In all hours we used the 12 Years A Slave note page and helper doc of the human rights to take analytical notes in prep for a Socratic discussion; today we viewed the following excerpts of the film in 4th hour: scene 8 through when the plantation owner's wife speaks to Eliza when Eliza is in the wagon; scene 12 through when the plantation owner's wife turns her back to Platt/Solomon and walks away on the porch; scene 27 through the letter burning (note: Platt?Solomon is now on a different plantation); scene 31 through the point when Patsy is tied to the post; and scene 34 through to the end of the film including the informational captions at the very end. Hour 6 started at scene 12, having seen scene 8 yesterday, and hour 7 started today at scene 31, having viewed 8, 12, & 27 yesterday. Note: this is a realistic portrayal of slavery; beware that younger children are not in the room if you are viewing this as make-up work via You tube, Netflix, etc. 6th & 7th hours also viewed a slide of "Patsy" and the acress (Lupita Nyong'o) as food for thought for their page and tomorrow's discussion as well. 4th hour will see this at the start of class tomorrow before we begin our discussion. We will have our scored Socratic discussion tomorrow in all U.S. classes. 7th hour research was returned with scores and feedback; please look at it thoroughly, let me know if you have any questions, and if something is in need of repair before it can be scored, be sure to get that done before the end of Friday.
