English 11 Course of Study
Course
Description:
This course will proceed in units covering different
modes of composition, vocabulary, formal speech and levels of usage. Literacy and reading strategies are
emphasized through fictional and non-fictional literature.
English 11
Quarterly topics:
First Quarter
●
Reading
Assessment
●
Writing
Assessment
●
Media
Awareness (email, websites v. search engines, databases, etc.)
●
Selected
fiction and/or nonfiction pieces
o
Literary
Elements
●
Resume -
introduce
●
Writing
Conventions
●
Independent
Reading
●
Introduce
technical reading and writing
Second Quarter
●
Resume -
complete
●
Writing
Conventions
●
Independent
Reading
●
Selected
fiction and/or nonfiction pieces
●
Reading
and/or Writing Assessment
Third Quarter
●
Introduce
Research Skills
●
Public
Speaking
●
Writing
Conventions
●
Independent
Reading
●
Argumentative
essay
●
Selected
fiction and/or nonfiction pieces
●
Reading
and/or Writing Assessment
Fourth Quarter
●
Poetry
●
Writing
Conventions
●
Independent
Reading
●
Selected
fiction and/or nonfiction pieces
●
Reading
and/or Writing Assessment
Below are the Ohio Learning Standards
for English 11-12 that are covered throughout the course within the units
above.
