Extra Credit Assignment -- Due Monday, 2/27/12 No Exceptions

Captain John Smith (c. 1580-1631) led the first permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607. He hoped to establish another colony in New England, and in order to attract settlers, he wrote the pamphlet A Description of New England in 1616.  Locate and read Smith's pamphlet.  Write a brief blog in which you contrast Smith's promises with Bradford's actual experience in America. **Hint**  Pay close attention to the differences in the men's purposes and motivations.

Narrative Perspective Lesson

Writing Focus 2/2/12

Write a description of a setting that holds emotional significance for you.  Like Momaday, use vivid images to capture your perspective and to make the setting appeal to readers' senses.

Literary Perspectives Assignment 2/2/12

Find an article written about westward expansion in the United States.  Read the article and identify how the relationship between Native Americans and Europeans is described.  Next, discuss the perspective from which the article is written. Finally, compare the article to Momaday's "The Way to Rainy Mountain,"  discussing the perspectives from which both pieces were written.  Discuss which selection paints a more accurate view of the time period.

Review for test 2/3 The Way to Rainy Mountain

- What reasons does Momaday return to Rainy Mountain?
- Why is the legend of Devils Tower important to the Kiowas?
- Why do you think Momaday prefers to think of his grandmother as a child?
- Compared with the other Sun Dances, what was different about the last dance?
- What happened after the soldiers dispersed the Kiowas at the Sun Dance on July 20, 1890?
- Where does the setting of this excerpt take place?
- What distinguishes the setting of Rainy Mountain?
- Momaday notes what about Rainy Mountain?
- The setting of Rainy Mountain was important to the Kiowas because ---
- Review the main ideas in "The Way to Rainy Mountain"
- Why did the writer make a piglrimage from Yellowstone, in Montana to his grandmother's grave at Rainy Mountain, in Oklahoma?
- Be able to trace the Kiowas' journey, and explain the purpose of Momaday's journey.  Support with details from the selection
- Be very familiar with vocabulary terms...