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Skill plan for myPerspectives English Language Arts Texas - 11th Grade

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1	Unit 1 The American Story Begins: Conflict and Culture
Whole-group learning
Hiawatha the Unifier		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Effective expression 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Use words accurately and precisely
Hiawatha the Unifier
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text Word study 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words Effective expression 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Use words accurately and precisely

The Declaration of Independence & JFK reads the Declaration of Independence		Analyze and interpret 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Effective expression 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
The Declaration of Independence & JFK reads the Declaration of Independence
Analyze and interpret 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Trace an argument: set 1 Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Effective expression 4. Identify sentences with parallel structure 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Speech in the Convention		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Use parallel structure 3. Suffixes
Speech in the Convention
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Use parallel structure 3. Suffixes

Speech in the Virginia Convention		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Effective expression 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses
Speech in the Virginia Convention
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Effective expression 3. Formatting quotations and dialogue 4. Combine sentences using relative clauses

The American Revolution: Political Imagery		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
The American Revolution: Political Imagery
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Performance Task		Write an argumentative essay 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Use the correct frequently confused word 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Performance Task
Write an argumentative essay 1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 5. Use the correct frequently confused word 6. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Peer-group learning
from America's Constitution: A Biography		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Analogies
from America's Constitution: A Biography
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Analogies

from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation		1. Identify thesis statements
from The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
1. Identify thesis statements

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects 3. Identify prepositional phrases
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects 3. Identify prepositional phrases

Poetry Collection: Voyage, Englishmen's Footprints, Old South Meeting House		1. Use the correct homophone
Poetry Collection: Voyage, Englishmen's Footprints, Old South Meeting House
1. Use the correct homophone

Letter to John Adams and from Dear Abigail		1. Word pattern analogies
Letter to John Adams and from Dear Abigail
1. Word pattern analogies

Performance Task		Write an inspirational speech 1. Remove redundant words or phrases
Performance Task
Write an inspirational speech 1. Remove redundant words or phrases

2	Unit 2 The Individual and Society: Fitting In or Standing Out?
Whole-group learning
Poetry Collection: Walt Whitman		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Poetry Collection: Walt Whitman
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Poetry Collection: Emily Dickinson		1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Word pattern sentences 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Poetry Collection: Emily Dickinson
1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Word pattern sentences 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

from Great Lives: Emily Dickinson		1. Compare passages for tone
from Great Lives: Emily Dickinson
1. Compare passages for tone

Performance Task		Write a personal essay 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 4. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Performance Task
Write a personal essay 1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Identify and correct errors with indefinite pronoun-verb agreement 4. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Peer-group learning
from Self-Reliance		Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
from Self-Reliance
Analyze and interpret 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Conventions 3. Identify dependent and independent clauses 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

from Civil Disobedience		1. Prefixes 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
from Civil Disobedience
1. Prefixes 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

You Got A Song, Man		1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Describe the difference between related words
You Got A Song, Man
1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Describe the difference between related words

Innovators and Their Inventions		1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Innovators and Their Inventions
1. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock		1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Recall the source of an allusion
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
1. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Recall the source of an allusion

A Wagner Matinée		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
A Wagner Matinée
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words

Performance Task
Performance Task

3	Unit 3 Leaders and Visionaries: Breaking with the Past
Whole-group learning
from What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
from What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person

Gettysburg Address		1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Gettysburg Address
1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Second Inaugural Speech		Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Identify gerunds and their functions Effective expression 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Second Inaugural Speech
Analyze and interpret 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word study 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context Conventions 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Identify gerunds and their functions Effective expression 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Perspectives on Lincoln		1. Distinguish facts from opinions
Perspectives on Lincoln
1. Distinguish facts from opinions

Performance Task		Write a research report 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Performance Task
Write a research report 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Identify plagiarism 3. Classify logical fallacies 4. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Correct errors with signs 7. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Peer-group learning
Poetry Collection: Langston Hughes		1. Identify and correct errors with homophones 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Poetry Collection: Langston Hughes
1. Identify and correct errors with homophones 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure

Poetry Collection: A Black Man Talks of Reaping, Sonnet		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Identify elements of poetry
Poetry Collection: A Black Man Talks of Reaping, Sonnet
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Identify elements of poetry

Ain't I a Woman?		1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Ain't I a Woman?
1. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Declaration of Sentiments		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
Declaration of Sentiments
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 3. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences

Giving Women the Vote		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Giving Women the Vote
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Performance Task		Deliver a formal presentation 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Performance Task
Deliver a formal presentation 1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

4	Unit 4 Grit and Grandeur: The Importance of Place
Whole-group learning
from Life on the Mississippi		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Classify the figure of speech: review 3. Suffixes
from Life on the Mississippi
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Classify the figure of speech: review 3. Suffixes

The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify the narrative point of view 3. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

A White Heron		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
A White Heron
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Performance Task		Write an explanatory essay 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Performance Task
Write an explanatory essay 1. Organize information by topic 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 4. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Peer-group learning
A Literature of Place		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
A Literature of Place
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

American Regional Art		1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
American Regional Art
1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

from Dust Tracks on a Road		1. Explore words with new or contested usages 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
from Dust Tracks on a Road
1. Explore words with new or contested usages 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Poetry Collection: Carl Sandburg		1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Form the progressive verb tenses
Poetry Collection: Carl Sandburg
1. Identify participles and what they modify 2. Form the progressive verb tenses

Poetry Collection: In the Longhouse, Oneida Museum, Cloudy Day		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use personification
Poetry Collection: In the Longhouse, Oneida Museum, Cloudy Day
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Use personification

Introduction from The Way to Rainy Mountain		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Introduction from The Way to Rainy Mountain
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Performance Task
Performance Task

5	Unit 5 The Threat of "The Other": Facing Our Fears
Whole-group learning
The Crucible, Act I		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
The Crucible, Act I
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Analyze short stories: set 2

The Crucible, Act II		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
The Crucible, Act II
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

The Crucible, Act III		1. Replace words using a thesaurus 2. Classify logical fallacies
The Crucible, Act III
1. Replace words using a thesaurus 2. Classify logical fallacies

The Crucible, Act IV		1. Recall the source of an allusion 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
The Crucible, Act IV
1. Recall the source of an allusion 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Performance Task		Write a literary analysis 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Correct capitalization errors
Performance Task
Write a literary analysis 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 4. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense 5. Correct capitalization errors
Peer-group learning
from Farewell to Manzanar		1. Identify the narrative point of view
from Farewell to Manzanar
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Interview With George Takei		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Interview With George Takei
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Runagate Runagate		1. Use the correct homophone 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Identify elements of poetry
Runagate Runagate
1. Use the correct homophone 2. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 3. Identify elements of poetry

Antojos		1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use the correct foreign expression 3. Identify vague pronoun references
Antojos
1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Use the correct foreign expression 3. Identify vague pronoun references

Performance Task		Present an advertisement 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Performance Task
Present an advertisement 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

6	Unit 6 The Storyteller's Craft: Spinning Life into Art
Whole-group learning
Everyday Use		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Which text is most formal?
Everyday Use
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Which text is most formal?

Everything Stuck to Him		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Everything Stuck to Him
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents

The Leap		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
The Leap
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Performance Task		Write a short story 1. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Performance Task
Write a short story 1. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 2. Correct errors in everyday use 3. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Peer-group learning
A Brief History of the Short Story		1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
A Brief History of the Short Story
1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Prefixes
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Prefixes

The Rockpile		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Describe the difference between related words
The Rockpile
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Describe the difference between related words

Performance Task		Deliver a multimedia presentation 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Correct errors with signs 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Performance Task
Deliver a multimedia presentation 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Correct errors with signs 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

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