Grade 11 ELAR Y.A.G.
Instructional Sequence for Year
Unit 1
UNIT ONE: An Emerging Nation
Unit 2
UNIT TWO: Gender & Culture
Conventions
The following will be addressed in units
throughout the year:
The Five Parts of a Sentence
The Eight Parts of Speech
Phrases / Clauses
Punctuation/Capitalization/Spelling
Sentence Types / Sentence Variety
Conventions
See Unit One
Writing
Expository Narrative and
Descriptive writing will be used for
journaling.
Short Response Questions will be
utilized on quizzes and tests.
Argument will be the focus of an
expository process paper during this
unit.
Students will write a one page, timed,
Argument response after process
papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
The Crucible
Short Stories
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (Holt
p.124)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
Declaration of Independence (Holt p. 238)
Academic Vocabulary
Assonance
Critical Reading
Euphemism
Ideology
Juxtaposition
Parallel Structure
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Curriculum and Instruction 2011
Unit 3
UNIT THREE: Realism, Regionalism,
and Research
Conventions
See Unit One
Writing
Expository Narrative and Descriptive
writing will be used for journaling.
Short Response Questions will be
utilized on quizzes and tests.
Exemplification will be the focus of an
expository process paper during this
unit.
Students will write a one page, timed,
Exemplification response after process
papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
The Scarlet Letter
Short Stories
“Devil and Tom Walker” (Holt p. 318)
Writing
Expository Narrative and
Descriptive writing will be used
for journaling.
Short Response Questions will
be utilized on quizzes and tests.
Literary Analysis RESEARCH
will be the focus of an expository
process paper during this unit.
Students will write a one page,
timed, Literary Analysis response
after process papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
The Adventures of Huck Finn
Poetry:
“Upon the Burning of Our House” (Holt p. 118)
“A Psalm of Life” (Holt p. 342)
“The Raven” (Holt p. 435)
Dickinson poetry (Holt pp. 546-547)
Whitman poetry (Holt pp. 530-541)
Short Stories
“An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” (Holt
p. 602)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
rom Self-Reliance (Holt p. 368)
from Nature (Holt p. 373)
from Walden (Holt p. 380)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
“Gettysburg Address” (Holt p. 584)
Academic Vocabulary
Paradox
Prosody
Poetry:
“Go Down Moses” (Holt p. 583)
Academic Vocabulary
Literary Criticism
Symbolism
Colloquialism
Nuance
Sarcasm
Satire
Understatement
Grade 11 ELAR Y.A.G.
Instructional Sequence for Year
Unit 4
Unit 5
Unit 6
UNIT FOUR: Fact or Fiction
UNIT FIVE: Law and Morality
UNIT SIX: War and Moral Ambiguity
Conventions
See Unit One
Conventions
See Unit One / MLA format
Conventions
See Unit One
Writing
Writing
Writing
Expository Narrative and
Descriptive writing will be used for
journaling.
Short Response Questions will be
utilized on quizzes and tests.
Cause/Effect will be the focus of an
expository process paper during this
unit.
Students will write a one page, timed,
Cause/Effect response after process
papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
The Great Gatsby
Short Stories
“The Life You Save May Be Your Own” (Holt
p. 1078)
Poetry:
“If We Must Die” (Holt p. 890)
“Richard Cory” (Holt p. 920)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
“How it Feels to Be Colored Me” (Holt p. 898)
Academic Vocabulary
Ideology
Incongruity
Subliminal Message
Curriculum and Instruction 2011
Expository Narrative and Descriptive
writing will be used for journaling.
Short Response Questions will be
utilized on quizzes and tests.
Compare/Contrast will be the focus of
an expository process paper during this
unit.
Students will write a one page, timed,
Compare/Contrast response after
process papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
Of Mice and Men
Short Stories
“The Law of Life” (Holt p. 768)
“A Worn Path” (Holt p.1048)
“A Rose for Emily” (Holt p. 1064)
Poetry:
Robert Frost poetry (Holt pp. 936-949)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
“The Duty of Writers” (Holt p. 1112)
Academic Vocabulary
Paradox
Symbolism
Expository Narrative and
Descriptive writing will be used
for journaling.
Short Response Questions will
be utilized on quizzes and tests.
College Essay will be the focus
of an expository process paper
during this unit using whatever
mode is required for the prompt.
Students will write a one page,
timed, Argument response after
process papers are returned.
Suggested Reading
Novels/Major Work:
Fallen Angels
Short Stories
“Ambush” (Holt p. 1194)
“Adam” (Holt p. 1178)
Poetry:
“Testimonial” (Holt p. 1304)
“The Man in the Moon” (Holt p. 1306)
Narrative/Nonfiction:
“A Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (Holt p.
1202).
“Why Soldiers Won’t Talk” (Holt p. 1170)
Academic Vocabulary
Allegory
Ambiguity
Anecdote
Censorship