IXL Weekly Plan - Eleventh grade

IXL Weekly Plan - Eleventh grade

Boost learning with IXL's week-by-week skill plan, which provides comprehensive coverage of eleventh grade Reading strategies, Writing strategies, Vocabulary, and Grammar and mechanics topics!

Week

1	Week 1
Reading strategies		1 Identify the narrative point of view
Reading strategies
1 Identify the narrative point of view

Writing strategies		2 Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Writing strategies
2 Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Vocabulary		3 Prefixes
Vocabulary
3 Prefixes

Grammar and mechanics		4 Is it a phrase or a clause? 5 Identify dependent and independent clauses
Grammar and mechanics
4 Is it a phrase or a clause? 5 Identify dependent and independent clauses

2	Week 2
Reading strategies		1 Analyze short stories: set 1
Reading strategies
1 Analyze short stories: set 1

Writing strategies		2 Identify supporting evidence in a text
Writing strategies
2 Identify supporting evidence in a text

Vocabulary		3 Suffixes
Vocabulary
3 Suffixes

Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify prepositional phrases 5 Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify prepositional phrases 5 Identify appositives and appositive phrases

3	Week 3
Reading strategies		1 Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Reading strategies
1 Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Writing strategies		2 Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Writing strategies
2 Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Vocabulary		3 Word pattern analogies
Vocabulary
3 Word pattern analogies

Grammar and mechanics		4 Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Grammar and mechanics
4 Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

4	Week 4
Writing strategies		1 Organize information by main idea
Writing strategies
1 Organize information by main idea

Vocabulary		2 Word pattern sentences
Vocabulary
2 Word pattern sentences

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify sentence fragments 4 Identify run-on sentences
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify sentence fragments 4 Identify run-on sentences

5	Week 5
Reading strategies		1 Recall the source of an allusion
Reading strategies
1 Recall the source of an allusion

Writing strategies		2 Identify thesis statements
Writing strategies
2 Identify thesis statements

Vocabulary		3 Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Vocabulary
3 Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Grammar and mechanics		4 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Grammar and mechanics
4 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

6	Week 6
Reading strategies		1 Compare passages for tone
Reading strategies
1 Compare passages for tone

Writing strategies		2 Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Writing strategies
2 Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Vocabulary		3 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Vocabulary
3 Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Grammar and mechanics		4 Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
Grammar and mechanics
4 Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences

7	Week 7
Reading strategies		1 Analyze short stories: set 2
Reading strategies
1 Analyze short stories: set 2

Writing strategies		2 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Writing strategies
2 Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Vocabulary		3 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Vocabulary
3 Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

Grammar and mechanics		4 Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 5 Combine sentences using relative clauses
Grammar and mechanics
4 Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 5 Combine sentences using relative clauses

8	Week 8
Writing strategies		1 Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Writing strategies
1 Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Vocabulary		2 Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Vocabulary
2 Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Grammar and mechanics		3 Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4 Commas with series, dates, and places
Grammar and mechanics
3 Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 4 Commas with series, dates, and places

9	Week 9
Reading strategies		1 Determine the main idea of a passage
Reading strategies
1 Determine the main idea of a passage

Writing strategies		2 Distinguish facts from opinions
Writing strategies
2 Distinguish facts from opinions

Vocabulary		3 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Vocabulary
3 Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Grammar and mechanics		4 Correct capitalization errors 5 Formatting quotations and dialogue
Grammar and mechanics
4 Correct capitalization errors 5 Formatting quotations and dialogue

10	Week 10
Writing strategies		1 Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)
Writing strategies
1 Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 7th edition)

Vocabulary		2 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
2 Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

11	Week 11
Reading strategies		1 Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Reading strategies
1 Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Writing strategies		2 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)
Writing strategies
2 Use in-text citations (MLA 8th edition)

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 4 Subject and object pronouns review
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 4 Subject and object pronouns review

12	Week 12
Writing strategies		1 Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition)
Writing strategies
1 Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th edition)

Vocabulary		2 Use the correct homophone
Vocabulary
2 Use the correct homophone

Grammar and mechanics		3 Pronouns after "than" and "as" 4 Identify and correct pronoun errors with "who"
Grammar and mechanics
3 Pronouns after "than" and "as" 4 Identify and correct pronoun errors with "who"

13	Week 13
Reading strategies		1 Which text is most formal?
Reading strategies
1 Which text is most formal?

Writing strategies		2 Identify plagiarism
Writing strategies
2 Identify plagiarism

Vocabulary		3 Identify and correct errors with homophones
Vocabulary
3 Identify and correct errors with homophones

Grammar and mechanics		4 Use relative pronouns: who and whom 5 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that
Grammar and mechanics
4 Use relative pronouns: who and whom 5 Use relative pronouns: who, whom, whose, which, and that

14	Week 14
Reading strategies		1 Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Reading strategies
1 Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Writing strategies		2 Identify sentences with parallel structure
Writing strategies
2 Identify sentences with parallel structure

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify vague pronoun references 4 Identify all of the possible antecedents
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify vague pronoun references 4 Identify all of the possible antecedents

15	Week 15
Writing strategies		1 Use parallel structure
Writing strategies
1 Use parallel structure

Vocabulary		2 Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Vocabulary
2 Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 4 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify transitive and intransitive verbs 4 Identify linking verbs, predicate adjectives, and predicate nouns

16	Week 16
Reading strategies		1 Identify audience and purpose
Reading strategies
1 Identify audience and purpose

Vocabulary		2 Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Vocabulary
2 Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify participles and what they modify 4 Identify gerunds and their functions
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify participles and what they modify 4 Identify gerunds and their functions

17	Week 17
Reading strategies		1 Trace an argument: set 1
Reading strategies
1 Trace an argument: set 1

Writing strategies		2 Classify logical fallacies
Writing strategies
2 Classify logical fallacies

Vocabulary		3 Explore words with new or contested usages
Vocabulary
3 Explore words with new or contested usages

Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify infinitives and infinitive phrases

18	Week 18
Writing strategies		1 Evaluate counterclaims
Writing strategies
1 Evaluate counterclaims

Vocabulary		2 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
2 Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Grammar and mechanics		3 Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4 Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement
Grammar and mechanics
3 Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4 Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement

19	Week 19
Reading strategies		1 Trace an argument: set 2
Reading strategies
1 Trace an argument: set 2

Writing strategies		2 Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Writing strategies
2 Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Vocabulary		3 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Vocabulary
3 Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Grammar and mechanics		4 Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Grammar and mechanics
4 Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

20	Week 20
Writing strategies		1 Use the correct frequently confused word
Writing strategies
1 Use the correct frequently confused word

Vocabulary		2 Describe the difference between related words
Vocabulary
2 Describe the difference between related words

Grammar and mechanics		3 Form the progressive verb tenses 4 Form the perfect verb tenses
Grammar and mechanics
3 Form the progressive verb tenses 4 Form the perfect verb tenses

21	Week 21
Reading strategies		1 Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Reading strategies
1 Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Writing strategies		2 Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Writing strategies
2 Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Grammar and mechanics		3 Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 4 Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Grammar and mechanics
3 Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person 4 Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

22	Week 22
Reading strategies		1 Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Reading strategies
1 Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Writing strategies		2 Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Writing strategies
2 Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions

Vocabulary		3 Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Vocabulary
3 Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Grammar and mechanics		4 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Grammar and mechanics
4 Use hyphens in compound adjectives

23	Week 23
Reading strategies		1 Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
Reading strategies
1 Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement

Writing strategies		2 Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Writing strategies
2 Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Vocabulary		3 Use words accurately and precisely
Vocabulary
3 Use words accurately and precisely

Grammar and mechanics		4 Commas with coordinate adjectives
Grammar and mechanics
4 Commas with coordinate adjectives

24	Week 24
Reading strategies		1 Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Reading strategies
1 Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Writing strategies		2 Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Writing strategies
2 Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Grammar and mechanics		3 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 4 Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
3 Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives 4 Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst

25	Week 25
Reading strategies		1 Interpret the figure of speech
Reading strategies
1 Interpret the figure of speech

Writing strategies		2 Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Writing strategies
2 Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Grammar and mechanics		3 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 4 Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst
Grammar and mechanics
3 Form and use comparative and superlative adverbs 4 Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst

26	Week 26
Reading strategies		1 Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Reading strategies
1 Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Vocabulary		2 Replace words using a thesaurus
Vocabulary
2 Replace words using a thesaurus

Writing strategies		3 Remove redundant words or phrases
Writing strategies
3 Remove redundant words or phrases

Grammar and mechanics		4 Choose between adjectives and adverbs
Grammar and mechanics
4 Choose between adjectives and adverbs

27	Week 27
Reading strategies		1 Classify the figure of speech: review
Reading strategies
1 Classify the figure of speech: review

Writing strategies		2 Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
Writing strategies
2 Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

Grammar and mechanics		3 Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 4 Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series
Grammar and mechanics
3 Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 4 Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series

28	Week 28
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors with signs
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors with signs

Vocabulary		2 Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Vocabulary
2 Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Grammar and mechanics		3 Commas: review 4 Semicolons, colons, and commas: review
Grammar and mechanics
3 Commas: review 4 Semicolons, colons, and commas: review

29	Week 29
Reading strategies		1 Identify elements of poetry
Reading strategies
1 Identify elements of poetry

Vocabulary		2 Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Vocabulary
2 Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Grammar and mechanics		3 Use dashes 4 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Grammar and mechanics
3 Use dashes 4 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

30	Week 30
Writing strategies		1 Correct errors in everyday use
Writing strategies
1 Correct errors in everyday use

Vocabulary		2 Use the correct foreign expression
Vocabulary
2 Use the correct foreign expression

Grammar and mechanics		3 Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4 Select the misplaced or dangling modifier
Grammar and mechanics
3 Misplaced modifiers with pictures 4 Select the misplaced or dangling modifier

31	Week 31
Reading strategies		1 Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Reading strategies
1 Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Writing strategies		2 Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Writing strategies
2 Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Vocabulary		3 Analogies
Vocabulary
3 Analogies

Grammar and mechanics		4 Are the modifiers used correctly?
Grammar and mechanics
4 Are the modifiers used correctly?

32	Week 32
Writing strategies		1 Suggest appropriate revisions
Writing strategies
1 Suggest appropriate revisions

Vocabulary		2 Analogies: challenge
Vocabulary
2 Analogies: challenge

Grammar and mechanics		3 What does the punctuation suggest? 4 Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Grammar and mechanics
3 What does the punctuation suggest? 4 Commas with nonrestrictive elements