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Reading Standards and Benchmarks Grade 11 Standard 1: Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies of the reading process Benchmark 1: Uses a variety of strategies to expand understanding of words and text a : Uses contextual clues to define unfamiliar words and phrases b : Uses text information to make and support inferences c : Uses text information to draw and support conclusions d : Uses stated, reworded, or paraphrased text information to derive meaning from a variety of text formats e : Locates relevant information to support understanding f : Uses knowledge of organizational features (such as sequencing, cause and effect, compare and contrast, fact and opinion, etc.) to aid comprehension of a variety of text formats and genre Benchmark 2: Understands the use of writing devices to influence the reader and accomplish an author's purpose a : Understands influences on a reader's response to a text b : Understands the effectiveness of writing techniques in accomplishing an author's purpose Benchmark 3: Understands the philosophical assumptions, perspectives, and basic beliefs underlying an author's work a : Understands the philosophical assumptions, basic beliefs, and perspectives underlying an author's work Standard 2: Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for comprehending a variety of literary texts Benchmark 1: Utilizes critical thinking skills to derive meaning from literary text a : Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and written materials b : Determines the meanings of words or phrases using context clues and prior knowledge c : Determines relevant information from text d : Makes inferences that explain a character's actions, feelings, motives, viewpoints, or words based on text information (stated and implied) e : Uses knowledge of non-literal language to make interpretations f : Uses major points from text to make generalizations g : Distinguishes between relevant and irrelevant information to aid comprehension Benchmark 2: Knows the defining characteristics of literary forms and genres a : Knows the defining characteristics and organizational structures of a variety of literary forms and genres b : Understands the use of archetypes and symbols across literary works Benchmark 3: Understands themes across a variety of literary texts and genres a : Understands connections among literary works based on theme Benchmark 4: Recognizes writing techniques or d evices to understand the author's purpose and viewpoint a : Understands simple and complex relationships b : Understands the effectiveness of complex elements of plot c : Understands the effects of complex literary devices and techniques on author's purpose and the overall quality of a work d : Analyzes aspects of structure, style, mood, or tone to infer author's meaning e : Evaluates aspects of style or structure in literary text Benchmark 5: Understands relationships between literature and historical period, culture, and society a : Understands a variety of influences on literary works Benchmark 6: Uses language and perspectives of literary criticism to evaluate literary texts a : Understands how literature relates to his or her own life b : Understands that text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections can be made to respond to literary works c : Uses a variety of strategies to interpret and evaluate literature Standard 3: Demonstrates competence in the general skills and strategies for comprehending a variety of informational texts Benchmark 1: Utilizes a variety of reading strategies to determine meaning of informational text a : Uses structural features of text to locate relevant information within a text b : Uses graphic organizers to document key ideas and supporting details d : Determines the literal meaning of a specific word or phrase e : Locates factual information to support literal understanding f : Uses organizational structures of informational text to make meaning Benchmark 2: Recognizes writing techniques or devices to understand the author's purpose and viewpoint and evaluative information a : Understands the effectiveness of techniques used to convey viewpoint b : Uses new information from texts or other written material to clarify or refine understanding of academic concepts c : Understands the use of propaganda and persuasive techniques in informational texts d : Uses a variety of criteria to evaluate the clarity, accuracy, and reliability of primary and secondary source information e : Identifies author's viewpoint or purpose Benchmark 3: Utilizes critical thinking skills to derive meaning from informational text based on text features and organization a : Understands the organizational structures in informational texts b : Distinguishes relevant information from irrelevant information to derive meaning c : Utilizes major points from text to make generalizations d : Identifies main ideas or major points from text e : Makes explanatory inferences about text based on explicit and implicit information f : Draws conclusions based on text information g : Summarizes and paraphrases the context of informational text Course Content English III Genres Novels – A Separate Peace, Huckleberry Finn, A Patch of Blue Non-Fiction – Night Drama – The Crucible, The Glass Menagerie, Oedipus the King Short Story – A Mystery of Heroism, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Soldier’s Home, Speaking of Courage, Act of a Hero Winter Dreams, The Jilting of Granny Watherall, A Rose for Emily, The Magic Barrel, The Wooing of Ariadne UNITS: Poetry – Dead Poets Society (play and film) Poetry associated with the film script Origin of English Word derivation Language Theories Five Invasions Old, Middle, Modern English Beowulf “The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” “The Pardoner’s Tale” Sentence Expansion: Clauses The Holocaust/War/Human Nature Night (autobiography) Max and Helen (film) “More Light! More Light!” (poem) “Prelude” (short story) Maus (comic book) “A Spring Morning” (short story) IPT Documentary “Remembering the Camps” A Separate Peace (novel) American Drama The Crucible The Glass Menagerie American Novel Huckleberry Finn American Short Story A Mystery of Heroism The Secret of Walter Mitty Soldier’s Home Speaking of Courage Act of a Hero Winter Dreams The Jilting of Granny Watherall A Rose for Emily The Magic Barrel The Wooing of Ariadne Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition Short Stories “Young Goodman Brown” “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” “The Build a Fire” “Hills Like White Elephants” Novels The Poisonwood Bible Huckleberry Finn A Lesson Before Dying Ordinary People The Awakening Cold Mountain Pride and Prejudice Wuthering Heights Billy Budd The Great Gatsby Jazz/The Bluest Eye Room with a View The Mayor of Casterbridge Crime and Punishment Plays The Importance of Being Earnest Hamlet Rosencrantz and Guidenstern Are Dead A Doll’s House Medea Essays “A Modest Proposal” “Lessons from the A quarium” Advanced Composition Units: Writing Incredibly Short Plays Modeling Plays Creating Character Creating Suspense Stage Directions Writing Short Stories Narrative Paragraphs Descriptive Paragraphs Character Description Writing Metaphorically Writing Persuasive Essays Persuasive Techniques Essay Organization (Five Paragraph) Model Other Essays Writing the Research Paper Gathering Information (Source and note cards) Organization information (Topic cards, outlines) Documentation/Works Cited Paper Presentation Practical English Genres Novels Killing Mr. Griffin The Wave Gentlehands Coverup A River Ran Out of Eden Plays “Taking a Stand” “Tattletale” Non-fiction Newspaper analysis (Quad City Times) Units: Free to Choose (role-playing dilemmas/adapt to literature) Grammer Scrambled Sentences Run-ons Fragments Sentence Expansion Sentence Patterns Studies in Literature Genres Novels Lord of the Flies The Hound of Baskervilles Mockingbird Catcher in the Rye The Secret Sharer In the Heat of the Night Drama Much Ado About Nothing Inherit the Wind Shadowlands The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Essay Excerpts from Emerson’s Nature Excerpts from Thoreau’s Walden Excerpts from Thoreau’s Resistance to Civil Government Short Story The Fall of the House of Usher A Pair of Silk Stockings The Minister’s Black Veil Poetry (to be selected)
