Read and Annotate.

Read and annotate using the Liberty Tree poem in Google Docs. Follow the annotation tool directions below:

1. use context clues to analyze and determine the meaning of the bolded vocabulary terms
2. ask questions about passages of the text that may be unclear or unresolved
3. identify key words, images, and ideas and the connections between them
4. note unfamiliar vocabulary & use dictionary to find the meanings

Liberty Tree Tic-Tac-Toe:

You must complete 3 assignments to create a tic-tac-toe. Please mark the assignments you have done with an emoji of your choice by
clicking Insert>Special Characters>Emoji characters. Make sure you turn in your Tic-Tac-Toe Board with highlights/emojis and all 3
of your assignments when finished​.
Write a Journal Entry​. Summarize
Build Background. Create.​ Create a revised version of this and analyze the work drawing from
Research Thomas Paine's life and legacy. your inferences and opinions​.
poem to make it applicable to any people
Choose 1 topic to investigate:
or nation fighting for freedom, not just
the colonists fighting the British.
● Thomas Paine in the American
Colonies
● Thomas Paine and the French
Revolution
● Thomas Paine's later years and fall
from favor
● Thomas Paine's legacy from the
nineteenth century to today

Required: EVERYONE MUST DO Research Symbols.​ Columbia and the

Close Read and answer Think Questions.
Using the booklet, complete the Think
Questions. Turn in on a Google doc.
Write a Poem.​ Write your own poem to
a modern symbol of the United States
using Paine's poem as a guide. You may
suggest an eagle, the flag, the Statue of
Liberty, or fireworks. The poem should
reflect modern life and does not need to
end with a call to arms. Draw a picture
of the symbol and write a brief
paragraph explaining what ideas you got
from Paine and how you changed the
poem to fit your view of the United
States today.
Liberty Tree were two popular symbols
of the American Revolution. Research
other symbols people used at that time
and answer the following questions on
a half sheet of paper. Use complete
sentences and proper grammar in your
answers:
● What was the symbol, and
how did it originate?
● Was the symbol popular in a
specific geographic region?
● Do we still use the symbol
today? If not, should we?

Answer the following questions on paper. Draw.​ Draw a visual of your symbol Search.​ Use dictionaries and
1. What can you infer about the speaker from the from your poem. It must be colored and thesauruses to find a synonym and
different tones in "Liberty Tree"? Think about it should demonstrate thoughtful and antonym for each bolded vocabulary
his or her beliefs and personality. Cite textual
careful effort. word. Pick 3 others that were
evidence to support your answer.
2. In "Liberty Tree," the speaker's use of the unfamiliar words to you. Record the
phrase "chariot of light" reminds readers of word with at least one synonym and
the Greek sun god Helios who rode a chariot. antonym in your StudySync workbook.
In stanza 3 of Wheatley's poem, the speaker
refers to Eolus, the Greek god of wind. Why
do the speakers make these references?
Compare and contrast the effect these
references have on the poems' tones.
3. Compare and contrast the tones of the final
stanza of Paine's and Wheatley's poems. Cite
textual evidence from the poems to support
your response.