2/2/2015
Warm Up: Common Usage Problems
Essential Question: What is Puritanism?
Today’s Agenda:
 ACT Vocabulary Unit 1
 Define Group 1 Literary Terms
 Puritanism Introduction and Notes
Tomorrow’s Agenda:
 Anne Bradstreet
 Phyllis Wheatley
NOTE: Please bring a 3-ring Binder to class tomorrow
WARM UP – COMMON USAGE PROBLEMS
1.
When are they going to ____ the flag? (rise, raise)
2.
I was _____ disappointed in the result, (kind of, somewhat)
3.
Let’s go ____ the lobby to wait for them. (in, into)
4.
A few fans ___ in the bleachers in spite of the rain. (sat, set)
5.
This short cut seems ____ than the regular way. (further, farther)
6.
____ the chips fall where they may. (leave, let)
7.
The player _____ pinch hit for the pitcher struck out. (that, which)
8.
The hikers still had a long _____ to go before nightfall. (way, ways)
9.
The ____ of the new drug are not fully known. (affects, effects)
10. The prisoner returned to jail that night _____ he said he would (as, like)
Approbation
Assuage
Coalition
Decadence
Elicit
Expostulate
Approval or an official sanction; a favorable opinion about something/one
To relieve something unpleasant, distressing, or painful
A political alliance; a temporary union between two or more groups/parties
The process of a civilization’s decline, especially in its morals; immorality; a state of uninhibited immoral
self-indulgence
To provoke a reaction; to draw out something hidden
Hackneyed
Hiatus
Innuendo
To express disagreement or disapproval, especially when attempting to dissuade someone from doing
something
Ordinary and unimaginative; made commonplace by overuse
An unexpected gap or break in something that should be continuous
The hint of something improper; an indirect remark or gesture that carries a suggestion of impropriety
Intercede
To plead for someone with a person of authority; to speak for someone else; to mediate in a dispute
Jaded
No longer interested in something, often because of having been overexposed to it; overworked
Lurid
Horrifying or shocking with graphic details of horror, devastation, and violence; glowing unnaturally
Meritorious
Petulant
Prerogative
Deserving honor and recognition
Sulky; ill-tempered
Privilege restricted to people of rank or a certain position; an individual right or privilege
Provincial
Simulate
Transcend
Unsophisticated and narrow-minded; simple and plain
To reproduce the features of something; to fake something; to mimic
To go beyond a limit or range of thought or belief; to surpass in quality or achievement; to exist above and
apart from the material world
An offense; resentment or annoyance arising from some offense; giver or shade,
Excessively attempting to charm or convince someone in unpleasantly suave, smug, or smooth way; soft and
rich in texture and easily workable
Umbrage
Unctuous
2/3/2015
Please have a seat and prepare for today’s class. You will need to
have paper and something to write with. Please make sure your phone
is on silent and is put away.
Warm-Up: Comma Usage
Today’s Agenda:
 Notebook Set Up
 Women in Puritan Writing
Essential Question: How did the Puritans view women?
Preview: Puritan Literature
REMINDER: Please bring 20 index cards tomorrow
WARM UP – COMMAS
PLACE COMMAS WHERE APPROPRIATE – YOU DO NOT NEED
TO COMPLETELY REWRITE THE SENTENCE, JUST WRITE THE
WORDS ON EACH SIDE OF THE COMMA
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
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12.
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15.
Mary Grace lives in a dark wooded area.
The crash awoke Father and he jumped out of bed.
Buy tomatoes cucumbers scallions and lettuce.
An exhausted discouraged team limped into the locker room.
Betty must have reached home safely or she would have phoned.
I found many old stamps in Grandfather’s collection.
The rain has stopped but it is still very humid.
An angry determined speaker addressed the mayor.
Frank planned to read his speech but he lost his notes.
I prepared a salad cooked a roast and baked some cookies.
Her room unfortunately is right over the garage.
Mrs. Eriksen will you explain that answer again?
Our vacation is near the end of July not in August.
Although she is excellent at ballet she prefers modern dance.
His refusal I am certain can easily be explained.
PHILLIS WHEATLEY
Born in Senegal about 1753, poet Phillis Wheatley was brought to Boston, Massachusetts, on a slave ship in 1761, and was
purchased by John Wheatley as a personal servant to his wife. The Wheatleys educated Phillis, and she soon mastered Latin
and Greek, and began writing poetry. She published her first poem at age 12, and her first volume of poetry, Poems on
Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, in 1773. She died in Boston in 1784.
A pioneering African-American poet, Phillis Wheatley was born in Senegal around 1753. At the age of 8, she was
kidnapped and brought to Boston on a slave ship. Upon her arrival, John Wheatley purchased the young girl as a servant
for his wife, Susanna.
Under the family's direction, Wheatley (who, as was the custom at the time, adopted her master's last name) was taken
under Susanna's wing. While Wheatley suffered from poor health, her quick intelligence was hard to miss, and as a result,
Susanna did not train her to be her servant.
Instead, Wheatley received lessons in theology, English, Latin and Greek. Ancient history was soon folded into the teachings,
as were lessons in mythology and literature. Additionally, Wheatley, while still a slave, enjoyed limited restrictions on her
life and became a part of the family. At a time when African Americans were discouraged and intimidated from learning
how to read and write, Wheatley's life was an anomaly.
Wheatley wrote her first published poem at age 12. The work, a story about two men who nearly drown at sea, was
printed in the Newport Mercury. Other published poems followed, with several also being published, further increasing
Wheatley's fame.
In 1773, Wheatley gained considerable stature when her first and only book of poems, Poems on Various Subjects,
Religious and Moral, was published. Susanna Wheatley helped finance its publication. As proof of her authorship, the
volume included a preface in which 17 Boston men claimed that she had indeed written the poems in it.
Poems on Various Subjects is a landmark achievement in American history. In publishing it, Wheatley became the first
African American and first U.S. slave to publish a book of poems, as well as the third American woman to do so.
After her return to Boston, Wheatley's life changed significantly. While ultimately freed from slavery, she was devastated
by the deaths of several Wheatley family members, including Susanna (d. 1774) and John (d. 1778).
In 1778, Wheatley married a free African American from Boston, John Peters, with who she had three children, all of whom
died in infancy. Their marriage proved to be a struggle, with the couple battling constant poverty. Ultimately, Wheatley
was forced to find work as a maid in a boarding house.
QUESTIONS FROM PHILLIS WHEATLEY
1.
In what specific ways does Wheatley’s poem “A Hymn to
Humanity” meet the objectives of Puritan writing? (Cite specific
examples that coincide with the goals of Puritan writing)
2.
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem “A Hymn to Humanity” and
how does that rhythm reinforce the idea of a hymn or song?
3.
In what ways does Wheatley implore God to help mankind?
4.
In “On Imagination” to whom is the poem addressed?
5.
In what ways does “On Imagination” achieve the goals of Puritan
writing (specifics please)?
6.
What is the poet’s attitude toward nature in the poem “On
Imagination”?
2/4/2015
Warm Up:
 Writing Prompt 1 – You will turn this in so please have a separate sheet of paper
and something to write with.
Today’s Objectives:
 Puritans in American Literature – Hawthorne’s Attitudes
Essential Question: How are Puritan ideals revealed in literature?
Tomorrow’s Objectives: Puritans in Literature
NAME
DATE
ENGLISH III
WP1
WRITING PROMPT 1
Perseverance is a steady effort to maintain a course of action, purpose, or belief, often in spite of difficulty. Write 5
Paragraphs on the meaning of perseverance as it applies to personal success. Use the following information as well as
your personal experience to construct your response:
• The greatest glory in living lies not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. – Nelson Mandela
• Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will
take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. – Lance Armstrong
• I would go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack
showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it would split in two, and I knew it was not that blow that did it, but all that had
gone before. – Jacob A. Riis
• Do not think of today’s failures, but of the success that may come tomorrow. Remember no effort that we make to attain
something beautiful is ever lost. Sometime, somewhere, somehow we shall find that which we seek. – Hellen Keller
• It’s not that I’m so smart; it’s just that I stay with problems longer. – Albert Einstein
• If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. – Michael
Jordan
Reminders:
A Paragraph is ALWAYS at least 5-7 Complete Sentences
You will turn this in today
Focus on the meaning of perseverance as it applies to personal success
Pay attention to proper grammar, appropriate use of language, and proper punctuation.
Put your heading in the upper left hand corner of your paper
Please write legibly
Name
Date
English III
Puritanism
2/5/2015
Warm Up:
 Review Unit 1 ACT Words
 Make flash cards for ACT Unit 1
Essential Question: Is Puritanism still relevant in American Literature?
Today’s Agenda:
 Puritanism in American Literature
 Complete Puritanism Packet
Preview:
 Salem Witch Trials
 Notebook Quiz 1
2/6/2015
Warm Up:
 Complete Exercise 2 on page 81 of your Grammar book
 Please make sure you record your answers in your spiral notebook or composition
book
Essential Question: What were the Salem Witch Trials and why did
they happen?
Objectives:
 Notebook Quiz 1
 Complete Puritanism Packet – Page 7
 Notes on Salem Witch Trials
Preview:
 Begin Reading The Crucible
NOTEBOOK QUIZ 1
1.
What percentage of your overall grade is Major Assessments?
2.
When do you need to have your 3-ring binder in class?
3.
Please explain the 10/10 rule.
4.
What are the 5 classroom rules?
5.
Please explain the procedures for leaving the classroom to go to the
restroom.
6.
Please explain how your final grade for this class is computed – specifically
explain the weighted percentage for each grading period.
7.
What is the literary focus of this class?
8.
Please explain the cell phone/electronic devices policy for this classroom.
9.
What is the answer to the Essential Question from yesterday?
10.
Please explain the procedure for turning in work.