerunds and ParticiplesTE pgs: 641

Skill: Infinitive PhrasesTE pgs: 668Skill: Avoiding Split InfinitivesTE pgs: 660

Skill: Infinitive PhrasesTE pgs: 677

Skill: Gerund PhrasesTE pgs: 691

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 8: Verbals; InfinitivesLesson 9: Infinitive PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 373-378

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 7: Gerund PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 367-372

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 9: Infinitive PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 376-378

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 7: Gerund PhrasesPE/TE pgs: 367-372


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Skill: Final Silent “e” withSuffixesTE pgs: 667

Skill: Words Ending with -ousTE pgs: 675

Skill: Su f f i xes Fo l l owing “c”and “g”TE pgs: 684





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Grade 8 Theme/Unit 5: American Voices

Title: from “Undaunted Courage”PE pgs: 723-728TE pgs: 723-728

Title: “War Party”PE pgs: 737-755TE pgs: 737-755

Title: from “Harriet Tubman:Conductor on the UndergroundRailroad”PE pgs: 756-768TE pgs: 756-768

Title: from “Lincoln: A Photobiography”PE pgs: 769-778TE pgs: 769-778

Title: from “Roughing It”PE pgs: 794-803TE pgs: 794-803

Type of writing: Report onthe Republican Party;Performance ReviewTE pgs: 731

Type of writing: WestwardJournal; Adaptation Notes;Research TopicsTE pgs: 754

Type of writing: Biographyof an Admirable Person; BookReportTE pgs: 767

Type of writing: NewspaperArticle; Eulogy for LincolnTE pgs: 777

Type of writing: WritingWorkshop: Research ReportTE pgs: 821

Unit 9: Writing to Express anOpinionUnit 12: Writing a ResearchReportPE/TE pgs: 442-485,569-610

Unit 12: Writing a ResearchReportUnit 14: Writing a NarrativePE/TE pgs: 569-610,646-682

Unit 10: Writing a NarrativeUnit 14: Writing to PersuadePE/TE pgs: 646-682,422-486


Unit 12: Writing a ResearchReportPE/TE pgs: 569-610


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Skill: Forming CompoundSentencesTE pgs: 732Skill: Punctuating CompoundSentencesTE pgs: 727

Skill: Using CompoundSentences for Sentence VarietyTE pgs: 755Skill: Compound SentencesVersus Compound VerbsTE pgs: 746Skill: Combining SentencesTE pgs: 755

Skill: Subordinate ClausesTE pgs: 768Skill: Distinguishing BetweenDependent and IndependentClausesTE pgs: 760Skill: Dependent ClausesTE pgs: 768

Skill: Joining Main andSubordinate ClausesTE pgs: 778Skill: Using a Comma withIn t ro. ClausesTE pgs: 774Skill: Joining Independentand Dependent ClausesTE pgs: 778

Skill: Complex SentencesTE pgs: 803Skill: Complex SentencesTE pgs: 797Skill: Creating ComplexSentences for VarietyTE pgs: 803

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 6: CompoundSentencesLesson 8: FormingCompound, Complex andCompound-ComplexSentencesPE/TE pgs: 51-53,61-62

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 8: FormingCompound, Complex andCompound-ComplexSentencesPE/TE pgs: 61-62

Unit 8: ClausesLesson 1: Independent andSubordinate ClausesPE/TE pgs: 396-398

Unit 8: ClausesLesson 1: Independent andSubordinate ClausesPE/TE pgs: 396-398Unit 5: Capitalization andPunctuationLesson 5: More Uses forCommasPE/TE pgs: 251-252

Unit 8: ClausesLesson 6: Forming Complexand Compound-ComplexSentencesPE/TE pgs: 416-417


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Skill: Words Ending in -ableand -ibleTE pgs: 762

Skill: Adverbs that End in -lyTE pgs: 777

Skill: Hard and Soft “c” and“g”TE pgs: 800


HMSV Unit: 17,23Lesson: Words oftenMisspelled I and IIPE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23

HMSV Unit: 16Lesson: Proofreading andWritingPE/TE pgs: 105HME CD-ROM Unit: 16

HMSV Unit: 35Lesson: Words OftenMispronouncedPE/TE pgs: 216-221HME CD-ROM Unit: 35


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Title: “A Fable”PE pgs: 804-810TE pgs: 804-810

Title: “Block Party”PE pgs: 830-838TE pgs: 830-838

Title: “The Summer of theBeautiful White House”PE pgs: 839-850TE pgs: 839-850

Title: from “Wait Til Next Year”PE pgs: 861-875TE pgs: 861-875

Type of writing: WritingWorkshop: Research ReportTE pgs: 821

Type of writing: Letter to aNeighbor; Persuasive SpeechTE pgs: 837

Type of writing: CharacterSketch: Family CredoTE pgs: 849

Type of writing: ScorecardDirections; Opinion Essay;Diary EntryTE pgs: 873

Unit 12: Writing a ResearchReportPE/TE pgs: 569-610

Unit 10: Writing to PersuadeUnit 13: Writing a FriendlyLetterPE/TE pgs: 422-486,618-644

Unit: Getting StartedWriting a DescriptionPE/TE pgs: 8-31

Unit 9: Writing to Ex p ress anOp i n i o nUnit 11: Writing In s t ru c t i o n sUnit 14: Writing a Na r r a t i vePE/TE pgs: 4 4 2 - 4 8 5 , 5 6 0 -5 6 5 , 6 4 6 - 6 8 2


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Skill: IdentifyingSubordinatingTE pgs: 810

Skill: Adjective ClausesTE pgs: 838Skill: Commas with Non-essential Adjective ClausesTE pgs: 835

Skill: Compound SentencesTE pgs: 850Skill: Compound Sentencesversus Compound VerbsTE pgs: 850

Skill: Noun ClausesTE pgs: 874Skill: Identifying Noun ClausesTE pgs: 866

Unit 8: C l a u s e sLesson 2 & 3: Ad j e c t i veC l a u s e sPE/TE pgs: 3 9 9 - 4 0 4Unit 5: Capitalization andPu n c t u a t i o nLesson 5: Mo re Uses forC o m m a sPE/TE pgs: 248-252

Unit 1: ClausesLesson 1: Independent andSubordinate ClausesPE/TE pgs: 396-398

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 6: CompoundSentencesPE/TE pgs: 51-53

Unit 8: ClausesLesson 6: Noun ClausesPE/TE pgs: 412-415


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Skill: Spelling the schwaTE pgs: 834

Skill: Words Ending in -ant/-ance and -ent/-enceTE pgs: 842

Skill: The LetterCombination phTE pgs: 868

HMSV Unit: 13,19,25Lesson: Vowel Changes I, II,III, IVPE/TE pgs: 84-89,120-125,156-162,192-197HME CD-ROM Unit:13,19,25

HMSV Unit: 17,23Lesson: Words OftenMisspelled I and IIPE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23

HMSV Unit: 2Lesson: Word of the WeekPE/TE pgs: 18HME CD-ROM Unit: 2


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Grade 8 Theme/Unit 6: Across Cultures

Title: Links to Unit 1“Aunty Misery”“Pandora’s Box”PE pgs: 906-917TE pgs: 906-917

Title: Links to Unit 2“Otoonah”“Racing the Great Bear”PE pgs: 919-935TE pgs: 919-935

Title: Links to Unit 3“The Souls in Purgatory”“Orpheus and Eurydice”PE pgs: 936-947TE pgs: 936-947

Title: Links to Unit 4“The Woman in the Snow”“The Girl in the Lavender Dress”PE pgs: 954-967TE pgs: 954-967

Title: Links to Unit 5“John Henry”“Pecos Bill”PE pgs: 968-981TE pgs: 968-981

Type of writing: WritingWorkshop: Cause and EffectEssayTE pgs: 951


Type of writing: Rewrite“Orpheus and Eurydice”TE pgs: 946

Type of writing: Adapt anUrban LegendTE pgs: 967


Unit 11: Writing to Compareand ContrastPE/TE pgs: 524-568

Unit 11: Writing to Compareand ContrastPE/TE pgs: 524-568



GRAMMAR FOCUS

IN MCDOUGAL LITTELL

LITERATURE


IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

ENGLISH









Skill: Compound PredicatesTE pgs: 913

Skill: Troublesome ModifiersTE pgs: 931

Skill: Comparative andSuperlative Forms ofAdjectivesTE pgs: 938

Skill: Prepositional PhrasesTE pgs: 958

Skill: Analyzing ComplexSentencesTE pgs: 975

Unit 4: ModifiersLesson 6: Adjective orAdverb?PE/TE pgs: 213-216

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 5: CompoundSubjects and PredicatesPE/TE pgs: 46-50

Unit 4: ModifiersLesson 2: Comparing withAdjectivesPE/TE pgs: 196-199

Unit 7: PhrasesLesson 1: PrepositionalPhrasesPE/TE pgs: 346-349

Unit 1: The SentenceLesson 8: Complex SentencesPE/TE pgs: 57-62


SPELLING FOCUS

IN MCDOUGAL LITTELL

LITERATURE

RELATED SPELLING










Skill: The Letters quTE pgs: 910

HMSV Unit: 17,19,23Lesson: The letters quPE/TE pgs: 108,120,144HME CD-ROM Unit:17,19,23

Skill: Compound WordsTE pgs: 923

Skill: Words Ending -ous/usTE pgs: 942

Skill: Double Consonantswith a SuffixTE pgs: 964

Skill: Words with SilentLettersTE pgs: 977

HMSV Unit: 17,34Lesson: ExpandingVocabulary; Words New toEnglishPE/TE pgs: 112,210HME CD-ROM Unit:17,34


HMSV Unit: 29Lesson: Single or DoubleConsonantsPE/TE pgs: 180-185HME CD-ROM Unit: 29

HMSV Unit: 17,23Lesson: Words OftenMisspelledPE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149HME CD-ROM Unit:17,23

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