AE AmLit Per 2

Hi Everyone,

Below is the study guide for the Unit Test on Tuesday 9/4

You will have a multiple choice section and use a scantron for your answers, so be sure to bring a No.2 pencil. Also you will write a short essay, comparing John Smith and William Bradford.

Good luck and see you then.

 Meeting of Cultures  pp 14-27

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back” (Onondaga),

 “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” (Modoc),
from The Navajo Origin Legend (Navajo),
from The Iroquois Constitution

Narrative Accounts pp 70-85

“A Journey Through Texas” from The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca by Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca
from The General History of Virginia by John Smith
from Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford

Vocabulary pp 15 & 71

12th Grade Presidential Campaign

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Thanks, Ms. Webster

AE AmLit Per 2

Puritans

John Smith and William Bradford

Do Review and Assess questions 1 – 7 in textbook, p85 and answer the following questions;

1. Why did the Native Americans first treat the Pilgrims with disdain?

2. Like all pilgrims, Bradford had a providential view of occurrences. (He believed that God determined everything

that happened) Find two examples from the selection in which Bradford states his belief that God is directing the fate of the Pilgrims.

3. Look over the treaty agreement carefully.  Does it favor one group over another? Explain.

4. Contrast the Puritan’s treatment of each other through illness with the sailor’s treatment of each other.

5. How did the sailors react to the kindness and pity shown to them in their illness from the Puritans?  What does this act of kindness tell you about the Pilgrims?

Download Parent Letters

Please be sure to DOWNLOAD the PDF to your computer. Here are the instructions:
1. Click on the Parent Letter:
 12th Grade Modern Literature: Letter to Parents 
 11th Grade AE American Literature: Letter to Parents 
2. The PDF opens
3. The DOWNLOAD TAB is in the upper right-hand corner of the PDF Screen. (If you try to print the screen without downloading the file, you won't be able to print the formatted letter.)

Because it is important to be able to download documents from this site (see parent letters), please let me know by email, and I'll work to help you through the process.
m.webster@ecrchs.net

Also check out the Writing post where you can download templates for writing an expository essay---I will continue to post helpful guides for students ;-)

Writing

Essay Graphic Organizer
Analytic Essay Guidelines
Rubric for Analytic/Interpretive Essays
Tips for Timed Write Essays

Lit Terms
Instead of Said

Cornell Notes

Letters to Parents 2012

Dear Students and Parents,

Welcome to Ms. Webster's English Page, where I will post links to the documents students will find useful for class writing and reading assignments.

As part of the curriculum, students will be assigned readings and lecture notes to download from this blog. Students may print up to ten pages a week at no cost at the ECR library, and then a small fee for every page thereafter. Readings online are to be downloaded, printed, and written on prior to class discussion. If your downloaded material has sufficient notes demonstrative of having been read, you will usually be allowed to have it on your desk during reading checks. I post downloading schedules every Monday, so you should budget your printing time accordingly. School computer accounts are free to all ECR students. As such, they are mandatory for my class with no exceptions. Regarding downloading assignments and printing work, be aware that a pillar of my personal belief system holds that printers and the internet never stop working. There are always alternatives. If you can’t think of any, please ask, and we’ll brainstorm some together.

Please download, print, and students and parents sign the tearoff section and return to me by Thursday, 8/23

12th Grade Modern Literature: Letter to Parents

11th Grade AE American Literature: Letter to Parents