Am Lit DO NOW 8/25/14

Gather your Do Nows from week 3. Staple if necessary, take teeth to the dentist and turn in Do Nows to US MAIL BOX.

Have out any Equiano notes and homework to review before our quiz.

Am Lit Agenda 8/25

Review Study Questions Review Poster Answers Take multiple choice clicker quiz, and short

response part. Try to finish HW in class:

Notes over William Bradford pg. 102.

Notes over bold terms pg. 103 (find definitions for the vocab words too)

Literary Movement:Puritan/Colonial Literature

1620-1750

American Lit: DO NOW 8/26/14

Respond in writing: What was one thing you learned about William

Bradford? What does it mean to “Summarize”?

Skip a line, respond: Using what you learned about reading informational

texts, how is this selection broken up? (Look through the text pg 104). Noting these sections is the first step to working smarter, not harder.

Success Today Means 8/26/14

Students will work collaboratively to summarize one section of our reading for today.

Am Lit Agenda Week 4

Read “Of Plymouth Plantation” Monday Finish in class Tuesday.

Tuesday: summarize at least one section of narrative

Tuesday HW: questions pg. 111 #1-3,4,7,8 Wednesday: review: Equiano, Bradford,

Vocab, some Native American Lit terms Thursday: Quiz!

Am Lit: DO NOW 8/27/14

ELITE THINKERS: William Bradford is writing an autobiography

about his life, but unlike Equiano, he does not tell it like his story, but takes the role of a third person narrator. He says “they” instead of “us.” WHY? What could the effect or impression on the reader be when he chooses to write in this style? (I know its hard, but try. Try try try. Then try some more)

Success Today Means

Students will actively listen (SLANT) while other groups report out their summarizes.

Students will record the summarizes from other groups or read and summarize the whole text by themselves.

HW: Questions 1-4; 6-7 pg 111. VOCAB WORKSHEET

Am Lit DO NOW 8-28-14

Define as many words as you can remember. Do not look them up. (This is like a self-quiz to help you know what you need to study for tomorrow)

Feigned, providence, solace, procure, rendezvous, tender

When finished have your homework out: section summaries out, homework questions, and vocab worksheet.

DO NOWS Week 4 Turn in as you leave today.

Historical Context

1620 Mayflower lands at Plymouth 1630 Great Migration of Puritans to New

England 1690 Slavery exists in all English Colonies in

North America 1721 Smallpox epidemic hits Boston 1740-45 Great Awakening

Common Elements of the Literature

Characteristics of Puritan literature: Authors modeled their writings after the Bible. They used their writings to explore God’s

workings in their inner and outer lives. Diaries and histories were the most common forms

of expression. Puritans favored a “plain style” of writing.

Common Elements of the Literature

Narratives (both Puritan and non-Puritan) recorded a variety of individuals’ experiences in the New World Travel Narratives (Cabeza de Vaca) Tales of Life in North America (John Smith) Captivity Stories (Mary Rowlandson) Slave Narratives (Olaudah Equiano)

* See Elements of Literature p. 43

from Of Plymouth Plantation

About the Author: William Bradford Came to the New World aboard the

Mayflower in 1620 with a group of Separatists

Wife Dorothy either fell or jumped overboard Was elected governor of the Plymouth

Colony thirty times

Literary Concept: Plain style is a way of writing that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression.