ENGLISH 11 HONORSSEPTEMBER 23 & 26, 2016

AGENDA - 9/26/2016

• Collect Anne Bradstreet Poetry Worksheet

• Journal/Vocab.com or IR

• Puritan Literature

• “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

• Vocabulary

• Questions & Tattoo Activity

• HOMEWORK: Finish Tattoo Activity. Vocab Chapters 13-15 Quiz on October 5 & 6 – All vocab words must be mastered by 10/3 & 10/4!

WRITING PROMPT –FIRSTS9/26/2016

• There are many firsts in our lives that we don’t remember, such as our first tooth, first step, first word, or first birthday. Firsts from later in childhood come easily to mind: a first pet, a first award, the first day of high school, a first kiss, a first summer at camp. Write about a special first that you remember clearly.

PURITAN LITERATURE – UNIT OBJECTIVES• Students will be able to understand the works produced in Puritan New

England and examine religious ideology as it pertains to early American texts. Students will also be able to understand the influence of Puritan sensibility on American culture and relationships between Puritanism and later movements in America.

• Essential Questions:

• What is the Puritan perspective?

• How has the Puritan perspective influenced American literature and thought?

• What is the legacy of the Puritan perspective in contemporary American society?

PURITAN LITERATUREEXPLORATION AND COLONIZATION OF THE NEW WORLD

PURITAN BELIEFS

• Human beings are inherently evil and so must struggle to overcome their sinful nature.• Personal salvation depends solely on the

grace of God, not on individual effort.• The Bible is the supreme authority on earth.

PURITAN THEMES

• Didactic Writings (intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive)/Instructional Sermons/Speeches

• Everything is based around religion• The individual has no power, society has power

PURITANS AND THE GREAT AWAKENING

KEY LITERARY DEVICES

IMAGERY

Language that appeals to the senses

Often involves figurative language

Tone

The writer’s attitude as revealed by diction

Diction – word choice

ALLUSION

Definition Example

indirect or brief

references to well-

known characters

or events

Describing someone as a

"Romeo" makes an

allusion to the famous

young lover in Romeo and

Juliet by William

Shakespeare.

JONATHAN EDWARDS

Directions:

As you listen to the sermon, make note of tone, diction, and

imagery used in the piece. After we listen to it, reread it on

your own and answer the questions provided.

“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

“SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD” BY JONATHAN EDWARDS

VOCABULARY

• Wrath (n.): fierce anger, or punishment resulting from such anger

• Appease (v.): to bring peace, quiet or calm to; soothe

• Loathsome (adj.): arousing great dislike

• Abhor (v.): to regard with disgust

• Abominable (adj.): thoroughly detestable

• Ascribe (v.): to attribute to a specified cause or source

• Incense (v.): to cause to be extremely angry

• Deliverance (n.): rescue from danger

• Mitigation (n.) lessening of something that causes suffering

• Inconceivable (adj.): not able to be understood or imagined

TATTOO TIME!

• Individually, work on Part 1. Answer the questions and fill out the table with six different images.

• Individually or in a group of no more than three, work on Part 2. Choose four images to work into a Puritan tattoo. (In groups, one person is responsible for the drawing, but other members help with ideas on what the tattoo should look like. Whoever does the drawing, put all the group members names at the bottom of the drawing. Other group members should put their group members names in the box provided and circle the group member whose packet contains the drawing.)