11th grade English
1st Term Common Syllabus
Week 1
Get to know you activities
Outside reading requirement
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Week 7
Writing endnotes
Grammar:
Objects of Prepositions
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Drafting Paper / Quote
integration
Week 2
Class disclosure
Picture day / Grammar Pre-test
Grammar:
Verbs
Writing:
Schaffer terminology review
Week 3
Week 8
Grammar:
Subjects
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Topic Selection
Grammar:
Indirect Objects
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Revision & MLA Format
Week 9
Week 4
Grammar:
Compliments
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Topic Inquiry &
Research
Grammar:
Grammar review; Grammar
post-test
Reading:
SSR
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Finish Project
Week 5
Grammar:
Adverbs/Adjectives
Reading:
SSR; research articles
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary Cartoons
Research
Paper
Cont Inquiry & Research
Working Bibliography
Week 10
Grammar:
Reading:
Wrap up activities
Vocabulary:
Research Paper:
Week 6
Grammar:
Prep Phrases
SSR – free selection novel
11th grade English
2nd Term Common Syllabus
Daily Activities
Reading: 10 min SSR
Week 5
Weekly Activities
Lit Study* & Essay Work
– Comparison/Contrast
Novel Study
Punctuation
comma splices
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Writing Activities:
Elements of essay
review
Week 1
Punctuation
Pre-test, Intro comma
rules
Sentence Structure
Intro Phrase & clause;
Sentence types
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Week 6
Novel Study
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing Activities
Essay pre-write;
organization patterns
Week 2
Punctuation
Finish comma rules
Sentence Structure
Sentence types practice
Vocabulary
Vocab Quiz
Week 7
Vocabulary
Vocabulary / Root
review
Writing Activities
Draft & revision
Week 3
Novel Study
see Novel Notation
Punctuation
Comma practice
Sentence Structure
Intro sentence
fragments
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Week 8
Vocabulary
Comprehensive
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing Activities
Revised essays / peer
edits
Week 9
Writing Activities
Final essay due
Novel Study
Week 10
Reading
Week 4
Novel Study
Misc. Wrap-up activities
Punctuation
semi-colons; colon rules
Sentence Structure
Correcting fragments
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing Activities:
Pre-writing review:
Bubble Cluster & Spider
Diagram
Novel Notation: Emphasis on Core Standard
1.3a, plot structure; 1.3b, character; 1.3c,
theme
*Literature Study: Colonial through Romanticism and class novel
.
Book Reporting
11th grade English
3rd Term Common Syllabus
Daily Activities
Reading:
10 min SSR
Vocabulary
Cont Vocabulary Cartoons Emphasis on roots
Weekly Activities
Lit Study* and Essay Work –Critical Analysis
Week 1
Writing Activities
Drafting the essay
Disclosure
Outside Reading Requirement
Week 6
Punctuation
Novel Study
Dangling Modifiers
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Writing Activities
Revision
Week 2
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Dangling Modifiers
continued
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Week 7
Novel Study
Punctuation
Dash rules; review
commas, colons,
apostrophes, semicolons, dashes
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing Activities
Peer review
Week 3
Novel Study
See Novel Notation
Punctuation
Hyphens
Vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Week 4
(UBSCT TESTING)
Week 8
Novel Study
Novel Study
Punctuation
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons w/
Greek & Latin root
review
Writing Activities
Essay pre-write
Post-test
Writing Activities Editing
Week 9
Writing Activities Final essay due
Week 5
Week 10
Novel Study
Punctuation
Apostrophe Rules
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Reading
Book Reporting
Misc. Wrap-up activities
Literature Study: Romanticism to pre-Modernism
Novel Notation: emphasis on core standard 1.3 d, cultural influences on setting and 1.3 e, analyzing
the use of irony, tone and/or mood
11th grade English
4th Term Common Syllabus
Daily Activities
Week 5
Assessment:
CRT Prep
Punctuation:
Review according to
needs
Reading:
10 min SSR
Vocabulary:
Emphasis on roots
Writing:
editing and revision
(CRT Testing)
One test per day
Run make-ups in class
Closely monitor test materials
Remind students to bring something to do after test
Week 6
Novel Study
Weekly Activities
Lit Study* and Essay
Work - Narrative
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Writing
Shifts
Essay assignment
Week 1
CRT Preview
test objectives
Week 7
Novel Study
Lit Study
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Greek &
Latin root review
Writing
Parallel Construction
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Cartoons
Writing
essay completion
Text Book Return – watch for email announcement
from Media Center
Week 8
Week 2
CRT Preview
choosing answers
(Book Check-in)
Reading
Book Reporting
Vocabulary
Vocabulary Quiz
Lit Study
Week 9
Novel Study
Vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Writing
cont parallel
construction
Week 3
Spring Break
Misc. Wrap-up activities
Final Exam
Week 4
Novel Study
Vocabulary
Vocabulary quiz
Writing
cont parallel
construction
CRT Preview
choosing answers
Literature Study: pre-Modernism - Current