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Skill plan for StudySync ELA Florida - 11th grade

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1	Unit 1 Breaking Away
Reading and Writing
The Story of an Hour		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text
The Story of an Hour
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text

Paired Readings: On Being Brought From Africa to America and An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Readings: On Being Brought From Africa to America and An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley
1. Identify elements of poetry

Life After High School		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Life After High School
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Paired Readings: Constitution of the Iroquois Nations and Declaration of Independence		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Paired Readings: Constitution of the Iroquois Nations and Declaration of Independence
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street		Figurative language 1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view
Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
Figurative language 1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view

Paired Readings: I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem and The Crucible		1. Describe the difference between related words
Paired Readings: I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem and The Crucible
1. Describe the difference between related words

Paired Readings: The Anti-Federalist Papers: John DeWitt II and The Federalist Papers: No. 84		1. Classify logical fallacies
Paired Readings: The Anti-Federalist Papers: John DeWitt II and The Federalist Papers: No. 84
1. Classify logical fallacies

Flowering Judas		1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Flowering Judas
1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Writing and Grammar
Plan
Plan


Draft		1. Use personification
Draft
1. Use personification

Revise		1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Use words accurately and precisely
Revise
1. Suggest appropriate revisions 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Use words accurately and precisely

Grammar		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Verb tense 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Grammar
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Verb tense 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense

2	Unit 2 The Highway
Reading and Writing
Paired Readings: Walden and Society and Solitude		1. Trace an argument: set 2
Paired Readings: Walden and Society and Solitude
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Remarks at the Signing of the Highway Beautification Act		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical appeals 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Remarks at the Signing of the Highway Beautification Act
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical appeals 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

The Negro Motorist Green Book		Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use thesaurus entries 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use thesaurus entries 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn		1. Compare passages for tone
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1. Compare passages for tone

Driving My Own Destiny		Word patterns and relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences 3. Prefixes 4. Suffixes Textual evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Driving My Own Destiny
Word patterns and relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences 3. Prefixes 4. Suffixes Textual evidence 5. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Depart! (from 'The Anabasis of Alexander' Book IV)		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Depart! (from 'The Anabasis of Alexander' Book IV)
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Paired Readings: Because I could not stop for Death and A Good Man is Hard to Find		Literary elements 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Paired Readings: Because I could not stop for Death and A Good Man is Hard to Find
Literary elements 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Plan
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Draft		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Revise
1. Remove redundant words or phrases 2. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Grammar		Quotation marks 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Apostrophes 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Grammar
Quotation marks 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Apostrophes 2. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 3. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession

3	Unit 3 Sunshine State of Mind
Reading and Writing
We Contain Multitudes
We Contain Multitudes


And Now Here We All Are		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
And Now Here We All Are
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Paired Readings: Osceola and Letter from Chief John Ross		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical appeals 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
Paired Readings: Osceola and Letter from Chief John Ross
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context Rhetorical appeals 3. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Paired Readings: Christmas, 1970; Their Eyes Were Watching God; and Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy		1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
Paired Readings: Christmas, 1970; Their Eyes Were Watching God; and Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy
1. Describe the difference between related words 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

One Today		Word relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences Poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry
One Today
Word relationships 1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences Poetry 3. Identify elements of poetry

Paired Readings: A Mother in Mannville and The Midnight Zone		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Analyze short stories: set 1
Paired Readings: A Mother in Mannville and The Midnight Zone
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Match the quotations with their themes 3. Analyze short stories: set 1
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Plan
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Draft		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Draft
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Revise		1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Revise
1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Grammar		Punctuating quotations 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Commonly confused words 2. Correct errors with signs 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 6. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Commas 7. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences
Grammar
Punctuating quotations 1. Formatting quotations and dialogue Commonly confused words 2. Correct errors with signs 3. Correct errors in everyday use 4. Use the correct frequently confused word 5. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words 6. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Commas 7. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences

4	Unit 4 Living the Dream
Reading and Writing
The Negro Speaks of Rivers		1. Match the quotations with their themes
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Paired Readings: My True South: Why I Decided To Return Home and Fences		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
Paired Readings: My True South: Why I Decided To Return Home and Fences
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

How It Feels to Be Colored Me		Figurative language 1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Recall the source of an allusion Author's purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose
How It Feels to Be Colored Me
Figurative language 1. Interpret the figure of speech 2. Recall the source of an allusion Author's purpose 3. Identify audience and purpose

Paired Readings: We Wear the Mask and A Raisin in the Sun		1. Use personification
Paired Readings: We Wear the Mask and A Raisin in the Sun
1. Use personification

Indian Boarding School: The Runaways
Indian Boarding School: The Runaways


Dream House		1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Classify logical fallacies
Dream House
1. Trace an argument: set 1 2. Classify logical fallacies

Paired Readings: In Our Neighborhood, Without a Soul, and The Fall of the House of Usher		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Paired Readings: In Our Neighborhood, Without a Soul, and The Fall of the House of Usher
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Eat, Memory: Orange Crush		1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Eat, Memory: Orange Crush
1. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Boyhood
Boyhood

Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Distinguish facts from opinions
Plan
1. Order topics from broadest to narrowest 2. Distinguish facts from opinions

Draft		1. Identify plagiarism 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
1. Identify plagiarism 2. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 3. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
1. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		Usage 1. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Identify active and passive voice Hyphens 4. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Grammar
Usage 1. Use relative pronouns: who and whom 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Identify active and passive voice Hyphens 4. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

5	Unit 5 The Wars We Wage
Reading and Writing
Paired Readings: "These Wild Young People" by One of Them, The Great Gatsby, and A Rose for Emily		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Interpret the figure of speech
Paired Readings: "These Wild Young People" by One of Them, The Great Gatsby, and A Rose for Emily
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Interpret the figure of speech

The Marshall Plan Speech		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
The Marshall Plan Speech
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 2. Identify audience and purpose 3. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement

40-0
40-0


Paired Readings: The Moor's Account and Othello (Act 1, Scene iii)		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Compare passages for tone
Paired Readings: The Moor's Account and Othello (Act 1, Scene iii)
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Compare passages for tone

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body		1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
1. Identify sentences with parallel structure 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Are Women People?		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Are Women People?
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

A Plea for the Oppressed
A Plea for the Oppressed


Brown v. Board of Education		Argumentative text 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word meaning 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Brown v. Board of Education
Argumentative text 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word meaning 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use dictionary entries 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles' Funeral Oration		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
History of the Peloponnesian War: Pericles' Funeral Oration
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Immortal Horizon
The Immortal Horizon


You Gotta Beat the Best to Be the Best
You Gotta Beat the Best to Be the Best

Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Plan
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Draft		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Draft
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Revise		Pronouns 1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims
Revise
Pronouns 1. Identify vague pronoun references 2. Identify all of the possible antecedents Transitions 3. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims

Grammar		1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
Grammar
1. Identify sentence fragments 2. Identify run-on sentences 3. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons

6	Unit 6 With Malice Toward None
Reading and Writing
Invisible Man
Invisible Man


American Horse		1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze short stories: set 2
American Horse
1. Identify the narrative point of view 2. Analyze short stories: set 2

The Color of an Awkward Conversation		1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source
The Color of an Awkward Conversation
1. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source

Paired Readings: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Second Inaugural Address		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Paired Readings: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Second Inaugural Address
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

I've Been to the Mountaintop		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
I've Been to the Mountaintop
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

The Night Before Christmas		1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
The Night Before Christmas
1. Sort words by shared Greek or Latin roots 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

On Justice (from 'De Officiis')		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
On Justice (from 'De Officiis')
1. Determine the main idea of a passage

Paired Readings: The Four Foods, Gaman, and Demeter's Prayer to Hades		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Readings: The Four Foods, Gaman, and Demeter's Prayer to Hades
1. Match the quotations with their themes

On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance		1. Identify elements of poetry
On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance
1. Identify elements of poetry
Oral Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Plan
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Distinguish facts from opinions 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Draft		Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Reasons and evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Draft
Transitions 1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs Reasons and evidence 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Revise		1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
1. Use words accurately and precisely 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses 4. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas
Grammar
1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Combine sentences using relative clauses 4. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas

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