Monday, Feb. 29 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Questions on “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

**Lit Concept: Repetition for Emphasis (when words or images or ideas are repeated to make a point) –re-read (Sinners in the Hands…) and highlight (in a different color) for this

*Overall Questions:

*Provide an example of figurative language used in the sermon that illustrates God’s wrath (metaphor, simile)?

*Why haven’t we (the audience of the sermon) already been destroyed?

*How does Reverend Edwards express the Puritans’ belief in predestination and/or original sin?

*Bring these answers, the annotated text, and your paragraphs from Friday up to me to get checked when done

*Discuss annotations

*With partner, who is audience (specific, not just congregation), what is purpose, what is tone, what is mood (connotative words that show tone and mood), where are specifics that connect to Puritan notes/characteristics

*Intro to Crucible

*Salem Witch Trial notes, Red Scare basic info

*Read Historical note and pg 3-8

Paraphrase (give details in own words) in writing section your section of the intro Miller gives before the play begins

*1: Top of 3 –pg 4 “…more upon prayer.”

*2: pg 4 “Which is not…” – pg 5 “…homage to God.”

*3: pg 5 “For these reasons,…” – pg 6 “…their frustrations.”

*4 pg 6 “The Salem…” – pg 7 “…greater individual freedom.”

*5 pg 7 “When one rises…” – pg 8 “…general revenge.”

Friday, Feb. 26 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Finish Images and predict

*Take out/print Outline for essay

*“Cultural Encounters and Frontiers” Essay

*If you need more than the 45 minutes, mark where you were at the end of time and then finish your essay

*Remember, this is a test.  Check through for all of the objectives on the screen/on the essay prompt sheet.

*Read book while you wait for all to be done

*Review of Puritan Main Ideas

*Read and annotate “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

*Do this after finishing initial directions: Lit Concept: Repetition for Emphasis (when words or images or ideas are repeated to make a point) –re-read (Sinners in the Hands…) and highlight (in a different color) for this

*On the front stool: Anticipatory Set for Crucible. Rate following your own beliefs and ideas –write in WN your explanations (paragraphs due Monday)

*All annotations, highlights, circling, paragraphs, etc. due Monday

Thursday, Feb. 25 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: ACT Prep

*Outline Example

*Outline Creation

*Outline check (if you don’t have TEXTUAL EVIDENCE, you NEED IT!!! Not just summaries…)

*Analysis vs. Summary handout

*Example of Analysis done well

*Read choice book if you have a complete outline and are prepared for the essay tomorrow

*Next Topic: The Individual and Society

*Preview Discussion: What do you think this topic means? Any ideas of what could be covered from your expert era?

*“Sinners” Preview Images

Wednesday, Feb. 24 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: History vs. Fiction ‘discussion’

*Annotate peer’s writing (making comments and writing questions in the margins, connections, ect.) when you’ve read it all, write your opinion and why underneath it, as well as your initials/name

*Discuss with the person when you hand the paragraphs back what you feel is the message about ‘cultural encounters and frontiers’ that General History and Pocahontas show?

*Discussion of ACT stuff from yesterday

*ACT Writing Discussion: Three perspectives on/messages of Cultural Encounters shown by the texts we read

*Final Topic Essay (ACT essay format) Prep: Essay will be Friday

*Work time on planning essay

Tuesday, Feb. 23 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Disney’s Pocahontas –sections (while watching, notes)

*Think of these questions and be able to discuss them based on the notes you take while watching

*What is true to Smith’s account (General History)?

*What has been changed, added, modified to suit Disney’s purpose and audience?

*What Native American myth characteristics do you see and how?

*How do you think the relations of Pocahontas’ tribe feel about this version? Why?

*Discuss with partner what you answered for how the tribe feels? Then discuss: Is there a bias in the movie? What? How can you tell?

*Bias- A personal, sometimes unreasoned judgment; prejudice; bent

•Answer two of the History vs. Fiction prompts in writer’s notebook

Write at least a paragraph per question (hopefully more) explaining your thoughts and opinions on at least two of these as well as other related ideas:

1. Is it a good thing that children are learning a sanitized, changed version of history? Why? Explain your thoughts in detail.

2. Do you think that most of what American society knows about history comes from movies? Is this good or bad? Why? Explain your thoughts in detail.

3. According to Chief Roy Crazy Horse, of the Powhatan Nation, “It is unfortunate that this sad story, which Euro-Americans should find embarrassing, Disney makes "entertainment" and perpetuates a dishonest and self-serving myth at the expense of the Powhatan Nation.”  Analyze and evaluate this comment/feeling (break it apart, explain the sections, judge is it right or misguided or wrong, connect to direct evidence from notes)

*Time to read your book if you finish the prompts

*ACT Test Exploration

*Go to: http://www.actstudent.org/sampletest/

*Make a google document and put all of your group members’ names on the top. Make sure to write on the document which section is yours

*Start with the English part: look through your section and make a list of the types of questions being asked (what are things that the questions are asking you to know).

*Reading Section: What type of text is your section? What are the skills that you need to use to answer the questions? What would you say is the level of this text, why?

*Overall, what are some concerns that your group members have about the test in a week?

Monday, Feb. 22 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: ACT Prep

*Discuss John Smith’s General History of Virginia pg 94 Orange

*What changes do you think were made when Smith wrote it, why? (lists of details most likely true and those most likely altered) Is this a true witness account or fiction? Why?(reliable narrator) Why third person narration?

*Look at what he says about self as compared to what he says about others

*What was Smith’s purpose (or purposes) in writing General History… What details are included or possibly taken out that helped accomplish his purpose

*What does Smith’s account say about Pocahontas?

*Notes on Pocahontas

*Writer’s Notebook: At some point, you were Disney Animation Studio’s target audience.  Do you feel that at that point in your life, Disney effectively targeted you? Has their message affected the thoughts you have or had or what you ‘know’? Is Disney effective when it comes to getting their message to their target audience? How?

*Disney’s Pocahontas –sections (while watching, notes)

*Think of these questions and be able to discuss them based on the notes you take while watching

*What is true to Smith’s account (General History)?

*What has been changed, added, modified to suit Disney’s purpose and audience?

*What Native American myth characteristics do you see and how?

*How do you think the relations of Pocahontas’ tribe feel about this version? Why?

Thursday, Feb. 18 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Messages from de las Casas and Equiano

*Notes on Jamestown and John Smith

*General History of Virginia pg 94 Orange

*What changes do you think were made when Smith wrote it, why? (lists of details most likely true and those most likely altered) Is this a true witness account or fiction? Why?(reliable narrator) Why third person narration?

*Look at what he says about self as compared to what he says about others

*What was Smith’s purpose (or purposes) in writing General History… What details are included or possibly taken out that helped accomplish his purpose

*What does Smith’s account say about Pocahontas?

*In Writer’s Notebook: Is the media (TV, movies, books, internet, etc) responsible for accuracy?  Do they need to be 100% true accounts if they are using a true event for ‘inspiration’?  How accurate do shows/movies/books/sites need to be?  Support your opinions with details/logical arguments.

Wednesday, Feb. 17 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: Refresher on Olaudah Equiano (take out Nat. Am/Colonial notes)

* From The Interesting Narrative… pg 84 orange

*What is his purpose in writing? Who is his audience? Pick specific lines/sections that show purpose and audience.

*Question 8 on page 89

*Bring your answers up to me when done

*Discussion on topic “Frontiers and Cultural Encounters” and ties of Equiano and de las Casas to it: What message about Cultural Encounters and Frontiers do these two selections communicate? Details to show

*Homework: question 2 on the blog post “Cultural Encounters and Frontiers…” (previous post)

Cultural Encounters and Frontiers shown by De las Casas and Equiano

1. With your group you are going to talk about our large topic (Cultural Encounters and Frontiers) and how it can be tied to the two most recent readings we have done.  What MESSAGE ABOUT cultural encounters and frontiers do these two selections communicate? Not just that they show cultures encountering one another, but detail out a specific message about the encounters that they show.  Please use textual evidence in your argument.

Post your group's answer as a reply to this post and make sure all of your names are listed in the text of the reply.

Once your group has discussed the topic "Frontiers and Cultural Encounters" and tied these two authors to it (and written it with textual evidence as a reply to this post), work on your own to answer this question as a second reply to this post:

2. Do you think either of these (de las Casas’ and Equiano’s) accounts changed the audience? How? Why yes or no? If no, what could they have done to more affect their audience?

Aim for around a paragraph, making sure to answer all of the questions and connecting them to each author

Tuesday, February 16 Agenda

*Bell Ringer: ACT Writing Discussion/Assessing (what do you rate yourself in organization? Details to support highlighted in essay)

*Read your book when you finish

*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 three specific injustices of the Spanish 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). What insights or messages about cultural encounters or frontiers does this text show?

*Discussion on “Relation”