PHOENIX ENGLISH 11-12

Measurable Annual Goal:

The student will be able to analyze text and make personal connections and
inferences to different types of literature and improve their comprehension and
writing skills.
BENCHMARKS/OBJECTIVES
The student will:
- identify word elements and common route words to assist with comprehension skill
as evidence in formal assessments with ____% accuracy
-identify who, what, where, and when with _____ % accuracy
- make inferences and connect to the text to determine why/how orally with ____ %
accuracy
- make inferences and connect to the text to determine why/how in writing with ____
% accuracy
-use content area vocabulary in discussions and writing with _____% independence
-produce related written assignments with a clear focus, coherent organization, and
sufficient detail for a variety of audiences and purposes _____ out of ____ instances.
- use of MLA format and structure with correct citations and use of quotations with
_____ % accuracy.
Sequence of Curriculum:
Black Duck (Janet Taylor Lisle): Literary elements and Vocabulary

Symbols - identification and analysis

Themes - identification and analysis
Character Development - direct and indirect characterization, character
motivation
Plot sequencing- tracking events and character development to make
predictions
Vocabulary

Writing Focus

Writing a Debatable Thesis Statement

Quote integration and analysis
Parts of an introduction (hook, TAG, short summary, thesis)
MLA format

Analytical Essay - Character Motivation

Formal Letter
Teacher Appreciation letter

Harlem Renaissance Writers (): Literary elements and Vocabulary

1. Setting (where and when)
2. Theme (big idea of a text)
3. Conflict (types of conflict: man v man, man v self, man v society, man v nature
etc)
4. Plot (stages of plot: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution)
5. Character (direct and indirect characterization)
writing focus

responding to a prompt: paragraph structure - topic/supporting sentences

word choice - vivid vocabulary

Daniel Half Human (David Chotjewitz):

Making Inferences/Predictions

Themes - identification and analysis

Bullying activities

Vocabulary

Writing Focus

Steps of the research process

Quote integration and analysis

organizing information into logical order

transitions

MLA format

Research paper World War II

Fallen Angels (by Walter Dean Meyers):

Vocabulary

writing craft
o

how setting contributes to mood

point of view

voice

metaphor

Writing Focus

making connections and comparisons

inferences

using new vocabulary in context

Reader Response Journals

Grammar- ongoing
11 Grade
th

PAC AN PIV Review (Parts of Speech)

Subject/Verb Review
Subject-Verb agreement
Direct Objects
Types of Sentences- imperative, interrogative, declarative, exclamatory
Phrases vs. Clauses
Tense Consistency
Prepositional Phrases
Independent Clauses/ Coordinating Conjunctions
run-on sentences
fragments
Types of Sentences- Simple and Compound
Dependent Clauses/Subordinating Conjunctions/Relative Pronouns
Types of Sentences- Complex
Types of Sentences- Compound-Complex
Capitalization Rules
Apostrophes
Writing Focus:

MLA Format

Steps of the writing process (prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing)

Sequenced writing with appropriate parts- Intro, Supporting evidence with
quotation analysis, and a conclusion