*Use clips of appropriate comedians to determine what he does in delivery for humor. *Create timelines for events in “To Build a Fire.” *Write a poem that expresses your views on war. *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 2 additional From Life on the Mississippi “Miniver Cheevy” “Do not weep, maiden, for war is kind” “A Man Said to the Universe” Unit 2: Native American Experience Unit Time Frame: 1 week Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “I Will No More Forever” Other Required Text(s) Unit Intro Material - “The Native American Experience” (439) “I Am the Last of My Family” History Connection “Broken Promises” First Semester First Nine Weeks September Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Unit Focus: Standard Essential Questions How did the Native American oral tradition illustrate culture? How do oral traditions enhance modern cultures today? Projects:
Unit 3: Struggling for Equality Time Frame: 2 weeks Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “Keeping the Thing Going While Things Are Stirring” Other Required Text(s) Part 3 Intro Material - “Struggling for Equality” (459) Understanding Literary The Speech Literature Connection “Ain’t I a Woman” History Connection “Ida B. “The Story of an Hour” “We Wear the Mask” Dates: First Semester First Nine Weeks September Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Unit Focus: Focus Standard : (R.I. 28) Essential Questions How does literature reflect the plight of a various groups of people? How is the lack of women’s rights reflected in the literature? Projects: African Masks Project Speaking & Listening Workshop: Use Active Listening Skills Extension Activities: Standards: RL.1, 3, 5, 6, 9; RI.10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18; SL.31, 33, 34; W.20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28; L.35
*See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Writing Workshop: Create Profile (Descriptive Writing) Write a one paragraph response using research to discuss the rights of women in general, subsequently factoring in race. Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 1 additional “The Destructive Male” “Woman’s Right to Suffrage” Primary Source Connection “Letter to Elizabeth Cady Stanton” “The Emancipation of Women” From “Songs of Gold Mountain” From Up from Slavery From The Souls of Black Folk “Booker T and W.E.B” Unit 4: Hemingway Unit Time Frame: 2 weeks Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): From The Sun Also Rises Required Text(s) “Early Twentieth Century 1910-1929” Introductory Material (pp 519-525, 595, 639) Author “Ernest Hemingway” From For Whom The Bell Tolls Cultural Connection “Bullfighting” Literary Connection “Hemingway’s Titles” Dates: First Semester First Nine Weeks September-October Unit Focus: Focus Standard RL.3 Essential Questions “What are some common themes in Hemingway’s writing?” “How does Regionalism influence this literature?” Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Test Projects:
jazz, etc. *The Great Gatsby film and text comparison/contrast *Activities for the following literary elements: Characterization, setting, tone, theme, symbolism, etc. Honors Requirements: *Honor course completes entire novel, The Great Gatsby *Critical Analysis for Gatsby Unit 6: Modernism Unit Time Frame: 1 week Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Required Text(s) “In a Station of the “The River-Merchant’s Wife” “The Red Wheelbarrow” “This Is Just to Say” Understanding Literary Criticism: Criticism Vocabulary and Spelling - Semantic Families Dates: First Semester Second Nine Weeks November Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Unit Focus: Focus Standard RL.1 Essential Questions How do modern poets use imagery to highlight and/or explore everyday life? How do modern poets use specific details and descriptions to show vivid imagery? Projects: Extension Activities: Standards: RL.1, 2, 4, 9; RI.13, 16; W.20, 22, 25, 26, 27, 28; SL.29, 30; L.36, 37, 38, 39,40
*See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 2 additional Literature Connection “A Few Don’ts by an Imagists” “Petals” “Mid-Day” “The Dance” “Poetry” “Ars Poetry” “Ars Poetica” “Somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond” “Anecdote of the Jar” Unit 7: The Common Life Unit Time 2 weeks Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “Mending Wall” Other Required Text(s) “A Wagner Matinee” History Connection “The Homestead Act” “Lucinda Matlock” “The of the Hired Man” “Chicago” Informational Text Connection “The Architecture of Chicago” Dates: First Semester Second Nine Weeks November-December Unit Focus: Focus Standard RL.9 Essential Questions “What are the common themes and styles in writing? In Sandburg’s writing?” “What are the characteristics of Regionalism and Modernism reflected in this literature?” “How did Regionalism influence the writings of Willa Cather?” Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Projects:
Extension Activities: *Play a recording/videotape of operatic referred to in “A Wagner Matinee.” *Have students write their own response to “Mending Wall,” then have them locate scholarly criticism on the poem and compare responses. *Research information on the 1871 Chicago fire. *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Standards: RL.1, 3, 9; RI.10, 16, 18; W.20, 22, 25, 27, 28; L.35 Writing: Grammar & Style: Appositives Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 2 additional “Petit, the Poet” “Birches” Primary Source from Robert Frost: A Life Literary Connection “The Pulitzer Prize” “Grass” “Sonnet XXX” From “A Few Figs from Thistles” End 2nd Quarter Begin 3rd Quarter
Extension Activities: *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Standards: RL.4, 6, 9; RI.10, 11, 12, 15, 18; W.21, 22, 25, 27, 28; l.35 Writing: Grammar & Style: Active and Passive Voice Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 1 additional From No Ordinary Time “A Noiseless Flash, from Hiroshima” History Connection “The U.S.S. Indianapolis” “The Watch” Unit 11: Southern Renaissance Unit Time Frame: 2 weeks Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “A Rose for Emily” Other Required Text(s) Part 2 Material - “Southern Renaissance” (757) Second Semester Third Nine Weeks January-February Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test
Unit 14: Alternate Novel/Drama Unit Time Frame: 2 weeks Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): Other Required Text(s) Alternate Novel/Drama Suggestions A Shakespearean Play Fences by August Wilson (or another work by August Wilson) Honors Requirements: course selects additional A Streetcar Desire by Tennessee Williams Second Semester Fourth Nine Weeks April Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Unit Focus Standard Essential Questions Projects: Extension Activities: *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Standards: RL.1, 3, 9 Honors Requirements: Honor course selects additional Writing:
Unit 15: Conflict & Conformity to the Beat Movement Unit Time Frame: 2 week Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): From Strength Other Required Text(s) Informational Text Connection “Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka” Part 3 Intro Material - “The Beat Movement” (989) From On the Road Vocabulary & Spelling: Borrowed Words Dates: Second Semester Fourth Nine Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Standards-based Test Unit Focus Standard RI.10, 18 Essential Questions “What is the impact of the historical, social, and political elements of the postwar era on this literature?” “How do misconceptions begin, and why might people believe them?” “How did the Beat movement influence this literature?” Projects: Speaking and Listening Workshop: Develop Nonverbal Communication Skills Extension Activities: *Research and present information on Emmett Till, Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Civil Rights Movement, Montgomery Improvement Association, and/or Women’s Political Council. *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Standards: RL.1, 9; RI.10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 18; W.19, 21, 22, 24, 27, 28; L.35, 36, 37,38, 40; SL.34 Writing: Gr. - Capitalization Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 3 additional From Black Boy, “Midway,” “A Supermarket in California,” “Riprap,” “Pine Tree Tops,” “Constantly Risking Absurdity”
*Research other speeches by Kennedy. Compare and contrast these later speeches by Kennedy with his Inaugural Address. *Appropriate video clips related to the Vietnam War. *Guest speaker: local Vietnam War Veteran *See English 11 Extension Activities folder on Google Docs on escoschools.net account for additional activities. Grammar & Colons and Semicolons Honors Requirements: Honor course selects 2 additional “At the Bomb Testing Site” “Traveling Through the Dark” “Camouflaging the Chimera” “Monsoon Season” “Game” “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Informational Text Connection “Dr. King Arrested at Birmingham” “The Rockpile” Literature Connection from On James Baldwin From The Way to Rainy Mountain Unit 17: Contemporary Era Unit Time Frame: 1 week Assessments/Projects/Writing Anchor Text(s): “My Mother’s Blue Bowl” Other Required Text(s) Dates: Second Semester Fourth Nine Weeks May Assessments: Selection Quiz Unit Test Summative Test