Today, we started studying Puritan literature. As we start to learn about the Puritans and their literature, you will see that they were very religious. As a consequence of that, you'll notice that our academic vocabulary for this unit will be a bit different than we're used to. We are studying the Puritans, and because religion is something they valued, you will notice we're going to be using a lot of religion-related words. Under normal circumstances, we do not usually discuss religion at school. In English III, we study American literature, and some of the first English-speaking people to populate North America were the Puritans.
Here are the notes from today:
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After we took notes, we read "Upon the Burning of Our House" by Anne Bradstreet and we paraphrased it together.
Homework: Answer the question on the back of the poem handout. Read the poem and think: What did the Puritans value? Cite 2-3 short pieces of text evidence in your answer.
Due when you walk into class on Tuesday.
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