John Ramillano 5 th Period

WordSentenceCorrect Dictionary Definition Halter Which was tied like a halter round the neck of each; A rope or strap used for leading or tying an animal. CaparisonedBut the men of whom I was the stoutest and strongest, were very differently caparisoned. Clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings). VerdureAnd covered with a rich ranked verdure. The lush greenness of flourishing vegetation. CapaciousSufficiently capacious to contain ten or twelve hooves. Capable of containing a great deal. ScantyAnd with the exception of a very scanty sprinkling now and then. Barely sufficient or adequate. Context Clues

  The author wrote this book to inform and explain readers more about slavery and the lives of slaves. The author’s intended audience are students and teachers alike. Text Purpose

  The text structure the author used for this book is mostly 1 st but with a little bit of 3 rd person. It affects the way I read the book by understanding more of the main character’s thoughts and feelings. Text Structure

 1)Africans captured by Dutch 2) Journey to America as captives on ship 3) Arrive to America 4) Sold as slaves at auctions Text Representation (Timeline how Africans became slaves)

 SubjectAuthor’s Feelings Text Evidence To be a Slave The author’s feelings about this subject is that he thinks it is wrong. He is against slavery and if he was there he would protest. To be a slave was to be a human being under conditions in which humanity has denied. They were not slaves. They were people. Their conditions was slavery. Pg. 28 Author’s Perspective/Point of View

ParagraphsMain Idea Beginning-Page#40 A slave master owned a woman who had 7 children. He would break her heart by selling each of her children. When her 4 th baby was born she couldn’t bear letting it go and killed her baby. Middle-Page#69 Slaves worked everyday nonstop from the time the stars began to fade in the morning until the evening where they reappeared. Each day was similar as the previous one. End-Page#136 Slave owners moved to Texas with their slaves when it seemed the South might lose the war. By moving they hoped that it’ll let them have their slaves a little longer. Main Idea

DetailsPage#Comments “ stay up all night long “ 37Gives additional info about how long they stayed up. “ in a buggy “ 42Tells where and what to go to. If it had been omitted we wouldn’t have known it was a buggy. “ six children “ 48We wouldn’t have known how many children there were if detail was absent. Supporting Details

What the Book SaysConclusions Drawn Situation: Foreman slaps a slave for drinking at the dipper too long. Character Actions: Slave slams foreman in the head with a shovel and runs. He will do that in the future but will eventually get caught and be severely punished. Situation: Master keeps selling slave’s babies, mother kills 4 th not want to let it go. Character Feelings: Heart broken doesn’t want babies to suffer She will do the same for the rest of her babies. Draw Inferences

Compare-Contrast Title: To be a Slave 1. Book 2. Quotes and stories from real slaves 3. During slavery 4. Biographies 5. Mostly explains how slavery started Title: AOW: How Slavery Really Ended in America 1. Article 2. No quotes/stories 3. End of slavery 4. Not a biography 5. Mostly explains about how slavery ended Both: 1. History of slavery 2.Civil War 3. Abraham Lincoln 4. Ends of slavery 5. Emancipation Proclamation

FactsPage#Comments A Dutch ship landed twenty Africans at Jamestown colony in To show how and when slavery started in Jamestown The African slave trade was over 100 yrs. old 16How old and how long the slave trade has been going Portugal introduced Africans to Europe in the early 16 century 16How the trade was passed on from place to place Africans accompanied Spanish explorers on their journey to the New World 17Africans were a part of the New World long before the Mayflower and the settling of Jamestown Slave trade extended to England and Spain and other colonies in the New World 17To show where the slave trade extended to Facts

Opinions Page#Comments Slaves were pictured as little more than dumb, brute animals 29How others saw slaves as Ugly disfiguring scars 33To state his sister’s opinion Pretty girl, really good looking 51Included info to show how the girl looked like I was the stoutest and strongest 54To show how he differ from the others Of rich rank verdure 58To give more detail about the place Opinions

 Pg. 29- I can relate to this paragraph about the slave hitting the foreman with a shovel. If I was slapped because of drinking from a dipper too long I wouldn’t just do nothing too. I’ve also wondered what would of happened if he didn’t hit the foreman. Pg. 30- I disliked this paragraph. It says what the white folks would do to the slaves. Beat, burn, boil, work them and do other things they wanted to do with them. How can people live like this. I wonder why they even did it?! Pg. 137/138- I liked this paragraph because it is true. No matter how you treat something it just wants to be free. You can treat it good and give it everything it wants-but if you open its cage-its happy. Why couldn’t slaves just be free? Reading Response