34-Week Plan
⚫ Essentials in Writing and Essentials in Literature together in one 60-90 minute class period
⚫ Teachers and/or students can decide which to complete first and which to complete second each
day.
Essentials in Writing 11
Essentials in Literature 11
Week 1
SENTENCES
Lessons 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B
FICTION
Days 1, 2, 3, 4
Week 2
Lessons 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7
FICTION
Days 5, 6, 7, 8
Week 3
Lessons 8A, 8B
1B, 4, 5 (*second prompt for each)
"American History"
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
Week 4
PARAGRAPHS
Lessons 1A, 1B, 2, 3A, 3B
"Shooting an Elephant"
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
Week 5
Lesson 3B (*second prompt)
Lessons 4, 5A, 5B
"The Alligator War"
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
Week 6
Lesson 5B (*second prompt)
Lessons 6, 7A, 7B
"The Masque of the Red Death"
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
Week 7
Lesson 7B (*second prompt)
Lessons 8, 9A, 9B
The Odyssey, Book IX [Translated by
Samuel Butler]
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities
Week 8
Lesson 9B (*second prompt)
Lessons 10, 11A, 11B
"The Lottery"
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
Week 9
Lesson 11B (*second prompt)
Lessons 3B, 5B (*third prompt for each)
“Lather and Nothing Else” & “Hills Like
White Elephants”
Days 1-5
Independent Practice completed after Day 5 activities.
