VOCAB WARMUP: SLIDES 23-25

LEARNING TARGET: As a result of today’s class you should be able to use information from chapter 15 to

A) Take and support a position and

B) Successfully and correctly integrate quotes into a paragraph

Learning Targets: As a result of today’s class you should be able to

A) Explain the main ideas of the song STRANGE FRUIT

B) Apply the lyrics of STRANGE FRUIT to Chapter 15 of TKAM

C) explain the basics of the case of the SCOTSBORO BOYS and what that says about the southern justice system.

VOCAB 7

In CLASS TODAY READ 16-17 (p. 177-202)

As you read, start asking yourself which way the evidence in the trial seems to be leaning? Are readers supposed to believe Tom Robinson is INNOCENT or GUILTY? (Why? What in the text leads us that way?)

It seems that for my 55th Birthday, I caught this plague that’s going around. Sorry to miss two straight days. Hope to see you tomorrow.

SEE CLASSROOM FOR WEEKLY SCHEDULE

LEARNING TARGETS: as a result of today’s class you should be able to

A) DEFINE THE CONCEPT OF HERD BEHAVIOR (see google classroom for link to article). If you weren’t in my class last semester, you MIGHT have to register at Common Lit.

B) Apply the concept of Herd Behavior to what we read in Ch. 15

C) In class: Read HERD BEHAVIOR

D) Read Ch. 15 of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD by TUESDAY 2/25

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to

A) Sum up the major themes of part 1 of TKAM

B) Make an argument for the most important characters and quotes from Part 1 of TKAM

C) Develop a list of questions to drive your reading in Part II of TKAM

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to

Explain why Atticus sends the kids to Mrs. Dubose and what we/they learn from the experience.

Explain the significance of the CAMILLIAs as a symbol

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class you should be able to explain:

1. How the book changes tone and direction in Ch. 9
2. What Harper Lee is trying to show in Ch. 9/10 about Atticus’ integrity.
3. What the story of Atticus and the Dog means in Ch. 10 and what it says about strength, bravery and integrity.

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s class, you should be able to explain how the following events contribute to readers’ changing understanding of BOO RADLEY

CHAPTER 6: The strange fate of Jem’s pants

CHAPTER 7: The continuing saga of the gifts in the knot hole of the tree

CHAPTER 8: The fire at Miss Maudie’s and the Blanket

ASSIGNMENT: at classroom

HOMEWORK: READ 9-10-11 for Wednesday.

LEARNING TARGETS: As a result of today’s lesson you should be able to

A) use evidence from Chapters 4 and 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird to support a claim about the novel.

B) explain how loss of innocence/growing up is an emerging idea (and clue to a potential theme) in the novel.

C) Explain what we learn from Miss Maudie Atkinson

VOCAB WARMUP: LAST SLIDE

READING DAY

REMEMBER: IF SNOW DAY FOR TOMORROW, STILL BE THROUGH CH. 8 by FRIDAY