To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or a table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold... This book is about how it felt. The words of black men and women who had themselves been slaves are here, accompanied by Julius Lester's historical commentary and Tom Feelings's powerful and muted paintings, To Be a Slave has been a touchstone in children's literature for over thirty years. "It is rare to find a book that enables children to identify as compellingly with slaves as this one does." -Publishers Weekly "From history-and for our time-there's nothing better than To Be a Slave." -The New York Times Book Review |
http://www.amazon.com/To-Be-Slave-Julius-Lester/dp/0141310014
Pre-Reading
Journal
--Paste the questions and scoring rubric on the next two pages of your Reading Journal. If you lose your questions. See file below: |
Learning Targets:
IWBAT enhance my understanding of slavery in the United States through the perspective of actual slaves. IWBAT understand the organization and text structure in To be a Slave. |
Audio--It's not perfect, but it works...see notes below.
Chapter 1 (Beginning)
Chapter 2 (14:49- End & Start next video) |
Chapter 2 (Start @ 2:44)
Chapter 3 (10:46) Chapter 4 (28:09) |
Ch. 4 Cont (6:08-29:00)
Ch. 5 You must READ ON YOUR OWN -not on this recording. Ch. 6 (29:00) Ch. 7 & Epilogue (41:49) |
Day 1 (due Tues)
Pages 16-38 Read this section at home and complete the discussion questions. Be ready to meet in your group tomorrow to discuss. |
Answer with at least a half page answer for each question on Journal pages:
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Day 2 (due Wed)
Pages 39-75 Read this section at home and complete the discussion questions in your journal. Be ready to meet in your group tomorrow to discuss. |
Answer with at least a half page answer for each question on Journal pages:
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Day 3 (due Thurs)
Pages 76-129 Read this section at home and complete the discussion questions. Be ready to meet in your group tomorrow to discuss. |
Answer with at least a half page answer for each question on Journal pages:
Pages 76-116 Questions:
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Day 4 (due Fri)
Pages 130-159 Read this section at home and complete the discussion questions. Be ready to meet in your group tomorrow to discuss. |
Answer with at least a half page answer for each question on Journal pages:
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