Standard 3.1 – Reading – 11th Grade
All students will understand and apply the knowledge of sounds, letters and words in written English to become independent and fluent readers and
will read a variety of materials and texts with fluency and comprehension.
The ability to read a variety of texts requires independence, comprehension and fluency.
Topic
Sept.
Launching
the Writers’
Workshop.
Introduce,
Review, and
Revise the
Writing
Process
Essential Question
How do good writers
improve the quality of
their writing?
What are the effective
steps of review and
revision?
Content/Focus
Students will
identify, describe,
evaluate, and
synthesize the
central ideas in
informational
texts. (3.1 G1)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Oct.
The Epic of
Gilgamesh
Selections
from
Ancient
Worlds
How does the Epic of
Gilgamesh as a creation
myth compare with that
of the Judeo-Christian or
non-Western traditions?
How does the archetypal
setting in different
creation tales reflect the
values of its respective
society?
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique an epic
poem and other
works of Ancient
World Cultures.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Activities
Instructional/Assessment
Strategy
Resources
Readers will
evaluate successful
examples of
analytical essays
from past summer
reading essays.
Evaluate one’s own
past summer
reading-based
analytical essay.
Summer reading-based
analytical essay.
Summer Reading Titles
and Literacy Folders
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
Students will write a
compare and
contrast of the Epic
of Gilgamesh
creation story of the
flood with that of the
Bible.
Creation Story Analysis
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
Oct /
Nov.
Indian
Literature
How does a culture
reveal its values in
historical or
mythological traditions?
How does one discover
self-identity?
What is the form and
function of didactic
literature?
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critiques works of
Ancient India.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will
complete review and
assess questions
concerning content.
Students will
construct and present
their own guidelines
for personal
behavior chart.
Students will write
their own aphorisms
for their life.
Students will write a
personal journal of
self-discovery that
mimics the style of
Hermann Hesse’s
Siddhartha.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
End of unit test measuring
comprehension, understanding
of themes and motifs, and how
setting affects characterization
Personal Behavior Chart
Presentation.
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Siddhartha
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
Aphorisms for Life
End of Siddhartha unit test
measuring comprehension,
understanding of themes and
motifs, and how setting affects
characterization.
Self Discovery Journal
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Dec.
Chinese and
Japanese
Literature
What are the traditions
of lyrical poetry and its
forms?
How did women play a
significant role in
documenting culture?
How do the ideologies of
Ancient Chinese
Philosophy still remain
relevant and grow
throughout the ages?
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique works of
Ancient China and
Japan.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will complete
review and assess
questions concerning
content.
Students will write a
criticism of a selection
of Chinese poetry and
the philosophies
contained within and
its relevancy in today’s
modern culture.
Students will construct
their own Haiku.
Students will maintain
a summary journal as
the character in the
novel Life of Pi.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Chinese Poetry Criticism
Life of Pi
Japanese Haiku Assignment
Character Summary Journal in
Life of Pi.
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
Jan.
The
Renaissance
and
Rationalism
How does the soliloquy
reveal a character’s
thoughts and actions?
How does the structure
of the Elizabethan
Drama foreshadow the
impending tragedy of the
conclusion in which
disaster befalls a hero or
heroine?
Feb.
Ancient
Greece and
Rome
How the use of imagery
reflects the theme and
cultural values in the
works of Ancient Greece
and Rome?
What values of Ancient
Greece and Rome
provide the foundation
for Western ideals?
What is the role of the
Greek Chorus and the
use of the strophe and
antistrophe?
What comprises a Greek
tragic figure?
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique dramatic
works of William
Shakespeare.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique works of
The Iliad, Oedipus
The King. and The
Odyssey.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will
complete review and
assess questions
concerning content.
Students will
chronicle the
deteriorating mind of
Macbeth through an
examination of his
soliloquies.
Students will
chronicle the three
prophecies of the
witches in relation to
Macbeth’s downfall
as the use of
foreshadowing.
Students will
complete review and
assess questions
concerning content.
Students will
complete an
examination of the
Greek Chorus in
Oedipus The King
through the use of a
chart examining
strophe and
antistrophe.
Chronicle the
negative traits
leading to tragic
flaw in The Odyssey.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
Opinion position on the
deteriorating mind of Macbeth.
Summary of the witches’
prophecies in foreshadowing
Macbeth’s downfall.
Macbeth or Othello
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
End of unit test measuring
comprehension, understanding
of characterization through
soliloquy, and impending
tragedy in a Shakespearean
drama.
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Greek Chorus chart for Oedipus
The King.
Tragic flaw/ negative traits
summary for The Odyssey.
End of unit test measuring
comprehension, understanding
of tragic flaw, and role of the
Greek chorus in Greek
Literature.
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Oedipus The King
The Odyssey
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
March
The Middle
Ages and
The
Research
Paper
How the use of allegory
and imagery in Dante’s
Inferno illustrates
burgeoning cultural
Western Judeo-Christian
values of the Middle
Ages?
What are the forms and
functions of the
Petrarchan, and
Shakespearean sonnets?
April/
May
Realism
How do you incorporate
MLA format into a
research paper?
What is existentialism?
What are the changing
values of the postIndustrial Revolution
world?
How does emotional
isolation create changes
in character?
May/June Reflecting
and
Evaluating
Personal
Portfolio
How did your writing
improve throughout the
course of the year?
What were areas of
improvement with
regard to revision?
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique Dante’s
Inferno.
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will read,
comprehend,
analyze, and
critique works by
authors such as
(3.1.A,C,D, E,G)
Students will
examine
vocabulary and
define within
context of use.
(3.1.12.F1)
Students will
identify, describe,
evaluate, and
synthesize the
central ideas in
informational
texts. (3.1 G1)
Students will
summarize and
reflect upon chapters
read for homework.
Students will review
the sonnet format.
Students will review
the MLA format for
bibliography and
paper.
Comprehension quizzes on
homework reading.
Writing and Presentation of
their own Sonnet.
End of unit test measuring
comprehension, understanding
of themes and motifs, and the
development of
characterization.
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Dante’s Inferno
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Students will answer
reading and
comprehension
questions.
Vocabulary Quizzes per unit
completed.
Students will take a
position on the
controversial
positions taken by
Merusault from The
Stranger or Nora in
A Doll’s House.
Presentation of a position.
Readers will
evaluate successful
examples of research
papers. Evaluate
one’s own research
paper.
Return and review the research
paper.
The Stranger
A Doll House
Completed research paper.
End of unit test measuring
comprehension, understanding
of existentialism and
characterization.
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Building an Enriched
Vocabulary, SadlierOxford
World Masterpieces,
Timeless Voices, Timeless
Themes, Prentice Hall.
Writing Portfolio