Puritan Bellringer # 1
8-12-11
1. Write down two facts about the Puritans that
you read about yesterday.
2. Complete the following chart on your
bellringer sheet:
Pictures of Puritans/Pilgrims
Draw a picture or pictures of images
you associate with the Puritans or
Pilgrims.
Adjectives of Puritans/Pilgrims
Write at least 6 adjectives that you
think describe pilgrims based on
yesterday’s reading.
Puritan Bellringer # 2
8-15-11
Use your Puritan Notes to help you answer the following questions.
1. What did the Puritans want to do to the church? Why?
2. Write down the note Ms. Wilson said was the most important.
3. What is predestination?
4. Who did the Puritans believe should be in charge of the
government?
5. For the Puritans, their journey was a ______________ journey.
A. only a spiritual voyage C. both a spiritual and a physical journey
B. only a physical journey D. neither a spiritual nor a physical
journey
6. Explain the difference between a primary source and a secondary
source. Which one possesses bias?
Puritan Bellringer # 3
8-16-11
1. Restate the last two lines of “To My Dear and Loving
Husband”:
Then while we live, in love let’s so persevere
That when we live no more, we may live ever.
2. What does Bradstreet criticize herself for in “Upon the
Burning of My House”? Why does she do this?
3. Even though Anne Bradstreet’s poems are about her
husband and the burning of her house, ultimately they
BOTH demonstrate what?
Puritan Bellringer #4
8-17-11
1 “Here stood that Trunk, and there that chest,
2 There lay that store I counted best.
3 My pleasant things in ashes lie,
4 And them behold no more shall I.
5 Under thy roof no guest shall sit,
6 Nor at thy table eat a bit.”
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Choose a noun from line 1.
Choose a pronoun from line 2.
Choose an adjective from line 3.
Choose a pronoun from line 4.
Choose a verb from line 5.