Full Version of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
1. Fill in your vocabulary in your HW Packet using the Ben Franklin Dictionary.
2. Read The AofBF pages 41-53. As you read, answer your questions from your HW Packet.
1. What was the New Jersey job (p42) and what did B.F. do for it?
2. What religion did B.F. profess? p43
3. What three attributes did B.F. grow convinced were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life? P43-44
4. B.F. did not believe that we should do or not do things because of the Bible’s commands, but he did believe that the Bible commanded things because we should or should not do them. What does this mean?
5. What do you believe preserves you throughout your life?
6. What was Junto?
4. Grammar: Read pages 22-27 and pages 32-33 in A New Grammary. Choose two of your friends to describe like Ben described his (my page 39), with two compound sentences each. (Name, place of residence, age, hobbies, character traits) Write these sentences on a separate sheet of paper to TURN IN. Circle your coordinating conjunction (conj) or your semicolon in each of these sentences.
5. JOURNAL ENTRY: Write this on note paper and save it in your 3-ring binder. Date this week: September 3, 2024 Title this week: Most Important Virtues
Make a list like B.F. did on pages 64-65 with at least 8 most important moral virtues and why they are important to you. Write at least one sentence per moral virtue.
6. Continue working on your five to fifteen paragraph Autobiographical Story due September 17
Remember! This is not an overview of your life.
About one event/trip/day of your life
Five to fifteen paragraphs
Correct grammar and punctuation
Various types of sentences (compound, complex, etc.)
Typed, 1.5 space, normal font
Rough draft done by Sept. 10, final draft finished Sept. 17
Bring a copy to class on Sept. 17 to share with a friend and turn in
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