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Holt Thematic Breakdown
Grades 9 and 10
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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 |
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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 |
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