Grade Level & Subject: English 11		Curriculum Map	Year 2004-2005
Calendar	November	December	January
	Second Nine Weeks – November - January
Possible Resources	The Language of Literature, McDougal Littell, 2002
Nine Weeks Focus	Unit Four – Conflict and Expansion pages 554 - 700 Part I “A House Divided” Part 2 “Tricksters and Trailblazers”
Skills/Standards	Acquisition of Vocabulary 1. Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study. 4. Use knowledge of Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon roots, prefixes and suffixes to understand complex words and new subject-area vocabulary (e.g., unknown words in science, mathematics and social studies). 5. Determine the meanings and pronunciations of unknown words by using dictionaries, thesauruses, glossaries, technology and textual features, such as definitional footnotes or sidebars. Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies 1. Apply reading comprehension strategies, including making predictions, comparing and contrasting, recalling and summarizing and making inferences and drawing conclusions. 2. Answer literal, inferential, evaluative and synthesizing questions to demonstrate comprehension of grade-appropriate print texts and electronic and visual media. 4. Use criteria to choose independent reading materials (e.g., personal interest, knowledge of authors and genres or recommendations from others). 5. Independently read books for various purposes (e.g., for enjoyment, for literary experience, to gain information or to perform a task). Reading Applications 1. Analyze the rhetorical devices used in public documents, including newspaper editorials and speeches. 2. Analyze and critique organizational patterns and techniques including repetition of ideas, appeals to authority, reason and emotion, syntax and word choice that authors use to accomplish their purpose and reach their intended audience. 3. Analyze the content from several sources on a single issue, clarifying ideas and connecting them to other sources and related topics. 4. Distinguish between valid and invalid inferences and provide evidence to support the findings,noting instances of unsupported inferences, fallacious reasoning, propaganda techniques, bias and stereotyping. 5. Examine an author’s implicit and explicit philosophical assumptions and beliefs about a subject. 6. Evaluate the effectiveness and validity of arguments in public documents and their appeal to various audiences. Reading Applications: Literary Text 1. Compare and contrast motivations and reactions of literary characters confronting similar conflicts (e.g., individual vs. nature, freedom vs. responsibility, individual vs. society), using specific examples of characters’ thoughts, words and actions. 2. Analyze the historical, social and cultural context of setting. 3. Explain how voice and narrator affect the characterization, plot and credibility. 4. Evaluate the author’s use of point of view in a literary text. 5. Analyze variations of universal themes in literary texts. 6. Recognize characteristics of subgenres, including satire, parody and allegory, and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic. 7. Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods. 8. Evaluate ways authors develop point of view and style to achieve specific rhetorical and aesthetic purposes (e.g., through use of figurative language irony, tone, diction, imagery, symbolism and sounds of language), citing specific examples from text to support analysis. Writing Processes 1. Generate writing ideas through discussions with others and from printed material, and keep a list of writing ideas.K1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 91011 12 2. Determine the usefulness of and apply appropriate pre-writing tasks (e.g., background reading, interviews or surveys). 3. Establish and develop a clear thesis statement for informational writing or a clear plan or outline for narrative writing. 4. Determine a purpose and audience and plan strategies (e.g., adapting formality of style, including explanations or definitions as appropriate to audience needs) to address purpose and audience. 5. Use organizational strategies (e.g., notes and outlines) to plan writing. 6. Organize writing to create a coherent whole with an effective and engaging introduction, body and conclusion and a closing sentence that summarizes, extends or elaborates on points or ideas in the writing. 7. Use a variety of sentence structures and lengths (e.g., simple,compound and complex sentences; parallel or repetitive sentence structure). 8. Use paragraph form in writing, including topic sentences that arrange paragraphs in a logical sequence, using effective transitions and closing sentences and maintaining coherence across the whole through the use of parallel structures. 9. Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, colorful modifiers and style as appropriate to audience and purpose, and use techniques to convey a personal style and voice. 11. Reread and analyze clarity of writing, consistency of point of view and effectiveness of organizational structure. 12. Add and delete examples and details to better elaborate on a stated central idea, to develop more precise analysis or persuasive argument or to enhance plot, setting and character in narrative texts. 13. Rearrange words, sentences and paragraphs, and add transitional words and phrases to clarify meaning and achieve specific aesthetic and rhetorical purposes. 15. Proofread writing, edit to improve conventions (e.g., grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization), identify and correct fragments and run-ons and eliminate inappropriate slang or informal language. 16. Apply tools (e.g., rubric, checklist and feedback) to judge the quality of writing. 17. Prepare for publication (e.g., for display or for sharing with others) writing that follows a manuscript form appropriate for the purpose, which could include such techniques as electronic resources, principles of design (e.g., margins, tabs, spacing and columns) and graphics (e.g., drawings, charts and graphs) to enhance the final product. Writing Applications 2. Write responses to literature that: a. advance a judgment that is interpretative, analytical, evaluative or reflective; b. support key ideas and viewpoints with accurate and detailed references to the text or to other works and authors; c. analyze the author’s use of stylistic devices and express an appreciation of the effects the devices create; d. identify and assess the impact of possible ambiguities, nuances and complexities within text; e. anticipate and answer a reader’s questions, counterclaims or divergent interpretations; and f. provide a sense of closure to the writing. 3. Write functional documents (e.g., requests for information, resumes, letters of complaint, memos and proposals) that: a. report, organize and convey information accurately. b. use formatting techniques that make a document user-friendly. c. anticipate readers’ problems, mistakes and misunderstandings. 4. Write informational essays or reports, including research, that: a. develop a controlling idea that conveys a perspective on the subject; b. create an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience and context; c. include information on all relevant perspectives, considering the validity and reliability of primary and secondary sources; d. make distinctions about the relative value and significance of specific data, facts and ideas; e. anticipate and address a reader’s potential biases, misunderstandings and expectations; and f. provide a sense of closure to the writing. 5. Write persuasive compositions that: a. articulate a clear position; b. support assertions using rhetorical devices, including appeals to emotion or logic and personal anecdotes; and c. develop arguments using a variety of methods (e.g., examples, beliefs, expert opinion, cause-effect reasoning). 6. Produce informal writings (e.g., journals, notes and poems) for various purposes. Writing Conventions 2. Use correct capitalization and punctuation. 3. Use correct grammar (e.g, verb tenses, parallel structure, indefinite and relative pronouns). Research12 1. Compose open-ended questions for research, assigned or personal interest, and modify questions as necessary during inquiry and investigation to narrow the focus or extend the investigation. 2. Identify appropriate sources and gather relevant information from multiple sources (e.g., school library catalogs, online databases, electronic resources and Internet-based resources). 3. Determine the accuracy of sources and the credibility of the author by analyzing the sources’ validity (e.g., authority, accuracy, objectivity, publication date and coverage, etc.). 4. Analyze the complexities and discrepancies in information and systematically organize relevant information to support central ideas, concepts and themes. 7. Use a variety of communication techniques (e.g., oral, visual, written or multimedia reports) to present information that supports a clear position about the topic or research question and to maintain an appropriate balance between researched information and original ideas. Communication: Oral and Visual 1. Apply active listening strategies (e.g., monitoring message for clarity, selecting and organizing essential information, noting cues such as changes in pace) in a variety of settings. 8. Deliver informational presentations (e.g., expository, research) that: a. present a clear and distinctive perspective on the subject; b. present events or ideas in a logical sequence; c. support the controlling idea with well-chosen and relevant facts, details, examples, quotations, statistics, stories and anecdotes; d. include an effective introduction and conclusion and use a consistent organizational structure (e.g., cause-effect, compare-contrast, problem-solution); e. use appropriate visual materials (e.g., diagrams, charts, illustrations) and available technology to enhance presentation; and f. draw from and cite multiple sources including both primary and secondary sources and consider the validity and reliability of sources.
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