Block:
ALL
1AB
Day/Date: Tuesday, 9-8-15 (A)
2A
3A
5AB
Due to the irregularity of class times as a result of class pictures, AUP and computer lab times, the pep rally, and the junior class ring
assembly, the class activities detailed below occurred at varied times for various blocks. Please check the Class Activities box VERY
CAREFULLY to make sure you are looking at your block’s activities.
Was there any work due today that had been assigned previously?
No
Yes
If yes, what was it? See Class Activities box below
Overall Unit Title: Native Americans and Puritans
Specific Topic: Historical Context
Learning Goal: Students will develop an understanding of Native American oral tradition and Puritan literary tradition and the
historical and cultural context in which these two periods existed.
Was there an Opener today?
No
Yes
If yes, copy and then answer the following question on your Opener/Closer sheet: N/A
Class Activity Details If you see a poem, story, excerpt, etc. listed in the activities below, and you do not have a
Block textbook for whatever reason, ALWAYS do a search on the internet to see if it appears there. Almost everything we study in
this class appears somewhere on the internet.
1AB
2A
3A
5AB
Those students who had completed the Seneca Chief Red Jacket questions discussed them with each other and Ms. S.
and had the opportunity to modify any answers they felt needed more information. These questions were then turned in.
The class began taking notes on Puritans Historical Context. We will finish Wednesday.
Students were supposed to have read and listened to the Seneca Chief Red Jacket 1805 Speech over the weekend.
10 questions dealing with the above speech were assigned, and they are due next class meeting. (These questions are on
the back of a sheet that had already been handed out. It has “Amusements” and “Milky Way” on the other side.)
In class, we read “Amusements” and “How the Milky Way Came to Be”. The questions on the above sheet dealing with
these stories are due next class meeting.
The class began taking notes on Puritans Historical Context. We will finish Thursday.
Those students who had completed the Seneca Chief Red Jacket questions discussed them with each other and Ms. S.
and had the opportunity to modify any answers they felt needed more information. These questions were then turned in.
Students were given their 2 Rhetorical Strategies/Logical Fallacies/Literary Devices handout and updated it. See Ms.
Solomon in tutorials for this information.
The class began taking notes on Puritans Historical Context. We will finish Thursday.
Mr. Smith’s transfers were:
 caught up on the Opener. (They did the Closer last class.)
 assigned the questions on “Amusements”. Due 9-9-15.
 given the answer to question #1 on “How the Milky Way Came to Be”. This is the only one required.
All students were assigned the questions to “Amusements” if you had not already completed them.
Those students who had completed the Seneca Chief Red Jacket questions discussed them with each other and Ms. S.
and had the opportunity to modify any answers they felt needed more information. These questions were then turned in
by students who were finished with both sides of the sheet.
The class began taking notes on Puritans Historical Context. We will finish Wednesday.
If you were absent on this day, tutorials are necessary / recommended / unnecessary
for any of the above class activities.
Is there any material waiting for me in the Handouts/Notes folder?
No Yes
Was there a Closer today?
No
Yes (Only for students in 5AB who transferred in from Mr. Smith.)
If yes, copy and then answer the following question on your Opener/Closer sheet: Was it “right”
for the Puritans to try to convert the Native Americans to Christianity? Support your response with explanation.
Were there any assessments assigned/deadlines established today?
If yes, refer to the information in the Class Activities box above.
No
Yes