Subject: English
11th Honors
Essential
Questions and
Concepts
Units
Content and
Specific Terms
1st Quarter
Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres.
How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view
Looking at sub genre – satire, parody, allegory, pastoral
Check in with the students on their senior projects – maybe give one class period every other week to organize and
work on
SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long Early American Literature and Genre Unit
Archetypes, myth, tradition, legends. Tricksters
Rhyme, meter. Simile, metaphor, personification
Figurative and Literal meanings. context clues
Rhetorical devices – the use of
Standards
Assessments
Resources /
Text Chapters
Stories
11th - 2-10, 12, 13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23, 26-30, 37, 33, 32, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 59
Text assignments with stories
Vocabulary Photo Project
Weekly SAT reviews
class discussion
autobiography project – research and personal exposition
persuasive essay personal narrative short story
Editorial workshop
Oral presentation of any of the personal work
Vocabulary PPT examples and Webquest
Rebel Without a Cause DVD., Hitchcock – Rear Window –both in library (work in between reading selections to
break it up a little and keep it interesting)
Holt Textbook – pages 6 – 19
Burning of Our House – use interactive reader for support materials p 15-19 to help analyze the poem; page 28 in
text for definitions and background; folllowup with the World is Hounding Me – read background pg 31 – good
activity lead
Interactive Reader – from Sinners of an Angry God version (shorter than book)
A Narrative of the Captivity – text p. 37 (tell a story as if it happened to you)
Autobiography – Ben Franklin –text – page 65 tie into research unit on famous or infamous people – they could
create a video of themselves in 20 years
Writing an editorial workshop - page 114
Subject: English
11th Honors
Essential
Questions and
Concepts
2nd Quarter
Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the
American Romanticism period
How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what
was valued in this time period in society and literature
What dark side of human life was recognized by some major American Romantics?
Units
Content and
Specific Terms
SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long American Romanticism Unit
American Romanticism movement, Transcedentalists, American Romantic hero, dark or black comedy
Understanding analogies, mood, satire, literary criticism, imagery, metaphor, parable, paraphrase, paradox,
allegory
Understanding author’s purpose and philosophy
Standards
11th - 2-10, 12, 13, 15, 17-19, 21, 23, 26-30, 37, 33, 32, 34, 39, 42, 43, 44, 48, 53, 59
Weekly SAT reviews
class discussion
Assessments
Oral presentation of historical event
Short story or video – writing workshop – p. 284
Research – people involved in governmental change throughout history around the world – written/oral
Resources /
Text Chapters
Stories
American Romanticism intro – textbook pg. 133-151; talk about quote 133 - have them research one event on the
pages 134-137 and create a powerpoint slide to present it orally
Look in library for Last of the Mohicans, other Edgar Allsn Poe movies that you could use
From Self Reliance, Resistance to Civil Government, connected readings 210-224 – tie together – Use Blood
Done Sign My Name DVD
The Minister’s Black Veil (also in Interactive Reader if you want helps) - if you can find The Scarlett Letter DVD it
might work well here – The Pit and the Pendulum (have the students create a new ending and have to act it out or
act out what they are reading – could create a modern version in a video
(end of chapters and stories have additional ideas that could be used or modified)
Check in with the students on their senior projects – maybe give one class period every other week to organize and
work on – see that they are all started on their field work
Subject: English
11th Honors
Essential
Questions and
Concepts
3rd Quarter
Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the modern
and realism periods
How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what
was valued in this time period in society and literature
Basic characteristics of realism, naturalist writers ideals
Units
Content and
Specific Terms
Standards
SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long The Rise of Realism Unit
The Moderns Unit MET Prep Unit
The motives and reasoning behind slavery and the Civil War (382 – 395)
Foreshadowing, symbolism, gothic fiction, stream of consciousness, symbolism, imagery, metaphors, allegory,
idioms,similes
11th - 4,6,10-12,14,15,21,23,24,26,28,30-33, 40,41,43,46,55,49,56,59
Weekly SAT reviews
class discussion
Assessments
Create a mural of man as the various types of animals that he is – have each student create a part, back it up with
a well written paragraph and present orally
Comparison activity p. 662
Resources /
Text Chapters
Stories
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (can get a video from YouTube)
The Lowest Animal – Mark Twain – p 468
Option: The Old Man and the Sea – novel set and DVD (read some, show the movie – don’t feel bad/hesitant
skipping the section in the middle of the book where it starts to drag – or assign that for home reading)
Writing a Descriptive Essay Workshop – p. 605 textbook
A Rose for Miss Emily – p. 645 (in Interactive reader as well)
The Feather Pillow – p. 659 – have the students investigate other urban legends and tell one orally
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Subject: English
11th Honors
Essential
Questions and
Concepts
4th Quarter
Analysis of American literature and understanding themes and similarities across a variety of genres in the Realism
period
How literature relates to the issues of that historical time period; understand and look at author’s point of view; what
was valued in this time period in society and literature
Basic characteristics of realism, naturalist writers ideals
Units
Content and
Specific Terms
Standards
SAT vocabulary and review unit – year long Contemporary Unit MET Prep Unit Senior Project Unit
Work on oral presentations for the senior project – hows and whats – how to create a good visual presentation and
public speaking skills
Irony, objective vs. subjective
11th - 4,6,10-12,14,15,21,23,24,26,28,30-33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 56, 49, 57, 40, 41,43
Weekly SAT reviews
class discussion
Assessments
Research essay - best inventions ever or tie together all the different culture elements of the story and have the
students do a reflective piece comparing them to their own lives
Media Workshop for senior project – page 1102
Resources /
Text Chapters
Stories
Contemporary Literature intro – p. 796-809 overview – have students pick a particular topic of interest to find more
information about to share with the class – get actual news reports and stories
A Noiseless Flash – p. 831
The Daughter or Invention - p. 898
The Book of the Dead – p. 952 (could compare other dictators or countries today where this type of situation
happens or is happening
The Girl Who Wouldn’t Talk – p. 987
In Search of Our Mother’s Garden – p. 1009
Straw into Gold – p. 1025