Tuesday January 6, 2015

Honors 9- Today we took the pre-reading survey for TKaM. We also worked on the free write questions for the text as well. Please have these questions completed by tomorrow. Here are the questions if you did not get them written down:

1. The setting of TKaM is extraordinarily important to understanding the events contained within. Describe your neighborhood or a neighborhood you once lived in. Explain what it looks like, where it is located, and what the people in it are like. What are their attitudes and fears? What do you think about growing up there? Again, be descriptive and imaginative.

2. Define and explain innocence in your own words. Describe someone you know who is innocent.

3. What does it mean to be a grown-up? How do you know when you are an adult? Why would someone refer to growing up as a “journey”?

4.  Define and explain justice in your own words. What is the most unjust occurrence you’ve ever heard about?

5. Based on the title of the novel, make predictions about what the novel will be about? (Don’t say it is about killing birds)

English 10- Today we took notes on claim and types of evidence. If you did not get the notes, please get them from a classmate or see me as soon as possible. I also handed out the "Identifying 5 Types of Evidence" worksheet. We will continue to work on this in class.