Freshman Lit Work for Week Nov. 17-21

Do Now

Write down what you think happened (the incident between Mayella and Tom) based on the trial scene.

2. Go over students’ responses

3. Read chapter 21 (15 min)

Students answer the below questions about chapter 21

1. What does Jem expect the verdict to be? Does Atticus think the same?

2. What is unusual about how long it takes the jury to reach a verdict? Is the verdict predictable or not?

3. As Scout waits for the verdict, she thinks of earlier events. What are these and how do they remind us of the novel's central themes?

Part Two

Read pages 180 and 181

Students respond to the below questions

1. Is the response to the verdict reasonable? How does everybody respond to the verdict? What do the ways everybody responses tell us about the characters?

2. Imagine you were a character in this town. How would you respond to the verdict? (paragraph explanation to your response ) Part 3 Inference work

1. Go over inference assignment 2. Inference assignment due next class period

Thursday

Objective Students demonstrate knowledge of Vocab words correctly and chapters 23-25 Do Now Write about a time when you have felt that things are outside of your ability to control. How do you deal with these things?

1. Vocab words –

Write down the definition and come up with an example on your own.

apprehensive (adjective) anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Ex: He felt apprehensive about going home

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cynical (adjective) believing that people are motivated by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

EX: her cynical attitude was obvious by her facial expressions.

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connivance (noun) willingness to secretly allow or be involved in wrongdoing, especially an immoral or illegal act EX: this infringement of the law had taken place with the connivance of officials.

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furtive (adjective) attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically because of guilt or a belief that discovery would lead to trouble; secretive.

EX: they spent a furtive day together at the Transportation Museum

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Garish (adjective) Undesirably prominent and bright and showy

EX: garish shirts in all sorts of color

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Chapter 23, 34, and 25.

1. Count off students in three groups. 2. Students answer the questions for the group. They decide on someone being the reporter for the group to present the questions for the class.

Group 1 chapter 23 Questions

1. What do you think of Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell's challenge? Should he have ignored Bob, retaliated or done something else?

2. What is “circumstantial evidence”? What has it got to do with Tom's conviction

3. What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convict Tom?

4. Why does Aunt Alexandra accept that the Cunningham's may be good but are not “our kind of folks”? Do you think that people should mix only with others of the same social class? Are class- divisions good or bad for societies?

5. At the end of this chapter, Jam forms a new theory about why Boo Bradley has never left his house in years. What is this? How likely is it to be true, in your opinion? 6. Summarize chapter 23 for the class. Highlight the important elements in the chapter.

1. Do you think the missionary ladies are sincere in worrying about the “Marinas” (a tribe in Africa)? Give reasons for your answer.

2. Compare the reactions of Miss Maude and the other ladies when Scout says she is wearing her “britches” under her dress.

3. What is your opinion of the Macomb ladies, as depicted in this chapter?

4. Explain briefly how Tom was killed. What is Atticus's explanation for Tom's attempted escape? Do you agree with Atticus?

5. How, in this chapter, do we see Aunt Alexandra in a new light? How does Miss Maude support her?

6. Summarize chapter 24 for the class. Highlight the important elements in the chapter.

1. How does Macomb react to the news of Tom's death?

2. Comment on the idea that Tom's death was “typical”?

3. Explain the contrast Scout draws between the courts where Tom was tried and “the secret courts of men's hearts”. In what way are hearts like courts?

4. Why did Jam not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Jewell’s comment? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do?

Students present their findings for the class

Friday Objective Students demonstrate knowledge of TKAM chapters 26-28 including inferences

DO Now Use three of the five vocab words that we have discussed this week correctly in a sentence.

1. Students are put into three groups

Group 1 chapter 26, Group 2 chapter 27, and group 3 chapter 28

They answer the below question in their group and present them as a class.

Group 1 chapter 26

1. In her lesson on Hitler, Miss Gates says, “we (American people) don't believe in persecuting anyone”. What seems odd to the reader about this claim?

2. Why is Scout puzzled by Miss Gates' disapproval of Hitler?

3. Why does Scout's question upset Jem? Is there a simple answer, or any answer, to the question (“How can you hate Hitler an’ then turn around an be ugly about folks right at home

5. Make an inference about one of themes we have discussed as a class.

Group 2 chapter 27

1. What three things does Bob Ewell do that alarm Aunt Alexandra? Bob loses his job, breaks in to Judge Taylor’s house, and follows Tom’s widow home.

2. Why, according to Atticus, does Bob Ewell bear a grudge? Which people does Ewell see as his enemies, and why?

3. What was the purpose of the Halloween pageant? What practical joke had persuaded the grown ups to have an organized event?

5. Make an inference about one of themes we have discussed as a class. Group 3 chapter 28

1. Comment on the way this chapter reminds the reader of earlier events in the novel.

2. Why does Jem say that Boo Radley must not be at home? What is ironic about this? (Is it true? Does he really mean it? Why might it be important for him and Scout that Boo should not be at home?)

3. Scout decides to keep her costume on while walking home. How does this affect her understanding of what happens on the way?

4. Why had Atticus not brought a chair for the man in the corner? Who might this stranger be?

6. Make an inference about one of themes we have discussed as a class.

Part two

Students present their findings to the class

Exit Slip How do you see the stranger at the end of the novel and how is it different than you might have seen him at the beginning of the novel?