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".