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1 American Literature

2 Opening Journal 5: What is an autobiography and could writing one be considered an act of ego?

3 Unit 1 How are writers influenced by the social, political, and philosophical ideas of their time? What are the effects of persuasive techniques used in writing?

4 Learning Targets CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenth-century foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.

5 Learning Targets CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI Analyze a complex set of ideas or sequence of events and explain how specific individuals, ideas, or events interact and develop over the course of the text.

6 Benjamin Franklin From The Autobiography Pg 141 Poor Richard’s Almanac Pg EOC type questions

7 Worksheet Fill out the following answers to the worksheet handed out

8 Performance Tasks Recall- What does Franklin argue will lead to a perfect life? Analysis- Assess the characteristics of human habit and temptation and conclude definitively why Franklin failed at his experiment and the necessary conditions under which any human could succeed. Evaluate/Synthesize- Create your own personal rules and daily schedule that would lead one to perfection. How would Franklin have viewed your ideas? Use details from the text that give insight to his personality to support your answer.

9 Closing Lets create rules to live by in order to be happy. Also, create a daily schedule that would lead to a perfect productive day.

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