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Into Literature Grade 11 Curriculum Map

VOLUME 1: UNITS 1–3

Unit 1 Foundations and Encounters: Early Unit 1: 11.L1, 11.L.2, 11.L.KL.3,
American Literature 11.L.4.a, 11.L.4.c, 11.L. 5,
11.L.6, 11.RL.1, 11.RI..1,
Essential Questions:
11.RL.3, 11.RI.3, 11.RL.4, 11.RI.4,
 Why are we bound to certain places?
11.RL.5, 11.RI.5, 11.RL..6, 11.RI.6,
 What motivates people to explore the
11.RL.10, 11.RI..10, 11.SL.1,
unknown?
11.SL.4, 11.SL. 5, 11.W.1.a–f,
 What does it mean to be a stranger in a
11.W.2.a, 11.W. 2.c, 11.W.3.g,
strange land?
11.W.4, 11.W. 5, 11.W. 7,
 What happens when cultures collide?
11.W.9
Unit 1 Academic Vocabulary: adapt, coherent,
device, displace, dynamic
11.L.6

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
CREATION MYTH Analyze Folk Research delicacies, Reflexive
The World on the Literature 11.W.RBPK.9 frantically, Pronouns
Turtle’s Back 11.RL.3 vanquish, pliable 11.L.1
Create and
by Iroquois
Make Inferences Present Multiple-
storytellers 11.RL.1 Meaning Words
11.W. 3.f,
11.SL.1 11.L. 4.a
-Write a Myth
-Present a Myth
SHORT STORY Analyze Research pristine, Verb Tenses
Balboa Thematic 11.W.RBPK.7 supplant, 11.L.1
by Sabina Murray Development protrude,
11.RL.KID.2 Create and provision,
Present discord,
Analyze Plot 11.W.3.g, distinction, cede
Structure 11.SL.6
11.RL.5 -Write a Dramatic Context Clues
Monologue - 11.L.4.a
Present a
Dramatic
Monologue
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MENTOR TEXT Analyze Research straits, Infinitives and
ARTICLE Informational 11.W.RBPK.7 expedition, Infinitive Phrases
A Desperate Trek Texts conquistador, 11.L.1
11.RI.KID.1, Create and interminable,
Across America
11.RI.5 Present flotilla,
by Andrés unimpeded,
11.W.2.c,
Reséndez Analyze and 11.SL.4 posse
Evaluate -Write an Analytic
Evidence Response - Foreign Words in
11.RI.3 Present a English
Response 11.L.4.c,
11.L.6
POEM Analyze Voice Research NA NA
Here Follow Some 11.RL.6 11.W.RBPK.7
Verses Upon the
Paraphrase Create and
Burning of Our
11.L.5 Discuss
House, July 10th,
11.W.3.f,
1666 Analyze 11.SL.1
by Anne Allusions -Write a Poem
Bradstreet 11.RL.4 -Discuss a Poem
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Author’s Purpose
HISTORICAL Analyze Author’s Research patent, clave, Active and Passive
NARRATIVE Purpose 11.W.RBPK.7 calamity, sundry, Voice 8D,
from Of Plymouth 11.RI.CS.6 divers 11.L.1
Create and Present
Plantation
Analyze 11.2.a, Archaic
by William Language 11.W.c, Vocabulary
Bradford 11.RI.4, 11.SL.1 11.L.4.a
11.RI.9 -Write an
Informational Text
-Hold a Group
Discussion
HISTORY WRITING Evaluate Author’s Research project, Dependent (or
from Coming of Purpose 11.W.RBPK.7 settlement, Subordinate)
Age in the 11.RI.CS.6 regimen, Clauses 11.L.2
Create and Debate defection,
Dawnland from
Analyze 11.W.1.a, stoically
1491 Language 11.W.1.c,
by Charles C. Mann 11.RI.4, 11.SL.4 Specialized
11.L.5 -Write an Vocabulary
Argument 11.RI.4,
-Share and Debate 11.L.4

Collaborate & Compare

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Compare Author’s Purpose 11.RI.6, 11.RI.9 Collaborate and
Present 11.RI..9, 11.SL.1

Independent Reading 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL. 1

Unit 1 Tasks
 Write a Literary Analysis 11.W..1.a–f, 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.L.1,
11.L.2, 11.L.3
 Participate in a Panel Discussion 11.SL..1, 11.SL.4

Unit 2 Building a Democracy: The Unit 2: 11.L.1, 11.L.2, 11.L.3,

Revolutionary Period 11.L.4.c–d, 11.RL.2, 11.RI.2,
11.RL.3, 11.RL.4, 11.RL.5, 11.RI5,
Essential Questions:
11.RL.6, 11.RI.6, 11.RI.7, 11.RL.9,
 What does oppression look like?
11.RI.9, 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10,
 How do we gain our freedom?
11.SL.1, 11.SL.2, 11.SL.4,
 How can we share power and build
11.SL.5, 11.W.1.a, 11.W.1.e,
alliances?
11.W.2.a–g, 11.W.3.b, 11.W.3.d,
 How do we transform our lives?
11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.W.7
Unit 2 Academic Vocabulary: contrary,
founder, ideological, publication, revolution
11.L.6

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
PUBLIC DOCUMENT Analyze Research established, Parallel Structure
The Declaration Argumentative 11.W.RBPK.7 affected, 11.L.1
of Independence Texts invested,
11.RI.KID.2 Create and abdicated
Present
by Thomas Analyze Text 11.W.1.a, Domain-Specific
Jefferson Structure 11.RI.5 11.W.1.e, Words 11.L.4.c,
11.SL.4 11.L.6
-Write an
Argument
-Present an
Argument

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MENTOR TEXT Analyze Research tepid, copious, Hyphenation
HISTORY WRITING Informational 11.W.RBPK.7 cardinal, 11.L.2
Thomas Jefferson: Texts 11.RI.KID.2 rudiments,
The Best of Create and façade,
Analyze Present anomalous
Enemies
Structure 11. 2.b–c,
by Ron Chernow 11.RI. 5 Use Print and
11.SL. 4,
11.SL. 5 Digital Resources
-Write an Essay 11.L. 4.c
-Present an
Essay
VIDEO Determine Research 11.W.7 NA NA
American Author’s Purpose
Experience: 11.RI.CS.6 Create and
Present
Alexander
Analyze 11.W.2.b,
Hamilton Effectiveness of 11.W.2.d,
by PBS Digital Text 11.SL.5
11.RI.7, -Write an Essay
11.SL.2 -Present Your
Ideas

SHORT STORY Analyze Literary Research capacity, Subject-Verb

A Soldier for the Elements 11.W.RBPK.7 belatedly, Agreement
Crown 11.RL.CS.6 unalienable, 11.L.1
Create and elusive
by Charles
Analyze and Present
Johnson Evaluate Plot Prefixes and
11.W.1,
11.RL.3, 11.SL.4 Suffixes 11.L.4.d
11.RL.5 -Write an
Argumentative
Essay
-Have a Debate
AUTOBIOGRAPHY Monitor Research trifling, Standard English
from The Comprehension 11.W.RBPK.7 unremitting, 11.L.1
Autobiography by 11.RI.1 affluence,
Create and contrive,
Benjamin Franklin
Evaluate Print Discuss eradicate,
and Graphic 11.2.c–d, incorrigible,
Features 11.RI..5 11.SL.1 artifice, felicity
-Write an Essay
-Discuss Latin Roots
Autobiographies 11.L.4.d
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Themes

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POEM Analyze Speaker Research 11.W.7 NA NA
On Being Brought 11.RL.6
from Create and
Analyze Theme Present
Africa to America
11.RL.2 11.W. 3.d,
by Phillis Wheatley 11.SL. 4
Analyze Sound -Write a Prose
POEM Devices and Voice Adaptation
Sympathy 11.RL.4 -Present a Theme
by Paul Laurence Board
Dunbar

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Themes 11.RL.KID.2, 11.RL.IKI.9
Collaborate and Present 11.SL.CC.1, 11.SL.PKI.4

Compare Voice and Tone

LETTER Analyze Author’s Research deprive, Formal English
Letter to John Purpose 11.W.RBPK.7 tyrannical, 11.L. 3
Adams 11.RI.CS.6 impunity, abhor
Create and
by Abigail Adams
Analyze Discuss Evaluate Nuances
Language: Voice 11.W. 3.c, in Meaning
and Tone 11.W.3.h, 11.L.5
11.RI.4, 11.SL. 1
11.RI. 6 -Write a Letter
-Discuss with a
Small Group
ESSAY Analyze Author’s Research demurred, Contested Usage
from Lean In Purpose 11.W.RBPK.7 watershed, 11.L. 1
by Sheryl Sandberg 11.RI.CS.6 internalize, parity
Create and
Analyze Debate Analyze Meanings
Language: Voice 11.W. 3.b, of Idioms 11.L. 4,
and Tone 11.SL.3 11.L. 5
11.RI.4, -Write an Essay
11.RI..6 -Hold a Debate

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Voice and Tone 11.RI.7, 11.RI.9
Collaborate and Present 11.SL.1, 11.SL.4

Independent Reading 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1

Unit 2 Tasks
 Write a Research Report 11.W.2.a–g, 11.W..4, 11.W.5, 11.W.7,
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 11.W.RBPK.8, 11.W.RBPK.9, 11.L.2
 Present a Research Report 11.SL.4, 11.SL.5

Unit 3 The Individual and Society: Literature of Unit 3: 11.L. 1, 11.L. 2, 11.L. 3,
the American Renaissance 11.L.4.a, 11.L.4.c, 11.L. 5,
11.L.6, 11.RL.1, 11.RL.2,
Essential Questions:
11.RI.2, 11.RL.3, 11.RL.4,
 In what ways do we seek to remain true to
11.RL.5, 11.RI.6, 11.RL.9,
ourselves?
 How do we relate to the world around us? 11.RI.9, 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10,
 What do we secretly fear? 11.SL.1, 11.SL.4, 11.SL.5,
 When should we stop and reflect on our 11.SL.6, 11.W.1.a–c,
lives? 11.W.2.a–g, 11.W.3.b,
11.W..3.f–g, 11.W.4,
Unit 3 Academic Vocabulary: analogy, denote, 11.W.5, 11.W.7, 11.W.9
quote, topic, unique
11.L. 6

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
POEM Analyze Poetry Research NA NA
from Song of 11.RL.4, 11.W.9
Myself 11.RL.5
Create and
by Walt Whitman
Analyze Theme and Debate
Structure 11.W.1a–b,
11.RL.2, 11.SL..4
11.RL.5 -Write an
Argument
-Debate a
Position
ESSAY Analyze Essays Research inclination, Informal Style
My Friend Walt 11.RI.KID.2 11.RI.IKI.9 estrangement, 11.L.3
Whitman delinquent,
by Mary Oliver Analyze Create and bravado,
Development of Key Discuss metaphysical
Ideas 11.W. 2.c–d,
11.RI.3 11.SL.1 Use Print and
-Write an Essay Digital

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 -Discuss with a Resources
Small Group 11.L.VAU.4.c

POEMS Analyze Theme and Research NA NA

The Soul selects Structure 11.W.7
her own Society 11.RL.2,
11.RL.5 Create and
Discuss
Analyze Figurative 11.W..3.g–h,
Because I could Language 11.SL.1
not stop for 11.RL.4, -Write a Poem
Death 11.L.VAU.5 -Discuss Poems

Analyze Sound
Devices
Much Madness is
11.RL.4
divinest Sense

Tell all the Truth

but tell it slant

by Emily
Dickinson
POEM Analyze Sound Research NA NA
In the Season of Devices 11.RL.4 11.W.7
Change
Analyze Lines and Create and
by Teresa Palomo
Stanzas 11.RL.5 Present
Acosta 11.W.3.f–g,
Analyze Imagery 11.SL.6
11.RL.4 -Write a Poem -
Present a Poem
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Main Ideas
ESSAY Summarize Research 11.W.7 superfluous, Rhetorical
from Walden 11.RI.KID.2 unfathomed, Questions
by Henry David Create and perturbation, 11.L.3
Analyze Author’s Present polarity,
Thoreau
Craft 11.RI. 6,11.L. 5, 11.W. 2.c, abstraction,
11.SL. 5 codify,
MENTOR TEXT -Write an Essay remunerative,
INFORMATIONAL -Present an Essay configuration
TEXT
from Last Child in Draw
the Woods Conclusions

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by Richard Louv about Word
Meanings
11.L. 4.a

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Main Ideas 11.RI. 2, 11.RI.9 Collaborate
and Present 11.SL.1, 11.SL. 4

Compare Themes
SHORT STORY Analyze Literary Research 11.W..7 emblem, Appositives and
The Minister’s Elements 11.RL.3 pathos, Appositive
Black Veil Create and ostentatious, Phrases
Analyze Structure Discuss obstinacy 11.L. 1
by Nathaniel
11.RL.5 11.W.1a–c, plausibility,
Hawthorne 11.SL.1 mitigate
-Write an Essay
-Discuss with a Nuances in
Small Group Word
Meanings
11.L. 5
SHORT STORY Analyze Mood Research 11.W.7 indeterminate, Semicolons
The Pit and the 11.RL.4, 11.RL.5 tumultuous, 11.L.2
Pendulum Create and insuperable,
Analyze Plot Structure Present pertinacity,
by Edgar Allan
11.RL.5 11.3.b, lucid,
Poe 11.W.3.f, supposition,
11.SL.5 prostrate,
-Write an avert
Adaptation
-Present an Context Clues
Adaptation 11.L.4.a

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Themes 11.RL.2, 11.RL.9 Collaborate and
Present 11.SL.1

Independent Reading 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1

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Unit 3 Task
 Write an Explanatory Essay 11.W.2.a–g, 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.L.2

VOLUME 2: UNITS 4–6

Unit 4 The Quest for Freedom: The Civil War
and Its Aftermath
Essential Questions:
 When is self-determination possible?
 What divides us as human beings?
 How do we face defeat?
 What is the price of progress?
Unit 4 Academic Vocabulary: confirm,
definitely, deny, format, unify
11.L.6
Unit 4: 11.L. 1, 11.L.2, 11.L.3,
11.L. 4.a–d, 11.L. 5, 11.RL. 1,
11.RI. 1, 11.RI. 2, 11.RL.3,
11.RL..4, 11.RL. 5, 11.RI. 6, 11.RL. 7,
11.RI.7, 11.RI. 8, 11.RL..9,
11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1,
11.SL.3, 11.SL.4, 11.SL.6,
11.W.1.a–f , 11.W.2.a–d,
11.W.2.g, 11.W.3.a, 11.W.3.d,
11.W.3.f–g, 11.W.4, 11.W.5,
11.W.7, 11.W.8

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
SPEECH Analyze Research engross, venture, Balanced
Second Inaugural Argumentative 11.W.RBPK.7 deprecate, wring Sentences
Address Texts 11.L.3
11.RI. 2, Create and Pronunciation
by Abraham
11.RI.8 Discuss 11.L. 4.c
Lincoln
11.W..3.g–h,
Analyze Author’s 11.SL..1
Purpose -Write a Letter
11.RI.6 -Discuss and
Evaluate a
Speech
LETTER Analyze Letters Research disposed, Noun Clauses
To My Old Master 11.RI.RRTC.10 11.W.RBPK.8 reckoning, 11.L. 1
by Jourdon recompense,
Anderson Analyze Tone Create and virtuous
11.RI.6 Present
11.W.2.b–c, Use Sentence
11.SL.6 Structure to

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 -Write a Determine
Biographical Meaning of
Essay Words 11.L.4.a
-Give a
Presentation
IMAGE COLLECTION Make Research NA NA
Civil War Connections 11.W. 7
Photographs 11.RI.IKI.7
Create and
by Mathew Brady,
Analyze Media Debate
Alexander Effectiveness 11.W. 4,
Gardner, and 11.RI. 7 11.SL. 4
Andrew J. Russell -Write a Didactic
Placard
-Hold a Debate
SHORT STORY Analyze Literary Research summarily, Sensory
An Occurrence at Elements 11.RL. 3 11.W.RBPK.7 effaced, Language
Owl Creek Bridge presaging, 11.L.3,
Analyze Create and malign, 11.L.5
Structure Present poignant,
by Ambrose 11.RL. 5 11.W..3.a, undulations,
Bierce 11.W. 3.d, interminable,
11.SL. 6 ineffable
-Write a Short
Story Etymology
-Share Your 11.L. 4.d
Story
HISTORY WRITING Analyze Research formidable, Misplaced
Building the Informational 11.W.RBPK.7 expedience, Modifiers
Transcontinental Texts 11.RI.CS.5 diligence, 11.L..1
Create and systematize
Railroad
Analyze Author’s Discuss
by Iris Chang Purpose 11.RI. 6 11.W. 2.a–b, Context Clues
11.W. 2.g, 11.L. 4.a
11.SL. 1
-Write a
Historical Report
-Discuss with a
Small Group
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Arguments

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MENTOR TEXT Analyze and Research 11.W. 7 transient, evince, Rhetorical
ARGUMENT Evaluate supposition, Devices
Declaration of Arguments Create and delinquency, 11.L.3,
11.RI. 8 Discuss abject, 11.RI. 4
Sentiments
11. 2.c–d, consolation
by Elizabeth Cady Analyze Author’s 11.SL. 6
Stanton Purpose 11.RI. 6 -Write a Suffixes 11.L. 4.b
Compare-and
SPEECH Contrast Essay
Speech to the -Give a Dramatic
American Rights Reading
Equal Rights
Association
by Sojourner
Truth
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Arguments 11.RI. 8, 11.RI. 9
Collaborate and Discuss 11.SL. 1

Compare Writer’s Voice

POEM Analyze Speaker Research NA NA
Runagate Runagate and Voice 11.W. 7
by Robert Hayden 11.RL.3
Create and
Analyze Sound Present
Devices: Rhythm 11.W. 2.a,
11.RL. 5 11.W. 2.c,
11.SL. 6
Analyze -Write a Literary
Language: Analysis
Allusion -Present a
11.RL.4 Dramatic Reading

AUTOBIOGRAPHY Analyze Literary Research 1 proposition, Dialect and

from Incidents in Elements 11.RL. 3 1.W. 7 induced Idioms
the Life of a Slave provocation, 11.L. 3
Analyze Language Create and tidings,
Girl
11.RL. 4 Discuss compelled,
by Harriet Jacobs reckless
11.W.TTP.3.f–g,
11.SL. 1
-Write an Synonyms
Autobiographical 11.L. 5
Sketch
-Share and
Discuss charact.
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Collaborate & Compare
Compare Writer’s Voice 11.RL. 7, 11.RL. 9
Research and Share 11.SL.4, 11.W. 7

Independent Reading 11.RL. 10, 11.RI..10, 11.SL.1

Unit 4 Tasks
 Write an Argument 11.W.1.a–f, 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.L.2

 Debate an Issue 11.SL.1, 11.SL.3

Unit 5 America Transformed: An Age of Unit 5: 11.L.1, 11.L.2, 11.L.3,

Realism 11.L.4.a, 11.L.4.d, 11.L.5,
11.L.6, 11.RL. 1, 11.RI. 1,
Essential Questions:
11.RL..3, 11.RL.4, 11.RI.4,
 To what degree do we control our lives?
11.RL.5, 11.RL.6, 11.RI.7,
 Why do humans cause harm?
 What are the consequences of change? 11.RI.8, 11.RL.9, 11.RL.10,
 What makes a place unique? 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1, 11.SL.4,
11.SL.6, 11.W.1.b, 11.W.2.a–e,
Unit 5 Academic Vocabulary: ambiguous, clarify, 11.W.3.a–h, 11.W.4, 11.W.5,
implicit, revise, somewhat 11.W.7
11.L.6

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
SHORT STORY Analyze Character Research 11.W.7 intangible, Consistent Tone
To Build a Fire 11.RL..3 apprehension, 11.RL.4
by Jack London Create and panic,
Analyze Setting Present imperative,
11.RL.3 11.W.2.e, extremity
11.SL.6
-Write a How-to Allusions and
Guide -Present a Word Origins
How-to 11.L.4d
Demonstration

ESSAY Analyze Author’s Research disposition, Anaphora and

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The Lowest Purpose: Satire 11.W.7 caliber, Parallelism
Animal 11.RL.6 transition, 11.L.3
by Mark Twain Create and atrocious
Analyze Tone Present
11.RL.4 11.W.3.a, Nuances in
11.W.3.h, Word Meaning
11.SL.6 11.L.5
-Write a Satire
-Present a Satire
ARTICLE Evaluate Graphic Research 11.W.7 augment, Capitalization
Why Everyone Features 11.RI.5, regenerate, 11.L.2
Must Get Ready 11.RI.7 Create and postulate,
Present automation
For the Fourth
Evaluate 11.W.1.a–b,
Industrial Counterarguments 11.SL.4 Context Clues
Revolution 11.RI.8 -Write an 11.L.4.a
by Bernard Marr Argument
-Present an
Argument

MENTOR TEXT Analyze Point of Research abandonment, Effective

SHORT STORY View 11.RL.CS.6 11.W.RBPK.7 vacant, Sentences
The Story of an illumination, 11.L.1
Make and Confirm Create and composed
Hour
Predictions 11.RL.1 Discuss
by Kate Chopin Multiple-
11.W.3.a–b,
11.SL.1 Meaning Words
-Write a Short 11.L.4.a
Story
-Discuss with a
Small Group
POEM Characteristics of Research 1 NA NA
Chicago Poetry: Stanzas 1.W.RBPK.7
by Carl Sandburg and Line Breaks
11.RL.5 Create and
Present
Create Mental 11.W.3.f–g,
Images 11.SL.6
11.RL.1 -Write a Poem -
Present a
Analyze Diction Dramatic
and Syntax Reading
11.RL.4
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Author’s Purpose
NOVEL Analyze Author’s Research oblige, Prepositions and
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from The Jungle Purpose 11.RL.CS.6 11.W.RBPK.7 ingenious, Prepositional
ostensibly, Phrases
by Upton Sinclair Synthesize Create and skeptical 11.L.1
Information 11.RL.1 Discuss
11.W.2.b–c, Word Families
11.SL.4 11.L.4.d
-Write a Literary
Analysis
-Give a
Presentation
INVESTIGATIVE Analyze Author’s Research 11.W.7 stem, volatile, Dashes
JOURNALISM Purpose 11.RL.6 infinitesimal, 11.L.2
Food Product Create and catalyst, conjure
Synthesize Present
Design
Information 11.RI.1 11.W.2.a–b, Understand
from Fast Food 11.SL.6 Technical
Nation -Write a Terms 11.RI.4
by Eric Schlosser Rhetorical
Analysis
-Present an
Interview

Collaborate & Compare

Compare Author’s Purpose 11.RI.7, 11.RI.9 Research
and Share 11.SL.4, 11.W.7

Independent Reading 11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1

Unit 5 Task
 Write a Short Story 11.W.3.a–h, 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.L.2, 11.L.3

Unit 6 Contemporary Voices and Visions: Unit 6: 11.L.1, 11.L.2, 11.L. 3,

Modern and Contemporary Literature 11.L..4.b–d, 11.L.5, 11.L.6,
11.RL.1, 11.RI.1, 11.RL..2,
Essential Questions:
11.RI.2, 11.RL.3, 11.RI.3,
 How do we deal with rejection or
11.RL.4, 11.RI.4, 11.RL.5, 11.RI.6,
isolation?
11.RI.7, 11.RI.8, 11.RL.9,
 For whom is the American Dream
11.RL.10, 11.RI.10, 11.SL.1,
relevant?
11.SL.4, 11.SL.5, 11.SL.6,
 When should personal integrity come
11.W.1.a -c, 11.W.2.a, 11.W.2.c–
before civic duty?
d, 11.W.2.g, 11.W.3.a–h,
 What would we do if there were no

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 limits? 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.W.7

Unit 6 Academic Vocabulary: contemporary,

global, infinite, simulated, virtual
11.L.6

Selection/Feature Get Ready skills Respond: Critical Language

Title Research/Create Vocabulary Conventions
words
/Vocabulary
Strategy
ANALYZE & APPLY
SHORT STORY Make and Research 11.W.7 archaic, Point of View
A Rose for Emily Confirm vindicate, cabal, 11.L.3
by William Predictions Create and virulent,
11.RL.1 Discuss tableau,
Faulkner
11.W.2.a, noblesse oblige,
Analyze Literary 11.W.2.c, circumvent,
Elements: 11.SL.1 acrid
Setting and -Write a Literary
Characterization Analysis -Discuss Foreign Words
11.RL.3 with a Small and Phrases
Group 11.L.4.c

POEM Analyze Poetry Research NA NA

Mending Wall 11.RL.5 11.W.7
by Robert Frost
Analyze Diction Create and
and Syntax Present
11.RL.4 11.W.3.g–h,
11.SL.6
Analyze Author’s -Write a Poem
Message -Present a Poem
11.RL.2
Modern American Drama
DRAMA Analyze Dramatic Research 11.W.7 Determine the Dialogue
The Crucible Elements Meaning of 11.L.3
by Arthur Miller 11.RL.5 Create and Idioms 11.L.5
Present
Analyze 11.W.2
Characters and -Write and Share
Motivations an Evaluation
11.RL.3

Analyze Literary Create and

Devices Present
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 11.RL.4 11.SL.4
-Give a
Presentation

Create and
Discuss
11.W.2,
11.SL.1
-Write an
Analysis
-Have a Group
Discussion

Create and
Discuss
11..2.a–c,
11.SL.1
-Write an Essay
-Have a
Discussion
PRODUCTION IMAGES Make Research 1 NA NA
The Crucible Connections 1.W.7
by Walter Kerr 11.RL.7
Create and
Theatre, New
Analyze Present
York Effectiveness of 11.W.4,
Multimodal Text 11.SL.5
11.RL.7 -Write a
Treatment
-Present Your
Ideas
OPEN LETTER Analyze Research 11.W.7 truculent, Varied Sentence
My Dungeon Rhetorical constitute, Structure
Shook: Letter to Devices 11.RI.6 Create and impertinent, 11.L.1,
Present unassailable, 11.L.3
My Nephew
Analyze 11.W.c, strive,
by James Baldwin Audience and 11.W.2.f, inhumanity,
Message 11.SL.6 fixed
11.RI.2
-Write an Open Analyze
Letter Denotation and
-Present Your Connotation
Letter 11.L.5

SPEECH Analyze and Research facile, Imperative

Speech on the Evaluate 11.W.RBPK.7 indigenous, Mood
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Vietnam War, Arguments insurgency, 11.L.1
1967 11.RI.8 Create and recalcitrant,
by Martin Luther Discuss eviscerate,
Analyze and 11.W.1.a, extortionist,
King Jr.
Evaluate 11.W.1.c, reparations,
Rhetorical 11.SL.1 adamant
Devices
11.RI.6 -Write an Article Suffixes 11.L.4.b
-Have a Group
Discussion
SHORT STORY Analyze Research 11.W.7 platoon, grope, Transitions
Ambush Characterization sliver, ponder, 11.L.3
by Tim O’Brien 11.RL.3 Create and peril, gape
Discuss
Analyze Text 11.W.3.c–d, Connotation and
Structure 11.RL.5 11.SL.1 Denotation
-Use a Frame 11.L.5
Story
-Discuss Your
Story

POEM Analyze Poetry 1 Research NA NA

The Universe as 1.RL.5 11.W.RBPK.7
Primal Scream
Analyze and Create and
Evaluate Literary Discuss
by Tracy K. Smith
Devices 11.W.2.c,
11.RL.4 11.W.2.g,
11.SL.1
-Write a Literary
Analysis
-Discuss the
Poem
COLLABORATE & COMPARE
Compare Ideas Across Genres
MENTOR TEXT Analyze Research extenuating, Sentence Variety
ESSAY Development of 11.W.RBPK.7 timid, specter, 11.L.1,
How It Feels to Be Ideas narcotic, 11.L..3
11.RI..2, Create and exclusive,
Colored
11.RI..3 Discuss pigmentation,
Me circumlocution,
11.W.1.a–b,
by Zora Neale Analyze Tone 11.SL.1 miscellany
Hurston 11.RI..4, -Write an
11.RI.6 Argumentative Synonyms and
Essay Antonyms
-Discuss Other 11.L.5
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 Perspectives

HISTORY WRITING Analyze Research subservience, Spelling

from The Warmth Informational 11.W.RBPK.7 sentiment, ferry, 11.L.2
of Other Suns Texts segregated,
11.RI.KID.1, Create and contrived,
by Isabel Wilkerson
11.RI.CS.5 Discuss infraction,
11.W.2.a, conceivable,
Determine 11.W.2.d, conventional
Author’s Message 11.SL.4
and Audience -Write a Word Families
11.RI.2, Historical Essay 11.L.4.b–c
11.RI.6 -Discuss Your
Essay
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Ideas Across Genres 11.RI.I3, 11.RI.9 Collaborate and
Debate 11.RI.9, 11.SL.1

Compare Themes
POEM Determine Theme Research NA NA
Poetry 11.RL.2 11.W.7
by Marianne
Evaluate Create and
Moore
Figurative Discuss
Language 11.W.2.b–c,
POEM 11.RL.4 11.SL.1
The Latin Deli: An -Write a
Ars Poetica Compare-and-
by Judith Ortiz Contrast Essay
Cofer -Discuss Your
Findings
Research
Collaborate & Compare
Compare Themes 11.RL.2, 11.RI.9
Collaborate and Present 11.SL.1, 11.SL.4
Independent Reading 11.RL.10, 11.RI..10, 11.SL.1

Unit 6 Task
 Write a Personal Essay 11.W.3.a–h, 11.W.4, 11.W.5, 11.L.2,
11.L.3