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Holt Thematic Breakdown
Grades 9 and 10
 

THEMATIC BREAKDOWN OF HOLT TEXT AND HOLT READER - 9th Grade

First Marking Period--self-awareness

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

2

Teaching Chess, and Life

Carlos Capellan

self-awareness

96

essay

text

2

2

Community Service & You

T.J. Saftner

self-awareness

98

article

text

3

2

Feeding Frenzy

Peter Ames Carlin/ Don Sider

self-awareness

100

article

text

4

2

Helen on Eighty-sixth Street

Wendi Kaufman

self-awareness

104

short story

text

5

2

Forgive My Guilt

Robert P. Tristram Coffin

self-awareness

128

poem

text

6

2

Old Man at the Bridge

Ernest Hemingway

self-awareness

140

short story

text

7

3

My Delicate Heart Condition

Toni Cade Bambara

self-awareness

94

short story

hr

8

4

Fifteen

William stafford

self-awareness

134

poem

hr

9

5

A Defense of the Jury Systen

Thomas M. Ross, Esq.

self-awareness

308

essay

text

10

5

The Road Not Taken

Robert Frost

self-awareness

314

poem

text

11

5

Crossing Paths

Robert Frost

self-awareness

317

letter

text

12

5

The Princess and the Tin Box

James Thurber

self-awareness

332

fable

text

13

5

August Heat

William Fryer Harvey

self-awareness

154

short story

hr

14

6

I May, I Might, I Must

Marianne Moore

self-awareness

341

poem

text

15

6

If There Be Sorrow

Mari Evans

self-awareness

355

poem

text

16

6

The Scarlet Ibis

James Hurst

self-awareness

342/168

short story

text/hr

17

7

Woman Work

Maya Angelou

self-awareness

408

poem

text

18

7

Daily

Naomi Shihab Nye

self-awareness

410

poem

text

19

7

in Just-

e.e.cummings

self-awareness

413

poem

text

20

7

Eyeglasses for the Mind

Stephen King

self-awareness

415

interview

text

21

7

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

Emily Dickinson

self-awareness

435

poem

text

22

7

Internment

Juliet S. Kono

self-awareness

436

poem

text

23

7

Fog

Carl Sandburg

self-awareness

440

poem

text

24

7

Fire and Ice

Robert Frost

self-awareness

441

poem

text

25

7

The Seven Ages of Man

William Shakespeare

self-awareness

444

poem

text

26

7

Boy at the Window

Richard Wilbur

self-awareness

450

poem

text

27

7

The Sacred

Stephen Dunn

self-awareness

206

poem

hr

7

How I Learned English

Gregory Djanikian

self-awareness

214

poem

hr

28

7

Dust of Snow

Robert Frost

self-awareness

455

poem

text

29

7

The Bagel

David Ignatow

self-awareness

456

poem

text

30

7

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

William Wadsworth

self-awareness

457

poem

text

31

10

Penelope to Ulysses

Meredith Schwartz

self-awareness

697

poem

text

32

10

An Ancient Gesture

Edna St. Vincent Millay

self-awareness

697

poem

text

33

11

Your Laughter

Pablo Neruda

self-awareness

911

poem

text

34

11

How Do I Love Thee?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

self-awareness

911

sonnet

text

35

11

from Barefoot in the Park

Neil Simon

self-awareness

938

comedy

text

Second Marking Period--family and loyalty

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

The Most Dangerous Game

Richard Connell

family/loyalty

4

short story

text/hr

2

1

Can Animals Think?

Eugene Linden

family/ loyalty

26

article

text

3

1

Dog Star

Arthur C. Clarke

family/loyalty

32

short story

text

4

1

A Christmas Memory

Truman Capote

family/loyalty

50

short story

text

5

1

My Father Is A Simple Man

Luis Omar Salinas

family/loyalty

62

poem

text

6

2

Mother To Son

Langston Hughes

family/loyalty

92

monologue

text

7

2

The White Umbrella

Gish Jen

family/loyalty

63

short story

hr

8

3

The Interlopers

Saki

family/loyalty

150/80

short story

text/hr

9

3

The Trapper Trapped

Vai traditional

family/loyalty

156

fable

text

10

3

The Necklace

Guy de Maupassant

family/ loyalty

159

short story

text

11

4

The Sniper

Liam O'Flaherty

family/ loyalty

210/110

short story

text/hr

12

4

Thoughts of Hanoi

Nguyen thi Vinh

family/ loyalty

115

poem

hr

13

4

Cranes

Hwang Sunwon

family/ loyalty

220

short story

text

14

4

A Country Divided

Patricia McMahon

family/ loyalty

231

history book

text

15

4

Lives in the Crossfire

Laurel Holliday

family/ loyalty

236

nonfiction

text

16

4

Liberty

Julia Alvarez

family/ loyalty

245

short story

text

17

4

Exile

Julia Alvarez

family/ loyalty

255

poem

text

18

4

Papa Who Wakes Up Tired In the Dark

Sandra Cisneros

family/ loyalty

278

short story

text

19

4

Those Winter Sundays

Robert Hayden

family/loyalty

278

poem

text

20

5

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry

family/loyalty

286/140

short story

text/hr

21

5

Los Ancianos

Pat Mora

family/loyalty

294

poem

text

22

5

The Lady, or the Tiger?

Frank R. Stockton

family/loyalty

297

short story

text

24

7

Mooring

Cathy Song

family/ loyalty

207

poem

hr

25

7

this morning

Lucille Clifton

family/ loyalty

213

poem

hr

26

7

The Courage That My Mother Had

Edna St. Vincent Millay

family/ loyalty

461

poem

text

27

7

The Gift

Li-Young Lee

family/ loyalty

468

poem

text

28

7

The Girl Who Loved the Sky

Anita Endrezze

family/ loyalty

490

poem

text

29

9

Address to Congress, November 27, 1963

Lyndon B. Johnson

family/ loyalty

584

speech

text

30

9

The Houseguest

Paul Darcy Boler

family/ loyalty

266

short story

HR

32

11

Visitor from Forest Hills from Plaza Suite

Neil Simon

family/ loyalty

755

comedy

text

33

11

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare

family/ loyalty

783

tragedy

text

34

11

Dear Juliet

Lisa Bannon

family/ loyalty

918

news feature

text

35

11

Romeo and Juliet in Bosnia

Bob Herbert

family/ loyalty

921

article

text

Third Marking Period--cultural diversity

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

The World Is Not A Pleasant Place To Be

Nikki Giovanni

cultural diversity

40

poem

text

2

2

Thank You, M'am

Langston Hughes

cultural diversity

86

short story

text/hr

3

2

Marigolds

Eugenia W. Collier

cultural diversity

118

short story

text

4

3

Snow

Julia Alvarez

cultural diversity

202

short story

text

5

4

Peace Isn't Impossible

George J. Mitchell

cultural diversity

240

essay

text

6

4

An American Story

Anthony Lewis

cultural diversity

261

news feature

text

7

4

Ex-Refugee Is Nominated for Justice Post

Dena Bunis/ Anh Do

cultural diversity

265

article

text

8

4

The Moustache

Robert Cormier

cultural diversity

123

short story

hr

9

7

Haiku

Chora, Chiyo, Basho, Issa

cultural diversity

418

haiku

text

10

7

Folding Won Tons In

Abraham Chang

cultural diversity

432

poem

text

11

7

On "Folding Won Tons In"

Abraham Chang

cultural diversity

434

reflection

text

12

7

Ballad of Birmingham

Dudley Randall

cultural diversity

463

poem

text

13

7

The History Behind the Ballad

Taylor Branch

cultural diversity

466

poem

text

14

7

Legal Alien/ Extranjera legal

Pat Mora

cultural diversity

472

poem

text

15

8

To Da-duh, in Memoriam

Paule Marshall

cultural diversity

525

short story

text

16

8

How to Eat a Guava

Esmeralda Santiago

cultural diversity

541

autobiography

text

17

8

The Tropics in New York

Claude McKay

cultural diversity

545

poem

text

18

8

Salvador Late or Early

Sandra Cisneros

cultural diversity

556

short story

text

19

9

American History

Judith Ortiz Cofer

cultural diversity

564

short story

text

20

9

Volar

Judith Ortiz Cofer

cultural diversity

573

essay

text

21

9

A Warm, Clear Day in Dallas

Marta Randall

cultural diversity

578

biography

text

22

9

Students React to President Kennedy's Death

various

cultural diversity

586

essay

text

23

10

Calypso

Suzanne Vega

cultural diversity

655

song

text

24

10

The Cyclops in the Ocean

Nikki Giovanni

cultural diversity

672

poem

text

Fourth Marking Period--journeys/ heroism and Imagination/ fantasy

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

Far-out Housekeeping on the ISS

Ron Koczor

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

43

web page

text

2

1

Crime on Mars

Arthur C. Clarke

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

40

short story

hr

3

1

So You Want To Be An Astronaut

Richard Knight

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

76

article

text

4

3

The Cask of Amontillado

Edgar Allen Poe

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

172

short story

text

5

3

Poe's Final Days

Kenneth Silverman

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

183

biography

text

6

3

Poe's Death Is Rewritten as Case of Rabies

The New York Times

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

187

article

text

7

3

If Only Poe Had Succeeded When He Said

Burton R. Pollin/Robert E. Benedetto

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

189

letter

text

8

3

Rabies Death Theory

R. Michael Benitez, M.D.

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

190

letter

text

9

6

The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind

Ray Bradbury

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

364

short story

text

10

6

Weapons of the Spirit

Albert Einstein

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

374

interview

text

11

6

Letter to President Roosevelt

Albert Einstein

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

376

letter

text

12

6

On the Abolition of the Threat of War

Albert Einstein

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

378

article

text

13

6

The Arms Race

Albert Einstein

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

379

interview

text

14

6

The Happy Man's Shirt

George Martin

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

394

folk tale

text

15

6

The Skull and the Arrow

Louis L'Amour

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

189

short story

hr

16

7

Lost

Carl Sandburg

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

403

poem

text

17

7

Once by the Pacific

Robert Frost

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

422

sonnet

text

18

7

Country Scene

Ho Xuan Hu'o'ng

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

424

poem

text

19

7

Fork

Charles Simic

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

428

poem

text

20

7

Tiburon

Martin Espada

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

430

poem

text

21

7

The Bat

Theodore Roethke

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

212

poem

hr

22

7

I Never Saw Daffodils So Beautiful

Dorothy Wadsworth

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

459

journal

text

23

7

The Base Stealer

Robert Francis

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

475

poem

text

24

7

American Hero

Essex Hemphill

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

475

poem

text

25

8

A Sound Of Thunder

Ray Bradbury

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

498/222

short story

text/hr

26

8

from Jurassic Park

Michael Crichton

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

511

novel excerpt

text

27

8

Rising Tides

Bob Herbert

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

516

op-ed article

text

28

8

An Arctic Floe of Climate Questions

Robert Cooke

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

521

op-ed article

text

29

8

The Blue Jar

Isak Dinesen

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

240

short story

hr

30

9

Beware of the Dog

Roald Dahl

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

590

short story

text

31

9

Wounded and Trapped

Ernie Pyle

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

605

war report

text

32

9

Kennedy's Assassination

Eric Sevareid

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

632

encyclopedia

text

33

9

For Me, It Was a Dramatic Day

Pierre Salinger

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

633

recollection

text

34

10

Paul Bunyan's Been There

Maurice Dolbier

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

300

short story

HR

35

10

from the Odyssey

Homer

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

649

epic

text

36

10

Ithaca

C.P. Cavafy

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

711

poem

text

37

10

The Sea Call

Nikos Kazantzakis

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

712

poem

text

38

10

Where Can I Find My Heroes

Oliver Stone

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

718

essay

text

39

10

Heroes With Solid Feet

Kirk Douglas

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

721

article

text

40

10

The Fenris Wolf

retold by Olivia Coolidge

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

726

myth

text

41

10

Jackie Robinson

Henry Aaron

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

744

article

text

42

11

Pyramus and Thisby from A Midsummer's Night Dream

William Shakespeare

journeys/heroism/ imag./ fantasy

329

comedy

HR


THEMATIC BREAKDOWN OF HOLT TEXT AND HOLT READER - 10th Grade

First Marking Period--relationships and awareness of others

 

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

You want a social life, with friends

Kenneth Koch

relationships

18

poem

text

2

1

Double Daddy

Penny Parker

relationships

21

article

text

3

1

The Child's View of Working Parents

Cora Daniels

relationships

26

article

text

4

1

What Price Glory?

Len Lewis

relationships

66

article

text

5

1

Deprived of Parent Time?

Kim Campbell

relationships

67

article

text

6

1

The Love Letter

Jack Finney

relationships

30

short story

hr

7

2

Everyday Use

Alice Walker

relationships

76/30

short story

text/hr

8

2

from Hands: For Mother's Day

Nikki Giovanni

relationships

84

poem

text

9

2

Lucinda Matlock

Edgar Lee Masters

relationships

85

monologue

text

10

2

Interview with Alice Walker

Roland L. Freeman

relationships

88

interview

text

11

2

Interview with Nikki Giovanni

Roland L. Freeman

relationships

91

interview

text

12

2

"Thinkin' on Marryin'"

Patricia Cooper/ Norma Bradley Allen

relationships

91

oral history

text

13

2

A Baby's Quilt to Sew Up the Generation

Felicia R. Lee

relationships

93

article

text

14

2

By Any Other Name

Santha Rama Rau

relationships

112

autobiography

text

15

2

Mary

Katherine Mansfield

relationships

69

short story

hr

16

3

The Storyteller

Saki

relationships

154

short story

text

17

3

Typhoid Fever from Angela's Ashes

Frank McCourt

relationships

193

autobiography

text

18

4

The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant

W.D. Wetherell

relationships

243

short story

text

19

4

It's Raining in Love

Richard Brautigan

relationships

251

poem

text

20

4

The Parable of the Good Samaritan

King James Bible

relationships

278

bible parable

text

21

4

A State Championship Versus Runner's Conscience

John Christian Hoyle

relationships

279

op-ed article

text

22

4

If Decency Doesn't, Law Should Make Us Samaritans

Gloria Allred and Lisa Bloom

relationships

284

op-ed article

text

23

4

Good Samaritans U.S.A. Are Afraid to Act

Ann Sjoerdsma

relationships

288

op-ed article

text

24

4

The Secret Heart

Robert P. Tristram Coffin

relationships

129

poem

hr

25

4

An Hour With Abuelo

Judith Ortiz Cofer

relationships

135

short story

hr

26

4

Grandma Ling

Amy Ling

relationships

141

poem

hr

27

6

The Blue Stones

Isak Dinesen

relationships

450

short story

text

28

7

Eating Together

Li-Young Lee

relationships

465

poem

text

29

7

Grape Sherbert

Rita Dove

relationships

468

poem

text

30

7

The Legend

Garrett Hongo

relationships

471

elegy

text

31

7

Hongo reflects on "The Legend"

Garrett Hongo

relationships

474

reflection

text

32

7

The Taxi

Amy Lowell

relationships

481

poem

text

33

7

I Am Offering This Poem

Jimmy Santiago Baca

relationships

482

poem

text

34

7

since feelingis first

e.e.cummings

relationships

484

poem

text

35

7

Heart! We will forget him!

Emily Dickinson

relationships

487

poem

text

36

7

Three Japanese Tankas

Ono Komachi

relationships

489

takas

text

37

7

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?

William Shakespeare

relationships

493

sonnet

text

38

7

Ode to My Socks

Pablo Neruda

relationships

497

ode

text

39

7

Bonny Barbara Allan

Anonymous

relationships

509

ballad

text

40

7

The Flying Cat

Naomi Shihab Nye

relationships

513

poem

text

41

7

Interview with Naomi Shihab Nye

Bill Moyers

relationships

516

interview

text

42

7

Fireworks

Amy Lowell

relationships

550

poem

text

43

7

Ice

Mary Oliver

relationships

225

poem

hr

44

7

"Out, out--"

Robert Frost

relationships

230

poem

hr

45

8

Geraldo No Last Name

Sandra Cisneros

relationships

558/240

short story

text/hr

46

8

Night Calls

Lisa Fugard

relationships

564

short story

text

47

8

My Lucy Friend Who Smells Like Corn

Sandra Cisneros

relationships

610

short story

text

48

9

I. Too

Langston Hughes

relationships

618

poem

text

49

9

The Friendship Only Lasted A Few Seconds

Lily Lee Adams

relationships

629

poem

text

50

9

The Man to Send Rain Clouds

Leslie Marmon Silko

relationships

277

short story

hr

51

10

The Governess

Anton Chekhov

relationships

299

comedy

hr

52

10

The Brute: A Joke In One Act

Anton Chekhov

relationships

724

comedy

text

53

10

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

William Shakespeare

relationships

754/290

tragedy

text/hr

Second Marking Period--conformity and change

 

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket

Jack Finney

conformity

 

short story

text/hr

2

1

The Pedestrian

Ray Bradbury

conformity

46

short story

text

3

2

Two Kinds

Amy Tan

conformity

98

short story

text

4

2

Powder

Tobias Wolff

conformity

130

short story

text

5

3

By The Waters of Bablyon

Stephen Vincent Benet

conformity

140/82

short story

text/hr

6

3

The Cold Equations

Tom Godwin

conformity

163

short story

text

7

3

The Education of Frank McCourt

Barbara Sande Dimmitt

conformity

201

article

text

8

4

Catch The Moon

Judith Ortiz Cofer

conformity

233/116

short story

text/hr

9

6

Coming of Age, Latino Style

Cindy Rodriguez

conformity

411

article

text

10

6

Vision Quest

none

conformity

413

encyclopedia

text

11

6

Crossing a Threshold to Adulthood

Jessica Barnes

conformity

414

op-ed article

text

12

7

Same Song

Pat Mora

conformity

461

poem

text

13

7

Ex-Basketball Player

John Updike

conformity

518

poem

text

14

7

miss rosie

Lucille Clifton

conformity

521

poem

text

15

7

Remember

Joy Harjo

conformity

527

poem

text

16

7

We Real Cool

Gwendolyn Brooks

conformity

531

poem

text

17

7

Jazz Fantasia

Carl Sandburg

conformity

535

poem

text

18

7

Dreams

Langston Hughes

conformity

224

poem

hr

19

7

spring is like a perhaps hand

e.e. cummings

conformity

232

poem

hr

20

7

Bailando

Pat Mora

conformity

233

poem

hr

21

8

A Very Old Man With Enormous wings

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

conformity

586

short story

text

Third Marking Period--journeys and heroism

 

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

The Leap

Louise Erdrich

heroism

31

short story

text

2

3

Calling Home

Tim O'Brien

heroism

102

short story

hr

3

4

And of Clay Are We Created

Isabel Allende

heroism

256

short story

text

4

4

The Man In The Water

Roger Rosenblatt

heroism

272

essay

text

5

5

A Fireman's Story

Harry Senior

heroism

345

eyewitness account

text

6

5

from Into Thin Air

Jon Krakauer

heroism

349

article

text

7

5

Explorer's Say There's Still Lots to Look For

Helen O'Neil

heroism

366

article

text

8

6

Through The Tunnel

Doris Lessing

heroism

400/176

short story

text/hr

9

9

Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?

Tim O'Brien

heroism

620/262

short story

text/hr

10

9

The War Escalates from The American Nation

Paul Boyer

heroism

634

textbook

text

11

9

Dear Folks

Kenneth W. Bagby

heroism

637

letter

text

12

9

from Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam

Martin Luther King, Jr.

heroism

639

speech

text

13

9

The Sword In The Stone

Sir Thomas Malory

heroism

644

legend

text

14

9

"The Magic Happened"

John Steinbeck

heroism

648

reflection

text

15

9

The Tale of Sir Launcelot du Lake

Sir Thomas Malory

heroism

651

legend

text

16

9

The Romance: Where Good Always Triumphs

David Adams Leeming

heroism

657

essay

text

17

9

Theseus

retold by Edith Hamilton

heroism

660

greek myth

text

18

9

"All We Need Is That Piece of String"

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell

heroism

669

interview

text

19

9

Sigurd, the Dragon Slayer

retold by Olivia E. Coolidge

heroism

673

norse myth

text

20

9

The Media and the War from the American Nation

Paul Boyer

heroism

712

textbook

text

21

9

from The Vietnam War: An Eyewitness History

Pfc. John M. G. Brown

heroism

713

letter

text

22

9

As I Fell

Dickey Chappelle

heroism

713

eyewitness account

text

23

9

for the third time

Du Luc

heroism

714

diary

text

24

9

from Born On Fourth Of July

Ron Kovic

heroism

714

autobiography

text

25

10

What Is a Tragic Hero?

Aristotle

heroism

872

theory

text

26

10

The Fear and the Flames

Jimmy Breslin

heroism

874

article

text

27

10

Julius Caesar in an Absorbing Production

John Mason Brown

heroism

881

play review

text

28

10

Brutus' Funeral Speech

Phyllis Goldenberg

heroism

902

essay

text

Fourth Marking Period--Nature and Sci-Fi and Fantasy

 

Col.

Title

Author

Theme

Pg.

Genre

Found

1

1

The Day the Clowns Cried

R.J. Brown

nature/ sci fi

40

internet article

text

2

3

All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace

Richard Brautigan

nature/ sci fi

184

poem

text

3

3

Taste--The Final Frontier

Esther Addley

nature/ sci fi

187

article

text

4

3

An Ancient Enemy Gets Tougher

Karen Watson

nature/ sci fi

206

web site

text

5

3

Local Hands on a New Space Project

Seema Mehta

nature/ sci fi

222

article

text

6

4

Ill-equipped Rescuers Dig Out Vocano Victims

Bradley Graham

nature/ sci fi

267

article

text

7

4

What Happened During the Ice Storm

Jim Heynen

nature/ sci fi

306

short story

text

8

4

Gracious Goodness

Marge Piercy

nature/ sci fi

308

poem

text

9

5

Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

nature/ sci fi

316/148

short story

text/hr

10

5

R.M.S. Titanic

Hanson W. Baldwin

nature/ sci fi

328

article

text

11

5

From A Lifeboat

Mrs. D. H. Bishop

nature/ sci fi

346

eyewitness account

text

12

5

Notes from a Bottle

James Stevenson

nature/ sci fi

374

short story

text

13

5

The Last Frontier

Michael D. Lemonick

nature/ sci fi

390

article

text

14

5

The Listeners

Walter de la Mare

nature/ sci fi

168

poem

hr

15

6

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allen Poe

nature/ sci fi

418

short story

text

16

6

The Black Death from When Plague Strikes

James Cross Giblin

nature/ sci fi

429

history

text

17

6

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

Robert Frost

nature/ sci fi

433

poem

text

18

6

After Apple-Picking

Robert Frost

nature/ sci fi

435

poem

text

19

6

Animal Farm

George Orwell

nature/ sci fi

191

play

hr

20

7

Moons

John Haines

nature/ sci fi

456

poem

text

21

7

The Moon was but a chin of Gold

Emily Dickinson

nature/ sci fi

457

poem

text

22

7

A Storm in the Mountains

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

nature/ sci fi

458/219

prose poem

text/hr

23

7

Simile

N. Scott Momaday

nature/ sci fi

479

poem

text

24

7

The Word

Pablo Neruda

nature/ sci fi

501

memoir

text

25

7

This is the land the Sunset washes

Emily Dickinson

nature/ sci fi

505

poem

text

26

7

Sea Fever

John Masefield

nature/ sci fi

506

poem

text

27

8

Waiting for E. gularis

Linda Pastan

nature/ sci fi

573

poem

text

28

8

Call of the Wild--Save Us!

Norman Myers

nature/ sci fi

577

article

text

29

8

Sonnet for Heaven Below

Jack Agueros

nature/ sci fi

597

poem

text

30

8

The Bridegroom

Alexander Pushkin

nature/ sci fi

247

poem

hr

31

10

Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World

Jennifer Armstrong

nature/ sci fi

313

article

hr

32

10

Iceman: Mummy From The Stone Age

Discovery Channel .com

nature/ sci fi

325

internet article

hr

33

10

The Great Blizzard of '88

Robert C. Kennedy

nature/ sci fi

338

article

hr

34

10

The Land Is an Ocean of Snow

Jim Murphy

nature/ sci fi

341

article

hr