Today, Robin and I began our session by reviewing narrative form, specifically the narrative journal. Topics discussed: impact of point of view, purpose, audience, diction, time in history. We read an excerpt from the journal of Christopher Columbus, as well as a journal entry of John Smith. We noted the different words used to address the same people--Native Americans were called "natives" by Columbus, but called "savages" and "barbarians" by Smith. The values of both authors came through in their diction. We will continue reading the work of American Colonists tomorrow.