2 WordSentenceCorrect Dictionary Definition Piazza It was two stories high, with a piazza in front. A large porch on a house; veranda. Hasp A chain of iron about a hundred feet in length was passed through the hasp of each padlock, except at the two ends, where the hasps of the padlocks passed through a link of the chain. A clasp for a door, lid, especially on passing over a staple and fastened by a pin or padlock. Disengaged This man disengaged himself from her with… violent blows and kicks. To release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten. Speculation When this news got out among the slaves there was a lot of disturbance and speculation on who would be the first one. A single instance or process of consideration. Decency The selling of slaves was inhuman in itself, but many slave owners did not even have the decency to tell a slave that he was going to be sold. conformity to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty.

3 Why do you think the author wrote this book? To explain the details about slavery. Who do you think the intended audience is for this book. Young adults and adults.

4 The text structure in this book is sequence. Julius Lester lists the slavery events in a chronological sequence. It affects the way you read the book by, showing me how slavery changed over time.

5 -In this passage it compares what was done before and what now. -In this passage, it gives an example of what the slaves do, and what their owner does in return. -In this passage it tells what a slave would do if it does something wrong. -They were both slaves -Both passages state that slaves were treated badly. -In both passages they compare what it was then and now how it is. -In this passage it contrasts what used to be done and what is done. -Describes more thoroughly how the masters treated the slaves. -In this passage, Alice sounds resentful of what happened to the slaves. Anonymous pg. 29 Alice Johnson pg. 30

6 SubjectAuthor’s Feelings Text Evidence How life was as a slave. The author Julius Lester, in the book believed that the slaves should have been treated as humans instead of property. Pg. 28 To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house, or table is owned. To live as a piece of property that could be sold --- a child sold from its mother, a wife from her husband. To be a slave. To know, despite the suffering and deprivation, that you were human, more human than he who said you were nothing.

7 ParagraphsMain Idea Beginning-Page # 31 This paragraph is about what Charley would do and say if he saw his old Master again. Middle-Page # 77 This paragraph is about how slaves did not have names, and if they did they would get their master’s name. End-Page # 147 This paragraph is about how the slaves were treated when they were freed from slavery.

8 DetailsPage #Comments The plantation. It was a large white mansion, with fluted columns and a broad porch; massive trees spread their limbs over a circular driveway which led up to the house. 59 The author provided this detail to describe how the plantation looked. Each stroke of the whip drew blood from our backs. 35 The author provided this detail to describe how hard the master would hit the slaves. Yet once the slaves left the field, their work was far from finished. 73 The author provided this detail to explain that slaves never did not have work to do.

9 What the Book SaysConclusions Drawn Situation: A foramen slapped a slave for drinking at the dipper too long. Character Actions: The slave picked up a shovel and slam him in the head and ran. The slave was angry that he couldn’t drink enough water. Situation: The babies in the trough would drown when it rained on the plantation. Character Feeling’s: The slave felt bad that the babies had died, but she was also glad that the babies didn’t have to become slaves. The slave was glad that the babies did not have to go through what she has to go through.

10 Title: To Be A Slave 1. Talks about how slaves were treated and they lived 2. Gives a different reason of how the slaves were freed. 3. Gives the point of view of different slaves. Title: How Slavery Ended in America 1. Talks about the real reason the slaves get freed. 2. Does not give the slaves’ point of view. 3. Does not give details of what happened on the plantations. Both: 1.Both are about slaves. 2. Both mention about Abraham Lincoln’s ways.

11 FactsPage #Comments Some slaves were shipped by steamboat. 56 The author provided this information to show that some slaves went to further places and had to be shipped by boat. In the later part of August, the cotton-picking season begins. 68 The author provided this information to tell when their most important job began. Because slaves were considered property, they were often ordered to do things than pick cotton. 37 The author provided this information to show that slaves did other things than pick cotton. There were some slaves whose owners were their real fathers. 31 The author included this information to tell that masters would turn their children into slaves. The slave trader’s job was to sell to the highest bidder, not to see that each slave was sold to a kind master. 45 The author provided this information to explain how bidding slaves worked.

12 OpinionsPage #Comments An auction was synonymous with the breaking up of families. 48 The author provided this information to show that some families got separated when auctioned. The houses of the slaves were generally more fit for animals than humans beings. 62 The author provided this information to describe how the houses of the slaves were like. It was composed of the slave owner’s house, the “big house,” as the slaves called it. 60 The author provided this information to tell how the master’s house looked in the slaves eyes. And from the slaves’ point of view the picture was even more grim. 63 The author provided this information to show how some slaves thought about the situation. To be a slave. To be owned by another person, as a car, house or table is owned. 28 The author provided this information to describe what some people thought about slavery.

13 1. Not all slaves marched in coffles. Some were shipped by steamboat. -Why didn’t they always take the steamboat? 2. We entered some negroes’ huts, for their habitations cannot be called houses. -When I hear the word “huts,” I think about a small tent made out of tree branches. 3. And when it got so they could go to the other end of the field, the trough was filled with water and every baby in it was floating round in the water, drowned. - That is sad that the babies drowned, but at least they did not have to become a slave like the others.