English 11: American Voices, Identity & Public Memory — Parent teaching plan · 36 weeks
Students study the chapter and unit lessons. Parents use this 36-week timetable to assign units, sustained reading, writing, and assessments. Adjust pacing after checking understanding.
Open chapter and unit lessonsWeek 1 · Public memory and an independent baseline
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
Reading and assignments
Read The Name on the Program and From Records to Reasons; begin a daily 20–30-minute independent reading routine.
Week 2 · Identity, selection and narrative perspective
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
Reading and assignments
Reread the story and perform Representative with two defensible deliveries.
Week 3 · Movements, poetic voice and source framing
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
- Unit 1.1 · American Literary Movements & Themes
- Unit 1.3 · Structure & Style
- Unit 1.4 · Analyzing Seminal Texts
Reading and assignments
Read Archive and all three supplied Dunbar poems. Return to the mural story’s two archival records.
Week 4 · First analytical essay and Chapter 1 assessment
Chapter 1 · Close Reading & Literary Analysis
- Unit 1.1 · American Literary Movements & Themes
- Unit 1.2 · Characterization & Narrative Technique
- Unit 1.3 · Structure & Style
- Unit 1.4 · Analyzing Seminal Texts
Reading and assignments
Submit a revised 900–1,100-word analysis of memory, representation, and craft; complete Chapter 1 assessments.
Week 5 · Douglass: framing, naming and imposed ignorance
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
Reading and assignments
Read the prefatory material, the introductory letter, and Narrative Chapters I–II in the supplied 1845 edition.
Week 6 · Douglass: institutions, violence and a change of setting
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
Reading and assignments
Read Narrative Chapters III–V and reread Dunbar’s Douglass.
Week 7 · Douglass: literacy, prohibition and contradictory gains
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
- Unit 2.1 · American Poetry: Voice, Form & Context
- Unit 2.3 · Reading a Complete Book
- Unit 2.4 · Testimony, Framing & Historical Voice
Reading and assignments
Read Narrative Chapters VI–VIII; revisit We Wear the Mask and Sympathy.
Week 8 · Douglass: resistance and retrospective turning points
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
Reading and assignments
Read Chapter IX and Chapter X through the confrontation with Covey and the narrator’s reflection on it. Continue X next week.
Week 9 · Douglass: planning, relationships and limitations
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
Reading and assignments
Finish Chapter X, including the attempted escape plan, its failure, and later work circumstances.
Week 10 · Douglass: the ending, Appendix and Chapter 2 assessment
Chapter 2 · Poetry, Performance & Historical Testimony
- Unit 2.1 · American Poetry: Voice, Form & Context
- Unit 2.2 · Drama, Performance & Subtext
- Unit 2.3 · Reading a Complete Book
- Unit 2.4 · Testimony, Framing & Historical Voice
Reading and assignments
Read all of Chapter XI and the Appendix. Submit the revised complete-narrative essay and Chapter 2 assessments.
Week 11 · Founding rhetoric, identity and Hamlet’s opening
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read the complete Declaration of Independence, Du Bois’s Forethought and Chapter I, and Hamlet Act I.
Week 12 · Purpose, procedure and mediated evidence
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read the Constitution’s Preamble and original Article I, Sections 1–2; reread Du Bois I; read Hamlet Act II and the museum source packet.
Week 13 · Competing arguments and dramatic tests
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Read Du Bois Chapter III through the numbered account of Washington’s proposed concessions; read Hamlet Act III.
Week 14 · Synthesis, consequences and Chapter 3 assessment
Chapter 3 · Informational Reading & Media
Reading and assignments
Finish the complete Du Bois Chapter III; read Hamlet Act IV; submit the informational brief and Chapter 3 assessments.
Week 15 · Hamlet’s ending and argument under uncertainty
Chapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
- Unit 4.1 · Rhetoric in Founding & Historical Documents
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Analysis
- Unit 4.5 · Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments
Reading and assignments
Read Hamlet Act V and finish the entire play. Study Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments.
Week 16 · Trifles: objects, evidence and competing judgment
Chapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Analysis
- Unit 4.3 · Constructing Arguments
- Unit 4.5 · Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments
Reading and assignments
Read the complete one-act Trifles from the supplied Glaspell collection; revisit one Du Bois III passage.
Week 17 · Rhetorical analysis and sustained argument drafts
Chapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
- Unit 4.1 · Rhetoric in Founding & Historical Documents
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Analysis
- Unit 4.3 · Constructing Arguments
- Unit 4.4 · Evaluating Reasoning & Evidence
- Unit 4.5 · Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments
Reading and assignments
Draft the museum policy argument and the Hamlet essay; prepare a 700–900-word rhetorical analysis of one historical text.
Week 18 · Second-quarter portfolio and Chapter 4 assessment
Chapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
- Unit 4.1 · Rhetoric in Founding & Historical Documents
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Analysis
- Unit 4.3 · Constructing Arguments
- Unit 4.4 · Evaluating Reasoning & Evidence
- Unit 4.5 · Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments
Reading and assignments
Submit revised rhetorical analysis, policy argument, and dramatic essay; complete Chapter 4 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 19 · Midterm, corrections and a new inquiry
Chapter 4 · Public Argument, Rhetoric & Competing Accounts
- Unit 4.2 · Rhetorical Analysis
- Unit 4.4 · Evaluating Reasoning & Evidence
- Unit 4.5 · Public Ideals, Exclusion & Competing Arguments
Reading and assignments
Take the 120-minute Midterm Exam covering Chapters 1–4; keep the sample and final papers unseen.
Week 20 · Research questions and Gatsby’s first chapter
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter I in full. Develop a bounded research question based on the completed historical texts; Gatsby connections remain provisional.
Week 21 · Source evaluation, synthesis and Gatsby II
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter II. Locate two credible contextual sources for the historical-text research question and retain exact source details.
Week 22 · Citation, integrity and Gatsby III
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter III. Prepare attributed notes and a provisional works-cited list for the research project.
Week 23 · Research argument draft and Gatsby IV
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
- Unit 5.2 · Synthesizing Multiple Sources
- Unit 5.3 · Argumentative Research Writing
- Unit 5.4 · Citation & Academic Integrity
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter IV. Draft a 1,800–2,200-word research-supported argument using the completed historical texts and two verified contextual sources.
Week 24 · Narrative craft, memory and Gatsby V
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter V. Plan and begin a 1,200–1,500-word original narrative or memoir with ethical attribution of remembered experience.
Week 25 · Revision decisions and Gatsby VI
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter VI. Complete the narrative draft and revise the research essay using source and structure feedback.
Week 26 · Research submission, Chapter 5 assessment and Gatsby VII
Chapter 5 · Research & Source-Based Writing
- Unit 5.1 · Developing a Research Question
- Unit 5.2 · Synthesizing Multiple Sources
- Unit 5.3 · Argumentative Research Writing
- Unit 5.4 · Citation & Academic Integrity
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter VII in two or three sittings. Submit the final research essay and Chapter 5 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 27 · Narrative portfolio, Chapter 6 assessment and Gatsby VIII
Chapter 6 · Narrative, Memoir & Revision
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter VIII. Revise and submit the original narrative or memoir and complete Chapter 6 assessment.
Week 28 · Gatsby’s ending and purposeful syntax
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Read Gatsby Chapter IX and finish the complete novel. Begin a sixteen-entry language and editing portfolio using your sustained writing.
Week 29 · Conventions, quotation and clarity
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Reread brief passages as needed. Add four explained conventions/quotation entries to the language portfolio using your own drafts.
Week 30 · Vocabulary, context and conceptual precision
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
Reading and assignments
Add four vocabulary/word-analysis entries. Use difficult words from the assigned readings and your own arguments, verifying meanings in context.
Week 31 · Language variation, register and Chapter 7 assessment
Chapter 7 · Language, Style & Conventions
- Unit 7.1 · Advanced Syntax & Style
- Unit 7.2 · Conventions & Usage
- Unit 7.3 · Vocabulary & Word Analysis
- Unit 7.4 · Language Change & Variation
Reading and assignments
Complete sixteen explained editing/language entries, including five register/variation entries; submit Chapter 7 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 32 · Comparative identity and seminar preparation
Chapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.3 · Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form
Reading and assignments
Study Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form. Plan a 1,500–1,800-word comparison of two complete works and prepare a text-based seminar.
Week 33 · Seminar, comparative essay and oral presentation
Chapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form
Reading and assignments
Hold the seminar, draft the 1,500–1,800-word comparative essay, and prepare a six-minute evidence-based presentation.
Week 34 · Comparative portfolio and Chapter 8 assessment
Chapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form
Reading and assignments
Submit the revised comparative essay, deliver the presentation, and complete Chapter 8 workshop, review, and quiz.
Week 35 · Sample examination and targeted teaching
Chapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form
Reading and assignments
Take the distinct 180-minute Sample Exam, review the marking criteria after submission, and keep the Final Exam unseen.
Week 36 · Final examination and next-course conference
Chapter 8 · Comparative Identity, Discussion & Presentation
- Unit 8.1 · Evidence-Based Discussion & Listening
- Unit 8.2 · Speaking, Presenting & Responding
- Unit 8.3 · Narrative Judgment, Identity & Comparative Form
Reading and assignments
Take the 180-minute Final Exam and complete the year-end portfolio, reading, writing, discussion, and next-course conference.