1. Hello and Welcome!!
BELL WORK:
In your spiral notebooks, write down
The date
The objective
You are a Puritan reading William Bradford’s account of life for the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
What do you think about the first Pilgrims?
What do you think about their values?
How are you, as a Puritan, able to connect with Bradford’s writing?

2. Bradford’s Style Write these down in your notes!
Bradford wrote in plain style.
Bradford wrote using examples of God in the lives of the Pilgrims
Bradford highlighted Puritan values

3. Exit Ticket Who was Bradford’s intended audience?
How did his writing style show that he was writing for that audience?
What was Bradford trying to inform his audience about? What was he trying to persuade them of?
What were two of the Puritan values that Bradford wrote about? Cite (direct quote) examples of these from the text.