8th Grade Summary

Frederick Douglass was a known abolitionist. What is an abolitionist? 

• a person who wanted to end slavery.
• a person who wanted to help endangered animals.
• a person who fought for women's rights.
• a presidential candidate.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Where was Frederick Douglass born?

• Georgia

• Kansas

• Alabama

• Maryland

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

When asked, how did the slaves speak about their masters?

• Positively, they loved their masters.

• Poorly, they were honest about how they were treated.

• Positively, they were afraid of speaking poorly

• It depended on how each master treated their slaves

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Perilous

• Full of danger or risk

• Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

• Violently, full of rage

• Walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Tentatively

• Unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

• Tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• To have a strong and earnest desire

• Affected by something overwhelming

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Saunter

• A surprise attack

• Coming at the beginning; coming before the main event or activity

• Affected by something overwhelming

• Walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Discrimination

• In a serious manner

• Having little or no hope

• Walk in a slow, relaxed manner, without hurry or effort

• Behaving differently, usually unfairly, toward the members of a group.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"

• Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."

• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!

• "Polly shouted," I want a cracker!

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D