English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory — Grade 11
Reading libraryStudy by chapter and unit; use the parent teaching plan to schedule the school year.
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
Analyze original fiction and poetry through perspective, structure, historical context, and evidence. Establish a baseline and revise a sustained literary essay.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
Read the complete Douglass Narrative with framing material and Appendix, Dunbar poems, and performance scenes. Analyze testimony, formal choices, and public voice; revise a complete-work essay.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Read the complete Declaration and assigned Du Bois sections, and study original constitutional clauses and the source packet. Explain nonfiction and media claims while reading Hamlet across several weeks.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
Finish Hamlet and read the complete Trifles. Analyze historical rhetoric, argument under uncertainty, and competing judgment; revise separate rhetorical, policy, and dramatic essays.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Develop a bounded question, verify contextual sources, synthesize primary-text evidence, and write a revised 1,800–2,200-word research-supported argument. Read Gatsby alongside the inquiry.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Draft and revise a 1,200–1,500-word original narrative or memoir. Explain perspective, sequence, ethical attribution, and consequential revision through a craft commentary.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Finish Gatsby and refine syntax, conventions, vocabulary, and language/register choices. Submit sixteen explained language and editing entries drawn from your own writing.
Chapter review · Chapter quizChapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
Compare identity and judgment across two complete works with attention to genre and form. Discuss counterinterpretations, revise a 1,500–1,800-word essay, and deliver a six-minute presentation.
Chapter review · Chapter quiz