11th+Grade+English+Marking+Period+Breakdown

Marking Period 1

 * ===Summer Reading===
 * ===The Following Units are to prepare for the PSSA Reading Exams: Units include the use of the PSSA Ladders for Success Text and Study Island, and reading assignments in both prose and poetry; quizzes, and concluding tests will be given for each unit:===
 * Author's Purpose
 * Main Ideas and Details
 * Context Clues
 * Figurative Language
 * Chronological Order
 * ===Sentence Fragments===
 * ===Run-on Sentences===
 * ===End Marks===
 * ===The Comma===
 * ===**Grammar Quizzes**===
 * ===Five Paragraph Essay Format: Various Timed Writing - assessment using rubric for PSSA Five Domains of Effective Writing===
 * ===New Vocabulary Instruction based on roots, prefixes, and suffixes===

Marking Period 2
===The Following Units are to prepare for the PSSA Reading Exams: Units include the use of the PSSA Ladders for Success Text and Study Island, and reading assignments in both prose and poetry; quizzes, and concluding tests will be given for each unit:===
 * Compare and Contrast
 * Cause and Effect
 * Fact and Opinion
 * Predictions and Generalizations
 * Inferences and Conclusions


 * ===Punctuation===
 * ===Apostrophes===
 * ===Phrases/Clauses===
 * ===Capitalization===
 * ===Verb Tense===
 * ===Grammar Quizzes===
 * ===Five Paragraph Essay Format: Various Timed Writing - assessment using rubric for PSSA Five Domains of Effective Writing===
 * ===New Vocabulary Instruction based on roots, prefixes, and suffixes===

Marking Period 3
===The Following Units are to prepare for the PSSA Reading Exams: Units include the use of the PSSA Ladders for Success Text and Study Island, and reading assignments in both prose and poetry; quizzes, and concluding tests will be given for each unit:===
 * Summarize and Paraphrase
 * Reference Materials
 * Text Features
 * Functional Literarcy
 * ===Five Paragraph Essay Format: Various Timed Writing - assessment using rubric for PSSA Five Domains of Effective Writing===
 * ===New Vocabulary Instruction based on roots, prefixes, and suffixes===

Marking Period 4

 * ===Short Story Unit===
 * ===Documentary on World War One===
 * ===Pre-Reading Activities for //All Quiet on the Western Front//===
 * ===PowerPoint Time-line on World War 1===
 * ===Vocabulary for //All Quiet on the Western Front//===
 * ===Reading of //All Quiet on the Western Front//===
 * ===Chapter Quizzes on //All Quiet on the Western Front//===
 * ===Writing Assignments for //All Quiet on the Western Front//===
 * ===Poetry for //All Quiet on the Western Front//===

Final Exam
===The final exam is counted as a fifth marking period. Any student who earns an A average in English for the school year is exempt from the final. The final exam will contain questions from //All Quiet on the Western Front,// a short essay, and also grammar review//.//===