- Complete Handout (see below)
Students were allowed to do Rounds 1-3 with a partner
Round 1 – Partner Work (from your textbook)
Pg. 164 Ben Franklin Bio
Pg. 166-168 The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin
Pg. 177 - 180 The Man of Many Masks
Answer all of these. Answer 7-10 in complete sentences. The rest do not need to be complete sentences.
I. Bio Info (pg. 164-165)
1. Franklin helped establish the first one of these in the United States.
2. Name three things Franklin invented.
3. What two personal characteristics made him popular in London for many years?
4. Who did he help draft/write the Declaration of Independence?
5. Why did he go to Paris in 1776?
6. What are aphorisms?
7. Choose two of Franklin's aphorisms from pg. 172. Write them down then explain (in full sentences) what they mean.
Autobiography (pg. 166- 170)
8. How old was he when he wrote his autobiography?
9. Write a paragraph about what the painting on 167 implies about Mr. Franklin. (5-6 sentences)
10. From his autobiography, quote three separate sentences that reveal something about him. (not three sentences in a row from the same paragraph)
Round 2
(Number your paper 11-20)
- From the video about Ben Franklin, record 10 things we didn't learn from our reading. (response to audio)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptb9koYCom0
***Magic Square (I will hand these out after we view the video)
Prize for first person to complete this (this part is optional and is a contest)
Round 3
Vocabulary (required)
* all are highlighted in yellow in your textbook (write the word and the definition)
21. Rectitude
22. Arduous
23. Facilitate
24. Subsequent
25. Eradicate
26. Reticent
27. Obscurity
28. Personas
29. Pseudonymous
30. Rhetorical
31. Berate
Round 4
Individual Assignment- Create a product symbolic of Ben
Mask (w/min. 5 symbols) Invention Drawing and Explanation
Glasses (w/min. 5 symbols) Mini- Biography on Book Maker (free iphone app)
Political Cartoon Strip Quote Poster (features one of his quotes and artistic renderings that go with it)