IXL skill plan | 12th grade plan for StudySync ELA Florida

Skill plan for StudySync ELA Florida - 12th grade

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1	Unit 1 What's Next?
Reading and Writing
Are the New "Golden Age" TV Shows the New Novels?		1. Trace an argument: set 1
Are the New "Golden Age" TV Shows the New Novels?
1. Trace an argument: set 1

Paired Readings: Community Colleges vs. Technical Schools and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome		Text analysis 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words
Paired Readings: Community Colleges vs. Technical Schools and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
Text analysis 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words

The Metamorphosis		Story structure 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
The Metamorphosis
Story structure 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Paired Readings: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life and We Choose to Go to the Moon		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify audience and purpose
Paired Readings: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life and We Choose to Go to the Moon
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Identify audience and purpose

Nobel Lecture
Nobel Lecture


Paired Readings: How Much Indian Was I?, My Fellow Students Asked; Commencement Address at Wellesley College; and Plessy v. Ferguson		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement
Paired Readings: How Much Indian Was I?, My Fellow Students Asked; Commencement Address at Wellesley College; and Plessy v. Ferguson
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 2. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement

Booster Staff Investigates		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Booster Staff Investigates
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Plan
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Choose the best evidence to support a claim

Draft		Descriptive details 1. Use words accurately and precisely Style 2. Which text is most formal?
Draft
Descriptive details 1. Use words accurately and precisely Style 2. Which text is most formal?

Revise		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs 2. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure 4. Use parallel structure
Grammar
1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 3. Identify sentences with parallel structure 4. Use parallel structure

2	Unit 2 Uncovering Truth
Reading and Writing
Paired Readings: Beowulf (A Graphic Novel) and Excerpt from Beowulf		1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage
Paired Readings: Beowulf (A Graphic Novel) and Excerpt from Beowulf
1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage

Paired Readings: Truth Serum and The Pardoner's Prologue (from The Canterbury Tales)		1. Describe the difference between related words
Paired Readings: Truth Serum and The Pardoner's Prologue (from The Canterbury Tales)
1. Describe the difference between related words

A Valedictorian: Forbidding Mourning
A Valedictorian: Forbidding Mourning


Shakespeare: The World as Stage		1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2
Shakespeare: The World as Stage
1. Determine the main idea of a passage 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2

Paired Readings: Hamlet and His Problems and Hamlet (Scenes from Act I, II, III)		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Paired Readings: Hamlet and His Problems and Hamlet (Scenes from Act I, II, III)
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Don Quixote
Don Quixote


The Postmaster		1. Analyze short stories: set 2
The Postmaster
1. Analyze short stories: set 2

A Letter to NFL GMs
A Letter to NFL GMs


Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Men We Reaped: A Memoir

Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Plan
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Draft		1. Use personification
Draft
1. Use personification

Revise		1. Replace words using a thesaurus 2. Remove redundant words or phrases
Revise
1. Replace words using a thesaurus 2. Remove redundant words or phrases

Grammar		Modifiers 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 3. Are the modifiers used correctly? Punctuating quotations 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Grammar
Modifiers 1. Misplaced modifiers with pictures 2. Select the misplaced or dangling modifier 3. Are the modifiers used correctly? Punctuating quotations 4. Formatting quotations and dialogue

3	Unit 3 Against the Wind
Reading and Writing
Gulliver's Travels (Part 1)		1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences
Gulliver's Travels (Part 1)
1. Word pattern analogies 2. Word pattern sentences

Paired Readings: Liberty Tree and To His Excellency, General Washington		Word meaning 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Theme 4. Match the quotations with their themes Allusions 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Recall the source of an allusion
Paired Readings: Liberty Tree and To His Excellency, General Washington
Word meaning 1. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 2. Determine the meanings of Greek and Latin roots 3. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots Theme 4. Match the quotations with their themes Allusions 5. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source 6. Recall the source of an allusion

United States v. The Amistad		1. Trace an argument: set 2
United States v. The Amistad
1. Trace an argument: set 2

Paired Readings: After Being Convicted Of Voting In The 1872 Presidential Election, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, and The Federalist Papers: No. 10		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Argumentative text 3. Classify logical fallacies
Paired Readings: After Being Convicted Of Voting In The 1872 Presidential Election, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen, and The Federalist Papers: No. 10
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects Argumentative text 3. Classify logical fallacies

Self-Made Men		1. Identify supporting evidence in a text
Self-Made Men
1. Identify supporting evidence in a text

I Am Prepared to Die		1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements
I Am Prepared to Die
1. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements

Leadership During a Crisis		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Leadership During a Crisis
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

A Warrior's Daughters
A Warrior's Daughters

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		Critiquing research 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Identify plagiarism Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)
Draft
Critiquing research 1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim 2. Identify plagiarism Sources and citations 3. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 4. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions)

Revise		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Revise
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Suggest appropriate revisions

Grammar		Commas 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and dashes 4. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series 6. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 7. Use dashes
Grammar
Commas 1. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 2. Commas with series, dates, and places 3. Commas: review Semicolons, colons, and dashes 4. Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations, and appositives 5. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series 6. Semicolons, colons, and commas: review 7. Use dashes

4	Unit 4 Sculpting Reality
Reading and Writing
Ozymandias		1. Identify elements of poetry
Ozymandias
1. Identify elements of poetry

Paired Readings: Facing It and Ode on a Grecian Urn		1. Interpret the figure of speech
Paired Readings: Facing It and Ode on a Grecian Urn
1. Interpret the figure of speech

Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1978		Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Figurative language 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1978
Context clues 1. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 2. Use context to identify the meaning of a word Figurative language 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Stung
Stung


Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude


The Cry of the Children		1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
The Cry of the Children
1. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Paired Readings: Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Dear Mama		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
Paired Readings: Jane Eyre, Wide Sargasso Sea, and Dear Mama
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Paired Readings: Freedom and Why I Write		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Figurative language 2. Classify the figure of speech: review 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Argumentative text 4. Trace an argument: set 1
Paired Readings: Freedom and Why I Write
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Figurative language 2. Classify the figure of speech: review 3. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone Argumentative text 4. Trace an argument: set 1
Writing Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements
Plan
1. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea 2. Identify thesis statements

Draft		Reasons and evidence 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Style 3. Which text is most formal?
Draft
Reasons and evidence 1. Choose the best evidence to support a claim 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim Style 3. Which text is most formal?

Revise		1. Use words accurately and precisely
Revise
1. Use words accurately and precisely

Grammar		Usage 1. Explore words with new or contested usages Hyphens 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Grammar
Usage 1. Explore words with new or contested usages Hyphens 2. Use hyphens in compound adjectives

5	Unit 5 Fractured Selves
Reading and Writing
Paired Readings: The Great Figure and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock		1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Readings: The Great Figure and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
1. Analyze short stories: set 2 2. Identify elements of poetry

Paired Readings: miss rosie, The Idler, and A Cup of Tea		Word meaning 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view
Paired Readings: miss rosie, The Idler, and A Cup of Tea
Word meaning 1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence Point of view 3. Identify the narrative point of view

Recuerdo
Recuerdo


The New Dress
The New Dress


Hurricane Season
Hurricane Season


Be Ye Men of Valour		Textual analysis 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word meaning 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Replace words using a thesaurus
Be Ye Men of Valour
Textual analysis 1. Trace an argument: set 2 2. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word meaning 3. Use dictionary definitions 4. Replace words using a thesaurus

The Pearl Divers' Daughter
The Pearl Divers' Daughter


Paired Readings: Killers of the Dream and Shooting an Elephant		Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Word patterns 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge Figurative language 4. Interpret the figure of speech
Paired Readings: Killers of the Dream and Shooting an Elephant
Author's purpose 1. Identify audience and purpose Word patterns 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge Figurative language 4. Interpret the figure of speech
Writing and Grammar
Plan		Reasons and evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Organization 3. Organize information by topic
Plan
Reasons and evidence 1. Identify supporting evidence in a text 2. Choose the best evidence to support a claim Organization 3. Organize information by topic

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

Revise		1. Which text is most formal? 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Revise
1. Which text is most formal? 2. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Grammar		Spelling 1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Capitalization 2. Correct capitalization errors
Grammar
Spelling 1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words Capitalization 2. Correct capitalization errors

6	Unit 6 Times of Transition
Reading and Writing
The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us		1. Compare passages for tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
The Mysterious Anxiety of Them and Us
1. Compare passages for tone 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Love After Love		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Love After Love
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone

Paired Readings: The Museum and A Temporary Matter		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Readings: The Museum and A Temporary Matter
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Match the quotations with their themes

Tryst with Destiny (Speech on the Eve of India's Independence)
Tryst with Destiny (Speech on the Eve of India's Independence)


Paired Readings: A Small Place and Ghosts		1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Paired Readings: A Small Place and Ghosts
1. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

ARK
ARK


Paired Readings: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People and Honesty on Social Media		1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Paired Readings: Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People and Honesty on Social Media
1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

Green Light Go
Green Light Go


Dawn Revisited
Dawn Revisited


Commencement Address at the New School		1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Commencement Address at the New School
1. Determine the main idea of a passage
Oral Project and Grammar
Plan		1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea
Plan
1. Evaluate counterclaims 2. Choose the topic sentence that best captures the main idea

Draft		Evaluating sources 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Persuasive techniques 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Draft
Evaluating sources 1. Distinguish facts from opinions Persuasive techniques 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Revise		1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Revise
1. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons 2. Classify logical fallacies 3. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Grammar		Sentence variety 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice
Grammar
Sentence variety 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Is it a phrase or a clause? 3. Identify prepositional phrases 4. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases Active and passive voice 5. Rewrite the sentence in active voice

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