Week 10 2012-13 American Lit

Week 10 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: Why were the colonists dissatisfied with their British rulers? How did the freedom movement affect the rights of women, slaves, and Native Americans? Was religion an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers? Was science an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers?	CAA Revised Demonization Essays due. Scarlet Letter Essay Exam. Remember Back Up Your Claims with Evidence from the Text.	Review key terms and vocabulary: Symbol- an object or event that represents something other than itself Logical Appeals Logical fallacies Based upon Benjamin Franklin’s Description Write a characterization of General Braddock.
Tuesday Objectives/Goals Explore themes of joining together on cooperation and peace To identify and understand concrete symbols that stand for abstract ideas To identify elements of leadership and control To understand the phrases used in sentences	Close Reading of An American Crisis by Thomas Paine pp. 170-171 Note the use of Alliteration-the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words.  Used to reinforce meaning, create musical effect, and unify thought. Take Cornell Notes	Read Patrick Henry Speech in the Virginia Convention pp. 172-174 Take Cornell Notes and  Answer questions 1-7 in complete sentences on pp.175 and do Vocabulary pp. 176
Wednesday To understand early British and colonial conflicts which contributed to the colonies Spirit of Independence To identify examples of Characterization using STEAL To learn that words change their meaning across time To recognize a writer’s use of vivid verbs and verb phrases	PSAT	Read The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson Take Cornell Notes Pay careful attention to vocabulary words Unalienable-permanent; non-transferable Transient- passing soon; fleeting Usurpation-the seizing and holding of places or powers by force or without right Constrain-force; compel Harass-trouble by repeated attacks Abdicate-formally give up or relinquish Perfidy-being false to a trust; base treachery Barbarous Magnanimity-nobility of soul or mind Consanguinity-relationship by descent from the same parent or ancestor
Thursday Vocabulary Formidable Disciplined Precipitation Prowess Plunder Impious Dominion Solace Insidious Entreaty Remonstrate Prostrate	Close Reading Declaration of Independence Begin to Memorize Preamble Pay attention to Word choice ( diction), Tone, and the use of parallel structure.	Do Parallel Construction Handouts Study for Vocabulary Exam On words from Franklin, Pain, Henry, and Jefferson Continue to Memorize Preamble
Friday	Vocabulary Exam (20 minutes) Outline Essay:  Discuss your vision or your family’s vision of the American dream. Compare it to the concepts/ideas in the Declaration of Independence.	Draft 5-paragraph Essay Submit to turnitin.com by 5 PM Sunday. Memorize the Preamble of The Declaration of Independence: “ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”