TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD READING SCHEDULE

AUDIOBOOK:

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD reading schedule

4/1 - chapter 2 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/2 - chapter 3
4/3 - chapter 4 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/6 - chapter 5
4/7 - chapter 6
4/8 - chapter 7 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/9 - chapter 8-9
4/10 - chapter 10   ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/13 - chapter 11
4/14 - QUIZ on PART I
4/15 - chapters 12 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/16 - chapters 13 
4/17 - chapter 14 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/20 - chapter 15
4/21 - chapter 16
4/22 - chapter 17 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/23 - chapter 18
4/24 - chapter 19  ZOOM CLASS at 10 am
4/27- chapter 20
4/28- chapter 21 (QUIZ)

4/29 – chapter 22 ZOOM CLASS at 10 am

4/30 – chapter 23
5/1 Review  ZOOM CLASS at 10 am

Please watch the following videos:
 OVERVIEW OF TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

CHAPTER 1 of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I'm not sure what the final project will be yet, but you need to understand and be able to discuss the following:

Objectives (smaller chunks of overall goal) and suggested time periods

Students will be able to

1)  Explain how the following themes work in the novel: The meaning of duty; How prejudice works in society; The meaning of courage

2)  Discuss the meaning of the following symbol: mockingbirds, the knot-hole, the mad dog

3)  Keep a reading journal – which includes character development, allusions, symbols, questions about the meaning of justice or how prejudice works

4)  Discuss how the author’s life and times influences the novel.

5)  Outline the plot and discuss why the author may how chosen to structure the novel how she did.

6)  Discuss how Scout grows during the novel and why the novel can be considered a Bildungsroman.

7)  Keep a detailed list of characters recording important details about them as the student reads (starting with chapter 1)

8)  Explain – why you never really understand a person until you… (Point of View Exercise)

9)  In a group write testimonies and recreate the courtroom scene from the novel

10) Keep a list of the various types of prejudices that occur in the novel

11) Discuss how setting is important to this novel.

12) Discuss how the Civil War references/allusions work in the overall meaning of the novel.

Essential Questions:

Does the American law guarantee justice for all?

How does personal experience contribute to prejudice?

How do our preconceptions influence our sense of justice?

Can a hero have both good and bad qualities?

Expository Essays and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

So, this week we were going to present/perform your Expository Essays.  We are still going to do this after Spring Break, but what I would like you to do for practice is to film yourself using PHOTOBOOTH and to drag that film into your blog - just click on the film/take sign above and drag your video into blogger.

Also, this week I'd like you to read chapter 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird.  You can also watch the movie on Amazon for free if you have AMAZON PRIME or you can rent it for $3.99.

Study Questions:

Chapters 1-4 Questions

What is the background of the Finch family?  Where did they come from?  

List three allusions from Chapter 1.

Who is Dill?  What is Dill like?  

How does the book start with a foreshadow? 

What happens at school during Scout's first day?
Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?
What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behaviour during lunch suggest about his home life?
What do you think of the way Atticus treats Walter?
Does Scout learn anything from Walter's visit? What do you think this is?
Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy thing for Scout to learn? (In the last chapter of the novel, Scout repeats this, but she changes “skin” to “shoes” - this is probably not a mistake: Harper Lee suggests that Scout cannot clearly recall exactly what Atticus said and when, but the reader can check this!)
What do you learn in this chapter about the Ewells?

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Here are some resources:
Audio: Chapter 1.1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T8bUgKe5AmEJkqDl0Tre5V-SHvHfOWPY/view?usp=sharing
Chapter 1.2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mAHwcSGaKXM3PPDc3koRcKaeAzNtcQpF/view?usp=sharing
Chapter 1.3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19ND3yZBpYGn-hMoXHSQln35cQ9IWx385/view?usp=sharing

Chapter 1.4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m6ci_TNux4wQs8LJwdMzEhsOUTuy1lAc/view?usp=sharing

OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER 1:

Laurence Fishburne on To Kill A Mockingbird

Crash Course:

Interview with Harper Lee:

Presentations

Today, we are going to continue to write.  Some of you need to put your essays on notecards and start practing reading them out loud.

First, let's review the power triangle

Presentattions

Today, we are going to talk about how to introduce a quotation in an paragraph and presentations.


Remember to always 1) Introduce you quote; 2) Give your quote; 3) comment on the quote and link it back to your thesis.

Everything in your essay needs to back up your thesis.  If it doesn't, it doesn't belog.

Presentations:

1) Be loud enough to be heard at the back of the room
2) Make sure you are articulate and can pronounce every word.  If you can't practice
3) No uhms or Uhs
4) Put your essay on notecards - and make sure you can make eye contact and not just read
5) Use the Power TRIANGLE

Body Paragraphs

So let's review what you might want to put in an introductory paragraph, and a concluding paragraph. 

So a body paragraph needs the following:

1) Topic sentence
2) generalization(s)
3) specific details
4) a commentary on the detail, examples about why this is important.

So if you have a paragraph about C02 and climate change it might look like

CO2 emissions is one of the leading causing of climate change.  CO2 is a gas that is released by the burning of fossil fuels.  Currently there is 417 parts per million CO2 in the atmosphere.  This is more CO2 then there was 60 million years ago during the last great extinction period.

Of course you will want to cite your info.

Thursday - Short Day - MLA

As you write/research your topic, I want you to create bibliography cards/sources.  These can be on your blog.  You will need to cite the source in proper MLA format:

See https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html


1) Author
2) Title of article
3) Title of book or website
4) Volume number
5) Place of publication
6) Date of publication

7) Date accessed online

Introductions

1) Hook
2) Discussion of topic or important information
3) Thesis