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The document outlines tasks and lessons for a literature class, including setting up a notebook with different sections, annotating a story about early Native American literature to understand environmental and cultural elements, reading and annotating the creation story "The World on the Turtle's Back" to analyze its purpose and messages, and working in stations to learn about Puritan beliefs and analyzing character connections in The Crucible.

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Happy National Book Lovers Day!

The document outlines tasks and lessons for a literature class, including setting up a notebook with different sections, annotating a story about early Native American literature to understand environmental and cultural elements, reading and annotating the creation story "The World on the Turtle's Back" to analyze its purpose and messages, and working in stations to learn about Puritan beliefs and analyzing character connections in The Crucible.

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Monday, August 9, 2021

Happy National Book Lovers Day!


Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Happy National Lazy Day!
Monday/Tuesday (Week 2)

Task Standard The “Why”


Notebook Set Up This will help you establish your goals for
We will divide the notebook using the tabs. this semester and this year so that you
The sections are as follows: Rhetorical can remain focused on your success.
Analysis, Synthesis, Argumentative,
Vocabulary, Texts

Early Native American Literature This will help you understand the early
Annotate with an eye toward environment, elements of Native American Literature.
values, and traditions. We will analyze and
move on.

Puritan Background and Characters in Though The Crucible was written


The Crucible hundreds of years later, it draws on
Understanding Puritan beliefs will help elements of Puritan belief and culture.
with an understanding of The Crucible. You need to understand those.
Task 1: Supplies and Notebook Setup
2nd AP Lang Block: Supplies Notebook Setup
● 1 ½” or 2” Binder Tab 1: Rhetorical Analysis
● 5 tabbed dividers Tab 2: Synthesis
● Blue or Black Ink Pen Tab 3: Argumentative
● Pencil Tab 4: Vocabulary
● USB Drive (to save your work) Tab 5: Texts
● Recommended (but not required):
○ Personal Highlighters
○ Personal Colored Pencils
○ Roll of Tape
Characteristics of Native American Literature Application
Oral Tradition Which characteristics does the story
contain? Make specific notes here.
❏ Used in ceremonial situations
❏ Participatory
❏ Powerful / unifying
❏ Relied upon Repetition
❏ Aided in memorization
❏ Provided narrative cohesion

Creation/Origin Myths include...


❏ Used to explain how the world/universe was created
❏ Used to explain the origin of man (sometimes man had animal characteristics /
sometimes non-gender but usually female --e.g. Mother Earth)
❏ Similar to the account in the Christian Bible
❏ Similar from tribe to tribe
❏ Contained what the tribe generally believed were the relationships between man and
nature
❏ Contained origins of tribal customs/structures
❏ Includes a creator and a medium for creation (e.g. clay, fluids, supernatural power)
❏ Trickster sometimes as a negative force and sometimes as a hero
❏ First man and woman whose jobs are to create offspring and plants/animals
❏ Flood hero who saves mankind from great waters and begins again

The Trickster
❏ Cross cultural boundaries to both break rules and show how important rules are
❏ Creator in his/her own right
❏ Tales include present of traditional elements: buffalo, coyote, spider, salmon, corn, clay,
holy mountain, vast sea, weather, storm, spirits, etc.
Before English colonists arrived
with their biblical narrative on
American soil in the 1600s, Native
Americans already had a
collection of stories formed from
their traditions and cultures.
Among these stories included
those about the creation of the
world.
Task 2: “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
Use the turtle handout to take notes on the story as you read/listen.

Reminder - Focus on these elements when you annotate.


❏ Environment - Based on the physical area and characteristics mentioned in the
story, how do you believe the land where the Iroquois lived looked?
❏ Values - What was important to the Iroquois based on what is discussed? For
example, why might the story include twins? What does this do for the
universe?
❏ Traditions - Do any elements included seem to relate to traditions or traditional
symbols that the Iroquois might have deemed important?
❏ You can also notice other areas that are on the checklist if you have time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STGuDndtuKI
Task 2: “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
1. Access the Padlet. (Green: https://tinyurl.com/3mjwkvk5 /
Gold: https://tinyurl.com/s82k7kpt)
2. With your partner (or on your own if you’re having a “no-people” day), fill each
category with some observation. Try to hit points from the beginning, middle,
and end of the story.
3. When you finish, respond to the following on your handout:
Creation stories often serve many purposes. According to Larry Evers and Paul
Pavich, scholars of Native American literature, such stories “remind the people
of who and what they are, why they are in this particular place, and how
they should continue to live here.” Do you think that “The World on the
Turtle’s Back” fulfills these functions? Explain, citing evidence from the text to
support your interpretation.
Written Response
Creation stories often serve many purposes. According to Larry Evers and Paul
Pavich, scholars of Native American literature, such stories “remind the people of
who and what they are, why they are in this particular place, and how they
should continue to live here.” Do you think that “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
fulfills these functions? Explain, citing evidence from the text to support your
interpretation.
Task 3: Puritan Stations and H omework
1 .Spend about ten minutes at each “station,” and put your thoughtful responses on
your handout. Turn this in when you finish.

2. When you finish, you may work on your homework for our next class. Before class
starts during our next meeting, complete the following:
a. Review the PowerPoint Presentation about Puritan life/literature.
b. Complete at least five connections between characters on the handout as
revealed by Act 1. Write out the connection/conflict. Including a page number
from your text might help you.
Task 1: One Word (10 minutes)
1. Think about the year ahead and how you would like to see it unfold. What do
you dream that it will look like? What do you hope to see and/or achieve? What
person or people would you like to spend time with? What would you like to
accomplish in this year?
2. Now think of one word that will help you remember it all, a word that somehow
reminds you of the direction you want to go, the attitude you want to have, and
the person that you want to be. Then do the following:
a. Write your word across your paper, BIG AND BOLD. Be creative.
b. ABOVE your word, add ONE QUOTE that represents this idea for you.
Give credit to the speaker.
c. ABOVE your word (again), add ideas about what this year will look like.
These could be words, statements, sketches, to-do lists, etc. These need
to be positive.
d. BELOW your word, show what your life will look after a year shaped by
this word. Again, you may use words, art, etc.
e. Be creative. Add color.
Task 1: One Word Example

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