Hello and welcome to English 11!! Here is the syllabus for the 2007-2008 schoolyear:
Date Selection in LOL Session Eng 11 Language LN :Grammar LN: Writing
8/20-31 First Week of School Lessons 1-5 Required Grammar Assessments are in bold.
Diagnostic Activities 1-5 Diagnostic Test, Sentence Parts p. 25 LN Teacher-Generated Writing Diagnostic (Essay Prompt)
“A Worn Path”/Strategies for Reading
1-5 Parts of Speech p. 26 Review: Parts of Speech 4-23 Ch 30 Vocabulary Development
9/4-18 Vocabulary/Writing Lesson
“Writing Effective Paragraphs” 6-10 Parts of Speech p. 26 Review: Parts of Speech p. 4-23 Ch 30 Vocabulary Development
“The World on the Turtle’s Back”
Vocabulary/ Writing Lesson
Model Lessons: Summarizing and Forming Compound Sentences
Required Selection Assessment 6-10 Parts of Speech p. 30 Review: Parts of Speech 4-23 Ch 11 Writing Process in Action
9/19-10/3 “The Way to Rainy Mountain”
Model Lesson: Analyzing Imagery and Author’s Purpose
“Blue Highways” (Optional)
11-15 Pronouns p. 57
Compounds & Simple Predicates p. 60 Ch 1 Parts of the Sentence Ch 12 Writing Effective Paragraphs
“La Relacion”
Model Lesson: Context Clues
Required Selection Assessment
11-15 Sentence Fragments p. 75 & Simple Sentence p. 75
Ch 1 Parts of the Sentence Ch 12 Writing Effective Paragraphs
10/4-17 from “Plymouth Plantation”
Model Lesson: Evaluating Non-Print Text
Vocabulary/Writing Lesson
Model Lesson: Persuasive Texts
16-20 Sentence Fragments p. 83 & Run-On Sentences p. 89 Ch 1 Parts of the Sentence Ch 13 Effective Compositions
from “…Narrative of…Olaudah Equiano”
Model Lesson: Analyzing Non-Print Text
“What is an American?” (Optional)
Required Selection Assessment 16-20 Compound Sentences p. 95 Ch 1 Parts of the Sentence
Mastery Test,
p. 45, LN Ch 13 Effective Compositions
1st Quarter Post & SAT Practice Test
10/22-11/2 from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Model Lesson: During-Reading Strategies, Connotative Meanings
1-5 Subject-Verb Agreement
p. 160 Diagnostic Test: p. 131, LN
Ch 5 Subject-Verb Agreement Ch 14 Elaboration
“Speech in the Virginia Convention” and “Declaration of Independence”
Model Lesson: Comparing Texts 1-5 Perfect Tenses p. 269 Ch 5 Subject-Verb Agreement Ch 14 Elaboration
11/5-19 “Speech in the Virginia Convention” and “Declaration of Independence” 6-10 Capitalization p. 277
Verbs p. 269 Ch 5 Subject-Verb Agreement
Mastery Test, p. 149 LN Ch 14 Elaboration
from “Self Reliance”
Model Lesson: Explaining Implications of Text 6-10 Adjective & Adverb Phrases p. 368 Diagnostic Test, p. 49, LN
Ch 2 Using Phrases Ch 17 Reflective Essay
11/20-12/6 from “Civil Disobedience”
Model Lesson: Implication of text, Theme 11-15 Adjective & Adverb Phrases Ch 2 Using Phrases Ch 17 Reflective Essay
“I Hear America Singing,” “I Sit and Look Out”
from “Song of Myself”
Model Lesson: Connection of Themes 11-15 Prepositional Phrases p. 401 Ch 2 Using Phrases Ch 19 Literary Interpretation
12/7-12/20 “Masque of the Red Death”
Model Lesson: Extend Meanings/Allegory
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment (Optional)
Required Selection Assessment 16-20 Prepositional Phrases p. 403 Ch 2 Using Phrases Ch 19 Literary Interpretation
Benchmark
“Monody” (Optional)
Vocabulary/Writing Lesson
Model Lesson: Organizing Ideas for Specific Audiences and Purposes
Required Selection Assessment 16-20 Participial Phrases p. 457
Participles p. 463 Ch 2 Using Phrases
Mastery Test,
p. 73, LN Ch 19 Literary Interpretation
1/2-8 Vocabulary/Writing Lesson
Model Lesson: Using Traditional and Electronic Resources
16-20 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement p. 324
Revising & Editing p. 325
Verb Tenses in Sequence p. 327
Diagnostic Test, p. 153, LN
Ch 6, Using Pronouns p. 162-167
Mastery Test, p. 177, LN Ch 22 Persuasive Argument
Benchmark/SAT Practice Test
1/2 - 15 from “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave”
Model Lesson: Diction and Author Purpose 1-5 Independent & Subordinate Clauses p. 572 Diagnostic Tests, pp. 77, 105, LN
Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 22 Persuasive Argument
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
Model Lesson: Organizing Information
Required Selection Assessment 1-5 Essential/Nonessential Clauses, p. 590
Punctuation p. 592 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 22 Persuasive Argument
1/16-30 from “Life on the Mississippi”
Model Lesson: Effectiveness of Diction
Required Selection Assessment 6-10 Adjective Clauses p. 671
Commas p. 677 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 15 Revision Strategies
“A Wagner Matinee”
Model Lesson: Personal Response to Text 6-10 Adverbial Clauses p. 694 & Punctuating Adverbial Clauses p. 698
Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 15 Revision Strategies
Author Study: Emily Dickenson
Selected Poems:
“ ‘Hope’ is a thing with feathers—“
“Letter to Thomas Wentworth Higginson”
“I Heard a Fly buzz—when I died—”
“Because I could not stop for Death—“ (Additional poems optional)
Model Lessons: Voice and Tone; Altering Tone 6-10 Adjective & Adverb Clauses p. 757 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs
Ch 16 Stylistic Choices
1/31-2/14 “The Story of an Hour”
Model Lessons: Personal Response to Text
Required Selection Assessment 11-15 Reviewing Complete Sentences p. 787 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 16 Stylistic Choices
“I Stand Here Ironing”
“Ironing Their Clothes”
Model Lesson: Editing, Revising 11-15 Adverbial Clauses p. 816 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs Ch 16 Stylistic Choices
Vocabulary/Writing Lesson: Comparison and Contrast Essay
Model Lesson: Identifying Sources of Information 11-15 Parallel Construction/Modifier
Revising & Editing pp. 906 – 907
Noun Clauses p. 909 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs
Ch 20 Comparison-and Contrast Essay
2/15-29 “We Wear the Mask”
“Sympathy”
Model Lesson: Connotation/ Denotation 16-20 Appositive Clauses p. 839 Ch 3 Using Clauses
Ch 4 Using Verbs
Mastery Tests, pp. 101,127 Ch 20 Comparison-and Contrast Essay
Author Study: Langston Hughes
“I Too, “Harlem”
“The Weary Blues”
Model Lesson: Voice and Tone
Required Selection Assessment 16-20 Varying Sentence Structure p. 929 Diagnostic Test, p. 181 LN
Ch 7 Using Modifiers Ch 20 Comparison and Contrast Essay
Benchmark/SAT Practice Test
3/3-13 Novel Study 21-25
3/25-4/7 Vocabulary/Writing Lesson
Model Lesson: Using Clauses 1-5 Varying Sentence Structure p. 929 Ch 7 Using Modifiers Ch 25 Using Information Resources
“How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
Model Lesson: Common/Universal Themes
1-5 Distinguishing “Those” from “Them” p. 950 Ch 7 Using Modifiers Ch 25 Using Information Resources
“The Death of the Hired Man”
Model Lesson: Analyzing Two Styles of Text 1-5 Problems with Modifiers p. 1006 Ch Using Modifiers
Mastery Test, p. 197, LN Ch 25 Using Information Resources
4/8-21 “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock “ Model Lesson: Author’s Purpose 6-10 Inverted Subjects and Verbs p. 1032 Diagnostic Test, p. 201 LN
Ch 8 Capitalization
Ch 26 Evaluating Information
“Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Model Lesson: Text Implications and Personal Response
Required Selection Assessment 6-10 Verbs: Voice & Mood p. 1142 Ch 8 Capitalization
Mastery Test,
p. 219, LN Ch 26 Evaluating Information
4/22-5/5 “Mexicans Begin Jogging,” “Legal Alien”
Model Lesson: Connections Between Texts 11-15 Types of Sentences p. 1199 Diagnostic Test, p. 223 LN
Ch 9 End Marks and Commas Ch 26 Evaluating Information
“Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday”
Model Lesson: Common/Universal Theme 11-15 Noun Phrases p. 1231
Style p. 1233 Ch 9 End Marks and Commas
Mastery Test,
p. 237, LN
Ch 26 Evaluating Information
5/6-19 “Camouflaging the Chimera” and “Deciding” (Optional) 16-20 SAT Grammar Review Diagnostic Test, p. 241, LN
Ch 10 Other Punctuation Ch 32 Taking Standardized Tests
“Letter from Paradise, 21° 12´ N., 157°52´ W.” And “In Response to Executive Order 9066” (Optional)
16-20 SAT Grammar Review
Ch 10 Other Punctuation
Mastery Test, p. 261, LN
Ch 32 Taking Standardized Tests
5/20-6/6 Novel Study/Research Project 21-26 SAT Grammar Review SAT Writing Review Ch 32 Taking Standardized Tests
Novel Study/Research Project 21-26 Final Exam Review
Review/SAT Assessment Practice Review/SAT Assessment Practice
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