Assignment: Eng11 Adv and Reg: Begin The Crucible Date:Tue, Sep 30, 2008
AdvancedEnglish 11Review makeup policy and procedure:
Discuss proofreading: Handout. Be sure the Rowlandson essay is carefully proofread. The due date has been changed to Thursday due to a conflict with the writing lab schedule. Wednesday you will have the period to finish the essay and be sure it is proofread. The essay should be completed before you go to bed Wednesday night.
In class: Begin reading The Crucible
As you read, fill out this worksheet.
Assignment: Eng11 Adv and Regular: Syllabus and Makeup Date:Mon, Sep 29, 2008
Cohort1. Review course syllabus, with emphasis on the “big ideas” in the course
2. Review basic sentence editing:
parallel structure
active/passive voice
comma splice, fused sentence, run-on sentence
sentence fragment
dangling modifier
Assignment: Eng11 Cohort: The Crucible, ACT III Date:Mon, Sep 29, 2008
CohortBegin reading ACT III
Here’s an example of a sheet I filled out: Worksheet filled out for The Crucible
Pick one of the essay topics below. Put three events that relate to your topic on your Story Analysis Worksheet. Then explain what significance each has.
Discuss the role that grudges and personal rivalries play in the witch trial hysteria.
How do the witch trials empower individuals who were previously powerless?
Compare the roles that Elizabeth Proctor and Abigail Williams play in The Crucible.
What is your perception of the girls’ allegations in the play? Do they really believe in witchcraft or are they fabricating the events?
What three characters are responsible for the trials and why?
Assignment: Eng11 Cohort: Put one journal entry on your Moodle blog Date:Fri, Sep 26, 2008
AdvancedEnglish 11Finish the test if you didn’t yesterday.
If you have finished the test, put one good paragraph (100 words or more) on your Moodle blog. You should pick your favorite journal entry and work on it online.
If you have finished both the test and the blog entry, you can read. If you don’t have a novel, you can read something in the literature anthology.
Assignment: Eng11 Adv and Regular: Work on Rowlandson Essay Date:Fri, Sep 26, 2008
AdvancedEnglish 11We will use time in class today to work on the essays.
Review 5 fatal errors of writing here: http://www.flatheadreservation.org/index.php/phs/printer/five_fatal_mistakes/
Be sure to check your finished essay against the writing rubric: http://www.flatheadreservation.org/images/phs/essays-rubric.pdfThe due date is Tuesday night before you go to bed. We may have little or no time to write in class next week, so try to get this finished this weekend.
Assignment: Eng11 all: Write draft of 500-word essay, Mary Rowlandson Date:Thu, Sep 25, 2008
AdvancedBegin essay over Mary Rowlandson.
You should come to class with a topic selected and a list of events/quotes that relate to that topic.
The final essay is due by midnight, Tuesday, September 30. It needs to be posted on your blog on Moodle, though the drafts can be written in Word.
Here is the rubric for essays, which gives my expectations: http://www.flatheadreservation.org/images/phs/essays-rubric.pdf
Assignment: Eng11Adv: Discuss Mary Rowlandson Date:Wed, Sep 24, 2008
English 11Discuss Mary Rowlandson
Each student bring one discussion question (with an answer).
Assignment: Eng11: Mary Rowlandson Date:Wed, Sep 24, 2008
Cohort1. Review absence and makeup policy
2. Discuss Mary Rowlandson
Assignment: Eng11 Cohort: The Crucible, Act 1 Date:Mon, Sep 22, 2008
AdvancedEnglish 11Continue reading The Crucible in class (Act 1)
Assignment: Eng11 Advanced and Regular: Begin Mary Rowlandson Date:Mon, Sep 22, 2008
English 11Read The Account of Mary Rowlandson (paperback) pages 58-86
Take careful notes, collecting quotes that relate to one of these topics:
- Her use of scriptures
- Her views of nature and the landscape
- Her attitude toward the Indians
You will need to write a 500-word essay about one of these topics.
The reading and notetaking phase needs to be finished before class on Wednesday.
Richard Slotkin in his book Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier 1600-1860 (Harper Perennial, 1996), claims captivity narratives as the first coherent mythic literature of America. Beginning with Mary Rowlandson’s immensely popular account of her life among American Indians (1682), hundreds of captivity narratives recounted stories of kidnapping by Indians. They remained a staple of popular literature into the nineteenth century. Captivity narratives became the stuff of folk tales and legends. In this genre are novels like James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans (1829) or films such as A Man Called Horse (1969).
While most associated with North America, other frontiers have generated their own captivity narratives. In Australia, for example, one of the most famous captivities followed a nineteenth-century shipwreck on the Queensland coast. A survivor, Mrs Eliza Fraser, lived for some time among Aborigines. She was popularly represented as a vulnerable victim of cruel savages. Her story later provided the inspiration for Patrick White’s novel A Fringe of Leaves (1976).
Assignment: NO SCHOOL PIR Day Date:Fri, Sep 19, 2008
AdvancedEnglish 11Tribal PIR Day
Assignment: Eng11 reg and adv: Test: Puritans Date:Thu, Sep 18, 2008
English 11Test over Bradford (In book, p.27), Winthrop (handout), Puritan Concepts (handout and class discussion)
A Model of Christian Charity (PDF)
Vocabulary
profane
haughty
execrations
reproval
consultation
sundry
relent
discourse
confederates
compriseConcepts
typology
covenant theology
the plain style
apocalypse
inner light
jeremiadHave significance chain for “On Plymouth Plantation” with you. Be ready to write a one-paragraph summary of Winthrop’s argument
Assignment: Eng11 Advanced: Read “A Modell of Christian Charity” Date:Wed, Sep 17, 2008
English 11Read “A Modell of Christian Charity” by John Winthrop
Assignment: Eng11 Winthrop’s “Model of Christian Charity” Date:Wed, Sep 17, 2008
Cohort1. Journal topic: Adventuresome Journey”: Tell something about a favorite trip you’ve taken, focusing on action: what happened?
2. Discuss covenant theology as it relates to “consent of the governed” and “divine right of kings”
3. Read John Winthrop’s “Model of Christian Charity”. Write a one-paragraph summary. A Model of Christian Charity (PDF)
Thursday: Big test: William Bradford, John Winthrop, and Puritan concepts.
Assignment: Eng11 Cohort: Crucible 2 Date:Wed, Sep 17, 2008
English 11Beginning on page 833. . .
Assignment: Eng11 Test: William Bradford Date:Tue, Sep 16, 2008
AdvancedJournal: What does the phrase “American Dream” mean to you?
Lecture: The Cornell note-taking system
Take test over William Bradford “On Plymouth Plantation”
In class: read “A Model of Christian Charity”
Glossary of Puritan terms
Assignment: Eng11 Advanced: Typology and Covenant Theology Date:Tue, Sep 16, 2008
CohortDiscuss: Typology and Covenant Theology
Glossary of Puritan Terms
Assignment: Eng11 Cohort: Crucible Date:Tue, Sep 16, 2008
English 111. Journal: What does the phrase “American Dream” mean to you?
2. Reading in class” The Crucible, p. 828
Assignment: Eng11: Test over Puritans Date:Mon, Sep 15, 2008
AdvancedRe-test over “Desperate Crossing” Password:2008
Prepare for test over William Bradford’s “On Plymouth Plantation”
For tomorrow, complete significance chain for “On Plymouth Plantation” page 2y7These vocabulary words will be on the test:
profane
haughty
execrations
reproved
consultation
sundry
relent
discourse
confederates
comprehendThese concepts will be tested:
The Plain Style
Covenant Theology and “consent of the governed”
Genesis Creation story and “all men are created equal”
Typology and metaphorical thinking
TypologyJames 1
William Bradford
Edward Winslow
William Brewster
Myles Standish
Wampanoags
Massassoit
Squanto
Assignment: Eng11Adv: Test over Chosen Date:Mon, Sep 15, 2008
English 11Test over The Chosen
Homework: Do ”significance chain” for “On Plymouth Plantation” page 27
Test tomorrow over “On Plymouth Plantation”
These vocabulary words will be on the test:
profane
haughty
execrations
reproved
consultation
sundry
relent
discourse
confederates
comprehendBefore the test, we will discuss any questions you have about the material:
The Plain Style
Covenant Theology
Creation story (equality)
Predestination
TypologyHistory Channel: Desperate Crossing: The Untold Story of the Mayflower
Assignment: Eng11: Discuss On Plymouth Plantation Date:Fri, Sep 12, 2008
CohortQuiz over “Desperate Crossing” (Password today:"1620"
Pages 27-35
The Plain Style
Covenant Theology
Creation story (equality)
Predestination
Typology
Assignment: Eng11Cohort: Discuss “On Plymouth Plantation” Date:Fri, Sep 12, 2008
AdvancedQuiz: Introduction to the Puritans Password (valid during 6th period: “mayflower"}
After the quiz, begin reading “On Plymouth Plantation”
Pages 27-35
The Plain Style
Covenant Theology
Creation story (equality)
Predestination
Typology
Assignment: Eng11Adv: Quiz over Desperate Crossing Date:Thu, Sep 11, 2008
CohortQuiz over “Desperate Crossing” (password during 6th period: “turkey")
Read “On Plymouth Plantation” page 27-35
Assignment: Eng11Cohort: Finish Desperate Crossing Date:Thu, Sep 11, 2008
AdvancedFinish “Desperate Crossing”
Hand out textbooksBegin reading “On Plymouth Plantation” on page 27
Assignment: AdvEng11: Finish Desperate Crossing Date:Thu, Sep 11, 2008
Finish Desperate Crossing.
Be able to discuss the way the two groups (Pilgrams and Wampanoags) each think they may benefit from the other.
Be able to discuss the importance of the Mayflower Compact, using these terms: “divine right of kings,” “covenant theology,” and “consent of the governed.”Hand out literature anthologies.