Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Mockingbird Chapters 1 and 2

To Kill a Mockingbird Intro.

1. Students should read Chapter 1

2. Students should create a character list with brief descriptions of each character (See Packet)
3. Review the vocabulary section of your packet

Goal: 
Read chapter 1 and Review activity packet questions for chapter 1
Students will read and discuss chapter 2 of To Kill a Mockingbird
Students will discuss racism, poverty and miscommunication as they read the chapter
Students will analyze education during the 30's
**Extra packets are on the front table


Once we have completed the reading, we can review the packet.
Next,
Bell Ringer:
Type one Quiz
Write 5 lines about the setting Maycomb, Alabama


COMPARE & CONTRAST
1930s: During the Great Depression, unemployment rose as high as 25%; the New Deal program of government-sponsored relief leads to a deficit in the federal budget. 
1960: After a decade of record-high American production and exports, unemployment dips to less than 5 percent, while the federal government runs a small surplus. 
Today: Unemployment runs between 5 and 6 percent, while the federal government works to reduce a multi-billion dollar deficit amidst an increasingly competitive global economy. 
1930s: Schools are racially segregated; emphasis in the classroom was on rote learning of the basics. 
1960: Although backed up by force at times, school integration laws were being enforced; the 1959 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik leads to math and science gaining increased importance. 
Today: School populations are as racially diverse as their communities; classes include a focus on combining subjects and problem-solving skills. 
1930s: Only property owners who were white and male could serve on juries. 
1960: Women and minorities could now serve on juries; while the Supreme Court ruled that eliminating jurors from duty on the basis of race is unconstitutional, many trials still exclude blacks and Hispanics. 
Today: All registered voters are eligible to serve on juries, although in many cases prosecution and defense teams aim to create a Jury with a racial balance favorable to their side. 
1930s: A big trial serves as a entertainment event for the whole town and a child who has been to the movies is unusual. 
1960: Television was becoming the dominant form of popular entertainment, while families might see films together at drive-in movie theaters. 
Today: Although television and film are still large presences, computers and computer games swiftly gain a share in the entertainment market. Trials still provide public entertainment and are featured on their own cable channel.  


CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

To Kill a Mockingbird Webquest



Directions:  Research the following websites for each category and answer the questions below in complete sentences.


THE SCOTTSBORO TRIALS


-  Read about the Famous American Trials, "The Scotsboro Trials."  Begin reading the article on the bottom of the webpage and hit "cont." to continue onto the next page.
-  Answer the questions below in complete sentences
-  Be sure to click on links (blue) for full descriptions


1.  What is hoboing?

2.  Who is Haywood Patterson?

3.  What started the altercation between the black and white youths?

4.  Who is Orville Gilley? 

5.  Nine African Americans made up the Scottsboro Boys, who are they?

6.  Who are the two girls that said a gang of twelve blacks with pistols and knives raped them?

7.  Do you feel the boys received a fair trial?  Why or why not?  Be sure to explain your answer.

8.  Who is Harry Emerson and what did he influence Bates to do?

9.  What is your overall opinion of what these boys had to experience?  Be sure to explain.

  
HARPER LEE



10.  Who is Harper Lee? 
11.  What work is she most famous for writing?

12.  To Kill a Mockingbird won what award?

13.  Harper Lee is a descendant of whom?

14.  Who were the characters Finch and Dill based on?

JIM CROW



15.      What was Jim Crow?

16.      Stetson Kennedy, the author of Jim Crow Guide, offered seven simple rules for Blacks to follow.  Name all seven.


17.      Give an example of a Jim Crow sign.


18.      What is lynching?


19.      What are lynch mobs?


THE GREAT DEPRESSION




20.      What day and date did the stock market crash? 

21.      Who made $5,000 more than the President?


22.      What President signed an Act of Congress that made the Star Spangled Banner the official United States national anthem?

23.      Who became President after Hoover?

24.      Adolf Hitler receives dictatorial power through what Act in Germany?

25.      This is the year, when forms of dust clouds were dubbed “The Dust Bowl.”
26.      This group of individuals began fleeing from Germany as Hitler begins to tighten restrictions. 

27.      In 2003, this famous animal is used as a topic for a movie.  What type of animal is it and was is its name?

28.  John Steinbeck’s epic Dust Bowl novel is?


29.  How does World War II begin?


PREJUDICE AND RACISM


30.      Define prejudice.

31.      What is stereotyping and provide an example?

32.      What is race and provide an example?


33.      Do people still display acts of prejudice or racism today?  Use an example to explain your answer.

34.      Name five things you can do to fight prejudice and racism.

35.  Name five groups that are currently trying to end prejudice.

36.  Will we ever become a society that is free from judging others?  Why or why not?

PRE-READINGS AND QUESTIONS


37.      How important are parents in shaping their children’s values and beliefs?

38.      What is the role of the community in shaping young people’s values and beliefs?

39.      How can we ensure that people are treated equally even though they differ in race, wealth, religion, etc.?

40.      How fair is our country’s justice system?

41.      What makes people good or bad?

42.      What do you remember about being in first through third grade?
43.      What was important during that time?



Monday, April 18, 2016

1. Students will turn in their Act 5 Essays
to www.turnitin.com

2. Students will hand in their R and J packets for a final grade

3. Students will turn in their Plot structure sheets

4. Students will turn in their final Act 5 Projects


II. To Kill a Mockingbird
A. Students will receive a book
B. Students will discuss discrimination as a general term

Webquest/ Opening Activity




The Scottsboro TrialsOPENING ACTIVITY
Video:
Part 1:  Jane Elliot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml7eEklNwNE

Part 2 Jane Elliot Day 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AIGd9PetTs


STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE NOTE SHEET AS THEY WATCH THE VIDEOS



PART 2
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WEBQUEST




Directions:  Research the following websites for each category and answer the questions below in complete sentences.


THE SCOTTSBORO TRIALS


-  Read about the Famous American Trials, "The Scotsboro Trials."  Begin reading the article on the bottom of the webpage and hit "cont." to continue onto the next page.
-  Answer the questions below in complete sentences
-  Be sure to click on links (blue) for full descriptions


1.  What is hoboing?

2.  Who is Haywood Patterson?

3.  What started the altercation between the black and white youths?

4.  Who is Orville Gilley? 

5.  Nine African Americans made up the Scottsboro Boys, who are they?

6.  Who are the two girls that said a gang of twelve blacks with pistols and knives raped them?

7.  Do you feel the boys received a fair trial?  Why or why not?  Be sure to explain your answer.

8.  Who is Harry Emerson and what did he influence Bates to do?

9.  What is your overall opinion of what these boys had to experience?  Be sure to explain.




HARPER LEE



10.  Who is Harper Lee? 
11.  What work is she most famous for writing?

12.  To Kill a Mockingbird won what award?

13.  Harper Lee is a descendant of whom?

14.  Who were the characters Finch and Dill based on?

JIM CROW



15.      What was Jim Crow?

16.      Stetson Kennedy, the author of Jim Crow Guide, offered seven simple rules for Blacks to follow.  Name all seven.


17.      Give an example of a Jim Crow sign.


18.      What is lynching?


19.      What are lynch mobs?


THE GREAT DEPRESSION




20.      What day and date did the stock market crash? 

21.      Who made $5,000 more than the President?


22.      What President signed an Act of Congress that made the Star Spangled Banner the official United States national anthem?

23.      Who became President after Hoover?

24.      Adolf Hitler receives dictatorial power through what Act in Germany?

25.      This is the year, when forms of dust clouds were dubbed “The Dust Bowl.”
26.      This group of individuals began fleeing from Germany as Hitler begins to tighten restrictions. 

27.      In 2003, this famous animal is used as a topic for a movie.  What type of animal is it and was is its name?

28.  John Steinbeck’s epic Dust Bowl novel is?


29.  How does World War II begin?


PREJUDICE AND RACISM


30.      Define prejudice.

31.      What is stereotyping and provide an example?
The Scottsboro Trials 
32.      What is race and provide an example?


33.      Do people still display acts of prejudice or racism today?  Use an example to explain your answer.

34.      Name five things you can do to fight prejudice and racism.

35.  Name five groups that are currently trying to end prejudice.

36.  Will we ever become a society that is free from judging others?  Why or why not?

PRE READINGS AND QUESTIONS


37.      How important are parents in shaping their children’s values and beliefs?

38.      What is the role of the community in shaping young people’s values and beliefs?

39.      How can we ensure that people are treated equally even though they differ in race, wealth, religion, etc.?

40.      How fair is our country’s justice system?

41.      What makes people good or bad?

42.      What do you remember about being in first through third grade?
43.      What was important during that time?



The webquest is due on Tuesday.  We will have half the class to work on the quest.  We will go over the answers the second half.

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Act 5

Tuesday, 4/12 - Review Packet and Timeline

Wednesday, 4/13- Review Jeopardy

https://www.quia.com/cb/13306.html
https://www.superteachertools.us/jeopardyx/jeopardy-review-game.php?gamefile=340107#.Vw5DHfkrLcs
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/romeo-and-juliet-act-one
https://jeopardylabs.com/play/miss-bankers-romeo-and-juliet-unit-test-review-jeopardy-game


Thursday, 4/14 - Act 5 part 1 test on Skyward
                          -After the test, students will work on Analysis/ Essay questions
Friday, 4/15- Analysis / Essay questions (Students must work alone)

Act 5 Analysis


ESSAYS: 
Today: We are going to reflect on Act 4.  Each essay must be answered in at least 3 paragraphs each.  You must include specific examples (and their line, scene and act numbers) and explain them.
Remember, a paragraph is at least 7 sentences.

**Remember to cite each line that is quoted directly

These essays are due on Monday, 4/18/2016
They must be turned in to www.turnitn.com

All answers MUST include cited contextual evidence:

For question 1, select option A or B
1. Throughout Acts I–IV of the play, plans have been made only to unravel at the last minute.  Romeo plans to marry Juliet, but then he kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona on his wedding day. Next, Friar Lawrence devises a plan to deal with Romeo’s banishment only to discover that Capulet has set a wedding date for Juliet that is only three days away. As we see in Act V, Friar Lawrence’s plan to finally unite Romeo and Juliet goes drastically awry.

(Use the 5 paragraph essay format)

A.      In an essay, explain why Friar Lawrence’s plan fails. Refer to specific events in the play to support your statements
or

B.      In an essay explain how the old saying, “wrong place at the wrong time” applies to the events in this play.  Refer to the specific events in the play to support your statement.

2.Who is responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Friar Laurence? The two lovers themselves? Their parents? Fate? Do a number of people share the blame? To what extent can these people be held responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

3.Analyze the characters of the Nurse and Friar Laurence as mentors to the young people in the play. Do these two people do the “right thing” in their relationships with Romeo and Juliet?

4. Tragic Hero:  using specific examples from the play, discuss Romeo as the tragic hero.  How does this character fit the definition?


CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject


http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/romeojuliet/essay.htm

http://www.bard.org/study-guides/high-school-discussion-questions-romeo-and-juliet

http://www.krollpatrol.com/uploads/4/7/6/0/4760591/answers-to-acts-1-to-3.pdf

CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject


http://resources.mhs.vic.edu.au/romeojuliet/essay.htm

http://www.bard.org/study-guides/high-school-discussion-questions-romeo-and-juliet

http://www.krollpatrol.com/uploads/4/7/6/0/4760591/answers-to-acts-1-to-3.pdf

Wednesday, April 06, 2016

Act 5

Goals:
Students will read, comprehend, and interpret elements of a play
Students will relate their personal experiences to the play
Students will identify soliloquies, asides and monologues
Students will respond to the play through writing, speaking and listening
Thinking About Thinking: (Meta cognitive Thinking)
Bell Ringer:
Friday:  List 5 logical changes that would have improved the decisions of the main characters


 
 Students will relate to the concepts of betrayal and deception in modern society.

1. Students will review Act 5 Scenes 1 and 2
2. Students will read and discuss Act 3 Scene 2 through scene 5
** Students should complete their work packets
3. Review packet
Possible Quiz
4. Review project:for Romeo and Juliet:   PROJECT LINK
5. HOMEWORK: Student should read up to scene 3 in the packet
-Read
-Highlight
-Take notes
**Finish entire scene

Wednesday:
1,Go over packet questions
2. Test Review
Jeopardy 

Homework:
-Keep reading ahead in your "Reading Packet"
-You should work on your projects and packet work

****Act 4 projects are due Friday, 4/8



Closure: (Each day)
Discuss character traits of new characters 

***Students should read the translated version on their own
CC.1.2.9-10.A: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

CC.1.2.9-10.B: Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences and conclusions based on an author’s explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject