English 11

November 29, 2016

Agenda - 11/28/2016

– Try or Fail Essays – Conference and Rewrite

– Rewrites due Monday, December 5th

– IR Weekly Project #1 (At least a ½ page!)

– Finish Chapter 4 Vocab Packet – Quiz Next Time!

– Benjamin Franklin

– “Pursuit of Moral Perfection”

– Aphorisms

– HOMEWORK: Create two (2) ORIGINALAphorisms! Study for Ch. 4 Vocab Quiz!

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790)

• Printer/Publisher/Author:

Autobiography

Poor Richard’s Almanac – every

year for 25 years

Pennsylvania Gazette

scientific essays

printed money for Congress

• Scientist: lightening

experimentation, static electricity,

a variety of other studies.

• Inventor: bi-focal lenses; glass

harmonica; Franklin Stove;

lightening rod.

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790)

• Politician:

Committee to draft the Declaration of

Independence

Delegate to the Continental Congress

Committee to draft the Constitution

President of Pennsylvania

Ambassador to France

First Post Master General

• Merchant: retired at age 40 a millionaire.

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790)

Philanthropist:

Helped establish he first public hospital: Pennsylvania

Hospital

Helped establish the public education system – network

of schools evolve to become the University of

Pennsylvania

Helped establish the first public library

Established first all-volunteer fire brigade – Union Fire Co.

Established first fire insurance company – Philadelphia

Contributionship

Established the Franklin Fund – loans given to selected

apprentices in the cities of Philadelphia and Boston

Fund expired in 1990 as per his will

Never patented his inventions

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790)

• Theology:

The most acceptable service to God is

doing good to man.”

For Franklin, the act of worship was

carried out most sincerely when I was

directed toward the betterment of man in

his practical, everyday human

relationship.

Adopted the Puritan teachings of the 13

Virtues for their practical usefulness.

Benjamin Franklin

(1706-1790)

Franklin was a Deist.

The tenants of Deism:

o There exists a Supreme Power (a

benevolent God)

o The Supreme Power must be worshipped

o Rejection of the miraculous and mystic

o All vices and crimes should be expiated

and effaced by repentance

o God is a clockmaker: He creates man,

winds him up, and lets him go without

any intervention for man is master of his

own fate.

Aphorisms–a terse saying embodying a general truth, or

astute observation

– Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts

absolutely.

– Don’t cry over spilled milk.

– A penny saved is a penny earned.

Chiasmus– the figure of speech in which two or more clauses are related to each other through

a reversal of structures in order to make a larger point; that is, the clauses display inverted parallelism.

– "You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget."(Cormac McCarthy, The Road, 2006)

– "In the end, the true test is not the speeches a president delivers; it’s whether the president delivers on the speeches."(Hillary Clinton, March 2008)

– "I had a teacher I liked who used to say good fiction's job was to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable."(David Foster Wallace)

– "I flee who chases me, and chase who flees me."(Ovid)

– "Fair is foul, and foul is fair."(William Shakespeare, Macbeth I.i)

Ben Franklin’s

Pursuit of Moral Perfection

1. Temperance: Eat not to dullness. Drink not to elevation.

2. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself. Avoid trifling

conversation.

3. Order: Let all your things have their places. Let each part of your business

have its time.

4. Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what

you resolve.

5. Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; waste

nothing.

6. Industry: Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all

unnecessary actions.

Ben Franklin’s

Pursuit of Moral Perfection

7. Sincerity: Use no hurtful deceit. Think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

8. Justice: Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.

9. Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

10. Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes, or habitation.

11. Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

12. Chastity: Rarely use venery (sex) but for health and offspring; never to dullness, weakness, or injury of your own or another's peace or reputation.

13. Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates.

Original Aphorisms

– Ben Franklin was very well known for his aphorisms, as we saw

in his piece “Moral Perfection”. It is your task to create your own

unique and original aphorisms. Your parents and teachers have

probably told you many aphorisms in your lifetime, but those are

not unique. You need to create two of your own. You will then

decorate these aphorisms and it will displayed in the room. They

will be worth 10 pts. each (That’s 20 pts!). You will also need a

short explanation on the back of your aphorism. Make sure this

explanation is correct in grammar and spelling and that it

adequately explains what your aphorism means.

Aphorism Rubric

Aesthetics – creative and neat

5 4 3 2 1

Paragraph on back – explanation and grammar 5 4 3

2 1

Originality

5 4 3 2 1

Tersely worded and easy to remember

5 4 3 2 1

TOTAL: _____/20