7th ELA - 2/2/21

7th Grade ELA

Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Poll

Which "kicks" do you prefer?

Learning Goals

• I can determine the meaning of words and phrases in Excerpt 3 of The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.

• I can reread a complex text in order to understand it more deeply.

Excerpt 3:

Third Read Q's

We will now work through the 2nd Read questions for Excerpt 3.

Open Ended

Paragraph 2:

What does the word “tranquil” mean?

What does Douglass convey about Mrs. Auld when he writes about her “voice of tranquil music”?

Open Ended

Paragraph 3:

Who or what does Douglass blame for the transformation of Mrs. Auld?

How do you know?

Open Ended

Paragraph 4:

Mr. Auld claimed that if you teach a slave how to read, “there would be no keeping him. It would forever unfit him to be a slave.”

What does Mr. Auld think that reading will do to a slave?

What does Douglass convey (show) about the attitude of slaveholders towards slaves by including this quote?

Open Ended

Paragraph 7:

How do the Aulds want Douglass to feel about continuing to learn to read and how do they go about making Douglass feel this way?

Does their plan work?

Open Ended

Paragraph 9:

After learning to read himself, would Douglass agree with Mr. Auld’s opinion about slaves learning to read?

(refer to the quote from Paragraph 4)