Students should have read through page 53 in Uncle Tom's Cabin by today. We are taking a reader-response approach to this novel, trying to understand why it was a best-seller of the 19th century and how it was able to turn the tide of popular opinion on slavery in America.
In class, students will write a personal reflection on each reading assignment. They will also create a word web for one vocabulary word from each reading assignment.
A word web includes the following:
1) word
2) part of speech
3) definition
4) sentence from Uncle Tom's Cabin showing how it is used in context
5) synonym and antonym (must be the same part of speech)
6) etymological word parts ("roots"), each with a picture representing the meaning of the root and other words that also use the same root
By studying etymology, student can enhance their vocabulary more rapidly and meaningfully than by memorizing word lists.
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