Friday, February 15, 2019
Today, we will read excerpts from one another's journal entries, reading especially for sensory details and comment on them.  
Next, we will study the map in Document B of the DBQ "Mansa Musa's Hajj: A Personal Journal".  Finally, during fifth period, we will write our second journal entry.  Walata, February, 1324, Morning

The caravan now stretches several days ahead of you and several days behind.  Thank Allah for the water in this oasis town. Your next leg to Taghaza will be across waterless desert, and the water supply is critical.  Luckily, the rainy season is beginning, although rainfall will be spotty at best. You are impressed by the trade activity in town. Blacks from the Sudan to the south meet with Berbers from northern Africa to exchange their goods.  You sit in the shade of a date palm to record your thoughts and impressions. Today, you will write a 14-sentence journal entry. This journal needs to include dialogue and sensory details. The dialogue can be overheard or remembered or happening right now.  Correct punctuation and capitalization are essential. Remember these rules for dialogue:

Remember these rules:
1) If the speaker tag comes before the quotation, separate the speaker tag from the quotation with a comma.

2) If the speaker tag comes after the quotation, end the quotation with a comma, question mark, or exclamation point.
3) Begin the quotation with a capital letter. Always.

4) Add appropriate end punctuation (period or comma, exclamation point, question mark) at the end of the quotation.

5) Put quotation marks around the entire quotation (including the end punctuation)

Photograph of an oasis:

Possible conversations:

hawkers trying to sell goods

you and a friend talking under the palm date tree

remembered from the journey

remembering the last conversation you had with family

overhearing Mansa Musa

overhearing trading or bartering

Test on countries in Africa: Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Quizlet to study: https://quizlet.com/_48dlvr