Readers Theater

Today - you will have a few minutes to look over your Readers Theater, then we will present these to class.

After we're finished I want you to write a 1-page paragraph discussing what you believe the meaning of "The Crucible" to be.  Who is the main character and what does the crucible say about the society of the Puritans.

Tomorrow, you will read "From the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" and answer question 1-4, and 6.

Friday, you need to work on the personal narrative you started.  This will count as your 2nd draft.  Most of you have at least grammar concerns to address.

Act IV - Monday and Tuesday

Today - we need to finish ACT IV of the Crucible.

HW: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Monday.

Monday you have a vocabulary quiz.  Tuesday you will be broken up into three groups.  Each group needs to come up with an outline of what happened in their Act and a reduced readers theater presentation.

Good Luck!

Act III

Today - we need to go over question #9.

Then finish Act III of the Crucible.  We also need to finish words of the day.

HW: Study your vocabulary words for vocabulary charades tomorrow.

The Crucible

Today we are going to do questions 1-4, 7, 8 in small groups.

Then we are going to begin reading Act III.

Homework: Question 9 on page 179.

Monday

Today - we are going to see are final "review" play for Act I and then begin ACT II.

HW: Finish reading Act II.

ACT I Review

Today - we are going to review ACT I.

First words of the day.  Then, in groups choose one of the following:

Enact Act I

1) as a game show
2) as a "reduced" play (think "REDUCED SHAKESPEARE")
3) as a mime
4) as a play-by-play (as in sports)

You have 20 minutes to do this - then we will view them and move on to ACT 2.

Act I

Today - we need to finish ACT I.

First, WODs.

She's A Witch

Today we are going to begin ACT I of  The Crucible - note we need to finish these book by the end of next week.  This story is about the Salem Witch Trials.

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SINNERS

LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text. 

How do you persuade people to do something?  Make a list of things/ways you might make someone stop smoking.

As we read, think about the author's purpose.  Why is he delivering this sermon?   As write down emotional appeals (pathos).  Remember logos, pathos, and ethos.  I want you to think about each of these because you will discuss these as a group and write a blog about how Jonathan Edwards delivers each of these.  Remember for a persuasive argument to be successful it must contain each of these.  But, as we read you need to write down at least four emotional appears.  Emotional appeals include FEAR, PITY, GUILT (emotions), etc.

HW: Questions 1-3 and 5 on page 130.  You should also finish your blog entry.  It should be 2-3 paragraphs.  

Literature of the Early Colonial Period

Thursday

Period 1 – Read (as a group) “Of Plymouth Plantation” pages 102 – 110

Questions 1-3, 6-7 on page 111. 

Friday

Period 1 – look at 91 grammar and style.  Do 1-3 under PRACTICE. 

Blog writing: Choose an experience or a scene from your life you want to describe.  Write a 1-page account to communicate the power of the experience.  Include vivid details.  Write in the 1^st voice.  Describe the emotional impact of the experience.  Use adverbs to relate the sequence of events.

YOUR 1-page personal experience is due on TUESDAY 9/15.  

John Smith - Hero or Braggart?

LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text. 

Today we are going to listen to your blogs on author's purpose: what was John Smith's purpose in writing this "History".   

Then in small groups you'll discuss and answer questions 1-4 and 8 on page 100.  When you are done please look up the following vocabulary words.   

General History of Virginia

LEARNING GOAL: RI6 Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text.  

Write a blog entry on John Smith's purpose for writing a General History of Virginia.  In this blog you'll need a thesis statement that makes your claim on the author's purpose, and you'll need 4-5 specifics (evidence from the text) that backs-up your position.  Remember, introduce the quote, give the quote, explain the quote (particularly in how it reinforces your ideas).  You may want to quickly reread the text on your own and mark it up.  Why did John Smith write this?  Remember, this version of the text was written in 1624 - after Pocahontas had become famous (and had died of smallpox?). 


For a website on Jamestown, go HERE


New Vocabulary:

nachronistic

circuitous

deleterious

ephemeral

evanescent

fortuitous

intrepid

precocious

sagacity

tenacious

Wednesday

Today we will read "From La Relacion" on page 72.  After we are done reading you will answer questions 1-7 on page 79.

Native American Presentations

Today we are going to listen to your presentation of Native American myths.

Tomorrow, we will move on to literature of "Exploration and the Early Settlers" by reading Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca's "from La Relacion".