Dates
Weeks 1 – 3
November 4th –
November 24th
Weeks 4-6
November 30th
– December
18th
Yousefzadeh – ACADEMIC ENGLISH 11 - Second Quarter Nine Week Plans
Tentative timeline and subject to minor changes
Approximate Type of
SOLs
Topics
Summative Assessment
C11.1.a-h (persuasive presentations)
- Argumentative
- Argumentative prompt
R11.2.d (evaluate sources)
Writing
- Bell ringers and
R11.3.a (analysis of word parts)
- Vocabulary List
homework
R11.3.b (word meanings)
#7, 8
- Vocabulary #7, 8
R11.3.e (identify lit. and classical
- Affix List #3
quizzes
allusions and figurative language)
- Contemporary
- Argumentative Draft
R11.3.f (vocabulary)
Literature
- Vocabulary in Context
R11.4.b (historical context)
- The Secret Life
- Affix List #3 quiz
R11.4.e (analyze how context and
of Bees by Sue
- Grammar Quizzes
language structures convey and
Monk Kidd
author’s intent and viewpoint)
- Grammar
R11.4.g (imagery and figurative
language appeal to reader’s senses and
experience)
R11.4.h(diction, syntax, tone, voice
support author’s purpose)
R11.4.k (respond to critical thinking
questions)
R11.5.e (analyze two or more texts
addressing the same topic)
R11.5.f (identify false premises in
persuasive writing)
W11.6.a (plan and organize ideas for
writing to address a specific audience
and purpose)
W11.6.b (argumentative writing)
W11.6.c (Organize ideas in a sustained
and logical manner)
W11.6.d (defend position)
W11.6.e (consider situation)
W11.6.f (revise writing)
W11.6.g (technology to publish)
11.7 (self and peer edit)
W11.8 (research)
R11.2.c (evaluate sources)
- Argumentative
- Bell ringer
R11.2.d (determine author’s purposes)
Writing
- Vocabulary in Context
R11.3.a (analysis of word parts)
- Contemporary
- Vocabulary Lists #9,10
R11.3.b (word meanings)
Literature
quizzes
R11.3.f (vocabulary)
- The Secret Life
- Argumentative
R11.4.a (contributions of other cultures
of Bees by Sue
published piece
to the development of American Lit.)
Monk Kidd
- Analytic Writing (The
R11.4.f (poetry-subject, mood, theme)
- Vocabulary List
Secret Life of Bees)
#9, 10
- Argumentative draft
- Grammar
- Grammar Quizzes
Weeks 7-10
January 4th –
January 28rd
R11.4.g (imagery and figures of speech
appeal to the reader’s senses and
experience)
purpose and intended effect on the
audience for media messages)
R11.4.k (respond to critical thinking
questions)
W11.7.f (proofread and edit) W11.6.g
(use computer technology to plan,
draft, revise, edit, and publish writing)
W11.6.a (plan and organize ideas for
writing to address a specific audience
and purpose)
W11.6.b (argumentative writing)
W11.6.c (Organize ideas in a sustained
and logical manner)
W11.6.f (revise writing for clarity,
accuracy, and depth of information)
11.7 (self and peer edit)
W11.8 (research)
R11.2.c (evaluate sources)
R11.3.a (analysis of word parts)
R11.3.b (word meanings)
R11.3.f (vocabulary)
R11.4.a (contributions of other cultures
to the development of American Lit.)
R11.4.g (imagery and figurative
language appeal to reader’s senses and
experience)
R11.4.k (respond to critical thinking
questions)
W11.6.a (plan and organize ideas for
writing to address a specific audience
and purpose)
W11.6.e (adapt content, vocabulary,
voice, and tone to audience, purpose
and situation)
W11.6.g (use computer technology to
plan, draft, revise, edit, and publish
writing)
11.7 (self and peer edit)
W11.8 (research)
- Modernism an The
Harlem Renaissance
- The Great Gatsby
- Fitzgerald, Zora Neale
Hurston, Langston
Hughes, Faulkner,
Williams, Roosevelt,
Lawrence/Lee, Martin
Luther King, Jr.
- Review Vocabulary
Lists #1-10
- Affix List #4
- Review Affix Lists #3,4
- Rhetoric
- Grammar
- Bell ringer
-Analytic Writing (The Great
Gatsby)
- Vocabulary in Context
- Vocabulary List #10 quiz
- Affix List #4
- Formal Debate #2
- Argumentative published
piece
- Review Vocabulary Lists #110
- Review Affix Lists #3 and 4
- Creative writing piece
- Grammar Quizzes