North by Night Activities

1) Interactive Journal: Prejudice

Class Notes

My Thoughts

*prejudice 1) preconceived
opinion that is not based on reason
or actual experience, 2)prejudgment,
or forming an opinion before
becoming aware of the relevant facts
of a case

(what does prejudice mean to you)

* Prejudice is a burden that confuses

the past, threatens the future and
renders the present inaccessible.

* think of what prejudice

means to you; examples in real life)

-Maya Angelou
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*As you read the book, you will choose 3 questions/activities per section. In addition, you write two text
dependent questions for each section. By the end, you should have 13 responses total. Plus 8 text dependent
questions. You should decide which questions/activities you want to respond to FIRST, so you can be looking for
information and details as you read. If you wait until the end it will be much more difficult to go back and find
specifics! Each response/activity should be 1-2 full paragraphs (with specific details, events and quotes from the
book failure to have specifics will result in lower grades):

2) Choose 3 questions/activities per section and remember to also create two text dependent questions
for each section.
January 1 - 17 (PAGES 1 - 48)
1) What is the date of Lucys first journal entry? How old is Lucy? In what state and town does she live?
2) In the January 1st journal entry, what nickname does Lucy use for runaway slaves?
Why does this nickname make sense?
3) In Lucys January 2nd journal entry, copy the simile that describes what Lucy thinks the New Year should
be like?
4) Draw a scene from one of the events described in Lucys January 4th entry.
5) In Lucys January 5th journal entry she states the next Underground Railroad location where her father
takes the slaves hidden in her house. Where does he go?
6) Lucy writes about Wills wagon. What is special about it?
7) If you designed a wagon to carry slaves, what would it look like? Draw or write your answer.
8) Name Lucys brothers and sister. What did they inherit from their mother?
9) In Lucys evening journal entry for January 11th, she mentions that Mrs. Clark glowed when Lucy praised
the quilt. Why did Mrs. Clarks face glow when she talked with her and called her Lucinda dear?
10) Describe in complete sentences the plan Jeremiah explains to Lucy at Jonathans party.
11) How would you feel about being involved in a plan like this? Write your answer in complete sentences.
12) In the January 13th entry, Lucy describes Miss Aurelia. In one of the rooms, what is revealed when the
wood paneling next to the chimney is pulled?
13) What hidden message are Lucys parents revealing in the letters they wrote?
14) What adjective would you use to describe Lucys emotions when she receives one letter from Jonathan
and then one from Jeremiah? What would be your reactions to these letters?

3) Choose 3 questions/activities per section and remember to also create two text dependent questions
for each section.

January 18 - 31 (PAGES 48 - 88)

1) Why does Lucy find the snow frustrating?
2) On Saturday, January 18th, how do Miss Aurelia and Lucy teach the children hiding in the attic about
snow?
3) Lucy records in her January 22nd journal entry some of the differences between her and
Emma. List some of these differences.
4) Why did Emma and her family leave Carolina so suddenly?
5) How many days is Lucy trapped inside due to the snow?
Does she like being stuck inside?
6) On Friday, January 24th, Lucy cant sleep, so she writes in her journal. Copy the sentence that describes
her feelings.
7) Miss Aurelia asked Lucy a question that helped her analyze her relationship with
Jonathan and also turned her life upside down. What was that question?
8) When Jeremiah returns, he explains where he took Abraham. Where was it?
9) What special item did Jeremiah give Lucy when he saw her after returning from taking Abraham?
10) On page 85, describe what Jeremiah means when he says At first light the town still slept under a
coverlet of snow.? What is a coverlet?
4) Choose 3 questions/activities per section and remember to also create two text dependent questions
for each section.

February 1 - 18 (PAGES 89 - 133)

1) In Lucys February 1st entry, she describes a sad event. What happened that changed the plans when
Emma and Cassie were ready to leave?
2) What were the reactions from Emma, Lucy, and Ruthie about this change of plans?
3) In Mamas February 1st letter to Lucy what imagery is used to describe Mirandas desire to get outside?
Write your own descriptive image for Miranda.
4) What two major happenings brought Cass and Lucy closer together?
5) How does Miss Aurelia make a living?
6) In Lucys February 10th journal entry, she mentions where many founders of the Ohio
Western Reserve, which is now the Cleveland area, originally lived. What state did many of these people
come from?
7) Who was Mark Andrews, and how did he fit into Miss Aurelias life?
8) Explain in complete sentences or with a drawing how Casss family got to Windsor, Canada.
9) What does Cass teach Lucy?
10) In Lucys February 16th journal entry, she sees Clayton Roberts again. Why does he think Lucy looks so
pale?
What is Lucys response?
11) In her February 13th letter to Lucy, Rebecca presents an idea to her about the plans for her future with
Nathaniel. What do you think Lucy is feeling and thinking when she reads this part of the letter?

5) Choose 3 questions/activities per section and remember to also create two text dependent questions
for each section.

February 19 - MARCH 7 (PAGES 133 - 176)

1) What does Cass name her new daughter? Why?
2) On page 138, copy the description of the new babys nose, eyes, and hair.
3) What has upset Lucy in her February 23rd journal entry?
4) Choose a scene to draw from one of the events in Lucys February 23rd journal entries.
Write a caption underneath your drawing.
5) In her letter to Jeremiah, what does Lucy explain as her plan for Casss baby?
6) Explain Miss Aurelias writing for The Liberator. What has upset Miss Aurelia?
7) March 1st is a difficult day. What happens?
8) Why did Lucy and Hope ride in a coffin?
9) Why is the Underground Railroad hiding spot called Mother Hubbards cupboard?
10) In complete sentences or in a drawing, explain what you think will happen to Lucy.