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READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Introductory Unit: Celebrating Texas Literature
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Jimmy Hayes and Muriel”
PE pgs: TX5-TX9
TE pgs: TX2-TX11
Type of Writing: Job
Application Essay
TE pgs: TX11
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
TE/PE ppg: 442-85
Title: “To Gabriela, a Young Writer”;
“The Picture Copper Plates”;
“Revelations”
PE pgs: TX14-TX27
TE pgs: TX12-TX29
Type of Writing: Response to
Nonfiction
TE pgs: TX29
Unit 9: Writing to Express An
Opinion
PE/TE pgs: 442-485
Title: “The Death of the Old Man”
PE pgs: TX32-TX43
TE pgs: TX29-TX45
Type of Writing:
Documentary Video
TE pgs: TX45
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8 Introductory Unit: Celebrating Texas Literature
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Jimmy Hayes and Muriel”
PE pgs: TX5-TX9
TE pgs: TX2-TX11
Skill: Four Functions of
Sentences
TE pgs: TX 10
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 1: Kinds of Sentences
PE/TE pgs: 34-36
Title: “To Gabriela, a Young Writer”;
“The Picture Copper Plates”;
“Revelations”
PE pgs: TX14-TX27
TE pgs: TX12-TX29
Skill: Subjects and Predicates
TE pgs: TX28
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 2-5: Subjects and
Predicates
PE/TE pgs: 37-50
Title: “The Death of the Old Man”
PE pgs: TX32-TX43
TE pgs: TX29-TX45
Skill: Complete and
Incomplete Sentences
TE pgs: TX44
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 9: Fragments and
Run-ons
PE/TE pgs: 63-66
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Introductory Unit: Celebrating Texas Literature
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Jimmy Hayes and Muriel”
PE pgs: TX5-TX9
TE pgs: TX2-TX11
Skill: Suffix -ous
TE pgs: TX10
HMSV Unit: 27
Lesson: Adjective Suffixes
PE/TE pgs: 168-173,242
HME CD-ROM Unit: 27
Title: “To Gabriela, a Young Writer”;
“The Picture Copper Plates”;
“Revelations”
PE pgs: TX14-TX27
TE pgs: TX12-TX29
Skill: Suffix -ly
TE pgs: TX28
HMSV Unit: 15,21,27
Lesson: Suffixes
PE/TE pgs: 96-101,132-137,
168-173
HME CD-ROM Unit:
15,21,27
Title: “The Death of the Old Man”
PE pgs: TX32-TX43
TE pgs: TX29-TX45
Skill: -que as -kw or -k Sound
TE pgs: TX44
HMSV Unit: 17,19,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II;
Vowel Changes
PE/TE pgs: 108,120,144
HME CD-ROM Unit:
17,19,23
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh”
PE pgs: 5-8
TE pgs: 2-10
Type of Writing: Letter Home
From a Soldier
TE pgs: 10
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “Charles”
PE pgs: 14-19
TE pgs: 12-21
Type of Writing: Humorous
Description
TE pgs: 21
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
Title: from “I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings”
PE pgs: 24-29
TE pgs: 22-31
Type of Writing: Personal
Memoir About a Turning
Point
TE pgs: 31
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
Title: from “E-mail from Bill Gates”
PE pgs: 42-45
TE pgs: 40-47
Type of Writing: Comparison
of Forms of Communication
TE pgs: 47
Unit 11: Writing To Compare
and Contrast
PE/TE pgs: 524-568
Title: “The Girl Who Hunted
Rabbits”
PE pgs: 49-54
TE pgs: 48-55
Type of Writing: Personal
Narrative
TE pgs: 56-58
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh”
PE pgs: 5-8
TE pgs: 2-10
Skill: Nouns
TE pgs: 9
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 1: Kinds of Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 82-84
Title: “Charles”
PE pgs: 14-19
TE pgs: 12-21
Skill: Common and Proper
Nouns
TE pgs: 20
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 1: Kinds of Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 82-84
Title: from “I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings”
PE pgs: 24-29
TE pgs: 22-31
Skill: Plural and Possessive
Nouns
TE pgs: 30
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 3: Singular and Plural
Nouns
Lesson 4: Possessive Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 90-98
Title: from “E-mail from Bill Gates”
PE pgs: 42-45
TE pgs: 40-47
Skill: Concrete and Abstract
Nouns
TE pgs: 46
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 1: Kinds of Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 82-84
Title: “The Girl Who Hunted
Rabbits”
PE pgs: 49-54
TE pgs: 48-55
Skill: Nouns
TE pgs: 60
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 1: Kinds of Nouns
Lesson 3 and 4: Plural and
Possessive Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 82-84,90-98
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “The Drummer Boy of
Shiloh”
PE pgs: 5-8
TE pgs: 2-10
Skill: Adding -ed
TE pgs: 9
HMSV Unit: 26
Lesson: Word Forms
PE/TE pgs: 164
HME CD-ROM Unit: 26
Title: “Charles”
PE pgs: 14-19
TE pgs: 12-21
Skill: Adding -ly
TE pgs: 20
HMSV Unit: 15,21,27
Lesson: Suffixes
PE/TE pgs: 96-101,132-137,
168-173
HME CD-ROM Unit:
15,21,27
Title: from “I Know Why the
Caged Bird Sings”
PE pgs: 24-29
TE pgs: 22-31
Skill: Silent g
TE pgs: 30
HMSV Unit: 17,23,35
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled and
Mispronounced
PE/TE pgs: 108-113,144149,216-221
HME CD-ROM Unit:
17,23,35
Title: from “E-mail from Bill Gates”
PE pgs: 42-45
TE pgs: 40-47
Title: “The Girl Who Hunted
Rabbits”
PE pgs: 49-54
TE pgs: 48-55
Skill: Suffix -tion
TE pgs: 46
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: 1,25
Lesson: Consonant Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17,156A
HME CD-ROM Unit: 1,25
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Christmas Day in the
Morning”
PE pgs: 64-69
TE pgs: 62-71
Type of Writing: Fictional
Narrative;
Containing a Flashback
TE pgs: 71
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “Shooting Stars: Something
From the Sixties”
PE pgs: 81-85
TE pgs: 80-87
Type of Writing: Extend
Definition;
Description
TE pgs: 87,96-98
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Christmas Day in the
Morning”
PE pgs: 64-69
TE pgs: 62-71
Skill: Pronouns and Antecedents
TE pgs: 70
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 2: Pronouns
Antecedents
PE/TE pgs: 302-307
Title: “Shooting Stars: Something
From the Sixties”
PE pgs: 81-85
TE pgs: 80-87
Skill: Indefinite Pronouns
TE pgs: 86
Skill: Personal Pronouns
TE pgs: 100
Skill: Intensive Pronouns
TE pgs: 100
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 1: Personal and
Possessive Pronouns
Lesson 6: Indefinite Pronouns
Lesson 7: Intensive Pronouns
PE/TE pgs: 298-301,318-326
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 1: Coming of Age
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “Christmas Day in the
Morning”
PE pgs: 64-69
TE pgs: 62-71
Title: “Shooting Stars: Something
From the Sixties”
PE pgs: 81-85
TE pgs: 80-87
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: “qu” Sound
TE pgs: 70
Skill: “s” Sound Spelled “sc”
TE pgs: 86
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
HMSV Unit: 17,19,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II;
Vowel Changes I
PE/TE pgs: 108,120,144
HME CD-ROM Unit:
17,19,23
HMSV Unit: 11,17,23,35
Lesson: Words Often Confused;
Words Often Misspelled I and
II;
Words Often Mispronounced
PE/TE pgs: 72-77,108-113,
144-149; 216-221
HME CD-ROM Unit:
11,17,23,35
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Cub Pilot on the
Mississippi”
PE pgs: 109-116
TE pgs: 106-118
Type of Writing: Anecdote
TE pgs: 118
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
Title: “The Secret”
PE pgs: 122-127
TE pgs: 120-129
Type of Writing: Story
Continuation
TE pgs: 129
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “Harriet Tubman: Guide to
Freedom”
PE pgs: 132-139
TE pgs: 130-141
Type of Writing: Spoken
Introduction
TE pgs: 141
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “Up the Slide”
PE pgs: 154-159
TE pgs: 152-161
Type of Writing: Report on
the Yukon
TE pgs: 161
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
Title: “The Pilgrims’ Landing and
First Winter”
PE pgs: 163-164
TE pgs: 162-165
Type of Writing: Historical
Cause and Effect Essay
TE pgs: 166-168
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Cub Pilot on the
Mississippi”
PE pgs: 109-116
TE pgs: 106-118
Skill: Verb and Verb Phrases
TE pgs: 117
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 1: Kinds of Verbs
Lesson 2: Verb Phrases
PE/TE pgs: 112-117
Title: “The Secret”
PE pgs: 122-127
TE pgs: 120-129
Skill: Action and Linking
Verbs
TE pgs: 128
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 1: Kinds of Verbs
PE/TE pgs: 112-114F
Title: “Harriet Tubman: Guide to
Freedom”
PE pgs: 132-139
TE pgs: 130-141
Skill: Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs
TE pgs: 140
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 8: Transitive and
Intransitive Verbs
PE/TE pgs: 137-139
Title: “Up the Slide”
PE pgs: 154-159
TE pgs: 152-161
Skill: Active and Passive Voice
TE pgs: 160
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 11: Active and Passive
Voices
PE/TE pgs: 147-151
Title: “The Pilgrims’ Landing and
First Winter”
PE pgs: 163-164
TE pgs: 162-165
Skill: Verbs
TE pgs:
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 1: Kinds of Verbs
PE/TE pgs: 112-114
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Cub Pilot on the
Mississippi”
PE pgs: 109-116
TE pgs: 106-118
Skill: -cious
TE pgs: 117
HMSV Unit: 1,25
Lesson: Consonant and Vowel
Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17,156A
HME CD-ROM Unit: 1,25
Title: “The Secret”
PE pgs: 122-127
TE pgs: 120-129
Skill: Adding -ing
TE pgs: 128
HMSV Unit: 26
Lesson: Word Forms
PE/TE pgs: 164
HME CD-ROM Unit: 4
Title: “Harriet Tubman: Guide to
Freedom”
PE pgs: 132-139
TE pgs: 130-141
Skill: Spell “s” Sound with “c”
TE pgs: 140
HMSV Unit: 1
Lesson: Consonant Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17
HME CD-ROM Unit:1
Title: “Up the Slide”
PE pgs: 154-159
TE pgs: 152-161
Skill: Long “o” Spelled “ough”
TE pgs: 160
HMSV Unit: Handbook
Lesson: Spelling Dictionary
PE/TE pgs: 280-281
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: “The Pilgrims’ Landing and
First Winter”
PE pgs: 163-164
TE pgs: 162-165
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Ninny”;
“The Governess”
PE pgs: 174-181
TE pgs: 172-183
Type of Writing: Comparison
of Stories
TE pgs: 183
Unit 11: Writing To Compare
and Contrast
PE/TE pgs: 524-568
Title: “Thank You, M’am”
PE pgs: 186-189
TE pgs: 184-191
Type of Writing: Letter of
Guidance
TE pgs: 191
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “Flowers for Algernon”
PE pgs: 204-225
TE pgs: 202-225
Type of Writing: Problem and
Solution Essay
TE pgs: 228-230
Unit 12: Writing to Solve a
Problem
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Ninny”;
“The Governess”
PE pgs: 174-181
TE pgs: 172-183
Skill: Principal Parts of
Regular Verbs (adding -dor ed)
TE pgs: 182
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 3: Tenses
PE/TE pgs: 118-121
Title: “Thank You, M’am”
PE pgs: 186-189
TE pgs: 184-191
Skill: Principal Parts of
Irregular Verbs (eat, ate, eaten)
TE pgs: 190
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 5 and 6: Irregular Verbs
PE/TE pgs: 125-131
Title: “Flowers for Algernon”
PE pgs: 204-225
TE pgs: 202-225
Skill: Principal Parts and Verb
Tenses
TE pgs: 232
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 3: Tenses
PE/TE pgs: 118-121
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 2: Meeting Challenges
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “The Ninny”;
“The Governess”
PE pgs: 174-181
TE pgs: 172-183
Skill: Changing -y to -i
TE pgs: 182
HMSV Unit: 26 - Dictionary
Lesson: Word Forms
PE/TE pgs: 164 and 314
HME CD-ROM Unit: 26
Title: “Thank You, M’am”
PE pgs: 186-189
TE pgs: 184-191
Skill: Prefix misTE pgs: 190
HMSV Unit: 3,7,9,33
Lesson: Prefixes
PE/TE pgs: 24-29,48-53,6065, 204-209
HME CD-ROM Unit:
3,7,9,33
Title: “Flowers for Algernon”
PE pgs: 204-225
TE pgs: 202-225
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Brown vs Board of
Education”
PE pgs: 241-246
TE pgs: 238-248
Type of Writing: Personal
Essay
TE pgs: 248
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
Title: “A Retrieved Reformation”
PE pgs: 252-257
TE pgs: 250-259
Type of Writing: Response to
the Story
TE pgs: 259
Unit 9: Writing to Express An
Opinion
PE/TE pgs: 442-485
Title: “Emancipation”
PE pgs: 262-265
TE pgs: 260-269
Type of Writing: Letter
TE pgs: 269
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
Title: “Gentleman of Río en
Medio”; “Saving the Wetlands”
PE pgs: 272-281
TE pgs: 270-283
Type of Writing: Speech
Supporting the Environment;
Letter to the Editor
TE pgs: 283,284-286
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “Raymond’s Run”
PE pgs: 292-300
TE pgs: 290-301
Type of Writing: Script for a
Sportscaster
TE pgs: 301
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Brown vs Board of
Education”
PE pgs: 241-246
TE pgs: 238-248
Skill: Adjectives
TE pgs: 247
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 1: Adjectives
PE/TE pgs: 190-195
Title: “A Retrieved Reformation”
PE pgs: 252-257
TE pgs: 250-259
Skill: Placement of Adjectives
TE pgs: 258
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 1: Writing with
Adjectives
PE/TE pgs: 194-195
Title: “Emancipation”
PE pgs: 262-265
TE pgs: 260-269
Skill: Adverbs
TE pgs: 268
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 3: Adverbs
PE/TE pgs: 200-205
Title: “Gentleman of Río en
Medio”; “Saving the Wetlands”
PE pgs: 272-281
TE pgs: 270-283
Skill: Adjectives and Adverbs
TE pgs: 288
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 6: Adjective or Adverb
PE/TE pgs: 213-216
Title: “Raymond’s Run”
PE pgs: 292-300
TE pgs: 290-301
Skill: Prepositions
TE pgs: 300
Unit 7: Phrases
Lesson 1: Prepositional Phrases
PE/TE pgs: 346-349
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Brown vs Board of
Education”
PE pgs: 241-246
TE pgs: 238-248
Skill: Adding -ed
TE pgs: 247
HMSV Unit: 26
Lesson: Word Forms
PE/TE pgs: 164
HME CD-ROM Unit: 26
Title: “A Retrieved Reformation”
PE pgs: 252-257
TE pgs: 250-259
Skill: Adding -ion
TE pgs: 258
HMSV Unit: 1,25
Lesson: Consonant Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17,156A
HME CD-ROM Unit:1,25
Title: “Emancipation”
PE pgs: 262-265
TE pgs: 260-269
Skill: “ex”
TE pgs: 268
HMSV Unit: 3,7,9,33
Lesson: Prefixes
PE/TE pgs: 24-29,48-53,6065, 204-209
HME CD-ROM
Unit:3,7,9,33
Title: “Gentleman of Río en
Medio”; “Saving the Wetlands”
PE pgs: 272-281
TE pgs: 270-283
Skill: gn- Silent Letters
TE pgs: 282
HMSV Unit: 17,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149
HME CD-ROM Unit:17,23
Title: “Raymond’s Run”
PE pgs: 292-300
TE pgs: 290-301
Skill: Words that end in -gy
TE pgs: 300
HMSV Unit: 8
Lesson: Greek Word Parts II
PE/TE pgs: 54-59
HME CD-ROM Unit: 8
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “Always to Remember:
The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”
PE pgs: 326-331
TE pgs: 324-333
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Type of Writing: Tourist
Brochure for a Memorial;
Persuasive Essay
TE pgs: 333,334-336
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “Always to Remember:
The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”
PE pgs: 326-331
TE pgs: 324-333
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Skill: Prepositional Phrases
TE pgs: 332,338
Unit 7: Phrases
Lesson 1: Prepositional Phrases
PE/TE pgs: 346-349
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 3: Quest for Justice
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “Always to Remember:
The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”
PE pgs: 326-331
TE pgs: 324-333
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: -ant and -ent
TE pgs: 332
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
HMSV Unit: 23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
PE/TE pgs: 144
HME CD-ROM Unit: 23
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: from “The People, Yes”
PE pgs: 347-348
TE pgs: 2344-350
Type of Writing: Profile of a
Legendary Figure
TE pgs: 350
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
Title: from “Travels with Charley”
PE pgs: 354-360
TE pgs: 352-363
Type of Writing: Travel Journal
Entry
TE pgs: 363
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
Title: “Achieving the American
Dream”; “Choice: A Tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.”
PE pgs: 368-373
TE pgs: 364-375
Type of Writing: Tribute
TE pgs: 375
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “The Man Without a
Country”
PE pgs: 377-390
TE pgs: 376-391
Type of Writing: Summary
TE pgs: 392-394
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “Sancho”
PE pgs: 400-404
TE pgs: 398-407
Type of Writing: Report
TE pgs: 407
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: from “The People, Yes”
PE pgs: 347-348
TE pgs: 2344-350
Skill: Subordinating
Conjunctions
TE pgs: 349
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 7: Conjunctions
PE/TE pgs: 54-56
Title: from “Travels with Charley”
PE pgs: 354-360
TE pgs: 352-363
Skill: Coordinating
Conjunctions
TE pgs: 362
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 7: Conjunctions
PE/TE pgs: 54-56
Title: “Achieving the American
Dream”; “Choice: A Tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.”
PE pgs: 368-373
TE pgs: 364-375
Skill: Correlative
Conjunctions
TE pgs: 374
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 7: Conjunctions
PE/TE pgs: 54-56
Title: “The Man Without a
Country”
PE pgs: 377-390
TE pgs: 376-391
Skill: Conjunctions
TE pgs: 396
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 7: Conjunctions
PE/TE pgs: 54-56
Title: “Sancho”
PE pgs: 400-404
TE pgs: 398-407
Skill: Subjects and Predicates
TE pgs: 406
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 2-5: Subjects and
Predicates
PE/TE pgs: 37-50
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: from “The People, Yes”
PE pgs: 347-348
TE pgs: 2344-350
Skill: Adding -s and -es
TE pgs: 349
HMSV Unit: Handbook
Lesson: Spelling Dictionary
PE/TE pgs: 282
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: from “Travels with Charley”
PE pgs: 354-360
TE pgs: 352-363
Skill: “qu”
TE pgs: 362
HMSV Unit: 17,19,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs: 108,120,144
HME CD-ROM
Unit:17,19,23
Title: “Achieving the American
Dream”; “Choice: A Tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.”
PE pgs: 368-373
TE pgs: 364-375
Skill: Looking for Words
Within Words to Help Learn
the Word
TE pgs: 374
HMSV Unit: 29
Lesson: Single and Double
Consonants
PE/TE pgs: 243
HME CD-ROM Unit:29
Title: “The Man Without a
Country”
PE pgs: 377-390
TE pgs: 376-391
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: “Sancho”
PE pgs: 400-404
TE pgs: 398-407
Skill: Words Beginning With
accTE pgs: 406
HMSV Unit: 7
Lesson: Absorbed Prefixes
PE/TE pgs: 48-53
HME CD-ROM Unit: 7
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Ribbon for Baldy”;
“The White Umbrella”
PE pgs: 410-419
TE pgs: 408-421
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Type of Writing:
Recommendation; Consumer
Report
TE pgs: 421,430-432
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Ribbon for Baldy”;
“The White Umbrella”
PE pgs: 410-419
TE pgs: 408-421
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: Compound Subjects
and Verbs
TE pgs: 420
Skill: Subjects and Predicates
TE pgs: 434
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 2-4: Subjects and
Predicates
Lesson 5: Compound Subjects
PE/TE pgs: 37-50
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 4: From Sea to Shining Sea
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Ribbon for Baldy”;
“The White Umbrella”
PE pgs: 410-419
TE pgs: 408-421
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: “xi” as in -xious, -xion
TE pgs: 420
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
HMSV Unit: 1,25
Lesson: Consonant and Vowel
Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17,156A
HME CD-ROM Unit: 1,25
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Lights in the Night”
PE pgs: 442-446
TE pgs: 440-448
Type of Writing: Childhood
Remembrance
TE pgs: 448
Unit 13: Writing a Personal
Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 618-644
Title: “What Stumped the Blue
Jays”; “Why Leaves Turn Color in
the Fall”
PE pgs: 452-461
TE pgs: 450-463
Type of Writing:
Observational Essay
TE pgs: 463
Unit: Getting Started
Writing a Description
PE/TE pgs: 8-31
Title: “The Adventure of the
Speckled Band”
PE pgs: 474-491
TE pgs: 472-493
Type of Writing: Letter of
Recommendation
TE pgs: 493
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “Crime-Solving Procedures
for the Modern Detective”
PE pgs: 494-495
TE pgs: 494-495
Type of Writing: Business
Letter
TE pgs: 496-498
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “A Flow in the Dark from
Woodsong”
PE pgs: 504-507
TE pgs: 502-513
Type of Writing: I-Search
Paper
TE pgs: 513
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Lights in the Night”
PE pgs: 442-446
TE pgs: 440-448
Skill: Direct Object
TE pgs: 447
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 9: Direct and Indirect
Objects
PE/TE pgs: 140-143
Title: “What Stumped the Blue
Jays”; “Why Leaves Turn Color in
the Fall”
PE pgs: 452-461
TE pgs: 450-463
Skill: Indirect Objects
TE pgs: 462
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 9: Direct and Indirect
Objects
PE/TE pgs: 140-143
Title: “The Adventure of the
Speckled Band”
PE pgs: 474-491
TE pgs: 472-493
Skill: Predicate Noun
TE pgs: 492
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 10: Predicate Nouns
and Adjectives
PE/TE pgs: 144-146
Title: “Crime-Solving Procedures
for the Modern Detective”
PE pgs: 494-495
TE pgs: 494-495
Skill: Complements
TE pgs: 500
Unit 3: Verbs
Lesson 9: Direct and Indirect
Objects
Lesson 10: Predicate Nouns
and Adjectives
PE/TE pgs: 140-146
Title: “A Flow in the Dark from
Woodsong”
PE pgs: 504-507
TE pgs: 502-513
Skill: Appositive Phrases
TE pgs: 512
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 2: Writing with Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 88-89
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Lights in the Night”
PE pgs: 442-446
TE pgs: 440-448
Skill: -ie and -ei
TE pgs: 447
HMSV Unit: 31
Lesson: Vowel Changes IV
PE/TE pgs: 192-197
HME CD-ROM Unit: 31
Title: “What Stumped the Blue
Jays”; “Why Leaves Turn Color in
the Fall”
PE pgs: 452-461
TE pgs: 450-463
Skill: “er”, “ar” and “or”
TE pgs: 462
HMSV Unit: 32
Lesson: Latin Roots IV
PE/TE pgs: 75,198
HME CD-ROM Unit: 32
Title: “The Adventure of the
Speckled Band”
PE pgs: 474-491
TE pgs: 472-493
Skill: “er” and “ur”
TE pgs: 492
HMSV Unit: 32
Lesson: Latin Roots IV
PE/TE pgs: 75,198
HME CD-ROM Unit: 32
Title: “Crime-Solving Procedures
for the Modern Detective”
PE pgs: 494-495
TE pgs: 494-495
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: “A Flow in the Dark from
Woodsong”
PE pgs: 504-507
TE pgs: 502-513
Skill: Sound “ak” Spelled “acg”
TE pgs: 512
HMSV Unit: 17,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs:108-113,144-149
HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Horseman in the Sky”
PE pgs: 515-520
TE pgs: 514-521
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Type of Writing: “How-to”
Essay
TE pgs: 522-524
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 11: Writing Instructions
PE/TE pgs: 560-565
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Horseman in the Sky”
PE pgs: 515-520
TE pgs: 514-521
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: Participial and Appositive
Phrases
TE pgs: 526
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 2: Nouns
Lesson 2: Writing with Nouns
PE/TE pgs: 88-89
Unit 7: Phrases
Lesson 5: Participial Phrases
PE/TE pgs: 361-363
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 5: Extraordinary Occurences
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: “A Horseman in the Sky”
PE pgs: 515-520
TE pgs: 514-521
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 6: Short Stories
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Dinner Party”
PE pgs: 534-536
TE pgs: 532-537
Type of Writing: Interior
Monologue
TE pgs: 538
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
PE pgs: 542-547
TE pgs: 540-549
Type of Writing: Suspenseful
Anecdote
TE pgs: 549
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “The Day I Got Lost”;
“Hamadi”
PE pgs: 558-569
TE pgs: 556-571
Type of Writing: Dialogue;
Fictional Narrative
TE pgs: 571-574
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”;
“Tears of Autumn”
PE pgs: 580-591
TE pgs: 578-593
Type of Writing: Comparison
and Contrast Essay
TE pgs: 593
Unit 11: Writing To Compare
and Contrast
PE/TE pgs: 524-568
Title: “The Story-Teller”;
“The Medicine Bag”
PE pgs: 596
TE pgs: 594
Type of Writing: Book Jacket;
Literary Analysis
TE pgs: 611-614
Unit 14: Writing a Story
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 6: Short Stories
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Dinner Party”
PE pgs: 534-536
TE pgs: 532-537
Skill: Clauses
TE pgs: 537
Unit 8: Clauses
Lesson 1: Independent and
Subordinate Clauses
PE/TE pgs: 396-398
Title: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
PE pgs: 542-547
TE pgs: 540-549
Skill: Adverb Clauses
TE pgs: 548
Unit 8: Clauses
Lesson 5: Adverb Clauses
PE/TE pgs: 408-411
Title: “The Day I Got Lost”;
“Hamadi”
PE pgs: 558-569
TE pgs: 556-571
Skill: Adjective Clauses
TE pgs: 570
Unit 8: Clauses
Lesson 2: Adjectives Clauses
PE/TE pgs: 399-401
Title: “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”;
“Tears of Autumn”
PE pgs: 580-591
TE pgs: 578-593
Skill: Simple and Compound
Sentences
TE pgs: 592
Unit 1: The Sentences
Lesson 6: Compound
Sentences
PE/TE pgs: 51-53
Title: “The Story-Teller”;
“The Medicine Bag”
PE pgs: 596
TE pgs: 594
Skill: Sentence Structures
TE pgs: 610,616
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 6 and 8: Compound
and Complex Sentences
PE/TE pgs: 51-53,57-62
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 6: Short Stories
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “The Dinner Party”
PE pgs: 534-536
TE pgs: 532-537
Skill: Long Vowel Sound in Two
Syllable Words
TE pgs: 537
HMSV Unit: 29
Lesson: Single or Double
Consonants
PE/TE pgs: 180-185
HME CD-ROM Unit: 29
Title: “The Tell-Tale Heart”
PE pgs: 542-547
TE pgs: 540-549
Skill: -sion
TE pgs: 548
HMSV Unit: 1,25
Lesson: Consonant and Vowel
Changes
PE/TE pgs: 12-17,156A
HME CD-ROM Unit:1,25
Title: “The Day I Got Lost”;
“Hamadi”
PE pgs: 558-569
TE pgs: 556-571
Skill: -le and -el
TE pgs: 570
HMSV Unit: 27
Lesson: Adjective Suffixes
PE/TE pgs: 168-173
HME CD-ROM Unit:27
Title: “The Finish of Patsy Barnes”;
“Tears of Autumn”
PE pgs: 580-591
TE pgs: 578-593
Skill: Long -e as -ea
TE pgs: 592
HMSV Unit: 17,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149
HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23
Title: “The Story-Teller”;
“The Medicine Bag”
PE pgs: 596
TE pgs: 594
Skill: -ur and -or
TE pgs: 610
HMSV Unit: 32
Lesson: Latin Roots IV
PE/TE pgs: 75,198
HME CD-ROM Unit: 32
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Animal Craftsman”
PE pgs: 624-628
TE pgs: 622-629
Type of Writing: Article for
School Newspaper
TE pgs: 630
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
Title: from “One Writer’s
Beginnings”;
“Baseball”
PE pgs: 634-639
TE pgs: 632-640
Type of Writing: Rule Book
TE pgs: 641
Unit 11: Writing Instructions
PE/TE pgs: 560-565
Title: from “The United States vs.
Susan B. Anthony”;
“Hokusai: the Old Man Mad
About Drawing”;
“Not to Go with the Others”
PE pgs: 643-659
TE pgs: 642-661
Type of Writing: Testimonial;
Public-Service Announcement
TE pgs: 661, 662-663
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “Debbie”; “Forest Fire”;
“How to be Polite Online”
PE pgs: 669-681
TE pgs: 668-683
Type of Writing: Interview
TE pgs: 638
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: “The Trouble With
Television”
PE pgs: 686-691
TE pgs: 684-693
Type of Writing: Persuasive
Speech
TE pgs: 693
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Animal Craftsman”
PE pgs: 624-628
TE pgs: 622-629
Skill: Subjective Case
Pronouns
TE pgs: 629
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 3: Pronoun Case
PE/TE pgs: 308-311
Title: from “One Writer’s
Beginnings”;
“Baseball”
PE pgs: 634-639
TE pgs: 632-640
Skill: Objective Case
Pronouns
TE pgs: 640
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 3: Pronoun Case
PE/TE pgs: 308-311
Title: from “The United States vs.
Susan B. Anthony”;
“Hokusai: the Old Man Mad
About Drawing”;
“Not to Go with the Others”
PE pgs: 643-659
TE pgs: 642-661
Skill: Using Who and Whom
TE pgs: 660
Skill: Correct Pronoun Use
TE pgs: 666
Unit 8: Clauses
Lesson 3: Adjective Clauses
with Who, Whom and Whose
PE/TE pgs: 402-404
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 3: Pronoun Case
PE/TE pgs: 308-311
Title: “Debbie”; “Forest Fire”;
“How to be Polite Online”
PE pgs: 669-681
TE pgs: 668-683
Skill: Pronoun and Antecedent
Agreement
TE pgs: 682
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 2: Pronoun
Antecedents
PE/TE pgs: 302-307
Title: “The Trouble With
Television”
PE pgs: 686-691
TE pgs: 684-693
Skill: Pronoun Agreement
with Indefinite Subjects
TE pgs: 692
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 6: Indefinite Pronouns
PE/TE pgs: 318-322
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Animal Craftsman”
PE pgs: 624-628
TE pgs: 622-629
Skill: Silent “b”
TE pgs: 629
HMSV Unit: 17,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149
HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23
Title: from “One Writer’s
Beginnings”;
“Baseball”
PE pgs: 634-639
TE pgs: 632-640
Skill: -ie and -ei
TE pgs: 640
HMSV Unit: 31
Lesson: Vowel Changes IV
PE/TE pgs: 192-197
HME CD-ROM Unit: 31
Title: from “The United States vs.
Susan B. Anthony”;
“Hokusai: the Old Man Mad
About Drawing”;
“Not to Go with the Others”
PE pgs: 643-659
TE pgs: 642-661
Skill: Silent -g in -gn
TE pgs: 660
HMSV Unit: 17,23
Lesson: Words Often
Misspelled
I and II
PE/TE pgs: 108-113,144-149
HME CD-ROM Unit: 17,23
Title: “Debbie”; “Forest Fire”;
“How to be Polite Online”
PE pgs: 669-681
TE pgs: 668-683
Skill: -j Sound Spelled with -g
TE pgs: 682
HMSV Unit: 15
Lesson: Noun Suffixes I
PE/TE pgs: 96-101
HME CD-ROM Unit: 15
Title: “The Trouble With
Television”
PE pgs: 686-691
TE pgs: 684-693
Skill: -oy or -oi
TE pgs: 692
HMSV Unit: Handbook
Lesson: Spelling Dictionary
PE/TE pgs: 280
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: from “Sharing the American
Dream”
PE pgs: 694-695
TE pgs: 694-695
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Type of Writing: Research
Paper
TE pgs: 696-698
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-61
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: from “Sharing the American
Dream”
PE pgs: 694-695
TE pgs: 694-695
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: Pronoun and Antecedent
Agreement
TE pgs: 700
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 2: Pronouns
PE/TE pgs: 302-307
Antecedents
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 7: Nonfiction
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
Title: from “Sharing the American
Dream”
PE pgs: 694-695
TE pgs: 694-695
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 8: Drama
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Diary of Anne Frank”
PE pgs: 711-769
TE pgs: 708-771
Type of Writing: Scene with
Dialogue
TE pgs: 771
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: from “Walk in the Woods”
PE pgs: 773-774
TE pgs: 772-775
Type of Writing: Video Script
TE pgs: 776-778
Unit 14: Writing a Narrative
PE/TE pgs: 646-682
Title: from “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream”; “Much ado About
Nothing”; “The Life and Death of
King Richard III”
PE pgs: 784-793
TE pgs: 782-795
Type of Writing: Biographical
Report; Critical Review
TE pgs: 795
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 8: Drama
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “The Diary of Anne Frank”
PE pgs: 711-769
TE pgs: 708-771
Skill: Verb Agreement with
Indefinite Pronouns
TE pgs: 770
Unit 6: Pronouns
Lesson 6: Indefinite Pronouns
PE/TE pgs: 318-322
Title: from “Walk in the Woods”
PE pgs: 773-774
TE pgs: 772-775
Skill: Subject-Verb Agreement
TE pgs: 780
Unit 6: Verbs
Lesson 12 and 13: SubjectVerb Agreement
PE/TE pgs: 152-158
Title: from “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream”; “Much ado About
Nothing”; “The Life and Death of
King Richard III”
PE pgs: 784-793
TE pgs: 782-795
Skill: Subject-Verb Agreement
TE pgs: 800
Unit 6: Verbs
Lesson 12 and 13: SubjectVerb Agreement
PE/TE pgs: 152-158
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 8: Drama
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “The Diary of Anne Frank”
PE pgs: 711-769
TE pgs: 708-771
Skill: “choo” Spelled “tu”
TE pgs: 770
HMSV Unit: 32
Lesson: Word Assembly Line
PE/TE pgs: 200
HME CD-ROM Unit: 32
Title: from “Walk in the Woods”
PE pgs: 773-774
TE pgs: 772-775
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: from “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream”; “Much ado About
Nothing”; “The Life and Death of
King Richard III”
PE pgs: 784-793
TE pgs: 782-795
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 9: Poetry
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: Part 1; “Types of Poetry”
PE pgs: 813-847
TE pgs: 813-847
Type of Writing: Comparison and Unit 11: Writing To
Contrast Essay
Compare and Contrast
TE pgs: 848-850
PE/TE pgs: 524-568
Title: Part 2: “Elements of Poetry”
PE pgs: 853-881
TE pgs: 853-881
Type of Writing: Poem
TE pgs: 882
Unit 9: Writing a Poetry
PE/TE pgs: 474-479
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 9: Poetry
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: Part 1; “Types of Poetry”
PE pgs: 813-847
TE pgs: 813-847
Skill: “Correct Use of
Modifiers”
TE pgs: 852
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 1 and 3: Writing With
Adjectives and Adverbs
PE/TE pgs: 194-195,204-205
Title: Part 2: “Elements of Poetry”
PE pgs: 853-881
TE pgs: 853-881
Skill: “Usage Problems”
TE pgs: 886
Unit 4: Modifiers
Lesson 1 and 3: Writing With
Adjectives and Adverbs
PE/TE pgs: 194-195,204-205
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 9: Poetry
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: Part 1; “Types of Poetry”
PE pgs: 813-847
TE pgs: 813-847
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: Part 2: “Elements of Poetry”
PE pgs: 853-881
TE pgs: 853-881
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 10: The American Folk Tradition
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
WRITING ASSIGNMENT
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED WRITING UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Coyote Steals the Sun and
Moon”; “The Spirit Chief Names
the Animal People”
PE pgs: 901-907
TE pgs: 900-909
Type of Writing: Report on an
Animal
TE pgs: 909
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
Title: “Chicoria”; “Brer, Possum’s
Dilemma”; “Why the Waves have
Whitecaps”
PE pgs: 912-919
TE pgs: 910-921
Type of Writing: Persuasive
Advertisement
TE pgs: 921
Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
PE/TE pgs: 422-486
Title: from “The Right Stuff ”
PE pgs: 923-924
TE pgs: 921-924
Type of Writing: Multimedia
Presentation
TE pgs: 926-928
Unit 12: Writing a Research
Report
PE/TE pgs: 569-610
Title: “Hammerman”;
“Paul Bunyan of the North
Woods”; “Pecos Bill: The
Cyclone”; “Davy Crockett’s
Dream”
PE pgs: 934-953
TE pgs: 932-955
Type of Writing: Nomination for Unit 10: Writing to Persuade
Hero of the Year; Independent WebPE/TE pgs: 422-486
Page
TE pgs: 955-958
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 10: The American Folk Tradition
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
GRAMMAR FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED GRAMMAR UNIT
IN HOUGHTON MIFFLIN
ENGLISH
Title: “Coyote Steals the Sun and
Moon”; “The Spirit Chief Names
the Animal People”
PE pgs: 901-907
TE pgs: 900-909
Skill: Commas in Compound
Sentences
TE pgs: 908
Unit 5: Capitalization and
Punctuation
Lesson 4 and 5: Commas
PE/TE pgs: 245-252
Title: “Chicoria”; “Brer, Possum’s
Dilemma”; “Why the Waves have
Whitecaps”
PE pgs: 912-919
TE pgs: 910-921
Skill: Commas in a Series
TE pgs: 920
Unit 5: Capitalization and
Punctuation
Lesson 4 and 5: Commas
PE/TE pgs: 245-252
Title: from “The Right Stuff ”
PE pgs: 923-924
TE pgs: 921-924
Skill: Commas
TE pgs: 930
Unit 5: Capitalization and
Punctuation
Lesson 4 and 5: Commas
PE/TE pgs: 245-252
Title: “Hammerman”;
“Paul Bunyan of the North
Woods”; “Pecos Bill: The
Cyclone”; “Davy Crockett’s
Dream”
PE pgs: 934-953
TE pgs: 932-955
Skill: Variety in Sentence
Beginnings
TE pgs: 960
Unit 1: The Sentence
Lesson 4: Finding the Subject
PE/TE pgs: 43-45
READING CONNECTIONS: I NTEGRATED LESSON PLANS
PRENTICE HALL and HOUGHTON MIFFLIN ENGLISH
Grade 8
Theme/Unit 10: The American Folk Tradition
PRENTICE HALL LITERATURE SELECTION
SPELLING FOCUS
IN PRENTICE HALL
LITERATURE
RELATED SPELLING
UNIT/LESSONS IN HMSV
AND HME
Title: “Coyote Steals the Sun and
Moon”; “The Spirit Chief Names
the Animal People”
PE pgs: 901-907
TE pgs: 900-909
Skill: Adding -ify
TE pgs: 908
HMSV Unit: 32
Lesson: Expanding
Vocablurary
PE/TE pgs: 202
HME CD-ROM Unit: 32
Title: “Chicoria”; “Brer, Possum’s
Dilemma”; “Why the Waves have
Whitecaps”
PE pgs: 912-919
TE pgs: 910-921
Skill: -aw Sound
TE pgs: 920
HMSV Unit: 8
Lesson: Greek Word Parts II
PE/TE pgs: 232
HME CD-ROM Unit: 8
Title: from “The Right Stuff ”
PE pgs: 923-924
TE pgs: 921-924
Skill: No Spelling Taught
TE pgs:
HMSV Unit: No Spelling
Taught
Lesson:
PE/TE pgs:
HME CD-ROM Unit:
Title: “Hammerman”;
“Paul Bunyan of the North
Woods”; “Pecos Bill: The
Cyclone”; “Davy Crockett’s
Dream”
PE pgs: 934-953
TE pgs: 932-955
Skill: Double Consonants
TE pgs: 954
HMSV Unit: 29
Lesson: Single or Double
Consonants
PE/TE pgs: 180-185
HME CD-ROM Unit: 29