This was a pretty good day with literature. We read "Two Tickets to Freedom" in the Open Court reader. This is the story of William and Ellen Croft who escaped from slavery in Georgia in 1848. Ellen, who was light-skinned, dressed as a man pretended to be a white slaveowner and William accompanied her on their trip to Philadelphia and freedom. We had a really good discussion about what slavery was and what it was like to be a slave and modern parallels to slavery. Then, in Island of the Blue Dolphins, we read chapter 8 today, the part where Karana and her brother are left behind on the island. At first this seems like fun, but then she discovers his body, ripped apart by a pack of wild dogs. Students just never expect this turn of events in the story.
The rest of the day was pretty ho-hum. We did a bunch of follow-up skill activities in language arts, we checked homework. The usual. Nothing as good as escaping bounty hunters or not escaping savage beasts.
Homework: (1) Do the crossword puzzle. The words are all taken from the "Two Tickets" story. (2) Do "Line Graphs," Math, page 105. (3) Do the second draft of the fantasy story. This should also be at least three pages, skipping lines, front side of paper only, just as the first rough draft was. Students should make significant revisions between the first and second drafts. The second draft should be stapled to the top of the first draft.
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