Of Plymouth Plantation American Pilgrims Monday, August 22, 2016

BELLWORK 8/22/16: Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. LITERARY TERM: What is symbolism? Please provide an example. (If you need help with this question, see p. 40 in your text!) Also: Please make sure that you write down your name and your book title on the class list.

Building Background As a class, read the Literary Analysis (author’s purpose and audience) p. 56 Who is William Bradford? p. 57 Annotating Text – Six Strategies at a Glance Visualize Summarize Clarify Connect Respond Question Follow along with the text as you listen to the audio for Of Plymouth Plantation pp. 59-61 As you are listening, please use the visualize and summarize suggestions to assist your comprehension. Be sure to make use of the margin notes to help you!

EXIT TICKET 8/22/16: Please answer the following questions on your exit ticket along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. Summarize, in three to five sentences, the content of today’s reading… What does Bradford make reference to throughout his eyewitness account of the events? What do his references tell you about him and his beliefs/convictions?

Of Plymouth Plantation American Pilgrims Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Bellwork 8/23/16: Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. When examining author’s purpose, what are three purposes an author undertakes? (see p. 56 if you need help). What is Bradford’s purpose in writing Of Plymouth Plantation? Who was his audience?

The Puritans of Plymouth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Wwio6E7Fw Continue to follow along with the audio for Of Plymouth Plantation pp. 61-65. While you are listening and following along… Respond to ideas in the text. Your responses can be personal or analytical in nature. Readers will often respond to: • interesting ideas • emotional arguments • provocative statements • author’s claims • facts, data, and other support

EXIT TICKET 8/23/16: Please answer the following questions on your exit ticket along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. What were some of the hardships of the Puritans both during the voyage and once they arrived at Cape Cod? What does this tell you about the landscape and climate of their new home? What message is Bradford trying to convey in this narrative? How did his message have meaning for the subsequent generations of Americans?

Of Plymouth Plantation American Pilgrims Wednesday, August 24, 2016

BELLWORK 8/24/16: Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. Has Bradford’s account changed your impression of the Pilgrims? Explain your answer.

Puritanism: A Historical Background Time for notes! Grab a Cornell Note sheet and complete the top portion… The Topic/Objective is “Puritans: A Historical Background.” After the lecture, I will ask you to fill in the Questions that are answered through the notes.

EXIT TICKET 8/24/16: Please complete the following on your exit ticket along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. Vocabulary Acquisition and Use p. 67 Word Analysis #1-3 and Vocabulary; Antonyms or Synonyms #1-6

Of Plymouth Plantation American Pilgrims Thursday, August 25, 2016

BELLWORK 8/25/16: Find your Exit Ticket from yesterday and check your answers: 1. c – imperiled 1. synonyms – both are negative experiences 2. b – perilously 2. antonyms 3. a – perilous 3. synonyms – both deal with likelihood 4. antonyms 5. antonyms 6. synonyms – they both describe where people live Put the number you got correct out of 9 at the top of your paper!!! Resubmit to the basket.

BELLWORK 8/25/16: What is failure? What do you think you have failed at in your lifetime? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duEXsaPOq5k How does this video help you change your definition of failure?

Read each statement and decide whether you mostly agree (A) or disagree (D) with it: 1.Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much. 2. You can learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you are. 3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit. 4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are. 5. You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that. 6. No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially. 7.You can do things differently, but the important parts of who are you can’t really be changed. 8. You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are.

EXIT TICKET 8/25/16: Fixed vs. Growth Mindset Please answer the following questions on your exit ticket along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. How can we celebrate the Growth Mindset in our class? Can you think of a positive outcome as a result of the “failure” you thought about or mentioned in the class discussion? How could this mindset affect your performance in English? In school? In life?

Of Plymouth Plantation American Pilgrims Friday, August 26, 2016

BELLWORK 8/26/16: Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. Read Literary Analysis on p. 74. Describe the Puritan Plain Style of writing. What is syntax? What is inversion? Submit your Bellwork for the entire week to the basket.

Bradstreet: The Puritan Woman Read Bio on p. 75. Analyze “To My Dear and Loving Husband” p. 76 stopping to paraphrase each stanza. Highlight and discuss vocabulary. Small (4 ppl) Group Preparation: Discuss possible answers to Critical Reading questions p. 77. Everyone needs to participate in the discussion and write down responses! (see below) Whole Group Wrap-up: Each person will have a number. I will call a number for each question and that number must share their small group response to the question.