MONDAY 3-22-20 A-Day: Review 6, Start 7: Jem's Pants
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
3. Quiz on Chapters 4-7 of TKMB Friday.
Put Your Answer to the Following Question in the Chat (Please send to everyone, not just privately to Mr. DeGrandis.)
How might this excerpt from the novel show that Scout is learning about compassion?
Jem stayed moody and silent for a week. As Atticus had once advised me to do, I tried to climb into Jem’s skin and walk around in it: if I had gone alone to the Radley Place at two in the morning, my funeral would have been held the next afternoon. So I left Jem alone and tried not to bother him.
Tip: If you are tracking compassion, this a great example to use.
LEARNING TARGETS
I can explain the connection between racism and jury decisions.
I can explain how the racism in Maycomb could impact the outcome of a trial in that town. Specifically the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man, accused of raping a white woman (Mayella Ewell, Burris Ewell's sister).
MINI-LESSON
Watch this video titled: The Big Problem with How We Pick Juries
How might the racial makeup of a jury impact the verdict of a trial?
Put your answer in this Padlet.
Pre-Reading Questions for Chapter 7
1) What are some ways you can tell if someone is prejudice?
2) What are some reasons people say, "That's racist?"
3) How might prejudice play a part in trials?
Read Chapter 7
Fill in SGQs and Theme Tracker as you read.
ASSESSMENT
Upcoming Quiz on Chapters 4-7.
TUESDAY 3-23-21 B-Day: Chapter 8 - The Snowman and Miss Maudie's House
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
Periods 1, 2,4: Using www.Quizlet.com, study vocabulary list four by playing a game of your choice using the vocabulary words.
Then go to this Padlet from yesterday and check out the grade you would have received if this assignment counted in your grade. What could you have done to improve your score?
Period 1: Go to this Padlet and answer the questions there using TREAT.
LEARNING TARGETS
1. I can identify and explain how prejudice plays a role in the development of this chapter of the novel.
2. I can identify how Harper Lee, the author, uses birds to symbolize sensing and doing the right thing (The Golden Rule).
MINI-LESSON
FIRST: UPDATE READING ASSIGNMENT DATES AND ANSWERS
Chapters 4-7 Due Friday 3-19-21
What did Scout and Jem find in the Radley’s tree?
Identify Mrs. Dubose.
How did Jem get even with Scout for contradicting him about "Hot Steams?"
What was the Boo Radley game?
What does Miss Maudie think of the Radley's?
Identify Miss Maudie.
What else did Jem and Scout find in the Radley's' tree?
Why do Dill and Jem want to give Boo Radley a note? What does Atticus say when he finds out about their plan?
How did Jem lose his pants? What did he find when he went back for them?
Why would there be no more surprises in the tree?
Chapters 8 Only Due TUESDAY 3-24-21
What happened to Miss Maudie's house? What was her reaction?
Identify Cecil Jacobs.
Reading CHAPTER 9 is Optional
Chapter 10 Only Due Tuesday 4-6-21
What brave thing does Atticus do in Chapter 10? Why are Scout and Jem shocked?
Reading CHAPTER 11 is Optional
Chapter 12 Only Due Thursday April 8
How does Jem change?
Identify Lula, Zeebo and Reverend Sykes.
What does Scout learn about Calpurnia?
BIRDS BIRDS AND MORE BIRDS
1. At this point in the novel, everything changes and the novel shifts its focus to the trial of Tom Robinson.
2. Finch - is a type of bird and Scout's last name.
3. When Miss Maudie's house catches fire, Scout says, "Just as the birds know where to go when it rains, I knew when there was trouble in our street."
4. Later, in chapter 10, the children receive air rifles and are warned they may shoot any bird they like, but are warned never to kill a mockingbird. Why?
Today's Reading Focus: How might the author, Harper Lee, use bird imagery to symbolize The Golden Rule?
1. Be sure to have your Study Guide Questions and Theme Trackers out!
2. Remember to update your theme tracker for any of the following connections to:
The Golden Rule
Taking a Stand
Prejudice
ASSESSMENT
WEDNESDAY 3-24-21 A-Synch: Student Survey
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
Go to Google Classroom to find your A-synch Assignment for today! Don't for get to hit submit!
THURSDAY 3-25-21 C-Day: Cecil Jacob and Christmas with Francis and Aunt Alexandra
1. Check your Gmail twice a day - before school and after school.
Directions: Examine the pictures below. Pick a vocabulary word from List IV and one picture you think completes the thought and write the sentence out in your composition book.
Vocabulary word from list IV is like a...
- Being benign is like ... because ...
- Feeling acquiescing is like... because...
- Feeling melancholy is like... because...
- Being stealthy is like... because...
LEARNING TARGETS
I can identify examples of compassion, taking a stand and prejudice in Chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird.
MINI-LESSON
You will need...
1. Your digital copy of TKMB
2. Your SGQs (Study Guide Questions)
3. Your Theme Tracker
1. Actively listen to Chapter 9 (eyes on the words as you listen and focus)
2. Focus Questions:
a) Who is Scout taking a stand for when she confronts Cecil Jacobs?
b) How does Atticus react to the fight Scout has with Frances, her cousin (Aunt Alexandra's son).
ASSESSMENT
Quiz tomorrow on Chapters 4-7.
Finish Chapter 9 on your own.
FRIDAY 3-26-21 D-Day: Quiz on Chapters 4-7