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GA-CCGPS English Language Arts 11 A

Literary Texts: American Roots, Bright Romanticism, and American GothicAmerican Roots: From Native Traditions to the American Revolution

Introduction to Early American Literature

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What historical forces and central ideas are captured in early American literature?Assignment Read “Introduction to Early American Literature” to find some of the central ideas expressed in texts from this time period.Instruction What historical forces and central ideas are captured in early American literature?Assignment Read Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford to determine its central ideas.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

The Iroquois Creation Myth: "The World on Turtle's Back"

Warm Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What is a creation myth, and how can it reveal the values of a culture?Assignment Read “The World on Turtle’s Back” to learn its explanation of creation and cultural values.Instruction What is a creation myth, and how can it reveal the values of a culture?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Female Colonial Poetry

Warm Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do female colonial poets use poetic devices to impact the audience?Assignment Read “To My Dear and Loving Husband” and “To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty.”Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Verb Tense, Verb Voice, and Verb Mood

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you use verbs effectively in writing?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Practice using verbs effectively in a narrative.Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Narrative Writing

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you write a personal narrative to share a significant event with an audience?Pre-Writing

Instruction How can you write a personal narrative to share a significant event with an audience?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Write a narrative essay.Drafting

Assignment Evaluate your narrative essay draft.Revising

Assignment Evaluate your narrative essay draft.Quiz Answers

Topic Test

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Topic Test AnswersBright Romanticism: American Individualism

Introduction to Bright Romanticism and American Individualism

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What new American identities were expressedin the literature of bright romanticism?Assignment Read a poem by Walt Whitman to find bright romantic themes of nature and individualism. Instruction What new American identities were expressedin the literature of bright romanticism?Assignment What new American identities were expressed in the literature of bright romanticism?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Fireside Poets

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can word choice, imagery, and structure be compared in two poems?Assignment Read “Auspex” and “A Psalm of Life” to observe word choice, imagery, and structure.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself”

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does Whitman use word choice, tone, and structure to express themes in his poetry?Assignment Read an excerpt from Whitman’s “Song of Myself” to examine word choice and tone.Instruction How does Whitman use word choice, tone, and structure to express themes in his poetry?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Emily Dickinson's Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction

How do structure and language create meaning in Dickinson’s poetry?Assignment Read two Dickinson poems to analyze the poet’s style using structure and language.Instruction How do structure and language create meaning in Dickinson’s poetry?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

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Dark Romanticism: American GothicIntroduction to Dark Romanticism: American Gothic

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction Which characteristics distinguish dark romanticism from bright romanticism? Assignment Read the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe for gothic themes.Instruction Which characteristics distinguish dark romanticism from bright romanticism? Assignment Read a background article on dark romanticism to determine themes of the literary movement.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Suspense and Horror: Gothic Writing across Time

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?Assignment Read Washington Irving's "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture” to analyze suspense. Instruction How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?Assignment Read an excerpt from Stephen King’s Danse Macabre to recognize Irving’s influences.Instruction How do American gothic texts use suspense, and how do they affect contemporary stories?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

The Scarlet Letter, Part 1

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can an author’s choice of words convey the setting and mood of a fictional plot?Assignment Read chapters 1 and 2 of The Scarlet Letter to analyze setting and mood. Instruction How can an author’s choice of words convey the setting and mood of a fictional plot?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

The Scarlet Letter, Part 2

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction In what ways can an author use characterization to make a story more effective? Assignment Read chapters 3 and 4 of The Scarlet Letter to uncover clues about characters.Instruction In what ways can an author use characterization to make a story more effective? Summary Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Symbols in Moby-Dick

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does Melville use symbols to convey themes in Moby-Dick? Assignment Read “Ahab,” a chapter from Moby-Dick, to draw conclusions about its themes. Instruction How does Melville use symbols to convey themes in Moby-Dick? Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee"

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can sound devices reveal the theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry?Assignment

Read an excerpt from “The Poetic Principle” to learn Poe’s view on the purpose of poetry.Instruction How can sound devices reveal the theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry?Assignment Read Poe’s “Annabel Lee” to examine sound devices and meaning.Instruction How can sound devices reveal the theme in Edgar Allan Poe’s poetry?Summary Review and connect what you learned.Quiz Answers

Dark Hauntings: "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does Poe create a “single effect” in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?Assignment Read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” to discover the setting and mood.Instruction How does Poe create a “single effect” in “The Fall of the House of Usher”?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Exploring Argument

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do you organize and develop an effective argument?Pre-Writing

Instruction How do you organize and develop an effective argument?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Write an argumentative essay.Drafting

Assignment Write an argumentative essay.Revising

Assignment Write an argumentative essay.Quiz Answers

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Literary Texts: A Nation Dividing and Expanding - Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism; Early ModernismA Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism

Introduction to Literature of the Civil War, Regionalism, and Realism

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does literature of the late 1800s reflect the division and expansion of the nation?Assignment Read an excerpt from Mark Twain’s Life on the Mississippi for realist and regionalist themes.Instruction How does literature of the late 1800s reflect the division and expansion of the nation?Assignment Read articles about Civil War and postwar-era literature to examine Twain’s writing in context.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

An Inner Story of the Civil War

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can predicting plot and summarizing themes aid in understanding a short story?Assignment Read “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and make predictions about the plot.Instruction How can predicting plot and summarizing themes aid in understanding a short story?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

The Mississippi River Runaways

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What role do dialect and humor, including irony and satire, play in Twain’s writing?Assignment Read excerpts from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to analyze use of dialogue and dialect.Instruction What role do dialect and humor, including irony and satire, play in Twain’s writing?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.

Quiz AnswersReality and Cynicism in Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?Assignment Read Dunbar’s poem “We Wear the Mask” to determine how it is an example of naturalism.Instruction How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?Assignment Read “A Man Said to the Universe” to determine how it reflects naturalism.Instruction How can analyzing irony help readers infer and compare themes in naturalist poetry?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

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Realist Novel Study: The Awakening by Kate ChopinIntroduction to Realistic Novel Study: The Awakening

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How did the events of Kate Chopin’s life and the values of the era affect her fiction?Assignment Read “A New Biographical Approach” to draw conclusions about Kate Chopin’s life.Instruction How did the events of Kate Chopin’s life and the values of the era affect her fiction?Assignment Read to identify influences on Kate Chopin as a writer.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Realist Novel Study, Part 1

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can analyzing word choice and context help in understanding and interpreting a story?Assignment Read chapters 1–4 of The Awakening, focusing on word choice and setting.

Instruction How can analyzing word choice and context help in understanding and interpreting a story?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does Kate Chopin use plot structure to create aesthetic impact?Assignment Read chapters 5–10 of The Awakening, paying attention to rising action.Instruction How does Kate Chopin use plot structure to create aesthetic impact?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do word choice and style contribute to The Awakening’s realist and naturalist approach?Assignment Read chapters 11–16 of The Awakening to determine Chopin’s style.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can understanding themes help you make predictions in The Awakening?Assignment Read chapters 17–22 of The Awakening to explore themes and make predictions. Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does Kate Chopin use point of view and narrative voice to develop messages?

Assignment Read chapters 23–28 of The Awakening to analyze messages revealed through narrationSummary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can making inferences about characters and their roles aid in understanding a story?Assignment Read chapters 29–34 of The Awakening to analyze the characters.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers


Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction In what ways do the themes in The Awakening give readers insight into the human condition?Assignment Read chapters 35–39 of The Awakening to examine how Kate Chopin resolves themes.Instruction In what ways do the themes in The Awakening give readers insight into the human condition?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Literary Analysis

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do you use the writing process to write and support a critical lens literary analysis?Pre-Writing

Instruction How do you use the writing process to write and support a critical lens literary analysis?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Write a critical lens literary analysis essay.Drafting

Assignment Write a critical lens literary analysis essay.Revising

Assignment Write a critical lens literary analysis essay.Quiz Answers

Topic Test


Make it New!: Early ModernismIntroduction to Early Modern Literature

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How did early modern writers “make it new”?Assignment Read Pound’s imagist poem “In a Station of the Metro” to explore the use of language.Instruction How did early modern writers “make it new”?Assignment Read a background article on early modernism to identify main ideas.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Imagism: A New Order in Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction In what ways can a poet create imagery that expresses ideas and emotions?Assignment Read Ezra Pound’s “A Few Don’ts by an Imagiste” to examine his advice to poets.Instruction In what ways can a poet create imagery that expresses ideas and emotions?Assignment Read “This Is Just to Say” by William Carlos Williams to determine the author’s intent.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Dramatic Monologue and Stream of Consciousness in Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.

Instruction Why does T. S. Eliot use dramatic monologue, stream of consciousness, and allusions?Assignment Read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” by T. S. Eliot to examine poetic techniques.Instruction Why does T. S. Eliot use dramatic monologue, stream of consciousness, and allusions?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Early Stream of Consciousness and Feminism in Fiction

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can viewpoint and gothic elements convey social context and attitudes?Assignment Read “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Gilman to analyze social attitudes about women.Instruction How can viewpoint and gothic elements convey social context and attitudes?Assignment Read “Why I Wrote ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’” by Gilman to grasp her purpose for writing.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Meta Poetry: Poetry about Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do modernist poets use free verse to communicate the themes of their poems?Assignment Read Marianne Moore’s poem “Poetry” and analyze how poetic form communicates theme.Instruction How do modernist poets use free verse to communicate the themes of their poems?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Robert Frost’s Poetry

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How is Frost’s “Mending Wall” both a modern poem and a formal poem?Assignment Read “Mending Wall” by Robert Frost to analyze its form.

Instruction How is Frost’s “Mending Wall” both a modern poem and a formal poem?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Effective Professional Communication

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do you organize and write an argumentative letter?Pre-Writing

Instruction How do you organize and write an argumentative letter?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Write an argumentative letter.Drafting

Assignment Evaluate the draft of your argumentative letter.Revising

Assignment Evaluate the revision of your argumentative letter.Quiz Answers

Topic Test


Informational Texts: American Roots, Bright Romanticism, and Early ModernismAmerican Roots: From Native Traditions to the American Revolution

The Iroquois Constitution

Warm Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction Why is the Iroquois Constitutionimportant in early American literature?Assignment Read the Iroquois Constitution, and summarize what you read.Instruction Why is the Iroquois Constitution important in early American literature?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.

Quiz AnswersJonathan Edwards’s "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

Warm Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How did early American writers use word choice and rhetorical techniques to appeal to an audience?Assignment Read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” to interpret Edwards’s word choice.Instruction How did early American writers use word choice and rhetorical techniques to appeal to an audience?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Thomas Paine

Warm Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How did colonial writers inspire the American colonists to fight for independence?Assignment Read “The Crisis,” No. 1 by Thomas Paine to examine his choice of language and decide on his purpose.Instruction How did colonial writers inspire the American colonists to fight for independence?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

The Declaration of Independence

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How does the structure of the Declaration of Independence reflect its reasoning?Assignment Read the Declaration of Independence and evaluate how each section develops the structure of the argument.Instruction How does the structure of the Declaration of Independence reflect its reasoning?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Autobiography: from The Autobiography

Benjamin Franklin

Pre-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 5 min 25 secVocabulary

from The Autobiography

Please read approximately two-thirds of the story.Reading Lecture - Running Time: 11 min 35 secfrom The Autobiography

Please finish reading the story.Post-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 59 secPractice AnswersQuiz Answers

Nonfiction: from Poor Richard's Almanac

Benjamin FranklinPre-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 21 secfrom Poor Richard's Almanac

Please read approximately two-thirds of the story.Reading Lecture - Running Time: 8 min 3 secfrom Poor Richard's Almanac

Please finish reading the story.Post-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 38 secPractice AnswersQuiz Answers

Sentence Fluency

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can understanding sentence elements and patterns make you a better writer?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Practice revising sentences for better fluency. Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Summary

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you write an objective and engaging summary of a text?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.

Assignment Summarize an excerpt from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.Quiz Answers

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Bright Romanticism: American IndividualismRalph Waldo Emerson

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you use the central ideas of a text to determine and assess the author’s argument?Assignment Read an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature to determine its central ideas. Instruction How can you use the central ideas of a text to determine and assess the author’s argument?Assignment Read an excerpt from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Society and Solitude to assess his argument.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Henry David Thoreau - Walden

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How are transcendental ideas developed in Thoreau’s Walden still relevant today?Assignment Read an excerpt from Henry David Thoreau’s Walden to identify imagery and viewpoint.Instruction How are transcendental ideas developed in Thoreau’s Walden still relevant today?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Henry David Thoreau - "Civil Disobedience"

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can knowledge of historical events be used to evaluate a text’s significance?Assignment Read Henry David Thoreau’s essay “Civil Disobedience” to understand his beliefs.Instruction How can knowledge of historical events be used to evaluate a text’s significance?

Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Grammar: Punctuation - Apostrophes, Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses, and Brackets

Grammar Lecture - Running Time: 4 min 37 secGrammar Practice

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Grammar: Capitalization


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Choosing Vocabulary

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you use vocabulary to address specific situations and develop style and tone?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Practice choosing vocabulary that is appropriate for the task, purpose, and audience.Quiz Answers

Writing Workshop: Compare-Contrast Essay

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How do you write a compare-and-contrast essay through planning, drafting, and revising?Pre-Writing

Instruction How do you write a compare-and-contrast essay through planning, drafting, and revising?Assignment Write a compare-and-contrast essay.Drafting

Instruction How do you write a compare-and-contrast essay through planning, drafting, and revising?Revising

Summary Review and connect what you have learned.

Topic Test


A Nation Dividing and Expanding: Civil War, Regionalism, and RealismAbolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 1

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What types of reasoning and rhetorical devices make a persuasive argument effective?Assignment Read Douglass’s speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” to evaluate his reasoning.Instruction What types of reasoning and rhetorical devices make a persuasive argument effective?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Abolition and Women’s Rights Movements, Part 2

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can a speaker combine language with logic, credibility, and emotion to convey ideas?Assignment Read “Ain’t I a Woman” by Sojourner Truth to examine her appeals and arguments.Instruction How can a speaker combine language with logic, credibility, and emotion to convey ideas?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Autobiography: from My Bondage and My Freedom

Frederick Douglass - Pre-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 2 min 35 secfrom My Bondage and My Freedom

Please read approximately two-thirds of the story.Reading Lecture - Running Time: 3 min 52 secfrom My Bondage and My Freedom

Please finish reading the story.Post-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 28 secPractice Answers

Quiz AnswersSpirituals: Go Down, Moses and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot

Pre-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 12 secGo Down, Moses

Please read Go Down, Moses.Reading Lecture - Running Time: 2 min 24 secSwing Low, Sweet Chariot

Please read Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.Post-Reading Lecture - Running Time: 1 min 9 secPractice AnswersQuiz Answers

American Indian Issues

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction What are the central ideas of a speech, and how does tone affect the meaning?Assignment Read Chief Joseph’s speech “An Indian’s View of Indian Affairs” to determine central ideas.Instruction What are the central ideas of a speech, and how does tone affect the meaning?Assignment Read Satanta’s speech “My Heart is Bursting” to determine tone and central ideas.Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

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Early ModernismReflecting on World War I

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can an author use structure and key terms to express a viewpoint?Assignment Read “How We Entered World War I” to focus on central ideas, viewpoint, and structure.Instruction How can an author use structure and key terms to express a viewpoint?Assignment Read Woodrow Wilson’s war message to Congress to analyze the use of key terms.

Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Quiz Answers

Speaking and Listening: Evaluating a Speaker

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can listening skills help you evaluate a speech’s effectiveness and its techniques?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Practice listening critically to evaluate a speaker.Quiz Answers

Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you use pronouns and subject-verb agreement correctly when you write?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Practice pronoun usage and subject-verb agreement by completing a paragraph.Quiz Answers

Grammar: Punctuation - Commas, Semicolons, and Colons


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Research Workshop: Generating Research Questions and Evaluating Sources

Warm-Up Get ready for the lesson.Instruction How can you use research questions and relevant sources to prepare for a discussion?Summary Review and connect what you have learned.Assignment Visit websites and evaluate sources.Quiz Answers

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