Course Description
The Grade 11 ELA course emphasizes academic research and critical analysis skills. Students learn to synthesize information from multiple sources, evaluate credibility, and develop in-depth research essays. The curriculum also focuses on recognizing rhetorical strategies, tone, and argumentative structures in political writings, journalistic works, and literary texts. By the end of the course, students will be able to conduct independent research, write research papers, critically respond to texts, and present ideas clearly in both academic and social contexts.
🔹 Learning Content
1. Text Types
The Grade 11 ELA curriculum focuses on historically significant texts, social analysis, and classic literature that have shaped modern thought and academic foundations. Students engage with political speeches, philosophical essays, legal documents, and foundational texts from U.S. and Western history. Literary works include critical novels, classic short stories, social dramas, and modern symbolic poetry. In addition, students work with multi-source academic texts and interdisciplinary content to develop analytical connections and broaden multi-perspective thinking.
2. Reading Skills
Reading in Grade 11 emphasizes evaluating complex arguments, analyzing how authors construct ideas, and presenting issues from diverse perspectives. Students refine their ability to assess source credibility, identify contradictions in reasoning, and conduct in-depth language analysis of texts with high academic value. In literature, they explore social and ethical themes, analyze symbolism and underlying structures, and connect texts to political and historical contexts. Critical reading, synthesis reading, and multi-text analysis are core skills developed throughout the course.
3. Writing Skills
Grade 11 writing requires students to produce academically rigorous compositions that demonstrate depth of thought, critical reasoning, and independent research skills. Writing formats include intertextual research papers, multi-source argumentative essays, political discourse analyses, and written responses to social issues. Students follow the complete writing process—from identifying research questions, gathering sources, and analyzing data, to developing counterarguments, revising, and presenting work in accordance with academic conventions. Writing at this level emphasizes independent thinking, nuanced reasoning, and the integration of multiple perspectives.
4. Listening & Speaking Skills
Listening and speaking in Grade 11 are developed toward advanced academic analysis and presentation. Students listen to and evaluate multi-perspective speeches, academic debates, and specialized presentations in social, educational, and research contexts. Individual presentations require students to define objectives, select supporting evidence, organize content logically, use formal language, and integrate appropriate supporting media. Students practice critical speaking, presenting evidence-based personal viewpoints, and cultivating a professional academic communication style in formal settings.
5. Language
The language component in Grade 11 focuses on mastering advanced academic language use, including analyzing complex sentence structures, selecting vocabulary with precise academic nuance, and editing texts to meet professional writing standards. Students develop skills in recognizing and effectively using rhetorical devices, emphasis structures, paragraph cohesion, and grammatical accuracy to support logical argumentation. Vocabulary development includes expanding critical, analytical, generalized, and abstract terms to meet high-level academic demands and prepare for academic examinations or university environments.
🔹 Learning Methodology
In the personalized online Grade 11 ELA program, instruction focuses on developing advanced academic thinking skills, independent research capabilities, and critical argumentation based on multi-source analysis.
The course is structured around complex socio-academic issues, integrating reading, writing, and speaking tasks that require perspective analysis, argument evaluation, and the creation of written work with depth of thought. Students are assigned research papers, academic responses, and specialized presentations, all held to high standards of content and form.
Throughout the learning process, students are expected to select credible sources, analyze information from multiple perspectives, present content clearly and consistently, and use precise academic language appropriate for the demands of scholarly communication in preparation for post-secondary study.
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