1. Common Core Standards:
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Common Core Standards:
RI , L , and SL
Aim: How do we examine a primary source of the slave’s experience and identify a theme?
Do Now: Answer one of the following questions. 1.) What can you predict about the content of a slave’s memoir? 2.) What are the benefits of reading a 1st person’s account (primary source) as opposed to reading historical accounts (secondary sources) in a textbook? *Show HW: revised resume (with teacher’s corrections).
Objective: Students will be able to identify a theme in a slave’s memoir.

2. Common Core Standards: RI.11-12.4, L.11-12.4, and SL.11-12.1
Wednesday, February 6th, 2019
Aim: How do we examine a primary source of the slave’s experience and identify a theme?
Objective: : Students will be able to identify a theme in a slave’s memoir.
Agenda
A.) Do Now: Turn and talk with your tablemates. Captains will prepare to share their tablemates’ answers with the whole class.
B.) Discuss/Share: Captains will share Do Now answers.
C.) Work Period: Read the first pages of Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. Choose a theme (a pattern or the author’s message established in the first pages). Identify two pieces of evidence (passages/quotes from the text) to support your chosen theme. Be ready to share.
D.) Q & A/Reflections: How did you identify a theme from the slave’s narrative? What are your first impressions? Did you learn anything new about the slave’s experience?

3. Word of the Week 10 Keyword: TBD Information: TBD Memory Clues:
Date:
Word of the Week 10
Keyword: TBD
Information: TBD
Memory Clues:

4. Comprehension Check:
How well you understand the tasks today:
Themes in a slave’s narrative
SELF-ASSESS: How easy/ difficult was that task?