Christina School District Instructional Board Grade Level: 12th Week of April 6th, 2020 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday ELA Make a list of the Read ‘The Diary of In general, an author Review the reasons Samuel Pepys” pg. writes to fulfill one or annotations you made that might prompt you 580- 587. As you read more of these on Tuesday as you to keep a diary. put a star next to or purposes, or goals: to read the selection. If you already have a underline events that inform, to express What historical events diary or a blog, record are similar to modern thoughts or feelings, to presented in Pepys’s the reasons you day experiences. On a persuade, or to diary did you find most started it. Consider separate piece of paper entertain. What is compelling? Explain your reasons and answer the guiding Pepys’s primary the connections you then write a questions in the purpose in keeping his made between these paragraph describing margins. diary? 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Yet it is Pepys’s candor A Confidante of Kings During his years in recording the minutiae of his private of public service, Pepys enjoyed a close life—what he ate for dinner, a squabble relationship with King Charles II and his did you know? with his wife, his childlike excitement successor, James II. However, Pepys also over a new watch—that prompted his Samuel Pepys . made enemies in his rise to power. In biographer Claire Tomalin to declare him • had 10 brothers and 1678, some of his adversaries tried “both the most ordinary and the most sisters. unsuccessfully to ruin his reputation, extraordinary writer you will ever meet.” • saved his house from falsely accusing him of murder and the Great Fire of London, An Insatiable Curiosity Pepys (pCps) had treason. Although Pepys was imprisoned only to have it burn briefly, the intervention of Charles II seven years later. an insatiable curiosity and attempted to learn all that he could about every kept him from further punishment. • kept his diary a secret— subject. It was undoubtedly this not even telling his wife A Scholarly Retirement Pepys lived in fascination with life that inspired him, about it. retirement for the last 14 years of his life. at the age of 26, to begin keeping a diary He spent his time amassing a large in which he would eventually set down personal library, corresponding with more than 1.2 million words. At the age various artists and scholars, and collecting of 35, he abandoned his diary, fearing it material for a history of the navy, which was straining his eyes so much that he Background: Diary entry he never completed. He bequeathed might go blind. written in Pepys’s shorthand his large library, including his diary, to “The Right Hand of the Navy” Shortly Cambridge University. aafterfter startistartingng hhisis ddiary,iary, PePepyspys bebecame Postponed Publication Written in a cclerklerk in tthehe RoRoyalyal NavNavyy ooffice shorthand, the diary was not transcribed anandd worworkedked hhardard at rorootingo until the early 19th century. An abridged out corrucorruptionption anandd version—with his romantic dalliances streamstreamlininglining manmanagement.ag and other details that “could not possibly AcknowledgedAcknowledged as “the be printed” removed—was published in rightright handhand ofof thethe 1825. The full, uncensored version did Navy,”Navy,” in 1684 he not appear until 1970. wwasas appointedappointed the ssecretaryecretary ooff ttheh Author Online Go to thinkcentral.com. KEYWORD: HML12-578 578 NA_L12PE-u03s11-brDiary.indd 578 11/24/10 1:17:00 PM text analysis: diary A writer keeps a diary in order to make a daily account of his or her thoughts, experiences, and feelings. Diaries are primary sources, or materials created by people who were present at Why keep events either as participants or as observers. Most diaries are private and not intended to be shared. However, some have a diary? been published because, as primary documents, they provide Samuel Pepys had no aspirations for valuable insights into historical events and eras. One example publication. In fact, he took great is The Diary of Samuel Pepys, which paints a fascinating portrait measures to ensure the secrecy of his of English life in the early 1660s, the time of the Restoration. In diary, writing his entries in an encrypted the following passage, notice how Pepys conveys details about shorthand. Today, diarykeeping remains his household even as he reports on a major disaster of the a popular pastime. Yet with the advent period, the Great Fire of London: of online journals and blogs, it seems Some of our maids sitting up late last night to get things to be evolving from a private to a more ready against our feast today, Jane called us up, about 3 in public activity. the morning, to tell us of a great fire they saw in the city. QUICKWRITE Make a list of the reasons As you read the selection, pay attention to how Pepys that might prompt you to keep a diary. discusses matters of both personal and public concern. If you already have a diary or a blog, record the reasons you started it. reading skill: connect to history Consider your reasons and then write Eyewitness accounts like Pepys’s diary often stir feelings of a paragraph describing whether you curiosity and excitement in readers. You may find yourself would prefer to keep a traditional comparing the historical events retold in this selection to diary—one you could keep hidden from experiences you have read about, heard about, or known prying eyes—or a public blog that has a firsthand. You may even imagine yourself in Pepys’s position, potential readership of millions. listening to the stories of Charles II or escaping the Great Fire. These responses are ways of connecting with what you are reading. As you read the selection, make connections between Pepys’s world and your own by listing similarities between them. Record your observations in a chart like the one shown. Pepys’s World My World Great Fire of London Hurricane Katrina Complete the activities in your Reader/Writer Notebook. the diary of samuel pepys 579 NA_L12PE-u03s11-brDiary.indd 579 11/24/10 1:17:10 PM the diary of Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys background Few descriptions of daily life in any period of history are as vivid as those found in The Diary of Samuel Pepys—a rare firsthand account of events that occurred more than 300 years ago.