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Exam Review

Small Study guide available here:

You Can't Spell "Readjust" Without READ

Classes were warned today of an adjusted TKAM-reading schedule to compensate for the snow day yesterday.

In class, two volunteers re-enacted the striking revelation that Atticus makes during his examination of Heck Tate and Bob Ewell during the trial proceedings:

• Mayella (the victim) was bruised mostly on the right side of her face.
• Which means an attacker likely lead his attack with his left hand.
• Bob Ewell demonstrates his literacy by writing his name with his left hand.

This is what you should have heard in your head when you read this.

It's what Jem heard.

Then, we read most of Ch. 18, which focused on Mayella Ewell's testimony.

• Harsh, defensive, emotional, and confrontational are all words that come to mind regarding her time on the witness stand.

Students took home a document that asked them to analyze the different animals Harper Lee uses to describe some of the characters in the trial:

• TKAM Animal Comparison Sheet

And now, here are some handy hints:

Judge Taylor (undisturbed)

Judge Taylor (disturbed)

Bob Ewell

Mayella Ewell

All of the character/animal comparisons will be found in ch. 16-18.

HW:

• Finish Ch. 18, and read through 23
• Complete the Animal Comparisons handout.

IKWCBS Retake Info

• Complete this recovery work to retake the quiz on Ch. 16-20
• Complete this recovery work to retake the quiz on Ch. 21-25
• Complete this recovery work to retake the quiz on Ch. 26-30
• Complete this recovery work to retake the quiz on Ch. 31-36

Completed recovery work is due before 5PM, Friday, 12/13.

I will schedule a time to take a retake version of the quiz when you present your recovery work, and I give you the yellow Re-take Ticket.

Focus: Minor Characters

Today class was devoted to better understanding the often-taken-for-granted minor characters in TKAM.

After a brief refresher of the chapters, students received the following guide to work on, alone or in groups, in class:

• Minor Keys: Characterization in TKAM
• We did Mrs. Dubose together as an example in class.
• What's that you say? That's too much work for classwork? Aw, poor baby!
• Pipe down, whiner. I've also gone ahead and done this assignment. Here is a collection of my responses to these minor characters. It's probably nicer than you deserve, but it's the holiday season.

HW:

• Read TKAM Ch. 15-17
• Finish the Minor Keys packet. Or just download my .pptx above. Whatever works for you.

Enter Friday, Shortened by Ice

The threat of impending bad weather forced MNPS schools to close 2 hours early today. It was awesome.

On our short schedule, students who were present took a Quest over Part 1 of TKAM. If you were absent (and many students were), see me to set up a time to make it up.

HW for the Weekend:

• Read Ch. 12-14 of TKAM
• Be warned: Chapter 12 is AWESOME. There's poverty, church, Lula, Cal's character gets expanded, and there's a surprise waiting at the end! :)

TKAM End of Pt. 1: Don't Judge A Book...

There was a, you guessed it, Reading Quiz on Ch. 9-11.

Also, there were the following extension questions:

• Explain the title of the book. What does a mockingbird symbolize? Which characters might be considered mockingbirds?
• According to Atticus, what is "true courage"? How does this idea connect to Mrs. DuBose?
• Which characters connect to the old phrase, "Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover"? Whom has Scout been quick to judge, when really she learns more about them later?
• Atticus
• Mrs. DuBose
• Boo Radley

Oh! I almost forgot!
Are you curious to see what money was "worth" back in the Great Depression?
Check out this cool conversion website!
http://www.measuringworth.com/index.php

HW:

• Study & Review for a Quest over Part One tomorrow
• "Quest" = bigger than a quiz, smaller than a test
• No new reading for tonight