Real Book Page 54 (Whole Class Lesson)

Real Book Page 54 (Whole Class Lesson)

Story of a Child Slave

Poll

Do Now Question:

How many of you think slavery is a thing of the past that no longer exists?

• Slavery is history and it is no longer practiced.

• Slavery still exists today and people do practice it.

Academic Vocabulary: 
Des*per*ate 
(adjective)

Meaning: Filled with great need for something to happen. 

Open Ended

What is one DESPERATE need that students in your school have? Use the sentence starter below:

Many students in our school have a DESPERATE need to __________ in order to __________________.

Academic Vocabulary

Strug*gle
(Verb)

Meaning: To try very hard to achieve a goal even though it is hard to do. 

Poll

What is something you struggle to achieve?

• Get good grades

• Eat healthy and exercise

• Read books daily

• Listen to my parents

Open Ended

Answer the following sentence starter:

I struggle with ________ because _____________.

Story of a Child Slave 

Paragraphs 1 and 2 

Open Ended

According to the passage, slavery is the practice of owning other people and forcing them to work for no pay.

What other facts about slavery did you learn in the first paragraph?

1.

2.

Open Ended

The main idea of paragraph 2 is "It was 3:00 a.m., time for James Annan Kofi to get up. James, just six years old, worked on a fishing boat.

Write down two details in this paragraph that best show how difficult James' job was.

Multiple Select

Paragraph 3 explains that "James was born in Ghana, a country in West Africa, in 1975. "

What other details from ONLY this specific paragraph are correct? There are several answers.

• James was working on a fishing boat.

• James was not paid for his labor.

• James was the youngest of 12 children.

• His parents hadn't gone to school and could not read or write.

Multiple Choice

The paragraph explains that when James was 6 years old, three men visited his village several times.

It went on to explain that each time they left the village, they...

• "took local children with them"

• "wore expensive looking clothes and shoes"

• "yelled at and beat the children"

Poll

Vocabulary Review: If you were stuck on an island, what item would you be most desperate to have?

• I would be desperate to have food.

• I would be desperate to have tools.

• I would be desperate to have clean, drinkable water.

• I would be desperate to have family or friends around me.