BHS 11th Grade ELA

The New World / Colonization

Suggested Pacing: Units 1 & 2, Trimester A, ~8 Weeks

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

● What infuences shaped Colonial America? ● Why did people explore the new world?

● How did Native American and British colonists culturally clash? ● How did the Protestant Reformation infuence colonial immigration? ● What were the main motivating factors of British colonists for coming to America? ● What was life like for early settlers? ● What role did religion, particularly Puritanism, play in developing American culture? ● How can understanding literary devices help modern readers better understand colonial American writers?

ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY Tier One

Tier Two

Tier Three

Rhetorical Terms: allusion, diction, fgurative language (simile, metaphor, personifcation) allegory, analogy, connotative language, denotative language, imagery, tone, irony, oxymoron, rhetorical question, syntax, etc.

Protestant Reformation, Puritanism