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Skill plan for myPerspectives (2025) - 11th grade

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1	Unit 1 Writing Freedom: Words That Shaped a Nation
Unit Introduction
Picture a Nation
Picture a Nation

Whole-Class Learning
Declaration of Independence		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the central idea of a passage Analyze and interpret 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Study language and craft 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 5. Use dictionary definitions Share ideas 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Declaration of Independence
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the central idea of a passage Analyze and interpret 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Study language and craft 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 5. Use dictionary definitions Share ideas 6. Distinguish facts from opinions 7. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Preamble to the Constitution Bill of Rights		Build insight 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Analyze and interpret 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Explore words with new or contested usages 4. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Preamble to the Constitution Bill of Rights
Build insight 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Analyze and interpret 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Explore words with new or contested usages 4. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

from America's Constitution: A Biography		Build insight 1. Describe the difference between related words Analyze and interpret 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Interpret the figure of speech
from America's Constitution: A Biography
Build insight 1. Describe the difference between related words Analyze and interpret 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 3. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Interpret the figure of speech

from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation		Extended study: project 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Organize information by topic
from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
Extended study: project 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Organize information by topic
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Argumentative Essay		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Argumentative Essay
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 3. Identify thesis statements 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Peer-Group Learning
Hiawatha the Unifier		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Prefixes Share ideas 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Hiawatha the Unifier
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Compare passages for tone 4. Prefixes Share ideas 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text 6. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano		Prepare to read/read 1. Suffixes Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Share ideas 6. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
Prepare to read/read 1. Suffixes Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Share ideas 6. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Poetry Collection 1: Old South Meeting House, The Continental Army		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify elements of poetry Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Poetry Collection 1: Old South Meeting House, The Continental Army
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify elements of poetry Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Speech in the Convention		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Speech in the Convention
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Speech in the Virginia Convention		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Compare texts 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea
Speech in the Virginia Convention
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Compare texts 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea

2	Unit 2 The Individual and Society: Fitting In, or Standing Out?
Unit Introduction
from Up From Slavery
from Up From Slavery

Whole-Class Learning
The Writings of Walt Whitman		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Study language and craft 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Share ideas 4. Use words accurately and precisely
The Writings of Walt Whitman
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Study language and craft 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Share ideas 4. Use words accurately and precisely

The Poetry of Emily Dickinson		Build insight 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Study language and craft 3. Use dictionary entries Share ideas 4. Which text is most formal?
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson
Build insight 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Analyze and interpret 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Study language and craft 3. Use dictionary entries Share ideas 4. Which text is most formal?

from Emily Dickinson		Test practice 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Organize information by topic
from Emily Dickinson
Test practice 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Organize information by topic
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Personal Essay		1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Personal Essay
1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Peer-Group Learning
from Nature from Self-Reliance		Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Study language and craft 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
from Nature from Self-Reliance
Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Analyze and interpret 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Study language and craft 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

from Walden from Civil Disobedience		Prepare to read/read 1. Prefixes Analyze and interpret 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Extended study: project 5. Identify thesis statements 6. Evaluate counterclaims
from Walden from Civil Disobedience
Prepare to read/read 1. Prefixes Analyze and interpret 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 3. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Study language and craft 4. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Extended study: project 5. Identify thesis statements 6. Evaluate counterclaims

The Council of Pecans from Braiding Sweetgrass		Build insight 1. Determine the central idea of a passage Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Word pattern sentences 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
The Council of Pecans from Braiding Sweetgrass
Build insight 1. Determine the central idea of a passage Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Word pattern sentences 4. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Navajo Star Wars
Navajo Star Wars

3	Unit 3 Leaders and Visionaries: Charting a New Path
Unit Introduction
The Jungle Opened Eyes
The Jungle Opened Eyes

Whole-Class Learning
from What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?		Build insight 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Share ideas 4. Which text is most formal?
from What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
Build insight 1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Analyze and interpret 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Study language and craft 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements Share ideas 4. Which text is most formal?

Second Inaugural Address		Build insight 1. Interpret the figure of speech Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Second Inaugural Address
Build insight 1. Interpret the figure of speech Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Study language and craft 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 4. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 5. Identify supporting evidence in a text

from Team of Rivals		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Identify participles and what they modify 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
from Team of Rivals
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Identify participles and what they modify 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Research Report		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Research Report
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Identify active and passive voice 3. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Peer-Group Learning
Declaration of Sentiments		Build insight 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Analyze and interpret 2. Recall the source of an allusion Study language and craft 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses
Declaration of Sentiments
Build insight 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 Analyze and interpret 2. Recall the source of an allusion Study language and craft 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses

Giving Women the Vote		Test practice 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea
Giving Women the Vote
Test practice 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea

Brown v. Board of Education: Opinion of the Court		Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Study language and craft 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Brown v. Board of Education: Opinion of the Court
Analyze and interpret 1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Study language and craft 3. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Poetry Collection 1: The Poetry of Langston Hughes		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Build insight 2. Identify elements of poetry Analyze and interpret 3. Compare passages for tone
Poetry Collection 1: The Poetry of Langston Hughes
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Build insight 2. Identify elements of poetry Analyze and interpret 3. Compare passages for tone

Poetry Collection 2: A Black Man Talks of Reaping, Sonnet		Prepare to read/read 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Extended study: project 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Suggest appropriate revisions
Poetry Collection 2: A Black Man Talks of Reaping, Sonnet
Prepare to read/read 1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Extended study: project 4. Identify thesis statements 5. Suggest appropriate revisions

4	Unit 4 Grit and Grandeur: The Importance of Place
Unit Introduction
Georgia O'Keeffe and the American West
Georgia O'Keeffe and the American West

Whole-Class Learning
from Life on the Mississippi		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Study language and craft 3. Suffixes Share ideas 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue
from Life on the Mississippi
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Distinguish facts from opinions Study language and craft 3. Suffixes Share ideas 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Share ideas 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Extended study: project 5. Compare passages for tone
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Study language and craft 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Share ideas 4. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim Extended study: project 5. Compare passages for tone
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Explanatory Essay		1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses 3. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Explanatory Essay
1. Use parallel structure 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses 3. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Peer-Group Learning
from Dust Tracks on a Road		Prepare to read/read 1. Prefixes Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Interpret the figure of speech Share ideas 5. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
from Dust Tracks on a Road
Prepare to read/read 1. Prefixes Analyze and interpret 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 3. Identify audience and purpose Study language and craft 4. Interpret the figure of speech Share ideas 5. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

American Regional Art
American Regional Art


Introduction from The Way To Rainy Mountain		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Use personification
Introduction from The Way To Rainy Mountain
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Use personification

Poetry Collection 1: The Latin Deli, Eddie Priest's Barbershop & Notary, The Cities Inside Us		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies
Poetry Collection 1: The Latin Deli, Eddie Priest's Barbershop & Notary, The Cities Inside Us
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies

5	Unit 5 The Threat of "The Other": Facing Our Fears
Unit Introduction
Science Fiction: A Mirror of Our Fears
Science Fiction: A Mirror of Our Fears

Whole-Class Learning
The Crucible, Act I		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1
The Crucible, Act I
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1

The Crucible, Act II		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2
The Crucible, Act II
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2

The Crucible, Act III		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 Study language and craft 2. Classify logical fallacies
The Crucible, Act III
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 1 Study language and craft 2. Classify logical fallacies

The Crucible, Act IV		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2 Study language and craft 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
The Crucible, Act IV
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze passages from The Great Gatsby: Part 2 Study language and craft 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

The Crucible, Act I (audio)		Extended study: project 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea
The Crucible, Act I (audio)
Extended study: project 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the central idea
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Literary Analysis Essay		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Literary Analysis Essay
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Peer-Group Learning
from Farewell to Manzanar		Prepare to read/read 1. Suffixes Study language and craft 2. Identify the narrative point of view
from Farewell to Manzanar
Prepare to read/read 1. Suffixes Study language and craft 2. Identify the narrative point of view

Interview with George Takei		Test practice 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Interview with George Takei
Test practice 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Antojos		Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Study language and craft 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Antojos
Prepare to read/read 1. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Study language and craft 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 3. Identify all of the possible antecedents

6	Unit 6 The Past Meets the Present
Unit Introduction
Old Man at the Bridge
Old Man at the Bridge

Whole-Class Learning
The Man to Send Rain Clouds		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 3. Match the quotations with their themes 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
The Man to Send Rain Clouds
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Study language and craft 2. Describe the difference between related words Share ideas 3. Match the quotations with their themes 4. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

The Leap		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Study language and craft 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
The Leap
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) Study language and craft 3. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Writer's Handbook and Performance Task
Short Story		1. Use parallel structure 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Short Story
1. Use parallel structure 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Peer-Group Learning
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock


An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Analyze and interpret 2. Identify the narrative point of view
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Analyze and interpret 2. Identify the narrative point of view

The Story of an Hour		Compare texts 1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
The Story of an Hour
Compare texts 1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Ah, Another Beautiful Morning – Time to Ruin It by Immediately Opening My Phone		Analyze and interpret 1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Share ideas 3. Compare passages for tone
Ah, Another Beautiful Morning – Time to Ruin It by Immediately Opening My Phone
Analyze and interpret 1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement Share ideas 3. Compare passages for tone

Pluto		Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies
Pluto
Prepare to read/read 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Study language and craft 2. Word pattern analogies

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