Monday August 31, 2015

Objectives for Monday August 31, 2015 

Demonstrate knowledge of Chapters 1-9 via a multiple-choice quiz

Agenda for Monday August 31, 2015 

1.  Bell work.  Significant Excerpt worksheet: The meaning of the title: On page 119, Miss Maudie shares a life lesson with Scout. Copy down the underlined portion below:

“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

• Circle the words: “sin”, “kill” and “mockingbird”
• Write down the connotative meaning of each of the words as we brainstorm as a class.

·       6-minute fluency practice:

Using the class brainstorm of the connotative meaning of the words “sin”, “kill”, and “mockingbird”, explain the meaning of Miss Maudie’s life lesson. How does the lesson apply to characters and events in TKAM? OR How does it apply to your life? OR How does it apply to events happening in the world?

2.  Silent game to review Ch. 1-9

3.  Quiz Ch. 1-9

Homework for Monday August 31, 2015 

·       Read Ch. 11

·       Chapter 11 HW Work: Focus on Diction, Detail and Tone of Mrs. Dubose worksheet

Bell work for Monday August 31, 2015 

See Bell work above on the agenda

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.

Thursday August 27, 2015

Objectives for Thursday August 27, 2015 

Students will analyze passages for tone and mood through the identification and interpretation of specific words and phrases.

Agenda for Thursday August 27, 2015 

Bell work: Vocabulary Aberration

Tone in music & Film notes

Tone versus mood in writing and TKAM worksheet

Homework for Thursday August 27, 2015 

CP and H: Read Ch 9

CP:  Read and annotate the following passage from the end of Chapter 9 worksheet.  

H:   Retell the events at Christmas from Uncle Jack’s perspective.  Write a half of a page.  Now, explain how Uncle Jack’s perspective is different from Scout’s.  Write a half of a page.

Bell work for Thursday August 27, 2015 

*Bring out your TKAM appointment clocks and a sheet of paper.  Put your name and block on the paper and entitle this “TKAM Vocabulary Ch. 8”