VOCAB 26-50

26. scapegoat - someone who will take the fall, blame, and can't fight back
27. Mass hysteria - when on a large scale, chaos spreads
28. magistrate - judge
29. crucible - pot (extremely hot) used to melt and refine metals.
30. wit - intelligence
31. gallows - place where people are hanged
32. sport - playing
33. pulpit - place from where the preacher delivers the sermon
34. apprentice - working under someone for experience
35. abominations - horrible sins or events of disgust against God
36. Aye - yes
37. soiled - stained, dirty
38. baptized - to be cleansed with water
39. mischief - trouble making, playful misbehavior
40. pretense - pretending
41. Hypocrisy - two faced; to say one thing and do another
42. Covenanted - you have been promised heaven because of your devoted life to God.
43. prodigious - great, enormous, giant
44. foreshadowing - hints at what is to come later in the story.
45. Candor - give all details, true open book
46. sermon - message given by preacher
47. hearsay - rumor
48. pathological - it's very naturally wrong and you are without regret
49. bewildered - confused
50 Martyr - someone who is willing to die for a cause

Day 14 - August 29, 2019

EQ: What is Puritan Plain Style? Who are the heathens? If things go wrong, who do you blame?
A very plain style of writing. Diary-like. Witches and Native Americans. Heathens

1. What is a witch hunt?
1. a wild goose chase
2. Who said "it is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to talk and remove all doubt?"
1. Mark Twain and Abraham Lincoln
3. Witches cannot do what?
1. say the Lord's Prayer
4. Male witches are called?
1. Warlocks
5. Where does this idea of selling your soul come from?
1. Faust
6. What is the most valuable thing?
1. knowledge
7. Ignorance is what?
1. bliss
8. What do we celebrate to destroy paganism?
1. Halloween
9. Why is butter so significant?
1. They have no flavor in their life. 
10. Who is at the top?
1. the reverend
11. Tell a lie once, it's a lie... tell a lie a thousand times, it's the truth.
1. you start believing it to be true. 
12. Does torture work?
1. Yes
13. Goode and Osborne, where are they on the pecking order?
1. Pretty high at the top. They are good people in the village. 
14. How much $$ is your freedom worth?
1. priceless
15. You are I. U. P. G?
1. Innocent until proven guilty
16. Puritan society was G U P I?
1. Guilty until proven innocent
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Day 13 - August 28, 2019

EQ: Where were all immigrants in the 1600's heading and why?

Salem Witch Trials

1.  Where does the idea of witches originate from?
1. England
2. What are the Puritans after?
1. weeding out those who sin
3.  What is your origin?
1. Where you are from 
4.  When did you become American?
1. generations later
5. All ships coming to the NW landed where? 
1. Jamestown
6. What boat didn't make it?
1. The Mayflower
7. What did Samoset learn in UK?
1. English
8. What year do the Puritans make it to the New World?
1. 1620
9. What do the people of Salem argue over?
1. money and power
10. 2019 what do people argue over?
1. money and power
11. What do doctors do now?
1.  diagnose
12. If the doctor can't explain it, then?
1. they are a witch
13. Witches are not able to say?
1. the Lord's Prayer

Day 12 - August 27, 2019

EQ: What does this mean, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. What does this mean for the USA Army, the Pawnee and the Sioux?

Native American Study

1. What has changed in your thinking about Native Americans from our unit study of Trail of Tears, Massacre at Wounded Knee, Dances With Wolves, Origin Myths, lectures, side readings, Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian, 5 W's, and everything else we have studied. Tell me three impacts. 

HOMEWORK

You started USATestPrep this morning. It is due tomorrow evening by Midnight. You MUST get an 80% for the grade to count. Unlimited attempts - get working!

Day 11 - August 26, 2019

EQ:  What is the most important lesson or event or the thing that stands out for you the most from this book?  When is the last time you have read a book from cover to cover?  Rate this book on a scale of 1-10… 10 best.

Part Time Indian: Page 197 Long Conversation

1.   How many have you been to?

                     a.       4
2.       What is the most abused drug in the world?
               a.       alcohol
3.       What drug kills more people  each year than all others?
              a.       alcohol
4.       What is the worst way to die?
              a.       Drowning or fire
5.       Does Jr’s  sister leave, if Jr. stays at Wellpinit?
              a.       No
6.       What are you living for?
              a.       Up to you. Make your life worth living
7.       What is the most courageous thing you have ever done?
              a.       Up to you
8.       Would you do it again?
              a.       Maybe?
9.       What is the moral of the story?
              a.       Live your life to the fullest

August 20-23, 2019

We have finished Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. You will work with your group to create a life-size character from the book. Rubric will be passed out in class. Make sure you turn this in on Friday for your project to be graded!

Friday - begin analyzing impact of Dances With Wolves.

Day 10 - August 19, 2019

EQ: What was the punishment for what happened to Junior's grandmother, and after the article we read, why do you think things are the way they are?
The Native Americans are not following through with punishment. They deal with their own on their own.

Part Time Indian

1. Do you believe the FBI just doesn't care?
1.  No
2. What is first degree crime?
1. premeditated
3. What degree does the Indian who killed Jr's grandmother fall under?
1. 3rd
4. Do you want a funeral or a party?
1. depends