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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: Hunter Dusek Class Period: 6th. Context Clues. Text Purpose. I thank the author did this to inform us about slavery and how HORRIBLE it was back then so we would hopefully never repeat ourselves. The intended audience is kids.

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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: Hunter Dusek Class Period: 6th

  2. Context Clues

  3. Text Purpose • I thank the author did this to inform us about slavery and how HORRIBLE it was back then so we would hopefully never repeat ourselves. The intended audience is kids.

  4. Text Structure • It’s in third-person objective for the italics and is first person for the real story. It helps me know how the slaves felt in all the senses.

  5. Text Representation Plantation Slave House Servant • Treated worse • Slept outside in slave quarters • More whips • Less contact with owner • Treated better • Slept inside house • Less whips • Saw owner more Slave worked hard

  6. Author’s Perspective/Point of View

  7. Main Idea

  8. Supporting Details

  9. Draw Inferences

  10. Both: 1.Scared 2.Sad 3.Blacks weren’t sold for much 4.Told from slaves point of view 5.Fear of what will happen Title: Auction Block 1.Whites and blacks sold 2.Slave and his brother watching 3.With master 4.Scared for the little white boy 5.Owner told them it was time to go Title: To be a slave 1.Only blacks were sold 2.On the auction block 3.Being sold 4.Scared of what will happen to them 5.Was finally sold. Compare-Contrast

  11. Facts

  12. Opinions

  13. Reading Response • #128: Slaves attacked their owners- I can relate to that because I would do that in self defense too. • #148: K.K.K. kills blacks- I dislike this because why would you do that?!?! • #110: Slaves lived for Christmas- I feel sad that slaves wanted one week of the of the whole year to come that badly and it makes me wonder, how bad were slaves were really treated.

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