Today you will have 15 minutes to finish your journal entry. Read any comments and correct any mistakes. After you have finished, you may study for tomorrow's test:
Test on countries in Africa: Tomorrow, Wednesday, February 20, 2019. Quizlet to study: https://quizlet.com/_48dlvr If you do not finish, it is homework.
Next we will watch a video on the salt mines:
Today's journal entry is:
Taghaza, March, 1324, dusk
As you make camp in Taghaza, you hear grumblings in the hajj. Questions are being asked about the route taken north. Aren't there other ways to get across the Sahara? You are both intimidated and fascinated by this town literally made of salt. What do you think of it? How do you feel about the route the hajj has taken?
Today’s journal entry will include dialogue. The dialogue can be overheard, or from the past, or a conversation you are having.
Brainstorm with your group about sensory details you this entry will have. In the town of Taghaza, what can you see, hear, smell, feel, or taste? What conversation might you have? Or what conversation might you overhear?
We will read the excerpt from Ibn Battuta's work entitled Rihla in Document C.
Possible sensory details:
You can see the people mining salt
You can hear people on the hajj grumbling
You might feel uncomfortable because of the heat and sand
You might smell camel skins or live camels.
You might feel blisters.
You might smell other bodies
You might feel the rough texture of the rock and salt buildings.
Possible conversations:complaining about the route, heat, distance, food, or journey
salt-mining slaves plotting escape or complaining about wounds
arguing with others in the hajj
overhearing the slaves questioning whether this is the correct route
complaining about the stench
Correct quotation punctuation:
"This place is the worst," grumbled the slave behind me.
"At least we're not salt miners. Those slaves are the most unlucky of all," I answered.
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