It's a powerful combination of the world's best literature and superior reading and skills instruction! "Prentice Hall Literature Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes" helps students grasp the power and beauty that lies within the written word, while the program's research-based reading approach ensures that no child is left behind.
This is the text I teach from. It provides a lot great examples plus biographical information. One favorite feature of mine is how each of the six units begins...with history of the period then literature of the period. I've always believed that in order to appreciate the literature of a time, you must first understand the hirsoty in which it ws written.