11th Grade ELA Course Summary
In 11th Grade English Language Arts, students explore thematic questions related to racism, identity, colonialism, reality, and human nature through diverse, rigorous, and relevant texts from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries: The Glass Menagerie, Things Fall Apart, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Dreaming in Cuban, Waiting, The Scarlet Letter, and thematically aligned short stories and multimedia materials. Across the 7 units, students deepen their paragraph writing skills through narrative, opinion, analytical, and informational writing tasks.
Building upon the knowledge and English Language Arts skills they’ve developed in previous years, students deeply engage with complex texts through both independent reading and guided Close Reading, prepare for and engage in whole class discussions including Socratic Seminars, and write multi-paragraph responses to Essential Questions by gathering evidence and effectively communicating their thoughts.