IXL skill plan | 11th grade plan for StudySync ELA 2015

Skill plan for StudySync ELA 2015 - 11th grade

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1	Unit 1 We the People
Texts
Of Plymouth Plantation		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
Of Plymouth Plantation
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

The Scarlet Letter		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Word pattern analogies
The Scarlet Letter
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Word pattern analogies

The Crucible		1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use dictionary entries
The Crucible
1. Match the quotations with their themes 2. Use dictionary entries

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

On Being Brought from Africa to America		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Word pattern sentences
On Being Brought from Africa to America
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 2. Word pattern sentences

On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Describe the difference between related words
On the Emigration to America and Peopling the Western Country
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Describe the difference between related words

Letters to John Adams		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Use dictionary definitions
Letters to John Adams
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Use dictionary definitions

The Crisis		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
The Crisis
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

The Whistle		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
The Whistle
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure

The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots
The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots

The Declaration of Independence		1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
The Declaration of Independence
1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Founding Documents of the United States of America		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Use parallel structure
Founding Documents of the United States of America
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Which text is most formal? 3. Use parallel structure

The Federalist Papers No. 10		1. Trace an argument: set 1
The Federalist Papers No. 10
1. Trace an argument: set 1
Writing Project and Grammar
Informative/Explanatory Writing		Structure and style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Informative/Explanatory Writing
Structure and style 1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Organize information by topic 3. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 4. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Sources 5. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Grammar and Mechanics		Pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 3. Subject and object pronouns review Modifiers 4. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 5. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier Sentences 6. Identify sentence fragments 7. Identify run-on sentences Editing 8. Use words accurately and precisely 9. Use the correct frequently confused word 10. Commas with series, dates, and places 11. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Grammar and Mechanics
Pronouns 1. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions 2. Identify and correct errors with subject and object pronouns 3. Subject and object pronouns review Modifiers 4. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 5. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier Sentences 6. Identify sentence fragments 7. Identify run-on sentences Editing 8. Use words accurately and precisely 9. Use the correct frequently confused word 10. Commas with series, dates, and places 11. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

2	Unit 2 The Individual
Texts
Song of Myself		1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Match the quotations with their themes
Song of Myself
1. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Match the quotations with their themes

Walden		1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Walden
1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Society and Solitude		1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Society and Solitude
1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Analyze short stories: set 2

Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Convention		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Declaration of Sentiments by the Seneca Falls Convention
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

The Story of an Hour		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Classify the figure of speech: review
The Story of an Hour
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Classify the figure of speech: review

What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Recall the source of an allusion
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Recall the source of an allusion

Second Inaugural Address		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Second Inaugural Address
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Lee Surrenders to Grant, April 9th 1865		1. Word pattern analogies
Lee Surrenders to Grant, April 9th 1865
1. Word pattern analogies

What They Fought For 1861-1865		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify audience and purpose
What They Fought For 1861-1865
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Identify audience and purpose

The Cask of Amontillado		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Word pattern sentences
The Cask of Amontillado
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone 2. Word pattern sentences

Because I could not stop for Death		1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Compare passages for tone
Because I could not stop for Death
1. Identify elements of poetry 2. Compare passages for tone
Writing Project and Grammar
Literary Analysis		Structure and style 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Sources 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Literary Analysis
Structure and style 1. Identify thesis statements 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims Sources 6. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Grammar and Mechanics		Revising 1. Which text is most formal? Editing 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 6. Identify vague pronoun references
Grammar and Mechanics
Revising 1. Which text is most formal? Editing 2. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 3. Identify and correct errors with subject-verb agreement 4. Commas with compound and complex sentences 5. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 6. Identify vague pronoun references

3	Unit 3 Modern Times
Texts
The Great Gatsby		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word
The Great Gatsby
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word

Theme for English B		1. Identify elements of poetry
Theme for English B
1. Identify elements of poetry

Any Human to Another		1. Prefixes
Any Human to Another
1. Prefixes

Plessy v. Ferguson		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
Plessy v. Ferguson
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Brown v. Board of Education		1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Brown v. Board of Education
1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

A Farewell to Arms		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Suffixes
A Farewell to Arms
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Suffixes

Hiroshima		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Hiroshima
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

The Road		1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Word pattern analogies
The Road
1. Use words as clues to the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 2. Word pattern analogies

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts		1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Explore words with new or contested usages
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
1. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone 2. Explore words with new or contested usages

Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots
Take the Tortillas Out of Your Poetry
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots

The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Writing Project and Grammar
Argumentative Writing		Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Structure and style 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Evaluate counterclaims 6. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Sources 7. Identify plagiarism
Argumentative Writing
Organization 1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest Structure and style 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 4. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 5. Evaluate counterclaims 6. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons Sources 7. Identify plagiarism

Grammar and Mechanics		Sentence structure 1. Is it a phrase or a clause? 2. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 3. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Editing 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 5. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects
Grammar and Mechanics
Sentence structure 1. Is it a phrase or a clause? 2. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences 3. Commas with nonrestrictive elements Editing 4. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 5. Identify and correct verb agreement with compound subjects

4	Unit 4 Seeking Romance
Texts
Sonnet 116		1. Classify the figure of speech: review 2. Word pattern sentences
Sonnet 116
1. Classify the figure of speech: review 2. Word pattern sentences

Sonnet 18		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions
Sonnet 18
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence 2. Use dictionary definitions

Metamorphoses		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Metamorphoses
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

A Midsummer Night's Dream		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Love Is Not All		1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Love Is Not All
1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

On Her Loving Two Equally		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify elements of poetry
On Her Loving Two Equally
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Identify elements of poetry

Cyrano de Bergerac		1. Explore words with new or contested usages
Cyrano de Bergerac
1. Explore words with new or contested usages

Dumped!		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
Dumped!
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

What is Love?		1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
What is Love?
1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Identify sentences with parallel structure
Writing Project and Grammar
Narrative Writing		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Narrative Writing
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Grammar and Mechanics		Editing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Are the modifiers used correctly? 3. Correct errors in everyday use Punctuation 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 5. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 6. What does the punctuation suggest? Dialogue 7. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Grammar and Mechanics
Editing 1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Are the modifiers used correctly? 3. Correct errors in everyday use Punctuation 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 5. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 6. What does the punctuation suggest? Dialogue 7. Formatting quotations and dialogue

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