Thursday, September 24, 2015

Thursday, Sept. 24 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Prior Knowledge on European arrival to the Americas in Writer’s Notebook: What do you know of the arrival of Europeans to America? How were the native populations treated by the English? Write about and be ready to share any prior knowledge on this…
*Writer’s Workshop
*I will call individuals up to the desk.  Bring your highlighted copy from yesterday
*European’s Arrival: From The Very Brief Relation of the Devastation of the Indies pg 97 (read the background info and the text in the handout you are given) –Answer these ‘prompts’ below in class notes section, be prepared to discuss both the selection and the answers you come up with
*What are injustices of Spanish colonizers –relate to English colonizers
*Mood of “Relation” –what is it and list four details that support that mood (emotion in reader created by work) –direct quotes or specific ideas
*Who is his audience? What makes you say that?

*How does this fit into the topic of “Cultural Encounters and Frontiers”? In depth answer with textual evidence to support (at least one piece)
Answers to Relation due tomorrow, Myth due Monday

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