To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Schedule for 3Rd and 6Th Periods

Revised To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Schedule for 3rd and 6th Periods

Friday, September 21 Chapters 1-4 For each class meeting, you are to read the Monday, September 24 Chapter 5 assigned chapters and do the daily vocabulary assignment (see reverse side). Wednesday, September 26 Chapter 6 These assignments are designed to help you Thursday, September 27 Chapters 7-8 increase your vocabulary and to prepare you Monday, October 1 Chapter 9 for the unusual words found in the many of Wednesday, October 3 Chapter 10 the reading assignments. If you are having Thursday, October 4 Chapter 11 difficulty understanding a passage because of Monday, October 8 Chapter 12 the vocabulary, try the following website: Tuesday, October 9 Chapter 13 http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/Belmont_HS/tkm/ Thursday, October 11 Chapter 14 Friday, October 12 Chapter 15 In order to help you recognize patterns and to Tuesday, October 16 Chapter 16 use your imagination to process and understand the reading assignments, I will Wednesday, October 17 Chapter 17 assign brief summary assignments on Friday, October 19 Chapter 18 specific passages and sometimes on the entire Monday, October 22 Chapters 19-20 chapter assignment. Wednesday, October 24 Chapter 21 Thursday, October 25 Chapters 22-23 Occasionally, I will ask you to write an open- Monday, October 29 Chapter 24 ended question on the reading assignment, Tuesday, October 30 Chapters 25-26 such as: “How do Scout’s experiences with Thursday, November 1 Chapter 27 the new teacher help Scout see things from Friday, November 2 Chapter 28 another person’s point of view?” Wednesday, November 6 Chapters 29-31 Vocabulary for To Kill A Mockingbird

Instructions: As you are reading, write down in your notebooks the definitions of the words as you encounter them. Make sure your definition suits the context of the book, since many words have multiple definitions. The vocabulary is due when the reading is due.

Chapter 1 30. placidly Chapter 13 1. assuaged 31. asinine 60. formidable 2. taciturn 32. edification 61. obliquely 3. repertoire 4. vapid Chapter 6 – Chapter 7 Chapters 14 – 16 5. malevolent 38. dismemberment 62. infallible 6. predilection 39. malignant 63. acquiescence 7. nebulous 40. waning 64. elucidate

Chapter 2 Chapter 8 Chapter 17 – Chapter 19 8. condescended 41. unfathomable 65. amiably 9. indigenous 42. aberrations 66. sullen 10. wallowing 67. lavations 11. illicitly Chapter 9 12. entailment 43. deportment Chapter 20 13. vexations 44. obstreperous 68. temerity 45. invective Chapter 3 Chapter 21 – Chapter 22 14. cordially Chapter 10 69. indignant 15. tranquility 46. feeble 70. cynical 16. iniquities 47. inconspicuous 71. feral 17. flinty 48. rudiments 18. contemptuous Chapter 23 19. contentious Chapter 11 72. furtive 20. diminutive 49. apoplectic 21. judiciously 50. philippic Chapter 24 – Chapter 27 22. disapprobation 51. umbrage 73. squalid 52. rectitude 74. impertinence Chapter 4 53. palliation 23. auspicious 54. undulate Chapter 28 24. arbitrated 75. mortification 25. melancholy Chapter 12 55. habiliments Chapter 29 - Chapter 31 Chapter 5 56. ecclesiastical 76. reprimand 26. benign 57. impedimenta 77. blandly 27. tacit 58. denunciation 78. connived 28. pestilence 59. austere 29. benevolence