Monday, September 26, 2016

Monday, September 26

HONORS AMERICAN LIT
Silent reading.
COLLECTED weekly reading logs.

Discussed inferences we can  make from the log of Christopher Columbus (67--68) about Columbus's character and attitudes toward the inhabitants of the island where he landed in the New World.
Discussed how to use quotes as evidence in essay writing.

HOMEWORK: referring to the Post-its and thinking of our discussion of the Columbus text, write a paragraph, citing at least three quotes from the passage, supporting what we can infer about his attitude toward the native people he met. Due tomorrow!

Read introductory material to "La Relacion."
(We will be writing a Compare and Contrast essay relating "La Relacion," Columbus's log, and an excerpt from the Travels of Marco Polo.)



DUE DATES

TUESDAY September 27: HOMEWORK: referring to the Post-its and thinking of our discussion of the Columbus text, write a paragraph, citing at least three quotes from the passage, supporting what we can infer about his attitude toward the native people he met.

FRIDAY, September 30: First Encounters vocabulary quiz.

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