Answer:
Who is the Speaker?
● Identify the speaker’s age,
gender, class, and education.
● Whose voice is being heard
within the text?
● What can you tell or what do
you know about the speaker
that helps you understand
the point of view expressed?
● The speaker is Master George Percy, a
nobleman from England who came as a
colonist to America in 1606. This means he was
wealthy and held power in society.
● He was one of the original noblemen to live in
Jamestown and served as the colony’s
government two times.
● He returned to England in 1612.
● The speaker is the author, Sally M. Walker, who
writes informational texts for young people,
usually on topics related to science. She is not
experiencing all of the events in the text, she is
only reporting them based on her own
experience, the experiences of the forensic
anthropologists working on the Jamestown
project, and her own research.
● Walker quotes the forensic anthropologists
throughout the text.
O What is the Occasion?
● What is the time and place of
the piece? What is the
current situation that
prompted the writing?
● Is this a political event, a
celebration, an observation, a
critique, etc.?
● Identify the context of the
text.
● Percy is writing a first person account of what
it was like to be in Jamestown in the first few
months of colonization. He is writing it in the
moment, as the events happen.
● The situation is very difficult and many people
are dying.
● One of the anthropologists, Douglas Owsley,
asked Walker to write the book about the work
his team was doing.
● Owsley was most likely prompted by the
rediscovery of James Fort and the other findings
in and around Jamestown.
● It seems to be an observation and celebration
of how forensic anthropology can help us to
understand the past.
A Who is the Audience?
● Who are the readers to
whom this piece is directed?
● Does the speaker specify an
audience?
● What assumptions exist in
the text about the intended
audience?
● The speaker does not specify an audience, but
we can assume he is writing for two audiences:
the group of current and future colonists, and
King James and leaders of the London
Company.
● The author does not specify an audience, but
we can infer it is young people, particularly
those interested in history
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