ELA Curriculum Mapping
Grade 11 Semester 1
Essential Questions
-How can conflict and
change lead to personal
understanding and growth?
-How does our knowledge
empower us?
-How do author’s
communicate and reflect
the cultural values of a time
period? How is human
behavior influenced by
values and beliefs?
-Why is conflict an
inevitable aspect of
relationships?
How does perception alter
and shape truth?
Content
-Macbeth, by William
Shakespeare
-Catcher in the Rye, by JD
Salinger (independent read
paired with Macbeth)
-To Kill A Mockingbird, by
Harper Lee
-The Collected Short
Stories, by Ernest
Hemingway (selections)
-Coming of Age: An
Anthology of Short Stories
(selections)
-Additional Short Stories &
Poetry
Literary Elements for
Macbeth:
Setting, Dialogue, Conflict,
Plot, Cause and Effect, Irony,
Theme, Characterization,
Persuasive language,
Figurative Language
Literary Elements for To Kill
Standards
Reading Literature:
RL.11-12.1
RL.11-12.2
RL.11-12. 3
RL.11-12.4
RL.11-12.6
RL.11-12.7
RL.11-12.9
RL.11-12. 10
Reading: Informational Text
RIT.11-12.1
RIT.11-12.2
RIT.11-12.4
RIT.11-12.5
RIT.11-12.10
Writing:
W.11-12.1
W.11-12.2
W.11-12.4
W.11-12.5
W.11-12.6
W.11-12.7
W.11-12.9
W11-12.10
Speaking & Listening:
SL.11-12.1
SL.11-12.3
SL.11-12.4
Assessment
For Macbeth:
Formative:
- Journals , Cause/effect
organizers, Character wheel,
Conflict chart, Plot
diagram/story map, Character
Analysis, Motif tracing,
Denotation/Conotation
Analysis, Quotation Analysis
-Act I – IV “act” tests
-“Did You Read” quizzes
(homework review quizzes)
-Vocabulary tests
-Reading guide questions
(homework)
Summative:
-Creation of original sonnets
-“Modern Day” Scene Reenactment & performance
-Shakespearean Newsletter
-Motif Word Trace and
Thematic Essay
Final Assessment:
ELA Regents exam based
Critical Lens essay
For Catcher in the Rye:
Formative:
-Reader response journals for
Related Literature &
Readings
For Macbeth:
-“Shakespeare: MacbethFreud on the Macbeths,” by
Sigmund Freud http://web.
Signet.com.sg/~ysheng/notes/
Shakespeare/mbeth_f.htm
-“The Downside of
Ambition,” by Robert
Samuelson http://www.
realclearpolitics.com/articles/
2007/10/the_downside_of_
ambition.html
-“20 Simple Steps to the
Perfect persuasive Message,”
from PsyBlog
http://www.spring.org.uk/
2010/12/20-simple-steps-tothe-perfect-persuasivemessage.php
-Ethos, Pathos & Logos:
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/
ethos-logos-pathos-21stcentury-todd-finley
-Related and relevant current,
non-fiction articles
-Secondary Solutions
Common Core Aligned
literature guide for Macbeth
a Mockingbird:
Characterization, Setting,
Theme, Symbolism, Imagery,
Point of View, Mood & Tone,
Figurative language
Literary Elements for
Catcher in the Rye:
Characterization, Flashback,
Point of View, Symbolism,
Theme, Conflict, Irony,
Reoccurring Motif
Writing Skills:
Informational Writing
Expository Writing
Research-report Writing &
Analysis
Comparative Writing
Persuasive Writing
Six Traits:
Sentence Fluency, Word
Choice, Voice, Organization,
Ideas & Conventions
11th Grade GUM Skills
Language:
L.11-12.1
L.11-12.2
L.11-12.3
L.11-12.4
L.11-12.5
L.11-12.6
outside read
-quote analysis journals for
outside read
Summative:
-Creative Catcher Journals
Formative:
ELA Regents exam based
Critical Lens essay (with
Macbeth)
For To Kill a Mockingbird:
Formative:
- Journals , Cause/effect
organizers, Character wheel,
Conflict chart, Plot
diagram/story map, Character
Analysis, Motif tracing,
Denotation/Conotation
Analysis, Quotation Analysis
-“Did You Read” quizzes
(homework review quizzes)
-Vocabulary tests
-Reading guide questions
(homework)
Summative:
WebQuest: ‘The Quest for
Tolerance in To Kill a
Mockingbird”
http://www.scsk12.org/
STT99_WQ/STT99/Houston
_HS/traversej/traversequest/
studquest.htm
Final Assessment:
ELA Regents exam based
Critical Lens essay
For Catcher in the Rye:
-“The Sibling Connection:
Experiencing the Death of a
Sibling” www.counseling
stlouis.net/page13.html
-“Teens in Distress Series:
Adolescent Stress and
Depression,” by Joyce Walker
-Related and relevant current,
non-fiction articles
-Secondary Solutions
Common Core Aligned
literature guide for Catcher in
the Rye
For To Kill a Mockingbird:
-“Growing Up White in the
South in the 1930s” excerpted
from Understanding to Kill a
Mockingbird
library.thinkquest.org/12111/
Broadcast.html
-“To Kill a Mockingbird: A
Historical Perspective”
Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/
teachers/classroommaterials/
lessons/mockingbird/
-Library of Congress Prints &
Photographs Reading Room:
Racial Discrimination
http://www.loc.gov/
rr/print/list/085_disc.html
- Related and relevant current,
non-fiction articles
-Secondary Solutions
Common Core Aligned
literature guide for To Kill a
Mockingbird