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11th Grade homeschool English curriculum

All 36 weeks of 11th grade English, planned and ready, with the exact topic for every week below. Start with Week 1 free, no card needed.

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How 11th grade English works

Lessons build reading, writing, grammar, and vocabulary step by step, with read-aloud audio, typed responses, and quizzes that grade themselves.

Time: about 50–60 minutes a day
Scores go straight to the gradebook and report card
Print any lesson as a worksheet with an answer key
Parent tools: hours log, weekly report, portfolio, course descriptions, and transcript
Family plan: up to 4 students, each with their own records

The full 36-week scope & sequence

Topics and standards come straight from the live course. Standards codes are listed for reference; Life Academy is built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states.

Quarter 1 (weeks 1–9)

Week	Topic	Standards
1	American lit survey launch; Puritan → Enlightenment prose	CCSS RI.11-12.6
2	Edwards / Franklin paired; close rhetorical reading	RI.11-12.8
3	Revolutionary rhetoric; Paine & responses	RI.11-12.9
4	Federalist/Anti-Federalist debate analysis	CCSS RL.11-12.4
5	American Romanticism; Emerson/Thoreau selections	RL.11-12.5
6	Hawthorne/Poe/Melville craft; symbolism & ambiguity	RL.11-12.9
7	Whitman/Dickinson contrast; free verse vs compression	CCSS W.11-12.7
8	Research paper launch (8–10 pp guided): question & archive plan	W.11-12.8
9	Civil War literature & speeches; close reading Lincoln	W.11-12.9

Quarter 2 (weeks 10–18)

Week	Topic	Standards
10	Reconstruction debates in essays/speeches	CCSS RI.11-12.4
11	Realism/naturalism; Crane/Chopin's craft	CCSS RL.11-12.3
12	Research checkpoint + American lit portfolio defense	CCSS SL.11-12.1
13	Modernist poetry/fiction; Harlem Renaissance	SL.11-12.4
14	Depression-era literature & oral history craft	W.11-12.5
15	WWII literature; rhetoric of memorials	CCSS RL.11-12.9
16	Research draft 1 (full)	RI.11-12.6
17	King / Malcolm / women organizers rhetorical comparison	RI.11-12.7
18	Later 20th-c American prose; voice & ideology	W.11-12.1

Quarter 3 (weeks 19–27)

Week	Topic	Standards
19	Research draft 2; evidence density clinic	CCSS W.11-12.1
20	Research near-final + midyear seminar	W.11-12.10
21	Contemporary American lit; craft imitation	RL.11-12.1
22	DBQ writing clinic using US History content
23	Media rhetoric; claim testing contemporary op-eds
24	Research paper final + Works Cited
25	Seminar: American literature themes revisit
26	Literary criticism intro; schools of reading (overview)
27	Timed rhetorical analysis

Quarter 4 (weeks 28–36)

Week	Topic	Standards
28	Peer workshop of best essay
29	Socratic series: conviction, conscience, and community in US texts
30	Portfolio evidence mapping
31	Oral research/portfolio rehearsal
32	Near-final portfolio
33	English 11 portfolio
34	Oral defenses
35	Clinic week
36	Final English 11 packet

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FAQ

Is this 11th grade English curriculum free?

Week 1 is free with no card needed: open the Week 1 English lesson. Weeks 2–36 unlock with a Student plan ($35/month) or a Family plan for up to 4 students ($69/month).

How long is a 11th grade English lesson?

Plan on about 50–60 minutes a day for English. There is one lesson per week of the school year, broken into short daily steps.

Is Life Academy accredited?

No. Life Academy is not accredited. It's built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states, and parents are the school of record. Why that's usually fine.

Can I print it?

Yes. Every lesson prints as a worksheet with a separate parent answer key.

Does it count for high school credit?

Each full-year course is worth 1.0 credit on the parent-issued transcript. Colleges set their own admission rules, so check with the schools your teen is considering.

Life Academy is a parent-directed online K–12 curriculum, built to help meet homeschool requirements in all 50 states. It is not accredited, and parents issue the homeschool transcript. Nothing here is legal advice. Check your state's law at HSLDA. Questions? Email david.dukes77102@gmail.com.