HONORS AMERICAN LIT
Discussion of Pilgrims' historical context. Read Build Background (81) and biographical sketch of William Bradford (90).
Assigned homework: reading the excerpt from Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" with a response journal of at least three entries.
Reviewed how to organize a compare and contrast essay.
Students continued drafting an essay comparing how Columbus and the authors of"La Relacion" (73--76) The Travels of Marco Polo (77) seem to have felt about the natives of the countries they visited, supported by evidence from the text.
DUE DATES
FRIDAY, September 30: First Encounters vocabulary quiz.
TUESDAY, October 4: Share essays with writing groups for peer revision conferences.
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