Assignment: Eng11: Thomas Paine Date:Wed, Oct 28, 2009
Eng11Objectives:
1. Analyze the author’s style
2. Recognize modes of persuasion
3. Understand and use new wordsGo over vocabulary for Paine and Henry
Read pages 106-112, taking notes
Assignment: Eng11: Thomas Paine Date:Tue, Oct 27, 2009
Eng11Objectives:
1. Analyze the author’s style
2. Recognize modes of persuasion
3. Understand and use new wordsPrompt
Read pages 106-112
Assignment: Eng11: Patrick Henry Date:Mon, Oct 26, 2009
Objectives:
1. Analyze persuasive techniques
2. Recognize modes of persuasionRead “Speech to the Virginia Convention” p. 100-104
There will be a test tomorrow, including vocabulary. You may use your notes (though not on the vocabulary section).
Extra Credit: By Wednesday, memorize the first sentence of the second paragraph 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 inalienable 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.