L.11-12

L.11-12.4c

Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning, its part of speech, its etymology, or its standard usage.

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An Allegorical Investigation of "The Minister's Black Veil"

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Making the leap from finding allegory in "Horton Hears a Who" to finding allegory in "The Minister's Black Veil" is easier than you'd think!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.10 W.11-12.2b SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.2 L.11-12.1b L.11-12.4c

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Extended Metaphor with the Puritans & Shel Silverstein

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Early American Voices & Developing Reading Habits

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Life is a notebook, my parents are trees, and Jonathan Edwards wants to be a spinning wheel. Can you hold your own with extended metaphors?

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 W.11-12.6 W.11-12.9 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1c L.11-12.4c

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Is J. Alfred Prufrock a Murderer? And What DOES "Jilted" Mean?!

11th Grade ELA » Unit: A Renewed Focus on Modernism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Explore ambiguity & allusions with discussion and student-generated questions with two of the oddest cats in literature: J. Alfred Prufrock & Granny Weatherall!

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d L.11-12.1a L.11-12.1b L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5a L.11-12.5b

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A Literary Tour: The Harlem Renaissance

11th Grade ELA » Unit: A Renewed Focus on Modernism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Conceptualize the themes of the Harlem Renaissance with this small group activity focusing on the talented, iconic poets of the movement.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.6 RL.11-12.9 RL.11-12.10 W.11-12.9a W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.6 L.11-12.1a L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5a L.11-12.5b L.11-12.6

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Pick and a Shovel: Digging Out Theme and Meaning in Shakespeare's and Language

11th Grade ELA » Unit: The Shakespearean Drama: Othello

Julie Ferreira

Taunton, MA

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Decoding language to find Shakespeare's voice.

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.4 L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c

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Frolicking in Nature with Emerson & Dillard

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Romanticism & Transcendentalism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Investigating occult relationships with vegetables and arguing over the value of pennies...you have to love the Transcendentalists!

Standards:

RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.4 RI.11-12.6 RI.11-12.7 RI.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.2 L.11-12.1a L.11-12.1b L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5

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Pop Up Debates: Chasing the Dream or Fleeing an Inescapable Past?

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Is Gatsby Really so "Great"?

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Objects in mirrors may be closer than they appear, but could someone tell Gatsby that they're still BEHIND him?

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.4 RI.11-12.4 RI.11-12.7 W.11-12.1b W.11-12.7 W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.3 SL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.6 L.11-12.4c L.11-12.5

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Final Revision: Improving Readability & Grade Level Appropriateness

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Drafting & Revising the Argumentative Research Paper

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Are your students refusing to incorporate grade-level appropriate words & varied syntax? Win the fight with data from a readability scorer!

Standards:

W.11-12.1c W.11-12.1d W.11-12.4 W.11-12.5 W.11-12.6 W.11-12.8 W.11-12.10 SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.2 SL.11-12.4 SL.11-12.6 L.11-12.1 L.11-12.1a L.11-12.1b L.11-12.2 L.11-12.2b L.11-12.3 L.11-12.3a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5 L.11-12.5b L.11-12.6

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Tracking Common Themes in Post-Modern Poetry

11th Grade ELA » Unit: A Brief Introduction to Post-Modernism

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

What do Star Wars, WALL-E, Sylvia Plath, National Treasure, Martin Espada, Forest Gump, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Fight Club have in common?

Standards:

RL.11-12.1 RL.11-12.2 RL.11-12.3 RL.11-12.4 RL.11-12.5 RL.11-12.9 RL.11-12.10 W.11-12.6 W.11-12.9a SL.11-12.1a SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5a

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Gettin' Political with the Transcendentalists

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Arguing with the Transcendentalists Mini-Unit

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

"Today, we'll be learning more about argumentation." It's amazing how such a small sentence strikes such great terror into parents.

Standards:

RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.4 RI.11-12.6 RI.11-12.7 RI.11-12.10 W.11-12.1a W.11-12.5 SL.11-12.1b SL.11-12.1c SL.11-12.1d SL.11-12.2 L.11-12.4a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.5b

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Plagiarism Prevention & Grammar Help with Turnitin.com

11th Grade ELA » Unit: Drafting & Revising the Argumentative Research Paper

Cassy McCoy Carey

Rochester, IL

Environment: Suburban

Big Idea:

Do your students a favor & help them become more self-sufficient evaluators with online tools like Turnitin.com and video tutorials!

Standards:

RI.11-12.7 W.11-12.1d W.11-12.4 W.11-12.5 W.11-12.6 W.11-12.7 W.11-12.8 W.11-12.10 L.11-12.1 L.11-12.1b L.11-12.2 L.11-12.2b L.11-12.3 L.11-12.3a L.11-12.4c L.11-12.4d L.11-12.6

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