Question

directions: create a journal entry answering the prompt below. click on the historical link located in google classroom and gather some information that will help you complete your journal entry. a journal entry must be 250 words. it must be written in first - person format. use appropriate names, dates, and places. click on the (historical background) located at the bottom of the child labor reading for accurate data. imagine you are a child who works in a textile mill in britain at the beginning of the 19th century. write a diary entry in which you describe both your work and home life. im child which live in england. every day i wake up very early cause i working. i wake up at 4am. i have to go to textile mill with my sister. we go for long way to the factory because we havent money for coach. our factory is very big and noisy. i work as a scavenger. my job is to pick cotton and threads from the floor near the machines. machines move fast. one time i almost lose my fingers. bosses are very strict. they shout at me if im slow or make a mistake. sometimes they hit me with sticks. i dont get enough break. i work for 12 - 14 hours with small break for food. usually i eat cold cheese and some bread. my back and hands hurt all time because im hard - working. my family is poor. my family is mom, dad, and siblings. parents too work hard, so they too are tired. our family dont have much food and clothes. sometimes my little brothers are sick but our family cannot go to doctor, cause we are poor. i wish the factory owners and the government make laws to help children, like me, which work very hard and are so young. i want play like another children and go to school, but now i should help my poor family. directions: complete the quiz located in the child labor reading. write your answers

Explanation:

The task is to create a journal - entry as a child laborer in a British textile mill in the early 19th century. The provided sample journal - entry describes daily life, work in the mill (long hours, harsh treatment, dangerous tasks), and home - life (poverty, lack of medical care). To improve, grammar and spelling could be corrected, and more details about emotions and hopes could be added.

Answer:

There is no specific question asked in the provided text. However, if the task is to improve the journal - entry, one could correct grammar errors like "I'm child which live" to "I'm a child who lives", and add more vivid descriptions of feelings such as fear or exhaustion while working, and more details about family interactions at home. If the task is to complete the quiz mentioned at the end, no information about the quiz questions is given, so it cannot be answered.