NxtG Essential Curriculum
11th Grade
NxtG Objectives Essential
Reading
Key Ideas and Details
ELA 11. R.C1.1
ELA 11. R.C1.2
ELA 11. R.C1.3
ELA 11. R.C1.4
ELA 11. R.C1.5
ELA 11. R.C1.6
Craft and Structure
ELA 11. R.C2.1
ELA 11. R.C2.2
ELA 11. R.C2.3
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA 11. R.C3.1
ELA 11. R.C3.2
1st 9 weeks
Review
Initiate
Reading
Integration of Knowledge and
Ideas
ELA 11. R.C3.4
ELA 11. R.C3.5
Reading
Range of Reading and Level
of Text Complexity
ELA 11. R.C4.1
ELA 11. R.C4.2
Writing
Production and Distribution
of Writing
ELA 11. W.C10.1
ELA 11. W.C10.2
ELA 11. W.C10.3
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and
Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.1
Presentation of Knowledge
and Ideas
ELA 11. SL.C14.1
ELA 11. SL.C14.2
ELA 11. SL.C14.3
Speeches:
http://www.history.com/shows/the-people-speak
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speech
esall.html
Patrick Henry “Speech to the Virginia
Convention”
Henry V “St. Crispin’s Day” or Speeches
from The Tempest http://www.shakespearemonologues.org/plays/14?g=3 +
Chief Joseph “I will fight no more forever”
Novels:
Persepolis
Spoon River Anthology
The Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglass
+ selections/chapters
*or other novels from the adopted reading list
Language
Conventions of Standard English
ELA 11. L.C15.1
ELA 11. L.C15.2
Knowledge of Language
ELA 11. L.C16.1
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA 11. L.C17.1
ELA 11. L.C17.2
ELA 11. L.C17.3
Informational Text:
Olaudah Equiano from The Interesting
Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
“Declaration of Independence” or Thomas
Paine from The Crisis, No1 +
*theme and age appropriate documentaries
*newspaper or magazine articles
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
ELA 11. W.C9.3
Range of Writing
ELA 11. W.C12.1
Essential-should be mastered
Instructional Materials Suggestions
Literary Texts:
Play
The Crucible or A Raisin in the Sun+
Our Town
Review- should have already
mastered
Initiate- standards to be
introduced and developed
throughout the year
Other sources and materials may be adapted to
these standards.
+required
NxtG Essential Curriculum
11th Grade
NxtG Objectives Essential
Reading
Key Ideas and details
ELA 11. R.C1.1
ELA 11. R.C1.2
ELA 11. R.C1.3
ELA 11. R.C1.4
ELA 11. R.C1.5
ELA 11. R.C1.6
Craft and structure
ELA 11. R.C2.1
ELA 11. R.C2.2
ELA 11. R.C2.3
Range of Reading and Level of Text
Complexity
ELA 11. R.C4.1
ELA 11. R.C4.2
2nd 9 weeks
Review
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
ELA 11. W.C9.1
ELA 11. W.C9.2
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.1
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA 11. SL.C14.1
ELA 11. SL.C14.2
ELA 11. SL.C14.3
Initiate
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and
Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.2
ELA 11. SL.C13.3
Poetry: Dickinson, Whitman,
Wheatley, Eliot, Poe, Longfellow,
Frost, Neruda, Plath, Sexton, Ortiz,
and/or Dove
Writing
Research to Build and Present
Knowledge
ELA 11. W.C11.1
ELA 11. W.C11.2
ELA 11. W.C11.3
ELA 11. W.C12.1
Review- should have already mastered
Literary Texts:
Mark Twain “The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County”
Jack London “To Build a Fire”
Kate Chopin “The Story of an
Hour”
Hawthorne-selected short stories
*See adopted reading list for titles
Language
Vocabulary Aquistion and Use
ELA 11. L.C17.1
ELA 11. L.C17.2
ELA 11. L.C17.3
Essential-should be mastered
Instructional Materials
Initiate- standards to be
introduced and developed
throughout the year
NxtG Essential Curriculum
11th Grade
NxtG Objectives Essential
Reading
Key Ideas and details
ELA11.R.C1.4
ELA11.R.C1.5
ELA11.R.C1.6
Craft and structure
ELA11.R.C2.4
ELA11.R.C2.5
ELA11.R.C2.6
Integration of knowledge and ideas
ELA 11. R.C3.3
3rd 9 weeks
Review
Writing
Production and
Distribution of Writing
ELA 11. W.C10.1
ELA 11. W.C10.2
ELA 11. W.C10.3
Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA 11. L.C17.1
ELA 11. L.C17.2
ELA 11. L.C17.3
Initiate
Instructional Materials Suggestions
Reading
Range of Reading and Level of
Text Complexity
ELA 11. R.C4.1
ELA 11. R.C4.2
Novels /Informational Text
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Richard Wright “from Black Boy”
Maxine Hong Kingston “The Girl
Who Wouldn’t Talk”
N. Scott Momaday “from The Way to
Rainy Mountain”
Truman Capote In Cold Blood
Jon Krakauer Into the Wild
David Sedaris Me Talk Pretty One
Day
Mark Kurlandsky Salt
Mary Roach Stiff
Rebecca Skloot Henrietta Lacks
Writing
Research to Build and Present
Knowledge
ELA 11. W.C11.1
ELA 11. W.C11.2
ELA 11. W.C11.3
*theme and age appropriate
documentaries
*newspaper or magazine articles
Writing
Text Types and Purpose
ELA 11. W.C9.1
ELA 11. W.C9.2
Range of Writing
ELA 11. W.C12.1
Visual exercises and iClaim discs
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.2
ELA 11. SL.C13.3
Essential-should be mastered
Review- should have
already mastered
Initiate- standards to be
introduced and developed
throughout the year
NxtG Essential Curriculum
11th Grade
NxtG Objectives Essential
Reading
Range of Reading and Level Text
Complexity
ELA 11. R.C4.1
ELA 11. R.C4.2
Writing
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
ELA 11. W.C11.1
ELA 11. W.C11.2
ELA 11. W.C11.3
Range of Writing
ELA 11. W.C12.1
Language
Knowledge of Language
ELA 11. L.C16.1
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
ELA 11. L.C17.1
ELA 11. L.C17.2
ELA 11. L.C17.3
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.1
Presentation of Knowledge and Ideas
ELA 11. SL.C14.1
ELA 11. SL.C14.2
ELA 11. SL.C14.3
Essential-should be mastered
4th 9 weeks
Review
Reading
Key Ideas and details
ELA11.R.C1.4
ELA11.R.C1.5
ELA11.R.C1.6
Craft and structure
ELA11.R.C2.4
ELA11.R.C2.5
ELA11.R.C2.6
Integration of knowledge and ideas
ELA 11. R.C3.3
Language
Convention of Standard English
ELA 11. L.C15.1
ELA 11. L.C15.2
Writing
Text Types and Purposes
ELA 11. W.C9.1
ELA 11. W.C9.2
Range of Writing
ELA 11. W.C12.1
Speaking and Listening
Comprehension and Collaboration
ELA 11. SL.C13.2
ELA 11. SL.C13.3
Review- should have already mastered
Instructional Materials
Novels
*See adopted reading list for titles
Short Stories
Kate Chopin “A Pair of Silk Stockings”
F. Scott Fitzgerald “Winter Dreams”
Amy Tan “Rules of the Game” from The Joy Luck
Club
Tim O’Brien “Speaking of Courage”
Poetry
Selected poets
Informational Text:
Mark Twain “The Lowest Animal”
*theme and age appropriate documentaries
*newspaper or magazine articles