Before Bell
• Remember to sit in your NEW
SEAT!
• Completing the Sentence 1-10

Warm Up:Review Pudd’nhead
Wilson
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Who are the main characters?
2.
What motivates each of them?
3.
What are some significant plot points in the first seven chapters?

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Ch. 8-13 quiz next Tuesday!

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Scavenger hunt!
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With a partner, make your way through this literary movement filling in your notes. You have
15 minutes!

The CIVIL WAR1861 to 1865
• A Clash of Armies and
Ideas
▫ What did it really mean to be an
AMERICAN?
• North- Economy based on
Trade/Industry
• South- Economy based on agriculture (cotton, tobacco)
• Slavery helps to divide the nation

There were over 618,000
Military deaths during
The Civil War.

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Leaders:
• Abraham Lincoln:
“A House divided against itself cannot stand” -- A. Lincoln
•Little political experience (served 1 term in the House of
Representatives)
•Strong reputation for honesty, temperance, jokes and storytelling

Battle of Gettysburg
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The Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
• After the Battle of Gettysburg,
President Lincoln went to the battlefield to dedicate a cemetery in honor of all those who had died.
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Lincoln spoke for two minutes, but his speech became very famous.

Lincoln
• Today, we will read The Gettysburg Address by
Abraham Lincoln.
• Please turn to p. 584 of your books!
▫ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndmcgAsA1aI
▫ Why do you think the Gettysburg address was so short? Do you think it was more impactful this way?

Literary Analysis of The Gettysburg
Address
On a piece of paper, identify examples for each of the following:
Parallelism Antithesis

Closure :The Gettysburg Address modern day connection!
• Remember the Titans

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Pick up worksheet from front!
⬜ Remember Vocab 4 quiz is Friday!

Warm Up: Vocab Unit 4
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Choose 4 of the words in the book to create a sentence with each and draw example of:
Word
Sentence
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Sentence
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Sentence
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Sentence
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What were Lincoln's views on the Civil War?
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What did he believe about slavery?
What figurative language helped to push forward his views?
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Historically what happened to Lincoln after the war?
https://youtu.be/e_gWsWcs3Qc?t=5m4
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◻ The Emancipation Proclamation
◻ Emancipation Proclamation ("All About That
Bass" Parody) - @MrBettsClass

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Let's work through SOAPSTONE/analysis of this
⬜ Figurative language
⬜ Structure
⬜ Diction Choices
⬜ Tone

Using the 1909 praise poem to Lincoln, analyze figurative language, diction, tone and theme!
1.How is Lincoln characterized in this poem?
2.Why do you think 100 years later a praise poem was created?

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Create your own emancipation proclamation must be same length as Lincoln's (declare your freedom from someone or something)
■ For score and seven years ago I wanted a life without diet coke
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Utilize the same diction and structure of your emancipation
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Stuck?!? Choose a social issue of today and write about how to create peace or end that issue