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Monday-. With each quote below choose the author’s purpose: i nform, entertain, persuade and explain your answer with one sentence. 1.) “In 1836, the War Department transferred Emerson to Fort Snelling in the Wisconsin Territory.”
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Monday- • With each quote below choose the author’s purpose: inform, entertain, persuade and explain your answer with one sentence. • 1.) “In 1836, the War Department transferred Emerson to Fort Snelling in the Wisconsin Territory.” • 2)”Most of the other eight justices on the court shared Taney’s beliefs.” • 3)”A citizen is a member of a country or state.” • 4)”Non-citizens did not have the full protection of the law because the law was for white people only.”
Tuesday • Who are the characters in historical nonfiction? • What does the word “event” mean in nonfiction writing? • Who is the author of the historical nonfiction, “The Dred Scott Decision?” • Why is it important to have dates in historical nonfiction writing? • Why is it important to read historical nonfiction?
Wednesday • 1)When John Emerson died he left Dred Scott and his wife in his will to Eliza Emerson. What does this show about how slaves were treated and look upon in the 1800s in the United States? ( List 3 facts about slavery based on this statement.) • 2) Why did most of the supreme court justices support slavery? ( List 2 reasons. You have to think of these reasons on your own, they are not in the textbook.) • 3)Pretend you are a member of the Missouri state court who voted that even though Dred Scott lived in a free a free state for two years he is not free from slavery. List two reasons why Dred Scott should not be free.
Thursday Conclusion-Something you decide is true after thinking about it carefully. Identify-To recognize something and be able to say what it is. Fill in the blank with the correct word. 1)Since I had a “B” in the class, I came to the _________ that I should continue to study and do my homework. 2) For biology class I had to __________ three different types of trees. 3) It’s important to __________ identify the assignments that are due. 4) I came to the _____________ that I should be on time to class when I kept getting detentions for being tardy.
Happy Friday! • Please take out your warm up packet and fill in the Friday section. • Make sure everything is filled in completely. • Your responses should be thoughtful. • Your quiz questions should show that you know what we studied and learned this week.
