Daily Log

Thursday, October 21
Mr. P announced changes in the second half of the vocabulary assignment, namely that the due date is postponed from Tuesday to next Thursday and that students will not be required to supply a "real world" example of each word in use.

Students turned in the websearch worksheet on arguments in defense of slavery.

Students supplied concrete details from Chapters VII and VIII of Frederick Douglass's Narrative, after which we discussed how Douglass came to rebel against slavery.  All classes agreed that learning to read was a vital factor,  We then examined closely one piece Douglass read which influenced him deeply, the dialogue between a master and a slave which he found in the Columbian Orator. 

HW due Friday:
Read Frederick Douglass Chapter IX (short).
HW due Monday:
Read Chapter X (long).
Students should do the vocabulary work as they do the reading.