MONDAY
October 5, 2015
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FOCUS: The student will be introduced to modern American drama.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Bio-notes on Arthur Miller
2) Complete Anticipation Guide for The Crucible.
3) Assign roles for the dramatic reading of the play.
Click below to view a character list for Act I
HOMEWORK:
1) Unit 3 Vocabulary flash cards and picture notes are due tomorrow.
2) Test on Puritan Literature will be on Thurs., 10/ 8.
3) Unit 3 Vocabulary Test will be on Tues., 10/13
TUESDAY
October 6, 2015
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FOCUS: The students will read to determine central ideas in a text.
ACTIVITIES:
1) The Writing Process for Argumentative Paragraphs-Review and Feedback
2) Mini-Lesson: Using signal phrases in paragraphs.
3) Close Reader Short Response: Write a paragraph (see page 10, green section).
HOMEWORK:
1) Begin preparing for the Puritan test by re-reading the Puritan woks below.
2) Test on Puritan Literature will be on Thurs., 10/ 8.
WEDNESDAY
October 7, 2015
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FOCUS: The students will read to determine central ideas in a text.
ACTIVITIES:
1) Check h.w.: Unit 3 Vocabulary flash cards and picture notes.
2) Review for Test on Puritan Literature
3) Read aloud: Background Overture pages 8-14 and then begin Act I of The Crucible.
HOMEWORK:
1) Study for the test on Puritan Literature tomorrow.
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FRIDAY
October 2, 2015
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PEP RALLY DAY
FOCUS:
The students will be be able to
Power Points and Guided Reading Notes
Weekly Agenda
Grammar & Composition
WELCOME
MS. KOLLWITZ' CLASS PAGE
ENGLISH III AMERICAN LITERATURE
Quarter 1, 2015
**Scroll down for
Weekly Agenda**
PURITANISM
Spanning the earliest years of American society, the ideology of the Puritans was that of strict religious devotion, beliefs and doctorines.
THURSDAY
October 8, 2015
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FOCUS: The students will be assessed on the central ideas and literary elements of Puritan Literature.
ACTIVITIES:
1)Test on Puritan Literature
HOMEWORK:
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Puritan author William Bradford
This video clip introduces readers to the legends, myths and beliefs of one of the most misunderstood people who settled our nation,
the Puritans.
from
1600-1700
KEY TERMS:
"original sin"
plain style
Biblical allusion
the "elect"
providence
predestination
The Great Awakening
View the Power Point above and use it to study for the test on Puritan Literature.
CHARACTERISTICS and TYPES OF PURITAN LITERATURE
* uses a plain style of writing
* narratives, diaries, histories and sermons
* Their writing demonstrated God's purpose
in their everyday lives.
* The Bible was a model for Puritan writing.
"Clapped in the Stocks"
A common punishment for committing a sin was public humiliation.
In Rowlandson's A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson she connects her suffering and experiences with those in the Bible. She presents a terrifying tale of frontier life and insight on how the Puritans saw God's purpose in everyday life events.
Known as the father of the Great Awakening, Reverend Jonathan Edwards, delivered his most famous sermon in 1741. Edwards uses figures of speech to persuade "natural men" to become "born again" Christians.
John Smith
(1580-1631)
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