Inspire a Love for Literature
Creating passionate, critical readers in Grades 6–12 begins with literature that relates to their lives.
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Authentic Literature for Today’s Classrooms
With diverse, culturally relevant texts that connect with students' lives, our HMH Into Literature curriculum builds confidence, standards mastery, and college and career readiness for every learner in the classroom.
Exclusive Texts by Diverse Authors
HMH Fresh Lit is a new collection of culturally relevant YA short stories written exclusively for HMH. These engaging stories, focused on topics young readers care about, are available in English and Spanish.
Easily Connect Reading and Writing
HMH Into Literature comes equipped with Writable®, a powerful online tool that offers opportunities for daily practice, peer review, and timely writing feedback.
Embedded Close-Reading Routines
Teachers will love how our for close reading are embedded in each selection to encourage students’ critical thinking and real-life application of the texts.
Meet the Authors of Fresh Lit
The authors of Fresh Lit share what they love about young readers, their best tips for being a great writer, and the inspiration behind their stories.
All the Tools Students and Teachers Need to Bring Literature to Life
STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners
The program provides in-text assistance for multilingual learners in each lesson, including extra vocabulary, cultural context points, writing stems, grammar practice, and peer-coaching videos.
Culturally Relevant Texts
All students, regardless of their backgrounds or abilities, will see themselves reflected in our texts.
Agency and Choice
Students can choose how they want to extend their learning independently with Reader's Choice opportunities and the lesson resource links available in the Student Edition.
HMH Into Literature has newer pieces that competitors don't have. [This is] really critical to us as an ethnically diverse district. YA literature has exploded in readability and interest, and with authors that are so much more diverse, Into Literature has the most appeal for our kids.
Charmion Mohning
Secondary Reading Coordinator, Cypress Fairbanks ISD, TX
TEACHER EXPERIENCE
SMART RESOURCES
Customizable Lesson Plans
Each lesson comes with a downloadable lesson plan for easy customization. Plus, unit planning guides provide dozens of differentiated activities, small-group assignments, and project ideas that allow teachers to tailor the unit to their students' unique needs.
DATA ANALYTICS
Differentiate with Ease
Intuitive assessment and data analysis tools make it easy for teachers to identify learning gaps, differentiate instruction, and track student growth.
MULTILINGUAL SUPPORTS
Resources in Multiple Languages
Teacher and student supports include selection summaries in Spanish, English, Haitian Creole, and Brazilian Portuguese, plus multilingual glossaries of literary and informational terms in 10 languages.
TEACHER SUCCESS PATHWAYS
Guided Implementation Support for Educators
The Into Literature program includes continuous implementation support, with learning pathways that are personalized for each teacher, ensuring success within the first 30 days of instruction. Plus, on-demand resources are available all year long in Teacher's Corner.
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The Resources Teachers Want
Teachers have shared with us how HMH Into Literature could better support their instruction, and we listened. Here’s how teacher feedback has improved the program.
Grammar Quick Fix Lessons
These lessons, based on the errors teachers see most often in student writing, make for perfect bell-ringer activities.
Improved Standards Alignment
We now include state-specific standards alignment for lessons in the digital editions.
Diverse YA Literature
We launched HMH Fresh Lit, a digital library of stories by YA authors on engaging, culturally relevant topics.
Introducing HMH Classcraft! Ready-Made Lessons for HMH Into Literature
Deliver engaging whole-class instruction with HMH Classcraft™. Paired with the high-quality Into Literature curriculum, Classcraft makes it easy for teachers to deliver interactive, in-person instruction in grades 6–8 classrooms using real-time performance insights and proven strategies to engage students.
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The Power of Connected Teaching and Learning
Teachers can assign scaffolded writing assignments, personalized skill practice, and assessments—all in one place on HMH’s learning platform, Ed.
- Scaffolded Writing Practice
- Personalized Skill Practice
Scaffolded Writing Practice
Writable®, included with HMH Into Literature, gives students the level of writing support that’s exactly right for them. Developed from rigorous foundational research, Writable is the only solution that tracks and improves student writing growth.
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Personalized Skill Practice
Waggle® aligns with HMH Into Literature's scope and sequence to easily reinforce core instruction. The program takes advantage of the latest research on the gamification of learning and provides students the opportunity to work on isolated skills and standards with fun, engaging activities.
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AWARDS & ACCOLADES
2023 SIIA CODiE Winner
HMH ELA K–12 Connected Curriculum: Best Suite of Connected/Integrated Solutions
Cultivate critical readers and writers.
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Insights & Resources
- Articles
- Webinars
- Research
Embracing Inclusivity with Culturally Responsive Books for All Students
Teachers should read or assign culturally responsive books with characters of different cultures, races, religions, genders, and other identities to help them understand themselves and each other.
Jaleel R. Howard, MEd
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8 Effective Fluency Strategies for Reading Intervention
Discover these eight research-based reading fluency intervention strategies you can use in the classroom.
Dr. Amy Endo
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The Role of Creativity in a Standards-Based Writing Curriculum
There must be a way to prepare students for the rigors of rhetorical analysis without abandoning imaginative expression.
Carol Jago
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Webinar
Reading and Writing for Their Lives: An Integrated Approach
Presented by Carol Jago, Reading and Literature Project, UCLA, and Past President, National Council of Teachers of English
Carol Jago
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Webinar
Reading Redefined: Giving Students Skills for Reading in the Digital World
Erik Palmer
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Into Literature: Research Evidence Base
- Report Type: Research Evidence Base
- Grade Level: Middle, High
- Demonstrates a Rationale
- Literacy Curriculum
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Into Literature Digital Walkthrough Guide
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This 9-minute video gives schools, families, and the district community a closer look at the instructional practices, texts, and resources available in HMH Into Literature® for 6-12 ELA. It also includes teacher and student clips so you can see Into Literature at work in the classroom!
