Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Wednesday January 27, 2016

English 9- Today we reviewed vocab for the quiz.  We then worked on the study questions for TKaM. Here are the questions if you need them, as well as the link to the text if you need it.:

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Class Copy.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 3, 4 and 5 study guide

Directions: Answer in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper.

1.       Why did Scout beat up Walter Cunningham? What did Jem do about this? Why?

2.       What do we know about Burris Ewell? What is his family’s legacy?

3.       Empathy is a topic that arises in this chapter. Define empathy and find two specific lines from the text that discuss or explain empathy.

4.       What do Jem and Scout find in the knot-hole in the tree? How do they react?

5.       Hypothesize who and perhaps why someone is leaving things in the tree for.

6.       Who is Maudie Atkinson? How would you characterize her?

7.       Discuss Calpurnia and Scouts relationship from chapter 1 to chapter 5. What is it like? Has it changed or developed?

8.       Jem accuses Scout of being a ”girl.” Why is this an insult? Compare society of 1930’s Alabama to Rangeview High School. Would this still be an insult today? Explain.

9.       What happens when Jem, Scout and Dill plan to stick a note through the shutter to Boo Radley? Be Specific.

10.   Atticus uses the “oldest lawyers’ trick on record” to get Jem to admit something he was doing.  What was Jem doing? What was Atticus’ trick? Have your parent’s ever used this trick on you? Explain.

11.   Explain why Scout becomes annoyed with Dill.

12.   Explain what Ms. Maudie means when she says, “…if Atticus Finch drank until he was drunk he wouldn’t be as hard as some men at their best.”

13.   What plan do Jem and Dill devise to contact Boo Radley?

14.   What order does Atticus give regarding the children and Boo?


15.   Identify and analyze three topics that are emerging thus far in the book. Do not use empathy as one!


English 10- Today we finished group work and looked at appeals in advertisements.

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