LESSON ONE You Say Begin,I Say Commence - To the victor Belongs the Language Activation 1.commence:verb,"begin" 2.1)blood,alone,dead 2)rebellion,bloodbath,war (?[the text will give a more complicated view] 3)dump,winner,bloodbath [1,3,Anglo-Saxon words] 3.revolution:most students will choose (1),or (1)and (4) [this text goes from 4 to 1 to 2] corrupt:(3)[the text will introduce 5] 4.15thc,16thc-- 17th C:Cromwell--E Civil War,Charles II--Restoration (of the Stuart),W&M--the Glorious Revolution 18th C:Jacobins--the French Revolution 19th C:Confederates--Am Civil War 5.(4)Charles the Second 6.Gather students'responses. Words and Expressions Grouped by association in meaning 1.language and meaning:nouns,adjectives,verbs 2.idea,thought 3.politics and power struggle:nouns,adjectives,adverbs 4.change:nouns,verbs Notes ("S No.n":see Note No.n for the students) 1.(S1.)Rita Mae Brown:born 28 Nov.1944,Pennsylvania Mae is a diminutive form of Mary.Her novels include Southern Discomfort (1982),Sudden Death (1983),High Hearts (1986),and Bingo (1988).Her first collection of poetry is The Hand that Cradles the Rock (1971). The present text is "adapted from Starting from Scratch:A Different Kind of Writers'Manual"by The New York Times Book Review before the book's publication (by Bantam Books in 1988.) The supplementary reading is the latter half of the same NYTBR adaptation