Lecture to a Missionary By Red Jacket Establishing Tone Lecture to a Missionary By Red Jacket

At the end of the lesson, you’ll be able to: Explain what tone is Express how the author uses certain words to establish tone Demonstrate how tone builds upon the central idea of the text

Lecture to a Missionary Response to missionaries who sought to teach the native Americans how to “worship the great spirit Written in the early 1800’s What do we know about the relationship between the Natives and the Europeans?

Sagoyewatha “Red Jacket” 1756(?)-1830 Name means “He Keeps Them Awake”

Lecture to a Missionary Tone: A writer’s attitude toward the subject

Establishing Tone Tone can be angry, jubilant, sorrowful, indignation , etc. Tone is communicated through: WORD CHOICE CHOICE OF DETAILS DIRECT STATEMENTS

Exit Ticket Answer these questions to leave! What does Reverend Cram want the Iroquois to do? State one “evil” that the Europeans brought to the Iroquois, according to Red Jacket.

Locating the Theme Theme is the central idea of a text. Every story has a theme. Major themes reappear over and over, minor ones—once or twice. What is the central idea of this text? How does Sagoyewatha develop that idea? Examine the idea of hypocrisy. How does Sagoyewatha expose Reverend Cram’s hypocrisy ?

Using textual evidence Locate THREE instances where Sagoyewatha pointed out Reverend Cram’s hypocrisy. Pick one and write a paragraph explaining it fully. Use phrases like “Sagoyewatha states,” or “He states in the text,” … Be sure to cite using the (Last name, page number) format.