Journal entry #1

JOURNAL ENTRY #1

Do you think people eventually become like their parent/parents? Where have you seen examples of this in your life? Do you think

you will become like your parent/parents? Why? Why not?

GUIDING QUESTIONS:THE FALL, PART 4, PGS. 74 - 81

1.What are some horror stories about diseases that Dana recalls?

2.Why did Tom Weylin (‘Marse Weylin’) sell all of Sarah’s children except one?

3.What is Kevin’s new job on the Weylin plantation?

4.Summarize the story that Kevin tells Tom Weylin about his and Dana’s situation.


1.What did Margaret Weylin throw at Dana?

2.Who does Margaret Weylin have a crush on?

3.Why did Margaret Weylin slap a slave child?

4.How does Dana relate to Robinson Crusoe?

5.Why does Tom Weylin pity Dana?

JOURNAL ENTRY #2

If you could take a friend or family member with you to the Weylin

plantation, who would you choose? Why would you choose them? What would

you do? What problems do you foresee by taking this person with you?

Respond with at least SEVEN complete sentences.

GUIDING QUESTIONS:THE FALL, PART 6, PGS. 91 – 96

Answer in complete sentences, using evidence from the text and

citing page numbers!!

1.Why does Margaret Weylin slap Dana?

2.Who was Miss Hannah?

3.Why did Tom Weylin sell Sarah’s children?

4.What does Tom Weylin tell Sarah he is planning to do with Dana?




1.What is Luke’s job on the Weylin plantation?

2.What does Nigel ask Dana to do?

3.What game do the slave children play in the woods?

4.What is Dana and Kevin’s hope for Nigel?




1.Why does Sarah not want Carrie to learn how to read and write?

2.What kind of book did Carrie steal from the library?

3.What does Dana do with Nigel’s spelling tests?

4.Why does Tom Weylin whip Dana?

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