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Title of Book: To Be A Slave Author: Julius Lester

Title of Book: To Be A Slave Author: Julius Lester. Name: Colen James Class Period: 6. Context Clues. Text Purpose. The authors text purpose in this novel is to inform. I believe he wrote this book to inform people who want to learn about the history of the slaves and what they went through.

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Title of Book: To Be A Slave Author: Julius Lester

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  1. Title of Book: To Be A SlaveAuthor: Julius Lester Name: Colen James Class Period: 6

  2. Context Clues

  3. Text Purpose • The authors text purpose in this novel is to inform. I believe he wrote this book to inform people who want to learn about the history of the slaves and what they went through.

  4. Text Structure • Every chapter is organized by the stories of the slaves stories that go into that chapter’s title. It makes the reader imagine how many slaves went through the same thing.

  5. Text Representation Josiah Henson Harriet Tubman Interested in education Listened to master Didn’t run away Believed he was supposed to be a slave Didn’t care much about education Didn’t listen to master Ran away Helped people run away Slaves Believed in religion Helped other slaves

  6. Author’s Perspective/Point of View

  7. Main Idea

  8. Supporting Details

  9. Draw Inferences

  10. Title: To Be A Slave 1. Nonfiction 2. Real slaves 3. Real stories about what they went through. 4. former slaves 5. Multiple stories Title: Chains 1. Fiction 2. Made up slaves 3. Slaves at the time 4. One story 5. Main character Both: 1.About the lives that slaves lived. 2.racism 3.segregation 4.discrimination 5.Take place back in time. Compare-Contrast

  11. Facts

  12. Opinions

  13. Reading Response • Pg.94 Paragraph 2 (italics) I try to be as smart as I can be. • Pg.98 Paragraph 2 (italics) I used to get whippings when I didn’t do what I was told. • Pg.102 Paragraph 2 (italics) I know what’s right and wrong

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