To Be A Slave
Kindergarten and 1st Grade

4. BOOKER'S FAVORITE ANIMAL

Objective: Students will write adjectives that describe a pig.

SOL Objectives:

• English
• History
• Mathematics
• Science

Materials: Picture of a pig, pencil, crayons

Reading Passage

Aside from the large number of fowls and animals kept by the school, I keep individually a number of pigs and fowls of the best grades, and in raising these I take a great deal of pleasure. I think the pig is my favourite animal. Few things are more satisfactory to me than a high-grade Berkshire or Poland China pig.

Booker T. Washington
Up From Slavery

Procedure:

1. The teacher will read the preceding passage and lead a discussion with students about Booker´s favorite animal, the pig. Encourage students to describe it.

2. The class will discuss how pigs were used on the Burroughs plantation. It´s said that every part of the pig is used except the squeal. What does this mean?

3. The students will list words on the board that describe a pig.

4. The students will write at least five words on their pig. A photocopy of a pig is included on the next page.

5. The students will color their pig.

6. Optional: The students will write five sentences using their adjectives.

7. Be sure to see if you are correct in describing the pig when you visit Booker T. Washington National Monument.