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American Lit Q1 Week Five Agenda

October 4-8, 2009

Honors American Literature (11th grade)


Week 5: Colonial Literature

Day 1 (90 mins) Day 2 (90 mins.) Day 3 (45 mins.)

Mon 10/4 & Tues 10/5 Wed 10/6 &Thurs 10/7 Fri 10/8

 Colonial Lit. background, pp.1-  Socratic Seminar-Whole class  Visual representations of


12 (Bring Red anthology)  Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear Puritan and Revolutionary
 Winthrop’s “Model of Christian and Loving Husband” p.103 & colonials and their literature
Charity,” HO “Upon the Burning of Our
 The Bay Psalm Book, p.79 & House” pp.107-108
Psalm 23, p.80  Edward Taylor bio, p.109
 The NE Primer, pp.82-83  “Upon a Spider Catching a Fly”
 Mary Rowlandson’s Narrative pp.120-121 & “Huswifery” p122
of the Captivity, p.137  Jonathan Edwards bio, pp.159-
 Anne Bradstreet bio, pp.89-90 161
 “Before the Birth of One of Her  “Sinners in the Hands of an
Children” pp.102-103 Angry God” pp.172-184
 “When God Had No  Comparing Spiders
Competition” HO
HW: HW: HW:
 Prepare you ticket for Colonial  Read Reason & Revolutionary  Read the following looking for
Literature considering the Lit. background, pp.189-194 topics/themes, form/stylistic
following pieces along with  Be prepared to discuss devices, and tone
pieces covered in class earlier philosophical differences  Crèvecoeur bio, pp.322-323
 Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear between Puritan Colonials and  “What is an Am?” pp.324-333
and Loving Husband” p.103 & Revolutionary Colonials  Franklin bio, pp.195-196
“Upon the Burning of Our  Poor Richard Improved, pp.199-
House” pp.107-108 201
 Edward Taylor bio, p.109  Autobiography on Moral
 “Upon a Spider Catching a Fly” Perfection, pp.259-262
pp.120-121 & “Huswifery”  Jefferson bio, pp.347-348
p.122  “Query XVIII: Manners” pp.358-
 “When God Had No 360
Competition” HO  Wheatley bio, pp.377-378
 Jonathan Edwards bio, pp.159-  “On Virtue” p.378 & “On Being
161 Brought from Africa to
 “Sinners in the Hands of an America” p.379
Angry God” pp.172-184  Freneau bio, pp.385-386
 Comparing Spiders  “To Sir Toby” pp.391-393

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