11Th Grade ELA

11th Grade ELA

Week of: APRIL 27TH

WICHITA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Grades Your child should spend up to 90 minutes over the course of each day on this packet. Consider other family-friendly activities during the day such as:

Wash a car by hand with Make a dish using a Have a discussion Go on a photo scavenger someone in your family. recipe that has at least regarding social hunt. Try to find something four ingredients. distancing with your that goes with each letter family. What has been the of the alphabet. hardest part? What has been the easiest? Read a book from the free Explore the power Mindful Minute: Write a Play a board game section of iBooks Hubble at letter to your future self with you family. or gutenberg.org about what is going on hubblesite.org/resource-gallery right now. How are you feeling? *All activities are optional. Parents/Guardians please practice responsibility, safety, and supervision.

For students with an Individualized Education Program (IEP) who need additional support, Parents/Guardians can refer to the Specialized Instruction and Supports webpage, contact their child’s IEP manager, and/or speak to the special education provider when you are contacted by them. Contact the IEP manager by emailing them directly or by contacting the school. The Specialized Instruction and Supports webpage can be accessed by clicking HERE or by navigating in a web browser to https://www.usd259.org/Page/17540

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The Wichita Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status or other legally protected classifications in its programs and activities. Grade 11 English Language Arts: April 27-May 1, 2020

Hello Parents and 11th Graders, Here is a review of content previously taught this school year. This learning opportunity will strengthen your language arts skills. There are several opportunities for students to read, write and think about text within the following work provided.

Week 5: April 27-May 1 Pages 816-826

Day 1: 816-817 Day 2: 818-819 Day 3: 820 Day 4: 821-823 Day 5: 824-826

Word Definition Unfamiliar (pg 820) adjective not known or recognized.

Anecdote (pg 821) noun a short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person

Acclaim (pg 821) verb praise enthusiastically and publicly

Evolution ( pg 823) noun the gradual development of something, especially from a simple to a more complex form. Novella (pg 823) noun a short novel or long short story.

● For read aloud accommodations and specialized instructional support please contact your child’s teacher.

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Analyze Craft and Structure Sequence of Events Authors often use chronological order, or the order in which things happened, to structure nonfiction pieces that describe GROUP DISCUSSION historical events or explain a change over time. When you read a text that As members of your group describes a sequence of events, look at how specific people, ideas, or events discuss their charts, you may are connected. Consider the details the author chooses to include about each find it helpful to plot out key time period and why those details might be significant or important. events on a timeline.

CITE TEXTUAL EVIDENCE Practice to support your answers. Use the chart below to analyze how McCourt structures events in “A Brief History of the Short Story.” Then, share your chart with your group, and discuss how McCourt uses this organization to emphasize his main ideas about the short story.

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