Monday, December 5, 2011

Do Now: Who or what keeps you from doing the things that are important to you? Who or what would you like to be free of? Why? ( 5 lines )

Classwork:

In this photo, we have all our people (Franklin, Adams, and Jefferson) drafting the Declaration.

Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence:
Focus skills:
Author's purpose and point of view
Persuasive appeals
Diction and Parallelism
Click Here for the link to this week's handout if you've been absent.

Homework: 

1. Begin brainstorming your declaration.
2. Test Wednesday: The Age of Reason