MUG Monday
Each of these sentences contains one or more errors. Find the errors and correct the sentences.
1. My favorite athlete is healy thompson, who competes in sports in College.
2. She may not play for the Chicago cubs or the New york yankees, but she's my
favorite because she's my Sister.
Quiz
Types of Non-Fiction:
Narrative Nonfiction: a genre of writing that uses literary styles
and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.
Expository Nonfiction: the purpose is to inform, explain,
describe, or define their subject to the reader.
Cause-and-Effect Nonfiction: Details how two events or
subjects are related through causality.
Problem/Solution Nonfiction: Nonfiction in which a problem is
discussed and a solution suggested.
Compare/Contrast Nonfiction: Expository (descriptive)
nonfiction that details how two or more topics, events, or ideas
are similar and how they are different.
Biography: A factually accurate expository account of
someone's life.
from Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad
by Anne Petry
Quick Write:
Think about a time when you took a risk. Describe the risk
and why you took it in 3-5 sentences. Looking back, was the
risk worth taking?
My Questions
Answers
Discuss vocabulary pg 259
Begin reading "Harriet Tubman" answer questions
A-J as you read.
Read
(10 Minutes)
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from "Harriet Tubman" pg 258
Get out your Quick Write page from yesterday.
Riddle Wednesday
Peace
Earth
Chair
Worn
Schostayol
Read
(15 Minutes)
Frederick Douglass' letter to Harriet Tubman
1. Why does Douglass write to Tubman?
2. How does Frederick Douglass describe the difference between himself and
Harriet Tubman?
3. What does Frederick Douglass think of the risks Harriet Tubman has taken
in her quest to free enslaved people?
4. In 5-8 sentences, describe the contributions of Douglass and Tubman to the
abolitionist cause AND determine which of the two is braver.