BELLWORK  Please take out:  Your theme chart;  Take time and complete the section for “Breaking a Man’s Spirit”  What themes are revealed in this classic.

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BELLWORK  Please take out:  Your theme chart;  Take time and complete the section for “Breaking a Man’s Spirit”  What themes are revealed in this classic convict story?

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Partner Share- 5 minutesPartner Share- 5 minutes  What was life like for a “first fleeter” such as blind Mooney?  Describe convict life for Dawes  What four punishments did Dawes undergo for the Warden to try to “break him”?  What is the meaning behind the title?

Formal WritingFormal Writing  A Topic Sentence: Directly states what the paragraph is about  Supporting Details: Embedded with context  Follow up explanation tying into topic sentence  Concluding sentence reaffirming focus.

Embedding QuotesEmbedding Quotes  Life as a “first fleeter” was particularly hard. Blind Mooney recalls his memory of when he had “taken grass and pounded it, and made soup from a native dog” (Clarke 109).  The first convicts had scarce provisions or shelter; therefore, Mooney remembers how he and “ ‘…eighteen others lay in a hollow tree for seventeen weeks…’” (108). Clearly this reveals…

Homework: Due Next class!Homework: Due Next class!  Pre-read study questions- ESSENTIAL!  Please read “Absalom Day’s Promotion”, our last tricky story.  Answer the study questions 1-4

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