WHS: American Literature & Composition A Friday, 8/30 WHS: American Literature & Composition A

Bell Ringer: Friday, 8/30 1) oh were required to read macbeth one of shakespeares most famous plays if we take this course 2) if your going shopping for cloths i hope the children if they wish can come with me to main street to watch the thanksgiving day parade

Corrected Versions: 1) Oh, we’re required to read Macbeth, one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays,6 if we take this course. 2) If you’re going shopping for clothes, I hope the children, if they wish, can come with me to Main Street to watch the Thanksgiving Day parade.

Daily Agenda: Webquests due by beginning of class Distribute ID’s. . . Take background notes on the Puritans. . . Read background for “Of Plymouth Plantation” and read account.

Daily Agenda: Record what a “primary document” is and know that “Of Plymouth Plantation” is an example of one. Define “denotation” and “connotation” in your notes, and know the difference!

Questions for “Of Plymouth Plantation”: 1) How did the Pilgrims view of the landscape of Cape Cod when they first arrived? 2) What kind of weather did the Pilgrims face after they landed? 3) How did the Native Americans help the Pilgrims survive? 4) On the basis of these excerpts, what conclusions can you draw about the Pilgrims’ way of looking at the world? their attitude toward nature their attitude towards God their attitude toward Native Americans 5) Do you think the treaty between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims was fair? Why or why not? Support your answers with proof.