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Grade 11 Curriculum Guide—American Literature

  1. Genre-3.0 Literary Response and Analysis: Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent themes.
    1. Prose subgenres (HRW "Elements of Literature" sections)
      1. Satire-HRW: from The History of the Dividing Line (page 50); "The War Prayer" TRM (page 11)
      2. Parody-TRM: "Nacirema" (pages 13-14); "The Unicorn in the Garden" (page 10); HRW: "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (p. 624-631)
      3. Allegory-HRW: "The Fall of the House of Usher" (pages 263-279); The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
    2. Drama-The Crucible by Arthur Miller (Required)
      1. TRM: "Salem Revisited" (page 22)
      2. TRM: Crucible selections (on computer disk)
      3. Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
      4. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
    3. Poetry-HRW: Poems from Collections 4, 7, 8, 11, 15, & 18
      1. TRM: "Analyzing Poetry" (page 25)
      2. TRM: "Modern American Poetry" (page 26)
    4. Novels-The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Required)
      1. Of Mice an Men by John Steinbeck
      2. Texts from Supplemental Reading List (TRM page 4) and Research Project Lists in TRM (pages 37-44 and pages v-vi)
    5. Short Stories in HRW-selections might include
      1. "A Mystery of Heroism" by Stephen Crane (p. 487)
      2. "To Build a Fire" by Jack London (p. 496)
      3. "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate Chopin (p. 437)
      4. "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" by Flannery O'Conner (p. 673)
    6. Essays-HRW: from "The Crisis, No. 1" (p. 107); from "Resistance to Civil Government" (p. 248); selections from readers listed in supplemental texts
    7. Non-Fiction-in HRW: selections might include
      1. Autobiography: "A Narrative of the Captivity" by Mary Rowlandson (p. 39);
      2. Autobiography: from A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (p. 424)
      3. History: from "Of Plymouth Plantation" by William Bradford (p. 27)
      4. Sermon: from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Edwards (p. 79)
      5. Journal: from Specimen Days by Walt Whitman (p. 363)
      6. Memoir: from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (p. 452)
    8. 2.1 Informational materials-in HRW: "Reading for Life" sections; (p. 1186)

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  2. Writing/Modes of Discourse-2.0 Writing Applications: Students combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard 1.0 (pair with Listening and Speaking Standard 2.2- 2.6)
    1. 2.2 Exposition-Literary analysis and responses to literature
      1. TRM: "Elements of Fiction" (page 6-7)
      2. TRM: "Stages of Moral Development" (pages 8-9)
      3. TRM: "Words That Help In Analysis" (page 28)
      4. TRM: "Characteristics" (page 29)
      5. TRM: "Using Quotes" (page 31)
    2. 1.1-1.5 Argument/Persuasion-HRW: "Writer's Workshop" (pages 1181-1184); supplemental texts in bookroom:
      1. Selections from Writing Clear Essays or Writing With a Purpose or Reading and Writing Short Essays
      2. TRM: "Persuasion Paradigms" (page 34)
      3. TRM: "Argument: Genus or Definition" (page 33a)
      4. TRM: "Common Fallacies" (page 35)
    3. 2.1- 2.4 Narration-HRW: "Writer's Workshop" (page 130-132); TRM: "Narrative Vocabulary" (page 5)
      1. TRM: "Archetype Definitions" (pages 16-19)
      2. TRM: "Narrative Project" (page 15)
      3. HRW: "Writer's Workshop" (pages 331-333)
    4. 1.6-1.9 Research Paper/Presentation-HRW: "Research Strategies" (pages 1207 - 1213)
      1. Historical Investigation Report-TRM "American Classics for Term Paper Ideas" (pages 41-44) or "Events and Literature" (pages 37-39)
      2. Controversial Issue Essay-TRM "Ethical Issue in the News" (page 40)
    5. 2.5 Workplace Writing-HRW: "Writing for Life" (pages 1215-1218)

  3. Literary Terms/Figures of Speech/Vocabulary Development-3.0 Literary Response and Analysis: Students read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature that reflect and enhance their studies of history and social science. They conduct in-depth analyses of recurrent themes. 1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development: Students apply their knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use these words accurately.
    1. Language/Diction-HRW: irony (pages 624-631), tone (pages 761-764), mood (pages 182-186, style (pages 107-112), sound of language (pages 280-288 & page 463-humor), and "Element of Literature" sections
    2. Narrative Devices/Techniques-HRW: stream of conscious (pages 530, 702, 713)
    3. Organization/Rhetorical Structure/Features: analogies (Vocabulary text), allusion (TRM pages 20-21)
    4. Argument-TRM: common fallacies (page 35)
    5. Figurative Devices-HRW: motif (page 162), extended metaphor (page 188)
    6. Poetic Form/Structure-HRW: imagery (page 218), personification (page 737), figures of speech (page 78), sound (pages 282-286), slant rhyme (page 380)

  4. Social/Cultural/Political/Historical Contexts-3.5 Analyze recognized works of American literature representing a variety of genres and traditions:
    1. Movements, trends, themes, and styles: HRW-"Objectives" sections
      1. Neo-classicism (pages 1-98)
      2. Enlightenment (pages 1-98)
      3. Romanticism (TRM pages 1-4)
      4. Transcendentalism (pages 206-214)
      5. Realism (HRW pages 407-422)
      6. Modernism (pages 524-536)
      7. Post-Modernism (pages 524-536)
    2. Archetypes through the centuries and religious imagery
      1. TRM: "Archetype Definitions" (pages 16-19), "Allusion Workshop" (page 21)
      2. HRW: from "Snow-bound" by Whittier (pages 182-186); "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T.S. Eliot (pages 661-665)

  5. Grammar/Syntax/Conventions-1.0 Written and Oral English Language Conventions: Students write and speak with a command of standard English conventions.
    1. 1.1 HRW: "Language Handbook" (pages 1220-1252)
    2. 1.3 HRW: "Communication Handbook" (pages 1207-1214)

     

  6. Speaking and Listening-1.0 Listening and Speaking Strategies: Students formulate adroit judgments about oral communication.
    1. 1.5 Classical and contemporary logical arguments
      1. HRW: "Speech to the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry (page 101)
      2. TRM: from "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr. (page 32-33)
      3. TRM: from Abraham Lincoln's speech of 1854 (page 33a)
      4. TRM: "Persuasive Paradigms," "Common Logical Fallacies" (pages 34-35)
    2. 1.6-1.8 Use of language
      1. HRW: Nobel Prize Acceptance Speeches
        a. John Steinbeck (page 620)
        b. Ernest Hemingway (page 659)
        c. William Faulkner (page 723)
    3. 2.5 Recite poems, speeches, dramatic soliloquies from readings and study

     

  7. Systematic Vocabulary Development-1.0 Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary Development: Students apply their knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of new words encountered in reading materials and use those words accurately.
    1. 1.1 Trace the etymology of significant terms used in political science and history.
      1. HRW "Words to Own" and "Glossary" sections (esp. pages 1258-1263)
      2. TRM "PSAT and SAT I Vocabulary List" (page 55)
    2. 1.2 Apply knowledge of Greek, Latin, and Anglo-Saxon roots and affixes to draw inferences
      1. Origins of words HRW: (page 310)
      2. Affixes HRW: (page 475); Roots (page 1120); suffixes "Language Handbook" (pages 1250-1251)
      3. TRM: Suffixes, Roots, and Affixes (pages 51-54)
    3. 1.3 Analogies
      1. Exercises in vocabulary text: Vocabulary for the High School Student
      2. "Language Handbook" HRW (pages 1222-1257)

       

  8. Reading Critically-2.0 Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material.
    1. "Active Reading Strategies" HRW (pages 1204-1205)
    2. SOAPSS activity TRM (page 36)

     

  9. Technology-2.4 Listening and Speaking: Deliver multimedia presentations
    1. "Communications Handbook" HRW (pages 1207-1209)
    2. Historical Investigation Reports

     

  10. Supplemental Reading-2.0 Students read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. In addition, by grade 12, students read two million words annually on their own, including a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers, and online information.
    1. Recommended Readings in Literature, Grades Nine Through Twelve
    2. Reading Logs TRM (page viii)

Grade 11 Texts (Supplemental and Number of Copies)

Adventures in American Literature (119) American Literature (Signature) (217)
Basic Skills Purple (77) Literature Yellow (154)
A Farewell to Arms (100) Mastering Essential English Skills (88)
The American Anthology (108) Western Literature: Themes and Writers (53)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (310) Outsiders 118
Billy Budd and Other Stories (40) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 53
Black Boy (24) The Macmillan Reader (75-AP)
Call of the Wild (115) Of Mice and Men (72)
Catcher in the Rye (43) The Old Man and the Sea (37)
The Crucible (73) The Pearl (31)
Death of a Salesman (82) The Red Badge of Courage (165)
Ethan Frome (72) The Scarlet Letter (207)
The Glass Menagerie (56) The Sea Wolf (75)
The Grapes of Wrath (73) A Separate Peace (109)
The Great Gatsby (229) Shorter Novels of Herman Melville (49)
The Human Comedy (63) Slaughterhouse 5 (160)
The House on Mango Street Snows of Kilamanjaro (73)
The Invisible Man (170) Something Wicked This Way Comes (71)
My Antonia (129) Three Faulkner Novels (71)
Young Goodman Brown and Other Stories (35)
Writing Clear Essays (269)
Writing With a Purpose (76)
Reading and Writing Short Essays (79)
Reading Poetry: An anthology of Poems (264)
Vocabulary for the High School Student (200)


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Elements of Literature Third Course; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 2000

"California Content Standards-Language Arts Correlated to Elements of Literature, Fifth Course;" Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 2000.

Writers Inc; Write Source Great Source Education Group; 1996

Reading/Language Arts Framework for California Public Schools; California Department of Education; 1999

Performance Standards and Assessments Criteria in English Language Arts for California High School Graduates; Intersegmental Coordinating Committee; July 1999

Teacher's Resource Manual for Grade 9; Mark Keppel High School English Department; 2000

Recommended Literature Grades Nine Through Twelve; California State Department of Education; 1989

Strategic Teaching and Learning: Standards-Based Instruction to Promote Content Literacy in Grades Four Through Twelve; California State Department of Education; 2000

Technical Writing for Success: A School-to-Work Approach; South-Western Educational Publishing; 1997.