Lesson Evaluation Report Name Mohamed Jebril Date of lesson 22nd May 2013 Class title and level Skills for life - Numeracy ( Entry 3/ Level 1) Lesson topic Understanding Fractions Evaluate each of the following areas and remember: If something worked say how you know it worked If something didn’t work say how you know it didn’t work Classroom management – focus on your overall management of the class My control of the class was quite good‚ no problems this lesson. I
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Slavery‚ in my eyes‚ is an institution that has always been ridiculed on behalf of the physical demands of the practice‚ but few know the extreme mental hardships that all slaves faced. In Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ Harriet Jacobs writes autobiographically about her families’ and her personal struggles as a maturing "mullatto" child in the South. Throughout this engulfing memoir of Harriet Jacobs life‚ this brave woman tells of many trying times
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl "READER‚ be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are‚ nevertheless‚ strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary‚ my descriptions fall far short of the facts." Harriet Jacobs‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (5) Harriet Jacobs did not write to attract attention for herself. Nor did she try to create pity for her sufferings and find sympathy
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In the book‚ Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚ the author Harriet Jacobs (also the main character in book)‚ paints a very powerful‚ and emotion picture of what the institution of Slavery was like for the slave and master in America‚ and the toll that it took on the human soul. Before reading this book‚ I was given a list of questions to ponder on while reading. These questions ranged from‚ compare and contrast survival techniques used by two characters in the book‚ to was this work difficult
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“Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl‚” Harriet Jacobs gives a detailed account of the life story of “Linda Brent” which is the pseudo name for herself‚ outlining the events which primarily focuses on her escape from her slave master‚ “Dr. Flint.” After learning that Dr. Flint has already fathered 11 children from his slaves‚ it is hard to imagine why he is never able to successful pursue Linda. After all‚ just based on the sheer number of his incidents of sexual relations with his slaves‚ it would seem
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Once a slave learns to read and write‚ he has the chance to be his own authority. The ability to read and write helps the slaves to realize that they are treated with injustice by their masters. This is what happens to Frederic. When Frederic starts learning to read and write‚ he knows that there’s another world other than the slave world. The masters forbid the slaves to have any knowledge. But Frederic still tries to learn reading and writing which is against the masters’ authority. He begins to
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The Life of a Slave in the 1800’s Life as a slave was very difficult. As many as 4.5 million slaves were working in Southern plantations in the early to mid-1800’s. There were two types of slaves; field slaves and house slaves. People think that being a house slave was easier but this proves that theory wrong. Slaves had terrible environments‚ were separated from family and friends‚ and were sometimes beaten to death. Whites knew that slavery was wrong and immoral. Though‚ it still continued. Being
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Incidents in the Life Of A Slave Girl Linda Brent CHAPTER I The conditions of this master-slave relationship are that the slave (Linda) is there to do work for her mistress‚ or master‚ which is now her sister’ s daughter. Linda is supposed to take care her new owner’s five year old daughter‚ help plant things‚ take care of any animals and anything else she is told. As a slave‚ she should also do everything else she is told by her master. "After a brief period of suspense‚ the will of my mistress
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In "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl"‚ Harriet Jacobs writes‚ "Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women" (64). Jacobs’ work presents the evils of slavery as being worse in a woman’s case due to the tenets of gender identity. Jacobs elucidates the disparity between societal dictates of what the proper roles were for Nineteenth century women and the manner that slavery prevented a woman from fulfilling these roles. The book illustrates the double standard of for white
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in the Life of a Slave Girl Harriet Jacobs provides a firsthand narrative on the issue of slavery and the injustices associated with the actions made by the men and women who owned slaves. Within the first few pages of her retelling appropriately named “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” the reader is made aware of the long and troublesome plight that Jacobs is made to endure because of the color of her skin. The troubles brought to light by her writing address how being a female slave is particularly
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