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11th Grade: the whole year

Every subject a 11th grade student takes, and what each one covers. Each subject is 180 daily lessons; open any course to see its units and lessons.

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Math

Algebra II

A full year of Algebra II: complex numbers, polynomials, rational and radical expressions, the unit circle and sine and cosine, exponentials and logarithms, statistical inference, and a long run of applied projects, timed practice and a capstone.

  1. Complex numbers
  2. Polynomials, radicals & rational expressions
  3. Unit circle, trig graphs, exponentials & logarithms
  4. Transformations, modeling & statistical inference
  5. Second pass: conics, trig models & rational functions
  6. Halfway reviews & first projects
  7. Applied projects & mixed practice
  8. Capstone project
  9. Cumulative review, timed practice & projects
  10. Final review & celebration

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Reading

English 11: Literature

A year of American literature from the Puritans to today, taught by period (Romanticism, Realism, Modernism, the Harlem Renaissance and more), with US legal and founding documents. Much of the second half is projects, mixed practice passages and review.

  1. Interacting themes, irony & satire
  2. Early American literature & founding documents
  3. American literary periods, Realism to today
  4. Projects, halfway review & the capstone analysis
  5. More projects & practice passages
  6. Moral dilemmas, legacy & belonging
  7. Final review, reflection & celebration

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Writing & Grammar

English 11: Composition & Grammar

A full-year course in composition and grammar centered on rhetorical choices: writing for specific audiences, irony and satire, legal and founding-document style arguments, and writing in the voices of American literary movements. Many later weeks are craft scenes, timed practice and review.

  1. Audience, irony & argument styles
  2. Advanced style & dissenting arguments
  3. American literary styles & voice
  4. Applied projects & first-half review
  5. Source synthesis, podcast, college essay & capstone
  6. Film, symbols, author style & practice
  7. Morally complex scenes & cumulative review
  8. Legacy, belonging & more scene craft
  9. Cumulative reviews & growth reflection
  10. Year-end presentation & celebration

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Science

Physics

A year of high school physics with math: motion, forces, energy, circuits, waves, circular and projectile motion, heat, fluids, optics, torque and magnetism. About the first 60 days teach new ideas; the rest is applied projects, two capstones, and review.

  1. Motion & forces
  2. Energy & electric circuits
  3. Waves, light, circular & projectile motion
  4. Heat, fluids, optics, torque & magnetism
  5. Applied projects & mixed practice
  6. Halfway review & more projects
  7. First capstone project
  8. More projects & practice
  9. Second capstone project
  10. Final review, projects & celebration

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History & Social Studies

US Government & Civics

A high school civics course on how American government is built and how it works: the ideas behind the Constitution, the three branches, civil liberties through Supreme Court cases, elections, state and local government, and comparisons with other countries. More than half of the year is applied projects, review and practice.

  1. Ideas behind the system
  2. The branches and the Bill of Rights
  3. Parties, elections, states and the wider system
  4. Amendments, rule of law and landmark cases
  5. Applied projects, review and practice tests
  6. Policy capstone
  7. More cases, comparisons and review
  8. Real-world case studies and review
  9. Full-year cumulative review
  10. Final review, presentation & celebration

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Electives at this grade

Add any of these alongside the core subjects.

Spanish

Spanish 3

The sixth year of Spanish is taught mostly in Spanish. It adds the present perfect, formal commands, polite conditional requests and opinion phrases, with deep dives into Spanish, Mexican, Argentine and Colombian culture, extra reading and conversation practice, and a comparison essay.

  1. Review, the present perfect & Spanish art
  2. Formal commands
  3. Giving opinions & Mexican muralism
  4. Polite requests & the conditional
  5. Argentina: tango and Borges
  6. Writing an argument paragraph
  7. Readings, Colombia & mixed grammar
  8. Conversation practice with the AI teacher
  9. Comparison essay
  10. Cumulative review & year-end

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Social Skills

Social Skills 9-12

A social and emotional course meant to be used across 9th through 12th grade, at the pace that suits the student. It covers identity and values, stress and motivation, empathy and systems, healthy relationships, feedback and disagreement, and how to make hard decisions.

  1. Identity, values & personal patterns
  2. Stress, motivation & long-term goals
  3. Understanding others & the wider community
  4. Healthy relationships & collaborative leadership
  5. Feedback, disagreement & repair
  6. Hard decisions & real-world stakes
  7. Looking back & carrying it forward

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