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Skill plan for StudySync ELA - 11th grade

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1	Unit 1 Breaking Away
Reading and Writing
The Story of an Hour		Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Textual evidence 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions
The Story of an Hour
Reading comprehension 1. Analyze short stories: set 1 Textual evidence 2. Identify supporting evidence in a text Peer review 3. Suggest appropriate revisions

Paired Texts: On Being Brought From Africa to America and An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatley		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Texts: 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 Texts: Constitution of the Iroquois Nation and Declaration of Independence		1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1
Paired Texts: Constitution of the Iroquois Nation and Declaration of Independence
1. Identify audience and purpose 2. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1

Independent Read: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African and Verses upon the Burning of Our House
Independent Read: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, The African and Verses upon the Burning of Our House


Paired Texts: The Scarlet Letter (Chapter 2), Indian Boarding School: The Runaways, and Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street		Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Figurative language 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox
Paired Texts: The Scarlet Letter (Chapter 2), Indian Boarding School: The Runaways, and Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
Point of view 1. Identify the narrative point of view Figurative language 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox

Independent Read: Excerpt from The Namesake
Independent Read: Excerpt from The Namesake

Writing and Grammar
Draft		1. Formatting quotations and dialogue
Draft
1. Formatting quotations and dialogue

Revise		1. Use personification 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Use words accurately and precisely
Revise
1. Use personification 2. Replace words using a thesaurus 3. Use words accurately and precisely

Edit and Publish		Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Verb tense 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Edit and Publish
Capitalization 1. Correct capitalization errors Verb tense 2. Identify and correct inappropriate shifts in verb tense
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Active and passive voice 1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Pronouns and antecedents 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents
Grammar
Active and passive voice 1. Identify active and passive voice 2. Rewrite the sentence in active voice Pronouns and antecedents 3. Identify vague pronoun references 4. Identify all of the possible antecedents

2	Unit 2 The Highway
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: I Never Heard the Word "Escape" and Excerpt from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn		1. Compare passages for tone
Paired Texts: I Never Heard the Word "Escape" and Excerpt from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1. Compare passages for tone

The Negro Motorist Green Book		Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words
The Negro Motorist Green Book
Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 Word meaning 2. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 3. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 4. Use Greek and Latin roots as clues to the meanings of words

Paired Texts: Excerpt from Walden, Mississippi Solo, and Remarks at the Signing of the Highway Beautification Act		Arguments and claims 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Context clues 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context
Paired Texts: Excerpt from Walden, Mississippi Solo, and Remarks at the Signing of the Highway Beautification Act
Arguments and claims 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Context clues 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context 3. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context

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

Independent Read: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Independent Read: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration


Paired Texts: Because I could not stop for Death and A Good Man is Hard to Find		Story structure 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Paired Texts: Because I could not stop for Death and A Good Man is Hard to Find
Story structure 1. Analyze short stories: set 2 Connotation and denotation 2. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Independent Read: Little Miss Sunshine
Independent Read: Little Miss Sunshine

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
Draft
1. Organize information by topic 2. Identify thesis statements 3. Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim

Revise		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons
Revise
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Remove redundant words or phrases 3. Avoid double, illogical, and unclear comparisons

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Which text is most formal? Quotation marks 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue Apostrophes 3. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Which text is most formal? Quotation marks 2. Formatting quotations and dialogue Apostrophes 3. Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns 4. Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Sentence types 1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Commas 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences
Grammar
Sentence types 1. Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory? Commas 2. Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters, and antithetical phrases 3. Commas with compound and complex sentences

3	Unit 3 No Strangers Here
Reading and Writing
My True South: Why I Decided to Return Home		Figurative language 1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Connotation and denotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Reasons and evidence 4. Trace an argument: set 1
My True South: Why I Decided to Return Home
Figurative language 1. Classify the figure of speech: anaphora, antithesis, apostrophe, assonance, chiasmus, understatement 2. Interpret the meaning of an allusion from its source Connotation and denotation 3. Describe the difference between related words Reasons and evidence 4. Trace an argument: set 1

Paired Texts: What to the Slave is The Fourth of July and Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2
Paired Texts: What to the Slave is The Fourth of July and Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2

Independent Read: Excerpt from As I Lay Dying, Flowering Judas, and Excerpt From Their Eyes Were Watching God
Independent Read: Excerpt from As I Lay Dying, Flowering Judas, and Excerpt From Their Eyes Were Watching God


Paired Texts: South, 'N'em, and Given to Rust		1. Classify the figure of speech: review
Paired Texts: South, 'N'em, and Given to Rust
1. Classify the figure of speech: review

One Today		1. Identify elements of poetry
One Today
1. Identify elements of poetry

Independent Read: We Contain Multitudes
Independent Read: We Contain Multitudes


Paired Texts: Bartram's Travel and The Midnight Zone		1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Paired Texts: Bartram's Travel and The Midnight Zone
1. Analyze the effects of figures of speech on meaning and tone
Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		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. 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

Revise		1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs
Revise
1. Transitions with conjunctive adverbs

Edit and Publish		Semicolons and commas 1. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series 2. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 3. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences Commonly misused words 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Correct errors in everyday use 6. Use the correct frequently confused word 7. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Edit and Publish
Semicolons and commas 1. Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series 2. Join sentences with semicolons, colons, and commas 3. Commas with compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences Commonly misused words 4. Correct errors with signs 5. Correct errors in everyday use 6. Use the correct frequently confused word 7. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused words
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Adjectives and adverbs 1. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 2. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Apostrophes 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Appositives 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases
Grammar
Adjectives and adverbs 1. Good, better, best, bad, worse, and worst 2. Well, better, best, badly, worse, and worst Apostrophes 3. Identify and correct errors with frequently confused pronouns and contractions Appositives 4. Identify appositives and appositive phrases

4	Unit 4 Living the Dream
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: The Negro Speaks of Rivers and How It Feels To Be Colored Me		Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Figurative language 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 4. Recall the source of an allusion Author's purpose 5. Identify audience and purpose
Paired Texts: The Negro Speaks of Rivers and How It Feels To Be Colored Me
Main idea 1. Determine the main idea of a passage Figurative language 2. Interpret the figure of speech 3. Classify the figure of speech: euphemism, hyperbole, oxymoron, paradox 4. Recall the source of an allusion Author's purpose 5. Identify audience and purpose

Excerpt From Fences		1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone
Excerpt From Fences
1. Analyze short stories: set 1 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone

Paired Texts: The Old Cabin and Excerpt from A Raisin in the Sun		1. Match the quotations with their themes
Paired Texts: The Old Cabin and Excerpt from A Raisin in the Sun
1. Match the quotations with their themes

Letter from Chief John Ross		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Letter from Chief John Ross
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 1 2. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Independent Read: Dream House
Independent Read: Dream House


Paired Texts: The Fall of the House of Usher, In Our Neighborhood, and The Yellow Wallpaper		1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence
Paired Texts: The Fall of the House of Usher, In Our Neighborhood, and The Yellow Wallpaper
1. Choose the word whose connotation and denotation best match the sentence

Independent Read: Eat, Memory: Orange Crush
Independent Read: Eat, Memory: Orange Crush


Boyhood
Boyhood

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

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

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Usage 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Hyphens 5. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? 2. Combine sentences using relative clauses Usage 3. Commas with series, dates, and places 4. Use relative pronouns: who and whom Hyphens 5. Use hyphens in compound adjectives
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words
Grammar
1. Choose between adjectives and adverbs 2. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words

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

Independent Read: Excerpt from Death of a Salesman
Independent Read: Excerpt from Death of a Salesman


The Marshall Plan Speech		Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word patterns and relationships 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge 4. Explore words with new or contested usages 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots
The Marshall Plan Speech
Informational text 1. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 Word patterns and relationships 2. Analogies 3. Analogies: challenge 4. Explore words with new or contested usages 5. Determine the meanings of words with Greek and Latin roots

Independent Read: 40-0
Independent Read: 40-0


Paired Texts: The Moor's Account and Othello		1. Compare passages for tone
Paired Texts: The Moor's Account and Othello
1. Compare passages for tone

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body		1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
1. Use dictionary entries to determine correct usage 2. Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Paired Texts: A Plea for the Oppressed and Brown v. Board of Education		Reasons and evidence 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word meaning 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects
Paired Texts: A Plea for the Oppressed and Brown v. Board of Education
Reasons and evidence 1. Trace an argument: set 2 Word meaning 2. Determine the meaning of words using antonyms in context 3. Use etymologies to determine the meanings of words 4. Domain-specific vocabulary in context: science and technical subjects

Independent Read: The Immortal Horizon and You Gotta Beat the Best to Be the Best
Independent Read: The Immortal Horizon and You Gotta Beat the Best to Be the Best

Writing Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims
Draft
1. Identify thesis statements 2. Evaluate counterclaims

Revise		1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim
Revise
1. Transition logically between claims, evidence, analysis, and counterclaims 2. Choose the analysis that logically connects the evidence to the claim

Edit and Publish		Style 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Sentence structure 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure
Edit and Publish
Style 1. Which text is most formal? 2. Compare passages for subjective and objective tone Sentence structure 3. Identify sentence fragments 4. Identify run-on sentences 5. Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons Parallel structure 6. Identify sentences with parallel structure 7. Use parallel structure
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		Sentence types 1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Essential and nonessential clauses 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Grammar
Sentence types 1. Identify dependent and independent clauses 2. Is the sentence simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex? Essential and nonessential clauses 3. What does the punctuation suggest? 4. Commas with nonrestrictive elements

6	Unit 6 With Malice Toward None
Reading and Writing
Paired Texts: Excerpt from Invisible Man and American Horse		1. Identify the narrative point of view
Paired Texts: Excerpt from Invisible Man and American Horse
1. Identify the narrative point of view

Independent Read: On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance
Independent Read: On Listening to Your Teacher Take Attendance


Paired Texts: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Second Inaugural Address		1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1
Paired Texts: Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Second Inaugural Address
1. Classify logical fallacies 2. Identify appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in advertisements 3. Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1

I've Been to the Mountaintop		1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Determine the main idea of a passage
I've Been to the Mountaintop
1. Analyze rhetorical strategies in historical texts: set 2 2. Determine the main idea of a passage

The Night Before Christmas		1. Analyze short stories: set 1
The Night Before Christmas
1. Analyze short stories: set 1

Independent Reading: The Last Ride of Cowboy Rob
Independent Reading: The Last Ride of Cowboy Rob


Paired Texts: The Four Foods, Gaman, and Demeter's Prayer to Hades		1. Identify elements of poetry
Paired Texts: The Four Foods, Gaman, and Demeter's Prayer to Hades
1. Identify elements of poetry

Independent Read: The Color of an Awkward Conversation
Independent Read: The Color of an Awkward Conversation

Oral Project and Grammar
Draft		1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing
Draft
1. Distinguish facts from opinions 2. Use appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos in persuasive writing

Revise		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 Citations 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Identify plagiarism
Revise
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 Citations 4. Recognize the parts of a Works Cited entry (MLA 8th–9th editions) 5. Use in-text citations (MLA 8th–9th editions) 6. Identify plagiarism

Edit and Present		1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Edit and Present
1. Correct errors with commonly misspelled words 2. Suggest appropriate revisions
Additional Grammar Lessons
Grammar		1. Use the correct homophone 2. Identify and correct errors with homophones
Grammar
1. Use the correct homophone 2. Identify and correct errors with homophones

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