1. At the beginning of class… • Have your literature book open to page 86. • Have your study guide on your desk.

2. Yesterday…. • Someone give us a recap of yesterday!

3. Today… • We are going to look at the proverbs and answer questions on our study guide. • Do an activity in pairs. • Do a journaling activity.

4. Poor Richard’s Almanack • It was one of Franklin’s most successful and profitable ventures. • It contained astronomy, agriculture, and bits of wisdom from a fictional editor. • “Poor” and somewhat cynical Richard Saunders, who was one of the most famous people in colonial America.

5. Poor Richard’s Almanack • This was the first preface to the Poor Richard Alamanacs in 1733.

6. #13 • “Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.” • Shop refers to any business, industry or trade.

7. #14 • “God helps them that helps themselves” • This idea was very much a part of the Puritan ethic.

8. #15 • “Don’t throw stones at your neighbors’, if your own windows are glass.” • What is the common phrase we use today? • People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

9. #16 • “He that lieth down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.” • What does this mean? • If people keep company with those who have bad morals or habits, those characteristics will rub off.

10. #17 • “Drive thy business; let it not drive thee.” • Two possible meanings: • Do not over work. • Keep control by being organized, not letting tasks pile up to create chaos and inefficiency.

11. Proverbs • Poor Richard’s sayings express many beliefs associated with Franklin himself. • Which sayings recommend industry? • Keep thy shop, and they shop will keep thee. • Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. • Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that’s the stuff life is made of.

12. Proverbs • Poor Richard’s sayings express many beliefs associated with Franklin himself. • Which recommend self-reliance? • Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge. • God helps them that help themselves. • Drive thy business; let it not drive thee.

13. Proverbs • Poor Richard’s sayings express many beliefs associated with Franklin himself. • Which might be cited to show that Franklin understood the failings of human nature? • Love your neighbor; yet don’t pull down your hedge. • Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. • Now that I have a sheep and cow everybody bids me good morrow.

14. Proverbs • Franklin believed that in order to succeed, a person must not only be virtuous, but also seem virtuous to the community to gain trust. • Which of Poor Richard’s sayings connect virtue and wealth? • Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. • God helps them that helps themselves.

15. Proverbs • Which suggest the importance of an honorable reputation? • A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over. • Don’t throw stones at your neighbors’, if your own windows are glass. • He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot. • He that lieth down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas. • Now that I have a sheep and cow everybody bids me good morrow.

16. In pairs… • On your study guide (both of you write)… • Change these sayings into witty aphorisms: • You can’t succeed in life without working hard. • The way people are brought up determines what sort of people they will become. • The gains you’ve already made are more valuable than future gains you merely dream about.

17. Journal– 3 proverbs • Write three aphorisms or proverbs for today. • Remember that aphorisms contain some truth about life. • Remember also that effective aphorisms depend on crisp language and compression. • Concrete an abstract idea into a concrete image.