Zachary Dickason

Ms. Holt
English 1P; Period 6
3 October 2016

Scholarly Interaction Guide:

Part I:
1. Define all bolded words in a comment (ctrl + shift + m)
2. Answer the Margin Questions
Part II:
1. Highlight all examples of repetition in yellow.
2. Highlight all examples of parallelism in green.
Part III:
1. Answer the post-reading question by typing in the box.

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this 1. What does the first paragraph
say about everyone living in
continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to America according to The
the proposition that all men are created equal. Declaration of Independence? The
first paragraph says all men are
created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long
endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have
come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place 2. Where is Abraham Lincoln giving
for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is his speech?
altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. The battlefield of Gettysburg war
which is now a cemetery for a the
But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicatewe cannot people who died there.
consecratewe cannot hallowthis ground. The brave men,
living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above
our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor
long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they
did here. It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so
nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great 3. What does Abraham Lincoln
task remaining before usthat from these honored dead we take want his audience to remember?
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full Lincoln wants his audience to
measure of devotionthat we here highly resolve that these dead remember that the northern
shall not have died in vainthat this nation, under God, shall have soldiers fought for the freedom of
slaves.
a new birth of freedomand that government of the people, by the
people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Post Reading Question: What is the theme, or message, of The Gettysburg Address? Is
that message still important today? Use textual evidence to support your answer.

Paragraph Guide
Topic Sentence- The message of The Gettysburg Address is that ____.
Says- This message is shown when Lincoln states, ___ (1).
Means- This quote means that ____.
Matters- This message (is/is not) still important in America today because ____.

The message of The Gettysburg Address is that all men are created equal. This message
is shown when Lincoln states,Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on
this
continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are
created equal (1).This quote means that everyone should be equal. This message is still important
in America today because not everyone is treated equally and fairly, so we need to treat others
fairly.