Susie King Taylor

​ELA LESSON

2/8/2023

​Cri-te-ri-on For Suc-cess:

1. Break down words by syl-la-bles when you get stuck.

2. If you want to help a-noth-er stu-dent raise your hand and ask me, then pro-ceed.

​SWBAT:

1. Break down words by syl-la-bles when they get stuck.

2. If Learn about Susie King Taylor

3. Break down words on their own.

4. Identify A-E-I-O-U as vowels.

​Agenda:

1. DO NOW

2. DIS-CUS-SION

3. EX-IT TIC-KET

4. HAND OUT

5. STEP REVIEW

​Susie Baker was born into slavery near Savannah, Georgia in 1848. Despite Georgia's harsh laws against the formal education of African Americans, she attended two secret schools taught by black women. Her literacy proved invaluable not only to her but to other African Americans she educated during the war. She became free at the age of 14 when her uncle led her out to a federal gunboat plying the waters near Confederate-held Fort Pulaski

Multiple Choice

Susie Baker was born into slavery near Savannah, Georgia in 1848

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Savannah, Georgia is a proper noun

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why is Savannah, Georgia is a proper noun?

• It is the name of a place

• It is an action

• It is the name of a person

Multiple Choice

Susie Baker is a proper noun.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Why is Susie Baker is a proper noun?

• Because it is a person's name

• Because it is the name of a place

• Because it describes an action

Multiple Choice

She became free at the age of 14

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How many syllables are in the word 'Savannah'?

•  3 syllables

  Divide savannah into syllables:   sa‑van‑nah

•  2 syllables

• 1 syllable

Multiple Choice

How many vowels in the name Savannah?

(Hint: if I have 3 apples how many pieces of fruit do I have?)

•  3 (Because there are three a's).

•  1 (Because the letter a is there three times, but it is just one letter).

• None, because the letter a is not a vowel.

​Taylor married Sergeant Edward King of the First South Carolina in 1862. Together they remained with the unit until it was mustered out of service in 1866. Postwar, the Kings moved to Savannah, Georgia. She hoped to continue her teaching career and opened a private school for the children of freedmen. Unfortunately, her husband died the same year, and a public school opening caused her private school to fail. By 1868, Taylor was forced to find work as a domestic servant. 

Poll

Breaking down the words into syllables helps me say the word?

• Yes

• Not all the time

• No

Poll

Knowing that a proper noun is the name of a person, place, thing, animal or idea is helpful?

• Yes

• Not all the time

• No

Poll

Knowing that a common noun is NOT the name of a person, place, thing, animal or idea is helpful?

• Yes

• Not all the time

• No

Poll

Who is the best singer?

• Janelle Monáe

• Ella Mai

Multiple Choice

Taylor married Sergeant Edward King of the First South Carolina in 1862.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

By 1868, Taylor was forced to find work as a domestic servant. 

• True

• False

She moved to Boston in 1872 where she married Russell Taylor in 1879. She devoted much of the rest of her life to work with the Woman’s Relief Corps, a national organization for female Civil War veterans. She died in 1912, ten years after publishing her memoir.

Multiple Choice

She moved to Boston in 1872 where she married Russell Taylor in 1879.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

She died in 1912, ten years after publishing her memoir.

• True

• False