McDougal Littell Language of Literature: Student Edition Grade 8 2002;

Each of the books in "The Language of Literature" series combines selections from novels, poems and plays with lessons on character and setting, plot, theme, and mood and tone. Writing workshop, grammar, and vocabulary sections for each chapter. Unit 1: Insights Unit 2: Rising to the Challenge Unit 3: The Human Spirit Unit 4: Strange Goings-On Unit 5: American Voices Unit 6: The Oral Tradition