Unit Description: This unit focuses on responding to the primary genre of the colonial period of American Literature to discover how the literature relates

                           to the historical context of the time.

 

                           

                          
Objectives:       To interpret and analyze the literature of the colonial period

                         To analyze the influences of historical context

                         To explore the key idea of slavery

                         To enhance vocabulary skills                   
                         

                    

              
Guiding Questions:  Do students understand what life was like in  16th century North America?

                               Can students identify the primary characteristics of the colonial period and explain how they are reflected

                                 in the literature of the age?

                                  

                                          

                        

  Activities:         1.  Ongoing Vocabulary Study
                         2.  Read An Excerpt from the Journal of a slave

                         3.  Journal Writing - Analyzing the Journey Theme

 

MONDAY - 10/13/08

 1.  Daily Edit Prepositions

 2.  Unit 2 Review 

   

TUESDAY - 10/14/08

1.   Daily Edit

2.   Olaudah Equiano-p. 80

       -Targeted Passages

      Homework:  Vocabulary Practice Worksheet

 

WEDNESDAY - 10/15/08

1.   Daily Edit

2.  The Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano 

          -Targeted Passages

 

 THURSDAY - 10/16/08
1.  Daily Edit

2. The Narrative of the Life of Oludah Equiano

3.  Targeted Passages

   

   

 FRIDAY - 10/17/08