7th Grade ELA NYS Common Core Curriculum Module 3, Unit 1

1. DO NOW
Take out BOTH excerpts from the Narrative
Put a star next to one sentence from each
that you find POWERFUL

2. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Turn & Talk
• Share your two starred sentences with
your shoulder partner
• Explain WHY you chose yours!
• I’ll use sticks to share out

3. Slavery
Learning Objectives
I can determine Frederick Douglass’s
position in Excerpt 2 of Narrative.
I can use common roots, prefixes, and
suffixes as clues to the meaning of words in
the excerpt.
I can identify what makes Narrative a powerful
story.

4. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt # 2
• THIRD READ today
• Read for Douglass’s purpose
• What is the overall story?
• How is he telling it in a powerful way?
• How does it convey his position?

5. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt # 2
• Vocab challenge of the day:
• Find two (2) more new words NOT in
bold already
• Figure out what they mean

6. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt # 1
• Again, read twice today & once tomorrow
• First read: Gist!
• Second read: questions
(Lots of vocab today!

7. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
1. Why does Douglass describe the
clothing that slaves were given in such
detail?
What is he trying to show?

8. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Try next questions with partner first!
2. Why didn’t slaves get enough sleep?

9. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
3. What emotions did Douglass say that
the songs sung by slaves conveyed?

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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
4. Why does Douglass explain that even
thinking about the songs now makes him
sad?
How does that help convince his
audience?

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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Purpose
• Stronger readers with complex text!
• Work with shoulder partner
• Question on PURPOSE after the excerpt
** How does this excerpt support the
two positions Douglass held about
slavery?

12. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
1. Slavery is terrible for slaves.
** Be able to point to a specific paragraph!

13. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
2. Slavery corrupts slave holders.
** Be able to point to a specific paragraph!

14. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt 2: Note-catcher
• Practice skill of analyzing purpose & craft
• Can use it on next test!!
• Let’s read it and I’ll show you how…

15. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position: Why
does he say it?
Evidence: What words,
phrases and sentences
show his position?
Analysis: What is the position
that Douglass is trying to
disprove? How does this
quote prove that this position
is incorrect?
Slavery corrupts
slaves
Slavery was
terrible for slaves
Put your finger on the column
that will show the connection
between the excerpt and
Douglass’s two positions on
slavery.

16. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position:
Evidence:
Slavery corrupts
slave owners
The excerpt
shows that
overseers were
cruel to the
slaves, and
having such
power over
other humans
makes made
them barbaric.
Analysis:

17. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position:
Evidence:
Slavery corrupts
slave owners
Excerpt 2, par. 4
Mr. Severe’s
“presence made it
The excerpt
bout the field of
shows that
overseers were blood and of
blasphemy…He
cruel to the
seemed to take
slaves, and
pleasure in
having such
manifesting his
power over
fiendish barbarity.”
other humans
(description of the
makes made
them barbaric. overseer)
Analysis:

18. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position:
Evidence:
Analysis:
Slavery corrupts
slave owners
Excerpt 2, par. 4
People who defended
slavery likely believed
that it was good for
slave owners. Douglass’s
description of Mr. Sever
shows that inflicting
violence on slaves make
people like him begin to
enjoy committing violent
acts, corrupting him.
Douglass uses words like:
fiendish barbarity to
show that Severe has
Mr. Severe’s
“presence made it
The excerpt
bout the field of
shows that
overseers were blood and of
blasphemy…He
cruel to the
seemed to take
slaves, and
pleasure in
having such
manifesting his
power over
fiendish barbarity.”
other humans
(description of the
makes made
them barbaric. overseer)

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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt 2: Note-catcher
• Now you show me how to do it!
• What did we learn in Excerpt 2 about why
slavery was terrible FOR SLAVES?

20. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position:
Evidence:
Slavery was
terrible for slaves
Look through Par. 5
for a quote that
SHOWS that slavery
was terrible for slaves.
Analysis:

21. What does
Douglass say?
What is this
excerpt about?
Living conditions for slaves are terrible and overseers like
Mr. Severe treat them very badly. Slaves express their
sorrow by singing. People in the North think that the
singing is showing slaves’ contentment with their lot, but
that is not true.
Position:
Evidence:
Analysis:
Slavery was
terrible for slaves
The excerpt
shows slavery
was terrible
because their
living conditions
were awful, and
they were badly
beaten.
Slavery was so
terrible that
they sang just
What is this quote
DISPROVING?
How does it prove that
slave owners were
incorrect?

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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Excerpt 2: Note-catcher
• WASHINGTON, D.C. partners
• Find one more quote & analyze it
HINT! Paragraphs 2 & 6 are good!

23. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Found Poem
• A poem composed of words & phrases
taken from another text
• Read the model poem with me at the
bottom!

24. Slavery
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Found Poem
1. Re-read excerpt 2
2. Circle/highlight powerful words &
phrases about conditions on
plantations
3. Cut out dull or unneeded words
4. Cut down to 30 or less!
5. Only add your words to make sense
6. Get creative!! …focus on the feeling

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Narrative of Frederick Douglass
Homework
• Create a Found Poem about living
conditions of slaves on southern plantations
• Be sure to use EXCERPT 2