Today in class:
We will working on finding quotes and a CDW chart for our final Compare/Contrast Symbolism paper. Bring your book and whatever else you have to class...
Fast forward from the 1930's to 1947...The Civil Rights Movement...
Today in class:
Warm-up (turn in)
Define "courage." Analyze the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Find three examples of courage and explain how these examples fit your definition of "courage." (Required 1/2 page response)
Clips on Rosa Parks, The Little Rock 9, and Ruby Bridges
We will be starting to think about these topics for a research paper....
You were assigned to read the rest of the book over break...Today we tested over the rest and watched the end of the movie, if we had time.
Some classes got the beginning of our final writing assignment. See below...
Most everyone who actually read--said this was a great book! What did you think? Only comment if you actually read it...
This is a great way to get published!
Love What's Real Writing Challenge Timeline
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 8:00 AM MST
Friday, December 6, 2013 at 11:59 PM MST
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Center for Healthy Teen Relationships, a project of the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
300 E. Mallard Dr., Ste. 130
Boise, ID 83706
2013 Love What's Real Writing Challenge
~ High School Category ~
Love What’s Real Essential Themes
Write on one of the four themes listed below on relationships and find your powerful voice!
Be real, be yourself in relationships - Sometimes in relationships we emphasize making someone happy at the expense of our own well-being. Write about the importance of being “real” in a relationship and loving yourself first.
Get started: There’s nothing better than loving yourself and being loved for who you are! Write about the things you think no one should have to give up - or pretend to be - to make a relationship work. How does knowing yourself and your boundaries improve your self-esteem? How does ignoring or hiding your boundaries hurt your self-esteem?
Equality and Relationships – When one person in a relationship makes most of the decisions or doesn’t respect the other person’s space or boundaries, it’s hard on the relationship. Write about how a relationship gets better when both people feel equally valued in the relationship.
Get started: Brainstorm a list of things that are stronger when they are equally valued, more beautiful when coordinated, or more delicious when in equal amounts; for example, links in a chain, two rock climbing partners, or peanut butter and jelly. Write about how relationships are better when each person’s unique qualities work together or how the relationship can epically fail when they don’t.
Trust and Relationships – Trust builds over time, and once broken, takes time to repair. Write about a small moment in time when you built, or rebuilt, trust with your boyfriend or girlfriend or friend.
Get started: Write about how you feel when you trust and are trusted, or how you feel when you don’t trust, or aren’t trusted. How does that impact your relationship with others and with yourself? See if you can compare trust to something in nature that is dependable and eternal, like the sunrise, or that you distrust that can be erratic and destructive like a forest fire.
Communication and Relationships – Most of us admire at least one romantic relationship where both partners know how to communicate clearly, listen actively, resist inappropriate social pressures and negotiate conflict constructively. Write about how these qualities make a relationship real.
Get started: Everyone knows that good communication is satisfying and helpful, and bad communication is frustrating, even painful. Reflect on examples of communication skills that maximize trust and minimize drama; for example, compromising versus “winning.” Write a list of communication skills you know help or hurt a relationship.
How does it work?
Create an original poem or essay! Writing must be 75 words or less (title does not count) of an original work on one of the four essential themes. Submit up to three poems or essays. Write in the language where you can best express yourself. Over 100 poems or essays will be selected that are creative and capture the spirit of one of the four themes for both middle school/junior high school and high school.
Who is eligible?
Student authors should be in middle school through high school - public, private, or alternative school settings.
Deadline for submission is midnight Friday, December 6, 2013
To learn more about this year’s rules, guidelines and essential themes for healthy relationships click here.
Submit Poem Here!
Found Poem Due
Analyze chp 11, in which Jem is compelled to read to Mrs. Dubose. What happens in this scene, and why is it important enough to the larger scene that Harper Lee spends an entire chapter on it?
Two column notes & discussion on:
Chp 10: Title?
"Atticus was feeble; he was nearly 50" (Lee 89).
*new perspective p. 99
What lesson is Jem starting to learn about life?
*symbolism of "mad dog"
*symbolism of "mockingbird"
MARK THE COURAGE QUOTE AT THE END OF THIS CHAPTER!!
Chp 11: Title?
"Son, I have no doubt that you've been annoyed by your contemporaries..." (Lee 103-4).
"Atticus, you must be wrong [...] most folks seem to think they're right and you're wrong" (Lee 104-5).
*perspective of right and wrong
"The one thing that doesn't abide my majority rule is a person's conscience" (Lee 105).
*courage p. 112
perspective p. 112
Chp 12: Title?
New perspective for Jem & Scout!
"It's not necessary to tell all you know. It's not ladylike" (Lee 126).
*Calpurnia VS Aunt Alexandra--Who is the real lady?
HW: Read chp 14-16
Body Biography--we will finish these up for B classes on Thursday. Everyone else--due on Wednesday.
Bring a pillow for Trial scene...
Reading Quiz! Due: Quotes about Boo (10 total)
Broadly speaking, all poetry is "found" somewhere, in something that inspires a writer to want to develop his or her thoughts in verse. "Found poetry" uses someone else's language, images, cadences, and observations about life. It's quite possible to find poetry in newspaper articles, headlines, or even non-fiction texts!
Today, you are going to create a "found poem" from the text of To Kill a Mockingbird.
You can use only 2 of my quotes if you choose Boo.
Hello, Mr Radley
Standing inside the gate (Lee 54)
Don't make a sound (Lee 52)
A little teeny light way off somewhere (Lee 53)
A secret (Lee 40)
Head shaking, quelling of nausea (Lee 41)
Trembling as I thawed (Lee 38)
Best to keep my mouth shut (Lee 39)
The shadow stopped (Lee 53)
Desolate with the barking of distant dogs (Lee 57)
Wordlessly (Lee 57)
Trembling (Lee 57)
We knew Boo was there. (Lee 243)
You will work with a partner to find quotes about your character. You will need at least 12 with citations. Then, creatively write your "found poem" on a paper (preferably not lined). You and your partner's final poem MUST be different. Due next class period. Be creative!
Read Chapter 10 in class
HW: Read chapter 10 & 11