Friday August 28, 2015

Objectives for Friday August 28, 2015 

Analyze a piece of text for tone and write a short synthesis paragraph

Agenda for Friday August 28, 2015

1.   Bell work:  Vocabulary Ch. 9 Analogous

2.   Ch. 9 Review: Complete a Close Reading of the Ch. 9 homework. 

Directions: Re-read the passage and decide what you think the overall tone of the passage seems to be.

Write:  The tone of the passage at the end of chapter 9 seems to be _____________________.

Re-read the passage again and highlight diction that seems to be important to the overall tone of the passage

·       H: highlight at least ten words

·       CP: highlight five words

Synthesis of Close Read from end of Ch. 9

Using the diction and details you identified, explain how Harper Lee develops a ____________ tone.

     Explain the highlighted words connotation:   

     The word “___________________” communicates a feeling of ___________ because _________________

_____ suggests ___________________________

_____ implies_____________________________

_____ connotes___________________________

Finally, Explain the significance/importance of the trial for Atticus, his family, and the community based upon Harper Lee’s tone in this passage.  Write three sentences minimum.

3. Turn in week 2 TKAM packet

4. TKAM Film clip

Homework for Friday August 28, 2015 

Chapter 10 HW – CP

1.     Read Chapter 10

2.     Answer the following prompt in a ½ page paragraph response:

Prompt: In Chapter 10, the reader learns that Atticus has a personal identity, an identity as a father, and a public identity.

·       If Atticus were to describe each identity to the reader, what would he say about each one?

·       How is each identity different from another?

·       What have Scout and Jem discovered about Atticus’ private & public identity in Ch. 10?

·       Why would his children be unaware of his public and personal identity until now?  

Chapter 10 HW-Honors

1. Read Chapter 10
2. Create this chart in your notebook.  Call it “Atticus Chart”.   Find four pieces of text evidence to show how Jem and Scout’s opinion of their father changes between Chapters 1 and 10.  

	Beginning of the novel	Subsequent moment	Subsequent moment	Where we are now in the novel
Jem and Scout think their dad is...	Write a descriptive phrase	Write a descriptive phrase	Write a descriptive phrase	Write a descriptive phrase
Text evidence from the book	“                         “(  ).	“                         “(  ).	“                         “(  ).	“                         “(  ).
What does this moment reveal about the Finch children’s perceptions of Atticus?  What kind of man is he really?	This moment reveals…. (Two sentences)	This moment reveals…. (Two sentences)	This moment reveals…. (Two sentences)	This moment reveals…. (Two sentences)

Bell work for Friday August 28, 2015 

*Bring out the same bell work paper you used yesterday for Vocabulary, and add Ch. 9 Vocab to it.