IXL skill plan | 11th grade plan for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment

Skill plan for the New Jersey Student Learning Assessment - 11th grade

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Reading
Literary Text
Key Ideas and Details		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Theme 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Key Ideas and Details
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Theme 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Craft and Structure		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Craft and Structure
1. Identify the narrative point of view
Informational Text
Key Ideas and Details		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Reading comprehension 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Key Ideas and Details
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Reading comprehension 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Craft and Structure		Trace an argument 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Author's purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Tone 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Compare passages for tone 5. Which text is most formal?
Craft and Structure
Trace an argument 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Author's purpose 2. Identify audience and purpose Tone 3. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 4. Compare passages for tone 5. Which text is most formal?

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Vocabulary
Determine the Meaning of Words		Context clues 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Domain-specific vocabulary 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Figurative language 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Interpret the figure of speech 7. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Connotation 8. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Analogies 9. Analogies: challenge Foreign words and expressions 10. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Determine the Meaning of Words
Context clues 1. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Domain-specific vocabulary 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Figurative language 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Interpret the figure of speech 7. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Connotation 8. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Analogies 9. Analogies: challenge Foreign words and expressions 10. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Morphology		Prefixes and suffixes 1. Prefixes 2. Suffixes Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Morphology
Prefixes and suffixes 1. Prefixes 2. Suffixes Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Writing
Written Expression
Argumentative Writing		Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Supporting details 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 5. Classify logical fallacies Transitions 6. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Argumentative Writing
Thesis statements 1. Identify thesis statements Supporting details 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims Logical fallacies 5. Classify logical fallacies Transitions 6. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Informative/Explanatory Writing		Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Organization 2. Organize information by topic Supporting details 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Citations 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Topic sentences 1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea Organization 2. Organize information by topic Supporting details 3. Identify supporting evidence in a text Transitions 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Citations 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Narrative writing		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Narrative writing
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Knowledge of Language and Conventions
Editing		1. Correct errors in everyday use
Editing
1. Correct errors in everyday use

Revising		1. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revising
1. Suggest appropriate revisions

Language		1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 2. Remove redundant words or phrases
Language
1. Rewrite the sentence in active voice 2. Remove redundant words or phrases

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