11TH GRADE CP English III
PACING CHART
Updated June 2012
Marking
Period 1
Marking
Period 1
OBJECTIVES
Discussion of
Summer
Reading (One
Book)
Analyze and
evaluate diction
and figurative
language
Understand
characteristics
of specific
literary genres,
and connect to
specific time
periods in
which they
were used
To connect
common
themes and
elements of
British
literature to
American
history and
literature
Create a fully
realized
argument, with
clearly worded
thesis and
supporting
paragraphs
Use knowledge
of root words
to understand
new vocabulary
Identify specific
themes in
literature
Understand
how author’s
choice of words
creates tone
and mood
STANDARDS
RL.11-12.1.
RL.11-12.2.
RL.11-12.3.
RL.11-12.4.
RL.11-12.5..
RL.11-12.6.
RL.11-12.7.
RI.11-12.2
RI.1112.4.RI.1112.6.W.11-12.1
W.11-12.2
W.11-12.4.
W.11-12.5
W.11-12.6
W. 11-12.8
MATERIALS
One book
Discussion / handout sheets
Textbook:
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
--excerpt from Beowulf
--“The Seafarer”
--“The wanderer”
--“The Wife’s Lament”
Excerpts from J.R.R.Tolkien
The Lord of the Rings trilogy
(movie) (epic)
SL.11-12.1.
Collins Writing Folders
SL.11-12.4.
Worksheets
L.11-12.1
Handout Notes
8.1.12.F. 2
9.1 12 A 1
Oral Discussion
Teacher-made
tests and quizzes
Analytical Papers
Writing folders
Short stories of F. Scott
Fitzgerald (Bernice Bobs Her
Hair) (Exile from society)
W. 11-12.7
8.1. 12. F 1
Teacher
Observation
Homework
Excerpts from Walt Whitman’s
Leaves of Grass (American
epic)
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Workshop Level G
Units 1-4
L.11-12.4
ASSESSMENT
Test
Power Points
iPad Apps
Media Center resources; British
novel selection
Video: Simon Shaama’s
History of Britain
Journals
IDMS Benchmark
Persuasive Writing
evaluation
Everyday Editing
by Jeff Anderson
Projects
OBJECTIVES
Marking
Period 2
Question
critically the
viewpoint of an
author in
determining the
meaning
behind the
literary work
Distinguish
between
persuasive and
emotive
rhetoric
STANDARDS
RL.11-12.1.
RL.11-12.2.
RL.11-12.3.
RL.11-12.4.
RL.11-12.5..
RL.11-12.6.
RL.11-12.7.
RI.11-12.2.
RI.11-12.4.
RI.11-12.6.
W.11-12.1
MATERIALS
Textbook:
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
--excerpts from The
Canterbury Tales
--excerpts from “Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight”
--excerpts from” Morte
d’Arthur”
Oral Discussion
Teacher-made
tests and quizzes
Homework
Analytical Papers
Writing folders
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Workshop Level G
Units 5-8
Journals
W.11-12.4.
Collins Writing Folders
W.11-12.5
IDMS Benchmark
Persuasive Writing
evaluation
Worksheets
W.11-12.2
W.11-12.6
Handout Notes
Use knowledge
of root words
to understand
new vocabulary
W. 11-12.8
Power Points
W. 11-12.7
iPad Apps
SL.11-12.1.
Media Center resources; British
novel analysis paper
Develop
understanding
of meter and
flow in poetry
Teacher
Observation
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Create a fully
realized
argument, with
clearly worded
thesis as well
as supporting
paragraphs
Identify specific
themes in
literature
ASSESSMENT
SL.11-12.4.
movie: A Knight’s Tale
L.11-12.1
Video: Simon Shaama’s
History of Britain
L.11-12.4
Everyday Editing
by Jeff Anderson
Second IDMS
Benchmark
Quarterly
Assessment
Projects
8.1. 12. F 1
Understand
how author’s
choice of words
creates tone
and mood
OBJECTIVES
Marking
Period 3
Analyze and
evaluate diction
and figurative
language
Produce timed
expository and
persuasive
writings as well
as open ended
and multiple
8.1.12.F. 2
9.1 12 A 1
STANDARDS
RL.11-12.1.
RL.11-12.2.
RL.11-12.3.
RL.11-12.4.
RL.11-12.5..
RL.11-12.6.
RL.11-12.7.
RI.11-12.2.
MATERIALS
Textbook:
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
--sonnets of Petrarch, Spenser,
and Shakespeare
--excerpt from
--“Utopia”
--“The Armada Speech”
--excerpts from The King
James Bible
ASSESSMENT
Teacher
Observation
Oral Discussion
Teacher-made
tests and quizzes
Homework
Analytical Papers
choice
responses to
passages of
literature
Use knowledge
of root words
to understand
new vocabulary
Identify specific
themes in
literature
Develop
understanding
of meter and
flow in poetry
Understand
rhetorical
device in
literature as a
means of
conveying
philosophy or
idea
RI.11-12.4.
RI.11-12.6.
W.11-12.1
Macbeth by William
Shakespeare
Poems of John Donne
Writing folders
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By Edward Albee
IDMS Benchmark
Persuasive Writing
evaluation
W.11-12.2
Journals
Teacher created sonnet packet
W.11-12.4.
W.11-12.5
W.11-12.6
W. 11-12.8
W. 11-12.7
SL.11-12.1.
Movie: Who’s Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?
The RSC production of:
Macbeth
The Reduced Shakespeare
Company: Macbeth
Various Youtube videos of
Macbeth
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Workshop Level G
Units 9-12
Everyday Editing
by Jeff Anderson
State Assessment:
HSPA
British Author
Critical Analysis
Paper
Projects
SL.11-12.4.
Collins Writing Folders
L.11-12.1
L.11-12.4
8.1. 12. F 1
Worksheets
Handouts / Notes
iPad Apps
8.1.12.F. 2
9.1 12 A 1
OBJECTIVES
Marking
Period 4
Analyze and
evaluate diction
and figurative
language
Create an
argument
through
analysis of
literature;
create a clearly
defined topic
sentence as
well as critical
and analytical
supporting
paragraphs and
STANDARDS
RL.11-12.1.
RL.11-12.2.
RL.11-12.3.
RL.11-12.4.
RL.11-12.5..
RL.11-12.6.
RL.11-12.7.
RI.11-12.2.
RI.11-12.4.
RI.11-12.6.
W.11-12.1
W.11-12.2
Video: Simon Shaama’s
History of Britain
MATERIALS
ASSESSMENT
Textbook:
Prentice Hall Literature:
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes
--poems of Ben Jonson,
Andrew Marvell, Robert
Herrick, and Sir John Suckling
--excerpt from John Milton’s
Paradise Lost
--excerpt from Alexander
Pope’s The Rape of the Lock
--Jonathan Swift’s A Modest
Proposal
Teacher
Observation
Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary
Workshop Level G
Units 13-15
Journals
Oral Discussion
Teacher-made
tests and quizzes
Homework
Analytical Papers
Writing folders
Everyday Editing
details
Use knowledge
of root words
to understand
new vocabulary
Identify specific
themes in
literature
Understand
imagery,
meter, rhythm,
rhyme, rhyme
scheme, tone,
and mood in
poetry
Understand
how an
author’s choice
of words
creates tone
and mood
Identify
rhetorical
device in
literature as a
means of
conveying a
philosophy or
idea
by Jeff Anderson
W.11-12.4.
Collins Writing Folders
W.11-12.5
Worksheets
W.11-12.6
Handouts / Notes
W. 11-12.8
iPad Apps
W. 11-12.7
American literature/history
cross curricular connection
SL.11-12.1.
SL.11-12.4.
L.11-12.1
L.11-12.4
8.1. 12. F 1
8.1.12.F. 2
9.1 12 A 1
Projects
Video: Simon Shaama’s
History of Britain