IXL skill plan | 11th grade plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021

Skill plan for SpringBoard ELA 2021 - 11th grade

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1	Unit 1 The American Dream
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 1.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 1.2: Analyzing Visual Texts
Activity 1.2: Analyzing Visual Texts


Activity 1.3: An American Story		Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Word study 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use thesaurus entries 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Activity 1.3: An American Story
Reading strategies 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Word study 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Use thesaurus entries 5. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Activity 1.4: Writing a Literary Analysis and Revising for Sentence Fluency		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?
Activity 1.4: Writing a Literary Analysis and Revising for Sentence Fluency
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 4. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex?

Activity 1.5: Questioning the Text		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use the correct foreign expression
Activity 1.5: Questioning the Text
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use the correct foreign expression

Activity 1.6: Writing an Analysis of an Extended Definition		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 1.6: Writing an Analysis of an Extended Definition
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 1.7: What is Freedom?		Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify audience and purpose Grammar and usage 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Activity 1.7: What is Freedom?
Reading strategies 1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify audience and purpose Grammar and usage 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

Activity 1.8: America's Promise		Language checkpoint 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?
Activity 1.8: America's Promise
Language checkpoint 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 3. Are the modifiers used correctly?

Activity 1.9: Defining an American		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Activity 1.9: Defining an American
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Activity 1.10: Whitman's America		1. Identify elements of poetry
Activity 1.10: Whitman's America
1. Identify elements of poetry

Activity 1.11: America's Voices		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Which sentence matches the definition?
Activity 1.11: America's Voices
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Which sentence matches the definition?

Activity 1.12: A Hyphenated American		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Activity 1.12: A Hyphenated American
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

Activity 1.13: Drafting Your Definition Essay		1. Identify thesis statements
Activity 1.13: Drafting Your Definition Essay
1. Identify thesis statements

Activity 1.14: Revising and Editing		1. Combine sentences using relative clauses 2. What does the punctuation suggest? 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs
Activity 1.14: Revising and Editing
1. Combine sentences using relative clauses 2. What does the punctuation suggest? 3. Use the correct frequently confused word 4. Correct errors with signs

Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Definition Essay
Embedded Assessment 1: Writing a Definition Essay


Activity 1.15: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 1.15: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 1.16: The Structure of an Argument		Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
Activity 1.16: The Structure of an Argument
Reading strategies 1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Word study 3. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

Activity 1.17: Annotating an Argumentative Text		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 1.17: Annotating an Argumentative Text
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 1.18: A Call to Action		1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Activity 1.18: A Call to Action
1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Activity 1.19: Coming to America		Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Interpret the figure of speech Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 1.19: Coming to America
Reading strategies 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Interpret the figure of speech Word study 3. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 1.20: The Sonnet and the American Dream
Activity 1.20: The Sonnet and the American Dream


Activity 1.21: Money and the American Dream		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Activity 1.21: Money and the American Dream
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 1.22: Working Toward the Dream		Word study 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure
Activity 1.22: Working Toward the Dream
Word study 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words Grammar and usage 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure 3. Use parallel structure

Activity 1.23: The Road to Success		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Use words accurately and precisely
Activity 1.23: The Road to Success
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Use words accurately and precisely

Activity 1.24: American Dream: Real or Imagined		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 1.24: American Dream: Real or Imagined
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 4. Evaluate counterclaims

Embedded Assessment 2: Synthesizing the American Dream
Embedded Assessment 2: Synthesizing the American Dream

2	Unit 2 The Power of Persuasion
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 2.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 2.2: Preparing to Read The Crucible: Setting Context		1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 2.2: Preparing to Read The Crucible: Setting Context
1. Compare two texts with different genres 2. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 2.3: The Lessons of Salem		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Activity 2.3: The Lessons of Salem
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Activity 2.4: Salem Society: Meet the Characters		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Activity 2.4: Salem Society: Meet the Characters
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Activity 2.5: The Beginnings of Characterization
Activity 2.5: The Beginnings of Characterization


Activity 2.6: Pivotal Scene 1: Considering Interpretations
Activity 2.6: Pivotal Scene 1: Considering Interpretations


Activity 2.7: Analyzing the Elements of a Script
Activity 2.7: Analyzing the Elements of a Script


Activity 2.8: Illuminating Hysteria: Characters, Conflict, and Social Commentary		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?
Activity 2.8: Illuminating Hysteria: Characters, Conflict, and Social Commentary
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?

Activity 2.9: Conflicts in Salem		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Activity 2.9: Conflicts in Salem
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Activity 2.10: Speaking Like a Puritan		1. Interpret the figure of speech
Activity 2.10: Speaking Like a Puritan
1. Interpret the figure of speech

Activity 2.11: Elements of Plot: Rising Action
Activity 2.11: Elements of Plot: Rising Action


Activity 2.12: Pivotal Scene 2: Proctor and Elizabeth
Activity 2.12: Pivotal Scene 2: Proctor and Elizabeth


Activity 2.13: Courtroom Drama: Examining Logical Fallacies		1. Classify logical fallacies
Activity 2.13: Courtroom Drama: Examining Logical Fallacies
1. Classify logical fallacies

Activity 2.14: The Role of Irony in Climax		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Activity 2.14: The Role of Irony in Climax
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Activity 2.15: Speaking Out		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Activity 2.15: Speaking Out
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Activity 2.16: Integrity Rises to the Top: Writing Dialogue
Activity 2.16: Integrity Rises to the Top: Writing Dialogue


Activity 217: Contemporary Conflicts
Activity 217: Contemporary Conflicts


Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating and Performing a Dramatic Scene


Activity 2.18: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 2.18: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 2.19: Developing Speaking Skills		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 2.19: Developing Speaking Skills
1. Identify audience and purpose

Activity 2.20: American Rhetoric: Historical Context		1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
Activity 2.20: American Rhetoric: Historical Context
1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement

Activity 2.21: The Power of Rhetoric		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Trace an argument: set 2
Activity 2.21: The Power of Rhetoric
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Trace an argument: set 2

Activity 2.22: The Appeal of Rhetoric		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Activity 2.22: The Appeal of Rhetoric
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Activity 2.23: Planning the Delivery		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Activity 2.23: Planning the Delivery
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Activity 2.24: One Last Stand with Syntax		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Classify the figure of speech: review Language checkpoint 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Activity 2.24: One Last Stand with Syntax
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone 2. Classify the figure of speech: review Language checkpoint 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Activity 2.25: Explain How an Author Builds an Argument		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Activity 2.25: Explain How an Author Builds an Argument
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Activity 2.26: Vocal Delivery
Activity 2.26: Vocal Delivery


Embedded Assessment 2: Writing and Presenting a Persuasive Speech
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing and Presenting a Persuasive Speech

3	Unit 3 American Forums: The Marketplace of Ideas
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 3.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 3.2: Rights and Responsibility		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Activity 3.2: Rights and Responsibility
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Activity 3.3: The Supreme Court and Free Speech		1. Evaluate counterclaims
Activity 3.3: The Supreme Court and Free Speech
1. Evaluate counterclaims

Activity 3.4: Introducing the Media		1. Identify audience and purpose
Activity 3.4: Introducing the Media
1. Identify audience and purpose

Activity 3.5: The Newspaper Debate		Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Language checkpoint 2. Use the correct frequently confused word 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions
Activity 3.5: The Newspaper Debate
Reading strategies 1. Trace an argument: set 1 Language checkpoint 2. Use the correct frequently confused word 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 4. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions

Activity 3.6: News or Views: A Closer Look		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
Activity 3.6: News or Views: A Closer Look
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

Activity 3.7: The Bias of Rhetoric		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Activity 3.7: The Bias of Rhetoric
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Activity 3.8: Putting It All Together
Activity 3.8: Putting It All Together


Activity 3.9: How to Write an Editorial		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Activity 3.9: How to Write an Editorial
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Organize information by topic 3. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 4. Which text is most formal? 5. Remove redundant words or phrases 6. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Activity 3.10: Where's Your Proof?		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Activity 3.10: Where's Your Proof?
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Activity 3.11: Reading and Writing a Letter to the Editor		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Activity 3.11: Reading and Writing a Letter to the Editor
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Activity 3.12: Fallacies 101		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions
Activity 3.12: Fallacies 101
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Use context as a clue to the meanings of foreign expressions

Activity 3.13: How to Read and Write an Editorial Cartoon		1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Activity 3.13: How to Read and Write an Editorial Cartoon
1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

Embedded Assessment 1: Creating an Op-Ed News Project
Embedded Assessment 1: Creating an Op-Ed News Project


Activity 3.14: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Introducing Satire		1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Activity 3.14: Previewing Embedded Assessment 2 and Introducing Satire
1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Activity 3.15: Identifying the Elements of Satire		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Activity 3.15: Identifying the Elements of Satire
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Activity 3.16: Analyzing Satirical Cartoons
Activity 3.16: Analyzing Satirical Cartoons


Activity 3.17: The Tone of Satire		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dashes
Activity 3.17: The Tone of Satire
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dashes

Activity 3.18: Writing a Parody
Activity 3.18: Writing a Parody


Activity 3.19: Need Some Advice?		Word study 1. Prefixes 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writer's craft 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?
Activity 3.19: Need Some Advice?
Word study 1. Prefixes 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots Writer's craft 3. Is it a phrase or a clause?

Activity 3.20: Twain in Twain		Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Word study 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Word pattern sentences
Activity 3.20: Twain in Twain
Reading strategies 1. Compare passages for tone Word study 2. Word pattern analogies 3. Word pattern sentences

Activity 3.21: The Satirical Critique		Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and usage 2. Identify participles and what they modify 3. Identify gerunds and their functions
Activity 3.21: The Satirical Critique
Reading strategies 1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Grammar and usage 2. Identify participles and what they modify 3. Identify gerunds and their functions

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Satirical Piece
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing a Satirical Piece

4	Unit 4 American Journey
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit
Activity 4.1: Previewing the Unit


Activity 4.2: Developing Research Questions		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest
Activity 4.2: Developing Research Questions
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Order topics from broadest to narrowest

Activity 4.3: The Historical Context of the Harlem Renaissance		Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: review 2. Identify elements of poetry Word study 3. Explore words with new or contested usages 4. Suffixes 5. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Activity 4.3: The Historical Context of the Harlem Renaissance
Reading strategies 1. Classify the figure of speech: review 2. Identify elements of poetry Word study 3. Explore words with new or contested usages 4. Suffixes 5. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

Activity 4.4: Synthesizing Facts, Interpretations, and Media Formats		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 4.4: Synthesizing Facts, Interpretations, and Media Formats
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 4.5: Documenting Your Sources		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Activity 4.5: Documenting Your Sources
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Understand a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Activity 4.6: Finalizing Research and Organizing Your Presentation		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Activity 4.6: Finalizing Research and Organizing Your Presentation
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Organize information by topic 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Literary Movement: The Harlem Renaissance
Embedded Assessment 1: Presenting a Literary Movement: The Harlem Renaissance


Activity 4.7: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2
Activity 4.7: Unpacking Embedded Assessment 2


Activity 4.8: "The Unity of Opposites"		1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Use dashes
Activity 4.8: "The Unity of Opposites"
1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Use dashes

Activity 4.9: The Tradition of Dialect		Reading strategies 1. Recall the source of an allusion Writer's craft 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Language checkpoint 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Identify sentence fragments 6. Identify run-on sentences 7. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Activity 4.9: The Tradition of Dialect
Reading strategies 1. Recall the source of an allusion Writer's craft 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Language checkpoint 4. Identify dependent and independent clauses 5. Identify sentence fragments 6. Identify run-on sentences 7. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

Activity 4.10: Janie's Return Home		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Activity 4.10: Janie's Return Home
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Activity 4.11: Nanny's Story		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Activity 4.11: Nanny's Story
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Activity 4.12: A Moral Dilemma		1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Activity 4.12: A Moral Dilemma
1. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Activity 4.13: Janie's New Life		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Activity 4.13: Janie's New Life
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Activity 4.14: Janie's "Route of Tradition"		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Activity 4.14: Janie's "Route of Tradition"
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

Activity 4.15: Discussion Groups
Activity 4.15: Discussion Groups


Activity 4.16: The End of a Long Journey
Activity 4.16: The End of a Long Journey


Activity 4.17: Reviewing the Reviews		1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
Activity 4.17: Reviewing the Reviews
1. Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately

Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Analytical Essay
Embedded Assessment 2: Writing an Analytical Essay

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