Monday November 1

Northeast Indian Village, as was encountered by the Puritans.

Due in class today: short responses to The Dividing Line by Byrd.

Quiz Thursday on the list of words given out last week by Ms. Kazer in preparation for the Franklin's Gout. Here is the list, if you have misplaced yours. I'll also have additional copies in class. The quiz will simply be a matching.


SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON NOVEMBER 5...

Vocabulary:
indolence: (noun) laziness, sloth, lack of activity
reproach: (verb) blame, discredit, disgrace
glutton: (noun) a person with a remarkably great desire or capacity for something
tippler: (noun) one who engages in excessive drinking
complaisant: (adj) exhibiting a desire or willingness to please
sedentary: (adj) doing much sitting, not physically active
replete: (adj) filled, abounding, abundantly supplied
stagnant: (adj) not flowing or running, lack of development or advancement
dissipate: (verb) to drive away, to disperse
abate: (verb) reduce in degree or intensity, nullify
commodious: (adj) spacey and convenient, roomy
attenuated: (verb) to make thinner
ruddy: (adj) a healthy reddish color
concomitant: (adj) occurring or existing concurrently
insuperable: (adj) incapable of being surmounted, overcome or solved
sage: (adj) wise through reflection and experience
palsy: (noun) paralysis of a body part, uncontrollable muscle movement
dropsy: (noun) the swelling of soft tissue
apoplexy: (noun) sudden impairment of neurological function, stroke
dolefully: (adv) full of grief, sorrowfully, with sadness
temperately: (adv) moderately

The following is a list of missing work:
cumulative vocabulary test: Lee
Origin of evil tale: Peri, Lee, Leon, Roberto, Manny
Vocabulary 4: Lee
Walum Olum responses: Shanelle, Lee, Melissa, Emil, Leon, Roberto, Manny

Final Assessment on Colonial Literature due Wednesday, November 3. See the following. Handout in class.

This weekend’s assignment was to have read the excerpts from William Boyd's The History of the Dividing Line. Choosing from this work, Smith's General History of Virginia, Jonathan Edwards’ Sinners at the Angry Hands of God and Bradstreet’s poem, you should have an understanding of the English view towards the indigenous peoples. Now you will demonstrate your understanding of the cultural and philosophical conflict that existed between these two groups. How will this be accomplished? Based upon all the readings dating prior to 1750, create a dialogue between one of the European groups (Plymouth, Jamestown, Boyd's, Bradstreet’s) and the Indians. Be especially careful with the Indians, as those of the eastern woodlands lived very differently than those further west. Stick with only two characters. Who wants what from whom? What attitudes are being professed? And how will you convince or compromise to obtain a particular objective. Your dialogue must accurately reflect their attitudes and belief systems. Remember these are different, depending upon the area of the Atlantic seaboard. Please do not make these anachronistic, that means they must be accurate for the 17th century, so draw on your outside historical knowledge and check your facts. You may extract from individual texts for your dialogue. Your dialogues should be complete scenes with a solid conclusion. These are due on Wednesday. I’ll make some copies, so they can be performed on Thursday.
Length: 2 /3 typed pages. See model below for formatting.
MLA heading

Setting: where, when, time of day?
Character 1: (who, physical description, doing / thinking what?

Character 2: same as above.

Note that this single spaced for each character’s lines, but double spaced between the individual character’s lines.