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- You have homework due Thursday - see this post below...
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DO Now - Quiz on Chapters 12-14
Go into Google Classroom and take the quiz on chapters 12-14!
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Learning Target(s)
- Read chapter 15 of TKMB.
Mini-Lesson: Jem's Maturity v. Scout's Innocence
- New Entry: REVIEW CHALLENGE: Read the following micro-summaries and put them in the order they are presented in the novel!A. With Atticus out of town, Calpurnia takes Jem and Scout to her church. They also learn more information about Tom Robinson.B. Scout runs into trouble with both a classmate and a cousin when the two boys taunt her about her father, whom they call a "nigger lover." Atticus explains to Scout that he will be defending a black man named Tom Robinson.C. Scout discovers that her father, whom she previously thought too old to do anything, does possess some talents.D. Aunt Alexandra comes to stay with Atticus and the children. E. Jem and Scout learn more about their neighbor Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose.F. After a tough evening fighting with both Aunt Alexandra and Jem, Scout is surprised to find the runaway Dill hiding under her bed.
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- Think-Pair-Share
- What are the criteria you use when judging someone's level of maturity?
- Is everyone's level of maturity the same? What factors contribute to the level of someone's maturity?
- When are you considered an adult?
Work Time
- Actively listen to Chapter 15
Assessment / Homework
- Complete SGQs for Chapters 15-17. Due Thursday.
WEDNESDAY 4-26 A-Day: Maycomb vs. The Mockingbird
Announcements
- Read your Gmail
- Don't forget to complete your homework: Read and do SGQs for chapters 15-17 due Friday!
- Take the quiz on Chapter 16!
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DO Now - Read It - Headline It!
Entry Title: Read It! Headline It!
The trial begins the next day. People from all over the county flood the town. Everyone makes an appearance in the courtroom, from Miss Stephanie Crawford to Mr. Dolphus Raymond, a wealthy eccentric who owns land on a river bank, lives near the county line, is involved with a black woman, and has mulatto children. Only Miss Maudie refuses to go, saying that watching someone on trial for his life is like attending a Roman carnival.
The vast crowd camps in the town square to eat lunch. Afterward, Jem, Scout, and Dill wait for most of the crowd to enter the courthouse so that they can slip in at the back and thus prevent Atticus from noticing them. However, because they wait too long, they succeed in getting seats only when Reverend Sykes lets them sit in the balcony where black people are required to sit in order to watch the trial. From these seats, they can see the whole courtroom. Judge Taylor, a white-haired old man with a reputation for running his court in an informal fashion, presides over the case.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can explain how the author uses characterization to illustrate how the town of Maycomb is actually on trial as well as Tom Robinson!
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Mini-Lesson: Town of Maycomb as a Character
- Check SGQs for HW grade worth 25 Points!
- Examples of Settings used as Characters
- The Ocean in Moana as a chracter.
- Pride Rock as a character. (Disney Wiki)
- The Land of Oz as a character.
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Work Time
- Read 17. Focus: How is Maycomb on trial with Tom Robinson.
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Assessment / Homework
- Finish reading Chapter 17 for HW and Complete the SGQs for Chapters 15-17. Due Friday!
THURSDAY 4-27 B-Day: Mayella Ewell: Victim or Murderer?
Announcements
- Get out your homework for a check!
- Check your Gmail.
- Get out your novel.
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DO Now - Read It! Headline It!
Add to: Read It! Headline It! entry
- The prosecutor, Mr. Gilmer, questions Heck Tate, who recounts how, on the night of November 21, Bob Ewell urged him to go to the Ewell house and told him that his daughter Mayella had been raped. When Tate got there, he found Mayella bruised and beaten, and she told him that Tom Robinson had raped her. Atticus cross-examines the witness, who admits that no doctor was summoned, and tells Atticus that Mayella’s bruises were concentrated on the right side of her face. Tate leaves the stand, and Bob Ewell is called.
Bob Ewell and his children live behind the town garbage dump in a tin-roofed cabin with a yard full of trash. No one is sure how many children Ewell has, and the only orderly corner of the yard is planted with well-tended geraniums rumored to belong to Mayella. An extremely rude little man, Ewell testifies that on the evening in question he was coming out of the woods with a load of kindling when he heard his daughter yelling. When he reached the house, he looked in the window and saw Tom Robinson raping her. Robinson fled, and Ewell went into the house, saw that his daughter was all right, and ran for the sheriff. Atticus’s cross-examination is brief: he asks Mr. Ewell why no doctor was called (it was too expensive and there was no need), and then has the witness write his name. Bob Ewell, the jury sees, is left-handed—and a left-handed man would be more likely to leave bruises on the right side of a girl’s face.
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Learning Target(s)
- I can explain how Mayella Ewell might be considered a victim, murderer or both.
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Mini-Lesson: When does a victim becomes the perpetrator!
- Class discussion: What are some reasons people who are the victims of crime often turn to committing the same crime on other people?
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Work Time
- Actively read chapter 18.
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Assessment / Homework
- Finish 18 for HW, SGQs for 18-21 due MONDAY. Test on Chapters 15-21 on Monday!
FRIDAY 4-28 C-Day: Directed DIRT Day
Read chapters 19-21. Test on chapters 15-21 on Monday!
DIRT Day Expectations
- Do the following BEFORE the bell rings…
- Open your DIRT Day Assignment in Google Classroom.
- Be in your seat reading.
- Focus on your reading the entire period.
- Do not sub-vocalize during DIRT.
- Complete 10 thoughts using the Active Reading Model by the end of the period. Do more for extra credit.
If You Finish a Book…
In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write a review about your book in 3-paragraph essay format.
Guidelines for the Essay:
- ¶ 1 - title, author and genre of the novel and your opinion of the book (controlling idea).
- ¶ 2 - short summary of the book and include at least two text-based examples from the book
that support your controlling idea in ¶ - ¶ 3 - explain why you would or would not recommend this book to a friend and where they might be able to find it or purchase it.
If You Forgot Your Book…
- Choose a book from the class library or Mr. DeGrandis will give you one.
- Be sure to bring your book next week.
If You Want to Switch Books…
In an email to Mr. DeGrandis, write an Abandon Book Essay.
Guidelines:
- ¶ 1 – title, author and genre of the novel you are abandoning and
three reasons you don’t like the book (controlling idea). - ¶ 2 through 4 - Develop each reason using text-based details from the book.
- ¶ 5 - Offer your suggestions for other novels you have read that another student might enjoy.
