Session 1 - Image Maker

In this picture that I have drawn, I made Miss Caroline's first grade class. Miss Caroline is a new teacher that does not come from Maycomb. She becomes very angry at Scout because Scout already knows how to read and write. Miss Caroline also got angry at Scout when she explaned why Walter Cunningham would not accept any of her money. Scout tries to explain that Walter will not accpet the money because he can't pay it back. Miss Caronloine does not like the way she explains this. Everyone in the class is standing still because they are scared while Scout is being hit with a ruler.

-Jessie

Session 1 - Word Wizard

Here are some definitions of words in the first 2 chapters.

Ambled- to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter
Nearsighted- seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
Legislature- a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change
Veranda- a large, open porch, usually roofed and partly enclosed
Mutilated- to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts
Ramrod- a rod for ramming down the charge of a muzzle loading firearm
Condescended- To descend to the level of one considered inferior; lower oneself
Apprehensively- uneasy or fearful about something that might happen
Wriggling- to twist to and fro; writhe; squirm
Mortification- a feeling of humiliation or shame, as through some injury to one's pride or self-respect.

www.dictionary.com – For more definitions

-Matthew

Session 1 - Investigator

"bought three slaves"
I saw that quote and then I looked up slave trade. This has been going on for many years worldwide, and only until the 20th century it started ending.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_trade

-Jesse

Session 1 - Discussion Director

Why does Miss Caroline get upset with Scout?
Miss Caroline gets upset with Scout because she already knows how to read.
Miss Caroline is shocked and likes to begin reading with "a fresh mind". She also think Scout is lying because she says that her father did not teach her to read. Another reason Miss Caroline gets upset with Scout is when Scout tries to explain about Walter Cunningham. She is embarrassed by the way Scout explains the situation and hits her.

Why does Jem not like the Radley house?
Jem does not like the Radley house because of all the urban legends surrounding the house.
There are many horrible stories about the Radleys. They say that the pecans from the tree in the Radley yard are poisonous. Boo Radley had been a bad kid. One day, he was sitting and cutting out things from the newpaper. As his father passed by, he stabbed him with a pair of scissors.

-Bailey

Session 1 - Passage Master

Here are some important passages from Chapters 1 and 2:

Page 3: "When he was like that, I knew better than to bother him."

In this quote Scout shows a level of maturity. She understands that Jem misses his mother and even though she can not relate to Jem, she recognizes that Jem needs some time alone. Scout probably does not realize how different her life would have been if she had had her mother there with her. For example, the Finches have Calpurnia around for a few reasons. To cook as well as to be a female role model for the kids. At the beginning, I thought that Scout was a boy. Scout's name reminds me of a small boy and not a girl. This is showing how not having a woman at home would affect her. Jem misses his mother but Scout does not know what it was like not to have a mother. You cannot miss what you never had. By leaving Jem alone, Scout demonstrates a sense of understanding beyond her years.

Page 20: “He’s a Cunningham.”

This is a very important quote because it shows the importance of families and their background. They live in a small town called Maycomb County and everybody knows each other. All the townspeople know everybody’s lineage. People are prejudged because of this, everyone knows where the Cunninghams come from, and they know that “the Cunninghams never took anything they can’t pay back.” It is important to understand that Walter, like his father, never took anything that he could not repay. This was why he would not take the quarter from Ms. Caroline but Ms. Caroline did not understand because she was new to the town. Scout stood up and explained the situation in one sentence: “He’s a Cunningham” because she did not realize that not everybody understood the Cunningham’s situation.

-Jenn

Session 1 - Summarizer

Here are the summaries of chapter 1 and 2.

Chapter 1

In this chapter there is girl who's name is Scout. She is 5 years old. One summer, her brother Jem had broken his arm. And now, she is trying to explain the mystery of how he broke it. At first she starts talking about some of the people in the neighborhood. In this neighborhood, everybody knows everybody. In Scout's family, she has a father named Atticus, a brother named Jem, and a cook who is African American named Calpurnia. But the summer where her brother Jem broke his arm, is the summer where they met Dill. Perhaps Dill had something to do with the mystery. For the whole summer, they wanted to get Boo Radley out of his house. There was a urban legend that the Radley house was haunted. Everybody knows the different stories that happened in that house. Dill was the most curious about Boo Radley.


Chapter 2

For the longest time that Scout could remember, she wanted to go to school more than anything. But she already knew how to read on her own. So on the first day of school, when Miss Caroline Fisher expected that no one wouldknow how to read, was surprised that Scout knew how. She tells her that her dad should stop teaching her because he doesn't know how. But Scout had learned all by herself. Miss Caroline asked the students what they were doing for lunch. So Walter Cunningham didn't have any money with him. So she offered to lend him some. Scout tried to explain that Walter wouldn't accept any of it because he couldn't pay it back. When Miss Caroline heard this, she was not pleased with the way Scout explained it and hit her on the hands.

-Jillian