Class Work and Homework for 10/26-10/30

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Weekend
Vocabulary	abet (v.) abhor (v.)	beseech(v.) benign (adj.)	concoct (v.) apocryphal (adj.)	denounce (v.) disheartened (adj.)	cogent (adj.) behemoth (adj.)	N/A
In Class	FOCUS: Emerging Themes and Characterization   Notes on Characterization Activity about Dolphus Raymond in Chapter 16	FOCUS: Characterization   Character analysis activity about Bob Ewell (trial scene) What does his character teach us about life in general?	FOCUS: Emerging Theme and Characterization   Character analysis about Mayella Ewell What does her character teach us about life in general?	READER'S THEATRE OF TOM ROBINSON'S TESTIMONY	FOCUS: Characterization and Theme   Return to Dolphus Raymond's Character What does his character teach us about life in general? How does his character teach us about Maycomb?
HW	Read Chapter 17	Read Chapter 18	Read Chapter 19 (up to p.___: line "….")	Read Chapter 20	Read 21 and 22 by Wednesday –We have off on Tuesday, November 3rd.
Long-term Assessment	Test on To Kill a Mockingbird: Chapters 15-22 on Wednesday, November 4th   Vocabulary Test on all 30 Words on Tuesday, November 10th (Words Associated with Scout, Words Associated with the Boo Radley Incident, and Words Associated with the Trial)   Essay on To Kill a Mockingbird due on Monday, November 16th

 

 

Words Associated with the Tom Robinson Trial

 

Noun		Adjective	Adverb	Verb
Person Quality		Describes a Noun	Describes a Verb	Action
	apocryphalness	apocryphal	apocryphally
abhorrer	abhorrence			abhor
abetter/abettor	abetment			abet
	behemoth
	benignity	benign	benignly
			beseechingly	beseech
		cogent	cogently
	disheartenment	disheartening	dishearteningly	dishearten
denouncer	denouncement			denounce
concocter	concoction	concoctive		concoct

Homework for the Week - 10/19 to 10/23

By Wednesday, please read Chapter 12 & finish the vocabulary worksheet if you didn't already.

We will read 13 in class tomorrow.

By Friday, please read Chapters 14 & 15.

Use the study guide to help you focus your reading.

Beauty

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Vocabulary for the Week

Topic: Words Associated with the Incidents with Boo’s

distress (n.)
covert (adj.)
stealth (n.)
admonish (v.)
apprehensive (adj.)
trepidation (n.)
puckish (adj.)
capricious (adj.)
baffle (v,)
rebuff (v.)

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Homework for the Week:

Tuesday (10/13) Night's Homework: Read Chapter 9 and review the study guide questions.

Wednesday (10/14) Night's Homework: Read Chapter 11 (stop at page 103) and review the study guide questions.

Thursday (10/15) Night's Homework: Study for a TEST on Part I on Friday. It will include the first unit of vocabulary as well. The format is as follows: 5 Short Answer Questions. You will have to choose three and write full paragraph responses for each.

To Kill a Mockingbird Vocabulary: Week 1

Name:________________________                     Vocabulary: Week 1

 

1. Describe one event from the chapters you've read so far that shows Scout's naïveté. In other words, why is she an ingénue? Be sure to be very specific in your answer.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. How do you know that Scout is reminiscing about the events in the text? Be sure to cite a specific line from the chapter.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

3. What makes Scout the narrator sagacious? How does her perspicacity affect the reader?
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. What ingenious game does Scout create with Dill and Jem during the first chapter?
   

   
    

 

 

 

 

 

1. Walter Cunningham has no money to pay for his lunch and refuses to borrow money from Miss Caroline Fisher. Why does Scout meddle in the situation? Explain Scout's interference and her candidness in this scene?
   

   
    

   
    

 

 

 

1. Indicate one event from the text that shows that how Scout can be considered unabashed.
   

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

   
    

2. Create two sentences that discuss the events of the first chapters of To Kill a Mockingbird using the following two words: audacity and nostalgia
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEEK 1:

Words that Describe Scout

 

Noun		Adjective	Adverb	Verb
Person Quality		Describes a Noun	Describes a Verb	Action
	naïveté	naïve	naively
ingénue	ingenuousness	ingenuous	ingenuously
	candidness	candid	candidly
meddler	meddlesomeness	meddlesome, meddling	meddlingly	meddle
		unabashed	unabashedly
	ingenuity	ingenious	ingeniously
	perspicacity	perspicacious	perspicaciously
sage	sagacity	sagacious	sagaciously
	nostalgia	nostalgic	nostalgically
	reminiscence	reminiscent	reminiscently	reminisce
	audacity	audacious	audaciously

Through the Tunnel Extra Credit Essay--DUE Wednesday, 10/7

Today in class, we discussed that many of you relied heavily on plot summary in your diagnostic essay. We talked about what that (plot summary) meant, and I began guiding you, using "Through the Tunnel," to help you all avoid this problem in the future. Thus, I offered an extra credit assignment: discuss the symbolism of one or two objects in "Through the Tunnel" without regurgitating the events of the story.

The symbols that we brainstormed as a class were:

1. the beach--childhood
2. umbrella--protection
3. mom--parents, guardians, supervision
4. Jerry--all humanity
5. the bay--adulthood
6. the tunnel--birth into adulthood//maturation
7. goggles--protection to help you see in difficult situations
8. older boys--admiration//desire to be older
9. fish and seaweed--difficulty of life

REMEMBER: "Through the Tunnel" is an allegory for life. All of the characters and objects represent something symbolic in this process.