Built to Align Fully to Common Core State Standards

Holt McDougal Literature contains in-depth selections and unique features to support Common Core State Standards and to better prepare students for English Language Arts assessments.

Built-in Scaffolding to Support All Learners

A variety of support is available to meet the range of your students' needs. Holt McDougal Interactive Readers are designed for on-level, below-level, and English language learners.

Student and Teacher Interactive Online Editions with Point-of-use Access to Digital Resources

Holt McDougal Literature online editions put everything at your fingertips. Interactive Whiteboard Lessons, a Common Core Solutions Site for teacher support, and Level Up remediation are just a few of the features designed to support teaching and learning.

• Common Core

  A Holistic Approach to Implementing Change

  While instructional materials aligned to the Common Core are a critical need, it's also important to think about the larger picture. How do you ensure your people, systems, and programs are all working together to achieve one common goal?

  As a recognized global leader in educational solutions, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is uniquely positioned to provide comprehensive and customized support for every aspect of your transition to the Common Core Standards.

  Built to Align Fully to Common Core State Standards

  • Introductory Student Edition unit contains in-depth Common Core information. Essential Course of Study identifies 30 selections and workshops for maximum efficiency in addressing the CCSS
  • As required by CCSS, students read substantially more informational text, preparing them for future state and national assessments

  

   
  
  

  Unique Features Support an Emphasis on Citing Text Evidence

  • Line numbers on every selection facilitate citing textual evidence
  • Targeted Passages highlight passages critical to comprehension

  

   
  
  

  Emphasis on Argumentative and Informational Writing

  • Comprehensive end-of-unit Writing Workshops fully aligned to the Common Core State Standards
  • WriteSmart Online and CD-ROM featuring CCSS-trait-aligned writing instruction
  • Editable rubric generator aligned to Common Core State Standards

  

• Partnerships

   

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt & HISTORY

  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has an exclusive partnership with HISTORY^® to revolutionize the way students learn and the way educators present literature and history.

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• Authors

  Meet some of the featured authors for this program!

  

  Janet Allen - Senior Program Consultant

  Reading and Literacy Specialist; creator of the popular “It’s Never Too Late”/“Reading for Life” Institutes. Dr. Allen is an internationally known consultant who specializes in literacy work with at-risk students. Her publications include Tools for Content Literacy; It’s Never Too Late: Leading Adolescents to Lifelong Learning; Yellow Brick Roads: Shared and Guided Paths to Independent Reading; Words, Words, Words: Teaching Vocabulary in Grades 4–12; and Testing 1, 2, 3 … Bridging Best Practice and High-Stakes Assessments. Dr. Allen was a high school reading and English teacher for more than 20 years.

  

  Arthur N. Applebee - Senior Program Consultant

  Leading Professor, School of Education at the University at Albany, State University of New York; Director of the Center on English Learning and Achievement. During his varied career, Dr. Applebee has been both a researcher and a teacher, working in institutional settings with children with severe learning problems, in public schools, as a staff member of the National Council of Teachers of English, and in professional education. He was elected to the International Reading Hall of Fame and has received, among other honors, the David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English.

  

  jim-burke - Senior Program Consultant

  Lecturer and Author; Teacher of English at Burlingame High School, Burlingame, California. Mr. Burke is a popular presenter at educational conferences across the country and is the author of numerous books for teachers, including School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success; The English Teacher’s Companion; Reading Reminders; Writing Reminders; and ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success. He is the recipient of NCTE’s Exemplary English Leadership Award and was inducted into the California Reading Association’s Hall of Fame.

  

  Douglas Carnine - Senior Program Consultant

  Professor of Education at the University of Oregon; Director of the Western Region Reading First Technical Assistance Center. Dr. Carnine is nationally known for his focus on research-based practices in education, especially curriculum designs that prepare instructors of K–12 students. He has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children and the Ersted Award for outstanding teaching at the University of Oregon. Dr. Carnine frequently consults on educational policy with government groups, businesses, communities, and teacher unions.

  

  Yvette Jackson - Senior Program Consultant

  Executive Director of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education. Nationally recognized for her work in assessing the learning potential of underachieving urban students, Dr. Jackson is also a presenter for the Harvard Principal Center and is a member of the Differentiation Faculty of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Dr. Jackson’s research focuses on literacy, gifted education, and cognitive mediation theory. She designed the Comprehensive Education Plan for the New York City Public Schools and has served as their Director of Gifted Programs.

  

  Carol Jago - Senior Program Consultant

  Teacher of English with thirty-two years of experience at Santa Monica High School in California; Author and nationally known Lecturer; and Past President of the National Council of Teachers of English. With varied experience in standards assessment and secondary education, Ms. Jago is the author of numerous books on education and is active with the California Association of Teachers of English, editing its scholarly journal California English since 1996. Ms. Jago also served on the planning committee for the 2009 NAEP Framework and the 2011 NAEP Writing Framework.

  

  Robert T. Jiménez - Senior Program Consultant

  Professor of Language, Literacy, and Culture at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Jiménez’s research focuses on the language and literacy practices of Latino students. A former bilingual education teacher, he is now conducting research on how written language is thought about and used in contemporary Mexico. Dr. Jiménez has received several research and teaching honors, including two Fulbright awards from the Council for the International Exchange of Scholars and the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association.

  

  Judith A. Langer - Senior Program Consultant

  Distinguished Professor at the University at Albany, State University of New York; Director of the Center on English Learning and Achievement; Director of the Albany Institute for Research in Education. An internationally known scholar in English language arts education, Dr. Langer specializes in developing teaching approaches that can enrich and improve what gets done on a daily basis in classrooms. Her publications include Getting to Excellent: How to Create Better Schools and Effective Literacy Instruction: Building Successful Reading and Writing Programs.

  

  Robert J. Marzano - Senior Program Consultant

  Senior Scholar at Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL); Associate Professor at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; President of Marzano & Associates. An internationally known researcher, trainer, and speaker, Dr. Marzano has developed programs that translate research and theory into practical tools for K–12 teachers and administrators. He has written extensively on such topics as reading and writing instruction, thinking skills, school effectiveness, assessment, and standards implementation.

  

  Donna Ogle - Senior Program Consultant

  Professor of Reading and Language at National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois; Past President of the International Reading Association. Creator of the well-known KWL strategy, Dr. Ogle has directed many staff development projects translating theory and research into school practice in middle and secondary schools throughout the United States and has served as a consultant on literacy projects worldwide. Her extensive international experience includes coordinating the Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking Project in Eastern Europe, developing integrated curriculum for a USAID Afghan Education Project, and speaking and consulting on projects in several Latin American countries and in Asia.

  

  Carol Olson - Senior Program Consultant

  Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of California, Irvine; Director of the UCI site of the National Writing Project. Dr. Olson writes and lectures extensively on the reading/writing connection, critical thinking through writing, interactive strategies for teaching writing, and the use of multicultural literature with students of culturally diverse backgrounds. She has received many awards, including the California Association of Teachers of English Award of Merit, the Outstanding California Education Research Award, and the UC Irvine Excellence in Teaching Award.

  

  Carol Ann Tomlinson - Senior Program Consultant

  Professor of Educational Research, Foundations, and Policy at the University of Virginia; Co-Director of the University’s Institutes on Academic Diversity. An internationally known expert on differentiated instruction, Dr. Tomlinson helps teachers and administrators develop effective methods of teaching academically diverse learners. She was a teacher of middle and high school English for 22 years prior to teaching at the University of Virginia. Her books on differentiated instruction have been translated into eight languages.

  

  Kylene Beers - Special Contributor

  Former Middle School Teacher; nationally known Lecturer and Author on reading and literacy; and former President of the National Council of Teachers of English. Dr. Beers is the nationally known author of When Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do and co-editor of Adolescent Literacy: Turning Promise into Practice, as well as articles in the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Former editor of Voices from the Middle, she is the 2001 recipient of NCTE’s Richard W. Halley Award, given for outstanding contributions to middle-school literacy.

• Correlations

  Correlation guides indicate where—and in many cases how—the Common Core Standards are addressed in the program. Download a PDF to see specifics at a particular level.

  Grade 6 (1 MB)	Grade 7 (1 MB)	Grade 8 (1 MB)
  Grade 9 (1 MB)	Grade 10 (1 MB)	Grade 11 (1 MB)
  Grade 12 (1 MB)

• Scope And Sequence

  The Scope and Sequence provides an overview of the concepts to be covered in a given period of time and the features for addressing the concepts throughout the series. Download a PDF to see the progression and order of topic introduction.

  Holt McDougal Literature and Journeys (631 k)