TKAM 11-12

Good Morning My Beautiful Class,
I hope your extended weekend found you happy and healthy!!

Attiucs gives three major bits of advice to his children:
1. Walk in someone's skin/ shoes
2. It's a sin to kill a mockingbird
3. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience


 Today, Monday, 4/13, we are going to discuss chapters 11 and 12.  Here are my notes:

-Mrs. Dubose - Such an angry woman.  What is the cause of her anger?
-Atticus's advice regarding Mrs. Dubose: just hold your head high and be a gentleman. In town, Jem buys himself a model steam engine and buys Scout a sparkly twirling baton she has had her eye on for some time.
-Jem Doesn't take that advice so well.........
-Punishment - Scout and Jem must read to her for a month:  Is Atticus out of his mind, or (as usual,) does he have another lesson in mind?
-Racism and Racial Slurs are growing.......It's getting ugly in Maycomb

Chapter 12
-Jem is growing up to be moody and temperamental ....We've all been there!
-Summer kicks off poorly, No Dill, No Atticus for two weeks
-Cal's church - The children are treated poorly,,,,,,Lula isn't exactly welcoming
-However, Calpurnia points out that it's the same God, and the rest of the congregation welcomes the newcomers.
-Scout, "Why does Calpurnia speak differently at church?"
-Rev. Sykes takes up a collection for the Robinsons...and he's quite insistent on raising $10
-Not exactly a rich church, but a group of generous people
-Scout asks Cal tons of questions:
-What's going on with Tom Robinson?  What is rape?  Why are there no hymn books at church?
-Top off the day, Aunty is visiting!