Daily Log

Thursday, September 11

Students (other than 6th period) turned in their American Literature timelines.

We identified Pocahontas as the person pictured in the extra credit portrait on the class website, and looked at other depictions of her.

Then we began reading selections from John Smith's Description of New England (1616). Students wrote paraphrases of the first sentence, and we discussed what the purpose and intended audience of the piece might be.