Review To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1

Reminder: Keep reading your choice book. Finish at least one book (preferably two) by January 4th!

Reminder: Walk in someone’s shoes assignment sign up for your idea and date next week, predict, and research.

How was your break?

Motivational Monday video: Mrs. Jones Project

Chapter 11 Kahoot

Review vocabulary terms chapters 1-10 Quizlet on Canvas.

• Chapters 1-3
• Chapters 4-10

To Kill a Mockingbird PART 1 TEST TUESDAY

Walk in Someone's Shoes Assignment Intro.

Power of the Pen Awards: Personal Narrative

Walk in Someone's Shoes assignment handout

Assignment Model:

1.A. Research

Example:"What does it feel like to be blind?"

1.B. Predict

Brainstorm possible issues.

2. During 

Example: Video "Blind for a Day by Dana" (7 mins.)

3. Reflect

What did the man in the video say at the end?

4. Compare

 Example - Chapter 11 Mrs. Dubose Prezi

All due by Friday, December 18 - 100 points

Funny Tuesday: "A Thanksgiving Miracle" SNL (3:47)

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 11

Motivational Monday video: Paris attacks: 'I will not give you the gift of hating you.'

Review chapter 10 main points with Kahoot and colored sticks.

Finish Part 1 of TKM Chapter 11

(35:00)

• What are the lessons about "real courage"?
• What might Mrs. Dubose's white flowers symbolize?
• Can good and evil coexist in one person?

Personal Narrative Grades: What is one goal for improvement on the next paper?

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 10

Read Chapter 10 (23:00)

Funny Friday video: Tired of wrestling the turkey?

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 9

Review chapters 7-8

Quiz on Canvas chapters 7-8 - 20 points

Chapter 9 - Sometimes family members don't understand our choices. Some of the miscommunication is because adults need to learn how to talk to kids: "Interview with a one-year-old"

Chapter 9 main point summary

**Read ch. 9 text/audio (37 mins.), and take the bonus quiz for 5 extra points.

Chapter 10 preview for tomorrow: 

• How dangerous is a rabid animal?
• What happens to rabies victims?

Watch the first 20 minutes of this video to learn the full appreciation for the danger of rabies and rabid animals.

• One-shot challenge for Raider bucks (1 for trying, 5 for success)

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 8

Chapter 8 (25:16)

Think while reading:

• Unnatural occurrences
• Snow in Alabama
• What is Miss Maudie's attitude towards her tragedy?
• What do we learn about Mr. Avery's character?
• What interaction do the kids have with Boo Radley this time?

Quiz Thursday chapters 7-8 on Canvas.

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 7

Review chapter 6 main points:

*Dill's last day - What does this symbolize?

*Kids try to peek in the Radley window at night.

Who shots at the kids?

*Readers see how quickly people in the town judge and spread rumors. Whom do they believe broke into the Radley's backyard? What does this say about the social hierarchy and racism?

Jem would rather die than disappoint his father. What does he do at the end of the chapter?

Harper Lee's message about religion in To Kill a Mockingbird.

People continue to let religion divide them and use religious beliefs for violence/hate/revenge rather than for peace and love...

To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 7 (13:21)

Listen for what happened to Jem's pants.
Remember that the Radleys come from a strict religious, "foot-washing Baptist" background.

The first cruel act committed by an adult against Jem occurs in chapter 7. Innocence is diminishing...