Archive for February, 2009

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Devon

Hi,
Guess what? I get to write reviews on anything I want. Today I really wanted to write about my summer camp. Devon. I personally think it is the best summer camp. It is not a sleep away camp though. For the activities there are swimming, sailing, tennis, arts & crafts, lunch, and a few things [...]

My Historical Fiction Book

Hi I have been reading a Historical Fiction book for our study of Forced Immigration. Mine is called, “The Captive,” it is a really good book. The main character is Kofi he goes through a lot here are a few examples of his hardship. “My father was dead,” “As each sailor came back up he [...]

Amistad Poem and Collage

We wrote Amistad poems inspired by Elizabeth Alexander. Mine was in the perspective of Sarah Margru Kinson . She got ripped away from her family to be sold in slavery. It is about the hardship in the hold of the ship they sailed on. She got sold illegally. I hope this will tell people that [...]

Elizabeth Alexander

Elizabeth Alexander came to the Dalton School on Friday, February 6th, 2009. It was a treat and pleasure listening to some of her poems and talking about them. One of the reasons, she was invited to come was to share and explain her Amistad poems and to inspire us to write our own poems.
Her writing [...]

The Story of Margru

Hi,
my teacher is writing a book called, “Africa is my home.” I personally loved it, because I felt like I was in the boat, in the jail and in Africa and so part of the story.
The book is about a girl called Sarah Margru Kinson. Hard to believe, but she got sold by her father [...]