East Penn School District
Secondary Curriculum
A Planned Course Statement
for
11th Grade English, GP
Course # 124
Department:
Grade(s)
11
English
Length of Period (mins.)
Periods per Cycle:
40
Total Clock Hours:
6
Length of Course (yrs.)
Type of Offering:
required
Credit:
1.0
Adopted:
6/2006
Developed by:
Ray Oswald
Jill Kuebler
Aaron Gavin
Beverly Springer
Richard Metzger
Susan Carville
elective
120
1.0
Description of Course
Course Title:
11th Grade English, GP - #124
Description:
The eleventh grade general preparatory program stresses the importance of reading. The
program is geared to review and reinforce basic reading skills for the high school student. With
this goal in mind, the eleventh grade program has taken a major departure from the college
preparatory English course offered to eleventh grade students: the formal study of vocabulary
is based directly upon the assigned readings for the course. Vocabulary, then, is taken from
and associated with a ‘context.’ The context, in this case, is American literature. Instructors
will introduce the students to a historical and biographical awareness of our nation’s literary
history. Consequently, by combining vocabulary study through the American literature
component in this course, both reading and vocabulary skills will be enhanced.
The study of writing skills is also based upon a ‘reading context’ whenever possible. Students
will practice and develop their ‘essay’ skills. Longer, more detailed writings will be more
common on literature tests. Longer assignments such as the research paper will challenge
students to extend themselves when producing a written product that cannot be accomplished
in one sitting. When class size and lab availability permit, instructors will attempt to have the
students publish a number of their writing projects out of the computer labs on campus. The
traditional grammar, usage, and punctuation component found in other English programs
offered by the department is also retained.
Goals:
One of the central goals for the students in this program is to learn that building a healthy
vocabulary is an outgrowth of a strong reading background. In addition, this course attempts to
propel the students to become independent readers. Finally, the writing activities for this
course are meant to reinforce and enhance the two goals listed above.
Requirements:
For the literature component, students are required to read selected short stories, poems, and
non-fiction writings from the book Elements of Literature: Fifth Course.
For the vocabulary component of the course, students are required to learn the 200 plus
vocabulary words that have been selected from the literature readings. Instructors will follow
the integrated vocabulary program contained within Literature & Language. This program
requires these words to be examined in the context of the readings themselves. Finally,
instructors will encourage students to apply these vocabulary words within their writing and
speaking activities during the course.
For the grammar component of the course, students are required to review fundamental
concepts of their language. Students are also to review various problems in usage and
mechanics, emphasizing the application to their own writing.
For the writing component of the course, students are required to write a documented research
paper; the I-search paper is acceptable. Students are also required to write several short
essays and essay answers on selected topics.
Text:
Wood, Laura, et all, Elements of Literature: Fifth Course, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Austin,
2005
The Little Brown Handbook, Pearson Education, 2007
Building an Enriched Vocabulary, Chs 1-15, Sadlier-Oxford, 1999
Miller, Arthur, Death of a Salesman. Penguin Books, 1988.
Teacher selected novels and plays
Supplemental Texts:
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. The Modern Language
Association of America, 1995.
Death of a Salesman (video stored in library holdings)
Key to Levels of Achievement (Listed with each learning objective)
Awareness (A):
Students are introduced to concepts, forms, and patterns.
Learning (L):
Students are involved in a sequence of steps and practice
activities, which involved further development and allow
evaluation of process.
Understanding (U):
Students demonstrate ability to apply acquired concepts and
skills to individual assignments and projects on an independent
level.
Reinforcement (R):
Students maintain and broaden understanding of concepts and
skills to accomplish tasks at a greater level of sophistication.
Course Objectives –
Unit
11th Grade English, GP
Num Objective
Level
Content
A
Students will recognize and
distinguish between a variety of
fictional and non-fictional literary
genres.
U
All literary periods and
instructional units
B
Students will become aware of
how literature and history are
interconnected in the American
tradition.
L
All literary periods and
instructional units
C
Students will recognize figurative
language and literary devices in
literature.
L
All literary periods and
instructional units
D
Students will practice reading
skills in various literary genres.
R
All literary periods and
instructional units
Encounters and
Foundations to 1800
1
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
Ann Bradstreet
Benjamin Franklin—
“Aphorisms”
Patrick Henry
American
Romanticism 18001860
2
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
American Masters
3
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
Washington Irving--“The Devil
and Tom Walker”
Nathaniel Hawthorne—
“Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”
Ralph Waldo Emerson—“Self
Reliance”
Edgar Allan Poe—“The Raven”
Walt Whitman—“ I Hear America
Singing”
Emily Dickinson—“ Success is
Counted Sweetest” & “Because I
Could Not Stop for Death”
Literature
Evaluation
Page 1
Standard
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D-H
1.2.11 A
1.2.11 C
1.7.11 A-C
1.3.11 A
1.1.11 C
1.7.11 A-C
1.3.11 A
1.3.11 C-E
1.3.11 A
1.3.11 B
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
Course Objectives –
Unit
11th Grade English, GP
Num Objective
Level
The Rise of Realism
4
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
The Moderns 19141939
5
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
Contemporary
Literature 1939-Pres
6
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
Novel Study
7
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above
L
Content
Ambrose Bierce—“ Occurrence
at Owl Creek Bridge”
Jack London—“ To Build a Fire”
Mark Twain—“The Lowest
Animal”
Edwin Arlington Robinson— “
Richard Cory” & “Miniver
Cheevy”
Robert Frost—“ Nothing
Gold Can Stay” & “Mending
Wall”
Langston Hughes—“Harlem”
James Thurber—“ The Secret Life
of Walter Mitty”
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
Tests, quizzes, semester exams,
presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
Tim O’Brien—“Speaking of
Courage”
Donald Barthelme—“The Game”
Raymond Carver—“ Everything
Stuck to Him”
Richard Wright— from Black Boy
Elizabeth Bishop—“The Fish”
Sylvia Plath—“ Mushrooms”
Mark Doty—“ Coastal”
Billy Collins—“ Man Listening to
Disc”
Ernest Hemingway—Old Man
and the Sea
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
OR
Walter Dean Myers – Fallen
Angels
Students will practice their
reading, writing, and speaking
skills by exploring at least one of
the following novel length
readings.
American Drama
8
See overreaching literature
objectives A-D above.
Evaluation
Page 2
Standard
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
OR
Tim O’Brien—The Things They
Carried
Arthur Miller—Death of a
Salesman
L
OR
Lorraine Hansberry—A Raisin in
the Sun
Course Objectives –
Unit
11th Grade English, GP
Num Objective
9
Composition
Grammar
Punctuation
Students will recognize elements
of drama including but not
limited to set design, stage
directions, monologue
L
10
Students will develop
essays/responses aligned to the
PSSA domains.
L
11
Students will understand and
utilize the writing process.
U
12
Students will produce writings in
the informational and persuasive
modes.
L
13
Students will review basic
punctuation skills and study their
application to writing.
Students will review basic
sentence structure and apply this
understanding to writing.
Students will review basic usage
skills and study their application
to writing.
Students will enhance their
reading, writing, listening
vocabulary.
R
Sentence Skills
14
Usage
15
Vocabulary
Level
16
Content
Arthur Miller—Death of a
Salesman
OR
Lorraine Hansberry—A Raisin in
the Sun
R
R
L
Evaluation
Page 3
Standard
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, presentations, projects,
collaborative work, writing
assignments, oral in-class
reading
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 F-H
1.2.11 A
1.3.11 A-F
1.4.11 B
1.5.11 A-G
1.6.11 A-F
1.5.11 A-G
1.4.11 C
1.1.11 A-B
1.8.11 A-C
1.6.11 F
Informational Essays—both inclass and out-of-class assignments
Persuasive Essays—both in-class
and out-of-class assignments
Research Paper—research
process, library activities,
proofreading, revising, publishing
Informational Essays—both inclass and out-of-class assignments
Persuasive Essays—both in-class
and out-of-class assignments
Research Paper—research
process, library activities,
proofreading, revising, publishing
Informational Essays—both inclass and out-of-class assignments
Persuasive Essays—both in-class
and out-of-class assignments
Research Paper—research
process, library activities,
proofreading, revising, publishing
End marks, commas,
apostrophe, semicolon, italics,
quotation marks, parentheses
Complete sentence, sentence
fragment, sentence run-on
Informational essays,
persuasive essay, and research
project
Correct agreement, correct
pronoun usage, correct verb
usage, correct modifier usage
Vocabulary text
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, writing assignments
1.5.11 F
Tests, quizzes, class
discussion, semester exams,
writing assignments
1.1.11 C
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 E
1.1.11 F
Informational essays,
persuasive essay, and research
project
1.5.11 A-G
1.4.11 C
1.1.11 A-B
1.8.11 A-C
1.6.11 F
Informational essays,
persuasive essay, and research
project
1.5.11 A-G
1.4.11 C
1.1.11 A-B
1.8.11 A-C
1.6.11 F
1.5.11 F
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, writing assignments
Tests, quizzes, semester
exams, writing assignments
1.5.11 F
Course Objectives –
Unit
11th Grade English, GP
Num Objective
17
PSSA Skills
18
Students will improve vocabulary
skills:
- recognize new words in
context
- recognize synonyms
- recognize antonyms
- incorporate new vocabulary
into writing
Students will improve reading
and writing skills through sample
PSSA activities.
Level
Content
Evaluation
Page 4
Standard
L
Vocabulary text
Tests, quizzes, class
discussion, semester exams,
writing assignments
1.1.11 C
1.1.11 D
1.1.11 E
1.1.11 F
L
Practice activities in textbook,
PDE released items
Tests, essays
All
standards