Feeble
-“Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty.”
Inconspicuous
-“With these attributes, however, he would not remain as inconspicuous as we wished him to…”
Mausoleum
-“But I must say Providence was kind enough to burn down that old mausoleum of mine…”
Moseying
-“‘No, he’s just moseyin’ along, so low you can’t hardly tell it. He’s comin’ this way.”’
Erratically
-“he walked erratically as if his right legs were shorter than his left legs.”
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-Jillian
Monday, March 24, 2008
Session 5 - Investigator
Chapter 11
Morphine addiction
Morphine is very addictive. Tolerance and mental addiction to morphine increase extremely fast. Morphine is a type of drug that relieves pain, reliefs of fear and anxiety, decease of hunger and inhibiting the cough reflex. It was not until 1853 that they created the needle for this drug. As the Greeks created the needle to put morphine in it spread everywhere and was used for pain relief, and as a "cure" alcohol addiction. Once you start to addict to morphine and you stop taking this drug you will experience tearing, yawning, sweating and chills lasting up around to three days. Like other relaxing drug, morphine quickly effects directly on the central nervous system in the brain to relieve pain. Morphine is very dangerous and is usually very addictive, especially compared to other medicine.
For more information about morphine addiction, click here!
-Jessie
Morphine addiction
Morphine is very addictive. Tolerance and mental addiction to morphine increase extremely fast. Morphine is a type of drug that relieves pain, reliefs of fear and anxiety, decease of hunger and inhibiting the cough reflex. It was not until 1853 that they created the needle for this drug. As the Greeks created the needle to put morphine in it spread everywhere and was used for pain relief, and as a "cure" alcohol addiction. Once you start to addict to morphine and you stop taking this drug you will experience tearing, yawning, sweating and chills lasting up around to three days. Like other relaxing drug, morphine quickly effects directly on the central nervous system in the brain to relieve pain. Morphine is very dangerous and is usually very addictive, especially compared to other medicine.
For more information about morphine addiction, click here!
-Jessie
Session 5 - Passage Master
“‘Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’” P.90
Atticus says this to his children to emphasize the fact that hurting someone or something that has done nothing wrong is a sin. I believe that Atticus is really talking about his trial with Tom Robinson. Atticus knows Tom Robinson is innocent and it would be wrong to put him in jail for a crime he did not commit.
“‘Real courage is . . . when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what’” P.112
Atticus is trying to teach his children an important life lesson when he says this. He is trying to show his children that even though there is no way that you can succeed you still have to try and persevere and keep trying. You must get through that tough time at any cost.
-Matthew
Atticus says this to his children to emphasize the fact that hurting someone or something that has done nothing wrong is a sin. I believe that Atticus is really talking about his trial with Tom Robinson. Atticus knows Tom Robinson is innocent and it would be wrong to put him in jail for a crime he did not commit.
“‘Real courage is . . . when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what’” P.112
Atticus is trying to teach his children an important life lesson when he says this. He is trying to show his children that even though there is no way that you can succeed you still have to try and persevere and keep trying. You must get through that tough time at any cost.
-Matthew
Session 5 - Discussion Director
1. In the beginning of chapter 10, how did Scout and Jem feel about their father?
Both Scout and Jem were ashamed of their dad. They compared him to the other fathers of their town, who were much younger, more athletic, and had better jobs than Atticus did, or Scout and Jem thought so.
2. In the end of chapter 10, how do Scout and Jem feel about their father?
After the incident with the mad dog, both Scout and Jem decide that their dad is an amazing one, and he is in his own league. Even if he couldn't do what they expected him to like any other father could do.
3. Who was Mrs. Dubose? How did she treat people from Scout and Jem's point of view?
Mrs. Dubose is an old lady that lives around the buisness section of Maycomb. Scout and Jem read to her like community service becausetheir father tells them to, but neither of them like her. they think she's a mean person that doesn't like or respect anybody.
-Jesse
Both Scout and Jem were ashamed of their dad. They compared him to the other fathers of their town, who were much younger, more athletic, and had better jobs than Atticus did, or Scout and Jem thought so.
2. In the end of chapter 10, how do Scout and Jem feel about their father?
After the incident with the mad dog, both Scout and Jem decide that their dad is an amazing one, and he is in his own league. Even if he couldn't do what they expected him to like any other father could do.
3. Who was Mrs. Dubose? How did she treat people from Scout and Jem's point of view?
Mrs. Dubose is an old lady that lives around the buisness section of Maycomb. Scout and Jem read to her like community service becausetheir father tells them to, but neither of them like her. they think she's a mean person that doesn't like or respect anybody.
-Jesse
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Session 5 - Image Maker
This is a picture of Atticus shooting the mad dog. This could be foreshadowing that something out of the ordinary and dangerous is going to happen. Out of the ordinary, because they kept mentioning how dogs never went mad in February, and dangerous, because the mad dog could have injured people and made them sick. It is also important because it is the first time that Jem and Scout are really proud of their father.-Bailey
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Session 5 - Summarizer
Chapter 10:
Scout is embarrassed because Atticus is older than most of the other kid's fathers and does not do all of the same thins. For example, He reads and does not play tackle football with Jem instead of hunting and fishing like the other children's fathers. A mad dog appears and is wandering around near the Finches' house when Calpurnia calls Atticus. Atticus comes home with Heck Tate, the Sheriff, who tells Atticus to shoot the dog. Scout learns a little more about Atticus, for example, Atticus used to be known as "One Shot Finch." Now Scout has something to brag about, but Jem tells her not to show off about this. Jem says that if Atticus had wanted them to know, he would have told them himself.
Chapter 11:
One of the elderly neighbors, Mrs. Dubose, always bothers Jem and Scout, but Atticus constantly reminds Jem to be a gentleman to her because she is sick and old. One day, however, Jem loses his cool when Mrs. Dubose says that Atticus "lawed for Niggers" and he destroys all of her camellias. As a punishment, Jem has to go and read to her every afternoon. Everyday, Jem has to read longer and longer and at the end of each reading, Mrs. Dubose has a fit. Mrs. Dubose dies soon after Jem's punishment is over and when she does, Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose was addicted to morphine and that when Jem was reading he was distracting her from the addiction. Atticus gives Jem a gift from Mrs. Dubose, a single white camellia.
-Jenn
Scout is embarrassed because Atticus is older than most of the other kid's fathers and does not do all of the same thins. For example, He reads and does not play tackle football with Jem instead of hunting and fishing like the other children's fathers. A mad dog appears and is wandering around near the Finches' house when Calpurnia calls Atticus. Atticus comes home with Heck Tate, the Sheriff, who tells Atticus to shoot the dog. Scout learns a little more about Atticus, for example, Atticus used to be known as "One Shot Finch." Now Scout has something to brag about, but Jem tells her not to show off about this. Jem says that if Atticus had wanted them to know, he would have told them himself.
Chapter 11:
One of the elderly neighbors, Mrs. Dubose, always bothers Jem and Scout, but Atticus constantly reminds Jem to be a gentleman to her because she is sick and old. One day, however, Jem loses his cool when Mrs. Dubose says that Atticus "lawed for Niggers" and he destroys all of her camellias. As a punishment, Jem has to go and read to her every afternoon. Everyday, Jem has to read longer and longer and at the end of each reading, Mrs. Dubose has a fit. Mrs. Dubose dies soon after Jem's punishment is over and when she does, Atticus tells Jem that Mrs. Dubose was addicted to morphine and that when Jem was reading he was distracting her from the addiction. Atticus gives Jem a gift from Mrs. Dubose, a single white camellia.
-Jenn
Monday, March 17, 2008
Session 4 - Investigator
On March 25 1931, there was a gang called the “Scottsboro Boys”. The Scottsboro boys involved 9 black boys who were accused of raping a white woman. It is said that Harper Lee got lots of inspiration from this trial. Like in chapter 9, when Atticus was defending a black man on trial who raped a woman. In the Scottsboro boys case, 6 out of the 9 boys were accused of being there when they don’t have any evidence. Same with “To Kill A Mockingbird”. When you don’t have any evidence, how do you know if they're guilty or not?
-Jillian
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_acct.html
-Jillian
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/SB_acct.html
Session 4 - Passage Master
Chapter 8 –
“Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.”
I chose this quote because at the beginning of the story there are rumors going around that Boo Radley is crazy and mean just because he has been locked up in his house. As you can see here in this quote, all of these rumors are lies, he is a nice man, and he helped the Finch kids while they were freezing outside.
Chapter 9 –
“Then why did Cecil say you defended niggers?
I chose this quote from chapter nine because the people from Macomb are making a very big deal over the fact that Atticus is defending the black man. The judge appointed Atticus lawyer for this case because the judge knew that Atticus will be able to defend the black man. Cecil said that Atticus said that he said that he will defend the black man only because he is his lawyer.
-Jessie
“Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you.”
I chose this quote because at the beginning of the story there are rumors going around that Boo Radley is crazy and mean just because he has been locked up in his house. As you can see here in this quote, all of these rumors are lies, he is a nice man, and he helped the Finch kids while they were freezing outside.
Chapter 9 –
“Then why did Cecil say you defended niggers?
I chose this quote from chapter nine because the people from Macomb are making a very big deal over the fact that Atticus is defending the black man. The judge appointed Atticus lawyer for this case because the judge knew that Atticus will be able to defend the black man. Cecil said that Atticus said that he said that he will defend the black man only because he is his lawyer.
-Jessie
Session 4 -Summarizer
Chapter 8
It is the coldest winter in Maycomb County since 1885, and it is also snowing. School is cancelled that day because of the snow, so Jem and Scout want to play in the snow. They're trying to build a snowman, but there isn't enough snow. So, they go over to Miss Maudie's, who gladly gives up all of her snow; she doesn't want her plants to freeze up because of it. Soon, there is a lot more snow for Scout and Jem to build a snowman, and they do. They make it look like Mr. Avery. Atticus is very proud of Jem for making the snowman. Later, Atticus rushes Scout and Jem out of their house, and they only figure out why when they arrive at Miss Maudie's house which caught on fire. Atticus pushes Scout and Jem to the Radley's yard. Without knowing, Boo put a blanket on each of them, and left. Scout and Jem didn't even realize until the whole thing was over, Atticus, Scout, and Jem went back to their house, and Atticus told them while they were having hot chocolate. Calpurnia told Scout and Jem not to go to school that day because neither of them got any sleep.
Chapter 9
Scout goes to school and over hears somebody talking about Atticus defending black people, and when Scout come back home, she starts to talk to Atticus about it. She doesn't really understand much of the conversation, but throughout it, Atticus tells her not to fight physically, but to fight in her head. She always thinks about beating up people, but she listens to Atticus. At Christmas time, she goes over to her aunt and uncles house. Her aunt wants Scout to be a 'lady', Scout's cousin makes fun of her dad for defending black people, and Scout chases him around. Later, when Scout should be in bed, she is eavesdropping on Atticus and Uncle Jack talking about how Atticus has no chance on his trial.
-Jesse
It is the coldest winter in Maycomb County since 1885, and it is also snowing. School is cancelled that day because of the snow, so Jem and Scout want to play in the snow. They're trying to build a snowman, but there isn't enough snow. So, they go over to Miss Maudie's, who gladly gives up all of her snow; she doesn't want her plants to freeze up because of it. Soon, there is a lot more snow for Scout and Jem to build a snowman, and they do. They make it look like Mr. Avery. Atticus is very proud of Jem for making the snowman. Later, Atticus rushes Scout and Jem out of their house, and they only figure out why when they arrive at Miss Maudie's house which caught on fire. Atticus pushes Scout and Jem to the Radley's yard. Without knowing, Boo put a blanket on each of them, and left. Scout and Jem didn't even realize until the whole thing was over, Atticus, Scout, and Jem went back to their house, and Atticus told them while they were having hot chocolate. Calpurnia told Scout and Jem not to go to school that day because neither of them got any sleep.
Chapter 9
Scout goes to school and over hears somebody talking about Atticus defending black people, and when Scout come back home, she starts to talk to Atticus about it. She doesn't really understand much of the conversation, but throughout it, Atticus tells her not to fight physically, but to fight in her head. She always thinks about beating up people, but she listens to Atticus. At Christmas time, she goes over to her aunt and uncles house. Her aunt wants Scout to be a 'lady', Scout's cousin makes fun of her dad for defending black people, and Scout chases him around. Later, when Scout should be in bed, she is eavesdropping on Atticus and Uncle Jack talking about how Atticus has no chance on his trial.
-Jesse
Session 4 - Discussion Director
What was the significance of the snowfall in Maycomb?
I believe that the author was trying to show everyone that things were starting to get weird. The way to do that was make something unusual happen like a snowfall in Alabama. The author was leading up to something later on in the novel.
Why did Boo Radley come and put a blanket on Scout?
I think that Boo Radley finally came out of his house and put a blanket on Scout because he cared about the children. He hadn’t been with anyone for a long time and he wanted to get to know Scout, Jem and Dill.
Why does Atticus defend a black man in the court of law?
I believe that Atticus defends a black man because Atticus does not care who he defends but as a lawyer he will try and bring justice however he can. He is a man with great morals and great bravery to defend a black man in his era.
-Matthew
I believe that the author was trying to show everyone that things were starting to get weird. The way to do that was make something unusual happen like a snowfall in Alabama. The author was leading up to something later on in the novel.
Why did Boo Radley come and put a blanket on Scout?
I think that Boo Radley finally came out of his house and put a blanket on Scout because he cared about the children. He hadn’t been with anyone for a long time and he wanted to get to know Scout, Jem and Dill.
Why does Atticus defend a black man in the court of law?
I believe that Atticus defends a black man because Atticus does not care who he defends but as a lawyer he will try and bring justice however he can. He is a man with great morals and great bravery to defend a black man in his era.
-Matthew
Friday, March 14, 2008
Session 4 - Image Maker
My illustration represents the scene where Miss. Maudie’s house is on fire. This can be a form of foreshadowing. This can be showing us that there will be something chaotic (like a fire) happening in the future. In addition, Scout has a blanket around her but she did not bring it with her. She was so busy watching the fire that she did not realize that Boo Radley, the man that they had been wanting to see all summer, had put the blanket around her shoulders.
-Jenn
-Jenn
Session 4 - Word Wizard
For reasons unfathomable to the most experienced prophets in Maycomb County, autumn turned to winter that year. p.63
Mrs. Radley... the neighborhood seldom saw her, except when she watered her cannas p.63
Jem had a notion that Atticus thought our activites that night last summer were not solely confined to strip poker. p.64
When we were on the sidewalk in front of Miss Maudie's, Mr. Avery accosted us. p.65
I did not wonder where Mr.Avery gathered his meteorological statistics... p.65
click here for a game with these words :)
-Bailey
Mrs. Radley... the neighborhood seldom saw her, except when she watered her cannas p.63
Jem had a notion that Atticus thought our activites that night last summer were not solely confined to strip poker. p.64
When we were on the sidewalk in front of Miss Maudie's, Mr. Avery accosted us. p.65
I did not wonder where Mr.Avery gathered his meteorological statistics... p.65
click here for a game with these words :)
-Bailey
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Session 3 - Passage Master
Page 51-52
“Scout, I’m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!”
This quote is said by Jem to Scout. In those days, a girl had to behave like a woman, and a man had to act like a man. This quote reminds me of gender racism. How do we know that Scout is a tomboy? Maybe she just likes to hang out with her brother and is inspired by him. Maybe he is a role model to her. Immediately saying that Scout is acting like a girl when he knows that she would be bothered was wrong of Jem to do.
Page 54
“Mr. Radley shot at a Negro in his collard patch.”
This quote is said by Miss Maudie to Jem. In that time where racism was a big issue, Miss Maudie immediately blamed an African American. Not only did Miss Maudie blame someone that she didn’t know, she jumped to a conclusion. This is a good example of prejudice in this time. It also shows that there was a lot of racism there.
-Jillian
“Scout, I’m telling you for the last time, shut your trap or go home-I declare to the Lord you’re gettin’ more like a girl every day!”
This quote is said by Jem to Scout. In those days, a girl had to behave like a woman, and a man had to act like a man. This quote reminds me of gender racism. How do we know that Scout is a tomboy? Maybe she just likes to hang out with her brother and is inspired by him. Maybe he is a role model to her. Immediately saying that Scout is acting like a girl when he knows that she would be bothered was wrong of Jem to do.
Page 54
“Mr. Radley shot at a Negro in his collard patch.”
This quote is said by Miss Maudie to Jem. In that time where racism was a big issue, Miss Maudie immediately blamed an African American. Not only did Miss Maudie blame someone that she didn’t know, she jumped to a conclusion. This is a good example of prejudice in this time. It also shows that there was a lot of racism there.
-Jillian
Session 3 - Word Wizard
Collard
Ramshackle
Yonder
Malignant
Dismemberment
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-Jesse
Ramshackle
Yonder
Malignant
Dismemberment
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-Jesse
Session 3 - Word Wizard
“Don’t get in a row of collards whatever you do, they’ll wake the dead.”
“Atticus saved Dill from intermediate dismemberment.”
“The night-crawlers had retired, but ripe chinaberries drummed on the roof when the wind stirred, and the darkness was desolate with the barking of distant dogs.”
I said if they did I didn’t see how they got anything done, but Jem said they accomplished more than the Americans ever did, they invented toilet paper and perpetual embalming, and asked where would we be today if they hadn’t?”
Follow the link and play a fun game!
-Jenn
“Atticus saved Dill from intermediate dismemberment.”
“The night-crawlers had retired, but ripe chinaberries drummed on the roof when the wind stirred, and the darkness was desolate with the barking of distant dogs.”
I said if they did I didn’t see how they got anything done, but Jem said they accomplished more than the Americans ever did, they invented toilet paper and perpetual embalming, and asked where would we be today if they hadn’t?”
Follow the link and play a fun game!
-Jenn
Session 3 - Discussion Director
Chapter 6
What was your initial reaction in chapter six when Jem peeked into Boo Radley’s house and then heard a shotgun?
My initial reaction was frightened; during the period of time that I was reading this section, in my mind I was thinking that this is how Jem broke his arm. I was worried that Nathan Radley, Boo’s brother, was going to get hurt or killed.
Chapter 7
1. Why do you think Nathan Radley put cement in the oak tree hole?
I think that Nathan Radley put cement in the oak tree because Nathan Radley thought that his brother Boo Radley was giving these objects to these children. Nathan did not want Boo to be interacting with Jem and Scout Finch.
2. Why do you think that Jem Finch waited to tell his sister about the night he went to go get his pants back?
In my opinion I think he waited because the night that happened he was in such a shock and did not want to worry his younger sister Scout. I also think that Jem didn’t want to tell her because he was afraid that Scout would tell their dad, Atticus, that it seemed like someone was waiting for Jem to come back for his pants.
-Jessie
What was your initial reaction in chapter six when Jem peeked into Boo Radley’s house and then heard a shotgun?
My initial reaction was frightened; during the period of time that I was reading this section, in my mind I was thinking that this is how Jem broke his arm. I was worried that Nathan Radley, Boo’s brother, was going to get hurt or killed.
Chapter 7
1. Why do you think Nathan Radley put cement in the oak tree hole?
I think that Nathan Radley put cement in the oak tree because Nathan Radley thought that his brother Boo Radley was giving these objects to these children. Nathan did not want Boo to be interacting with Jem and Scout Finch.
2. Why do you think that Jem Finch waited to tell his sister about the night he went to go get his pants back?
In my opinion I think he waited because the night that happened he was in such a shock and did not want to worry his younger sister Scout. I also think that Jem didn’t want to tell her because he was afraid that Scout would tell their dad, Atticus, that it seemed like someone was waiting for Jem to come back for his pants.
-Jessie
Session 3 - Summarizer
Chapter 6-
Dill was leaving and they all were going to his house. They saw Mr. Avery, a white man, urinating outside. They wanted to go on a walk and Scout didn’t want to go and they made fun of her feminism. Jem and Dill wanted to peek in Boo Radley’s house. Scout was against it though. They spied, then went in the backyard and then they saw a shadow of a man. The man came and they all ran away and the man shot at them. Jems pants got stuck and he took them off and he kept on going. The town people saw Mr. Nathan Radley with a shotgun. They thought it was a nigro in his garden. Dill says that Jem lost his pants playing strip poker. Jem wanted to get his pants so he won’t disappoint his father, but Scout won’t let him do it.
Chapter 7-
Jem went and he got his pants. School started and it was just as bad as the first grade or worse for Scout. Jem said he never told Scout what happened that night. When he went to get his pants they were folded nicely and sown up. Someone is watching them. It’s like the person knew what Jem was going to do. In the tree there was another little gift, there was a ball of twine. They decided everything in there was their property. Jem and Scout kept on receiving gifts in the knotwhole. One day on their way home they see that the whole was cemented. Later they talk to Mr. Nathan Radley and he admits that he put the cement there, because the tree was getting rotten.
-Matthew
Dill was leaving and they all were going to his house. They saw Mr. Avery, a white man, urinating outside. They wanted to go on a walk and Scout didn’t want to go and they made fun of her feminism. Jem and Dill wanted to peek in Boo Radley’s house. Scout was against it though. They spied, then went in the backyard and then they saw a shadow of a man. The man came and they all ran away and the man shot at them. Jems pants got stuck and he took them off and he kept on going. The town people saw Mr. Nathan Radley with a shotgun. They thought it was a nigro in his garden. Dill says that Jem lost his pants playing strip poker. Jem wanted to get his pants so he won’t disappoint his father, but Scout won’t let him do it.
Chapter 7-
Jem went and he got his pants. School started and it was just as bad as the first grade or worse for Scout. Jem said he never told Scout what happened that night. When he went to get his pants they were folded nicely and sown up. Someone is watching them. It’s like the person knew what Jem was going to do. In the tree there was another little gift, there was a ball of twine. They decided everything in there was their property. Jem and Scout kept on receiving gifts in the knotwhole. One day on their way home they see that the whole was cemented. Later they talk to Mr. Nathan Radley and he admits that he put the cement there, because the tree was getting rotten.
-Matthew
Session 3 - Investigator
In Chapter 7, the kids find a pocket watch in the knot-hole of the tree they pass each day.
I researched a bit about the history of pocket-watches and about the names of the parts.
Pocket watches were one of the first kinds of portable time-pieces. They usually have a chain to attach it to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop. Sometimes they have a cover on a hinge to protect the watch. Pocket watches became common around the 17th century. The spring driven clock was invented in the 16th century. Pocket watches were first used by railroad workers, because if the trains were not on time there could be train wrecks.
For more information,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_watch
-Bailey
I researched a bit about the history of pocket-watches and about the names of the parts.
Pocket watches were one of the first kinds of portable time-pieces. They usually have a chain to attach it to a waistcoat, lapel, or belt loop. Sometimes they have a cover on a hinge to protect the watch. Pocket watches became common around the 17th century. The spring driven clock was invented in the 16th century. Pocket watches were first used by railroad workers, because if the trains were not on time there could be train wrecks.
For more information,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_watch
-Bailey
Monday, March 10, 2008
Session 2 - Investigator
Harper Lee is a famous American writer. Harper Lee wrote the novel that we are studying, To Kill a Mockingbird, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1961. The book became an international bestseller and was adapted into screen in 1962. Lee was 34 when the work was published, and it has remained her only novel.
I have researched the topic of To Kill a Mockingbird and the connections to her life and here are some examples. Follow the Link!
-Jenn
I have researched the topic of To Kill a Mockingbird and the connections to her life and here are some examples. Follow the Link!
-Jenn
Session 2 - Summarizer
Chapter 3
At lunch, Scout rubs Walter’s nose in the dirt for getting her in trouble, but Jem intervenes and invites Walter to lunch. At the Finch house, Walter and Atticus talk about the farms conditions “like two men however”. Calpurnia calls Scout into the kitchen to yell at her and slaps her as she returns to the dining room, telling her to be a better hostess. Miss Caroline from School becomes terrified when a tiny bug, or “cootie,” crawls out of a boy’s hair. The boy is Burris Ewell, a member of the Ewell clan. The Ewell has a reputation even below the Cunningham’s. In fact, Burris only comes to school the first day of every school year, making a token appearance to avoid trouble with the law. He leaves the classroom, making enough vicious remarks to cause the teacher to cry.
At home, Atticus follows Scout outside to ask her if something is wrong because she seems upset. All she says is tat she is not feeling well. She then tells him that she doesn’t think she will go to school anymore and asks if he could teach her himself. Atticus replies that the law says that she has to go to school, but he promises to keep reading to her, as long as she does not tell her teacher about it.
Chapter 4
The rest of the school year passes harshly for Scout and the curriculum was moving at a pace too slowly and leaves her constantly frustrated in class. After school one day, she passes the Radley Place and sees some tinfoil sticking out of a knothole in one of their oak trees. Scout sees two pieces of chewing gum and eats both of them but Jem makes her spit them out. On the last day of school in the same knothole were she fount the chewing gum she found two old “Indian- Head” pennies and takes them.
Its summer time and Dill comes back. They are playing all there games once again. One of their games was to roll one another inside an old tire. On Scout’s turn, she rolls in front of the Radley steps, and Jem and Scout panic. However what Scout did gave Jem an idea of a new game, “Boo Radley.” As the summer passes, their game becomes more complicated, until they are acting all the drama from the Raley’s family. Atticus catches them and asks if their game has anything to do with the Radleys. Jem lies and Atticus goes back into the house and ever since Jem lied to Atticus Jem, Scout and Dill wonder if there game is safe.
Chapter 5
Jem and Dill are becoming really close which makes Scout feel left out so she decides to spend time with someone else. In fact she starts to spend time with one of her neighbors, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a widow with a talent for gardening and cake baking and who was a childhood friend of Atticus’s brother, Jack. She tells Scout that Boo Radley is still alive and it is her assumption Boo is the victim of a harsh father, a “foot-washing” Baptist who believed that most people are going to hell. Miss Maudie adds that Boo was always polite and friendly as a child. She says that most of the rumors about him are not true. She says he wasn’t crazy as a child but because of the way he is living he probably is now. Meanwhile, Jem and Dill plan to give a note to Boo inviting him out to get ice cream with them. They try to stick the note in a window of the Radley home with a fishing pole, but Atticus catches them and orders them to “stop tormenting that man” with their notes or the “Boo Radley” game.
-Jessie
At lunch, Scout rubs Walter’s nose in the dirt for getting her in trouble, but Jem intervenes and invites Walter to lunch. At the Finch house, Walter and Atticus talk about the farms conditions “like two men however”. Calpurnia calls Scout into the kitchen to yell at her and slaps her as she returns to the dining room, telling her to be a better hostess. Miss Caroline from School becomes terrified when a tiny bug, or “cootie,” crawls out of a boy’s hair. The boy is Burris Ewell, a member of the Ewell clan. The Ewell has a reputation even below the Cunningham’s. In fact, Burris only comes to school the first day of every school year, making a token appearance to avoid trouble with the law. He leaves the classroom, making enough vicious remarks to cause the teacher to cry.
At home, Atticus follows Scout outside to ask her if something is wrong because she seems upset. All she says is tat she is not feeling well. She then tells him that she doesn’t think she will go to school anymore and asks if he could teach her himself. Atticus replies that the law says that she has to go to school, but he promises to keep reading to her, as long as she does not tell her teacher about it.
Chapter 4
The rest of the school year passes harshly for Scout and the curriculum was moving at a pace too slowly and leaves her constantly frustrated in class. After school one day, she passes the Radley Place and sees some tinfoil sticking out of a knothole in one of their oak trees. Scout sees two pieces of chewing gum and eats both of them but Jem makes her spit them out. On the last day of school in the same knothole were she fount the chewing gum she found two old “Indian- Head” pennies and takes them.
Its summer time and Dill comes back. They are playing all there games once again. One of their games was to roll one another inside an old tire. On Scout’s turn, she rolls in front of the Radley steps, and Jem and Scout panic. However what Scout did gave Jem an idea of a new game, “Boo Radley.” As the summer passes, their game becomes more complicated, until they are acting all the drama from the Raley’s family. Atticus catches them and asks if their game has anything to do with the Radleys. Jem lies and Atticus goes back into the house and ever since Jem lied to Atticus Jem, Scout and Dill wonder if there game is safe.
Chapter 5
Jem and Dill are becoming really close which makes Scout feel left out so she decides to spend time with someone else. In fact she starts to spend time with one of her neighbors, Miss Maudie Atkinson, a widow with a talent for gardening and cake baking and who was a childhood friend of Atticus’s brother, Jack. She tells Scout that Boo Radley is still alive and it is her assumption Boo is the victim of a harsh father, a “foot-washing” Baptist who believed that most people are going to hell. Miss Maudie adds that Boo was always polite and friendly as a child. She says that most of the rumors about him are not true. She says he wasn’t crazy as a child but because of the way he is living he probably is now. Meanwhile, Jem and Dill plan to give a note to Boo inviting him out to get ice cream with them. They try to stick the note in a window of the Radley home with a fishing pole, but Atticus catches them and orders them to “stop tormenting that man” with their notes or the “Boo Radley” game.
-Jessie
Session 2 - Capable Connecter
Burris Ewell is a dirty, hate-filled boy who only comes to school on the first day of school. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Burris’ father is most likely a dirty, mean man (foreshadowing), so that is where Burris is learning it from. My connection is in the Simpson family on the show "The Simpsons". Bart is like his dad Homer, a no-good slacker who doesn’t care about the world, and Lisa is like her mother Marge, a caring and smart woman.
-Jesse
-Jesse
Friday, March 7, 2008
Session 2 - Discussion Director
Chapter 3
1)Do you think it was really necessary for CALPURNIA to smack Scout when she was being a bad hostess to Walter, or do you think her father, Atticus should have done it?
In my opinion, I think Scout’s father, Atticus should’ve pulled Scout into the kitchen to smack her and tell her that she wasn’t being a good hostess. It was Atticus’ place to do it because he is her father. When on the other hand, Calpurnia is just the housekeeper and has no right to smack her. Think about it, if your parents invite some friends over and you weren’t being polite and your housekeeper pulled you into the kitchen, and smacked you, is it her place or your father or mother’s? I think your parents.
2)Do you think it was right for Miss Caroline to overreact when a “cootie” jumped out of Burris Ewell’s hair?
How would you feel if a teacher on the spot went in front of the whole class and embarrassed you? How would you feel? In chapter 3, it doesn’t say how Burris Ewell felt, but how would you feel? It was wrong for Miss Caroline to embarrass the poor child in front of the whole grade 1 class and put him on the spot. My answer for this question is: “How would you feel?”
3)Do you think it was right for Atticus to go behind the teacher’s back and still read with Scout when the teacher said not to?
I think Atticus was smart to keep on reading with Scout even though Miss Caroline said not to because you always want to do better. It would enhance many things like your reading, writing, and vocabulary. It’s always a good thing to be better than to be worse and you always want to excel in school.
Chapter 4
1) If the curriculum is going to slow for somebody, and they’re doing well, but you see he or she is not paying attention, would you move him or her up or keep him or her at the same level?
Imagine, sitting in French class, in group 3, and you know everything already but your teacher doesn’t want to take the chance and move you up. Would you want to move up? Something like this happened to me last year. I kept getting high marks and it was just so boring for me, that at times I just didn’t want to listen. So my teacher moved me up and did the right thing so I could challenge myself and see if I could do it. Not Miss Caroline. Even though she knew that Scout was more advanced, and she knew that it would be boring for her, she still didn’t want to move her up. If I was Scout, I would go to Miss Caroline and say “move me up so I can see for myself that I can do it. Let me take a risk.”
2) Why do you think Jem and Scout made such a big deal about seeing chewed gum and Indian coins in a knot whole?
I think Jem and Scout made a big deal because they knew the stories of what happened about that house. They knew who might live in it. And they knew the scary ancient legends about it.
3) How did Harper Lee make the game that Jem, Scout and Dill were playing, Boo Radley seem scary?
The way that Harper Lee made the game “Boo Radley” scary was by putting in the fact that Atticus came outside to where the kids were playing and asked what they were doing and if it had something to do with Boo Radley. Jem lied to him and then Atticus went back in the house. The kids wondered if it’s safe to play their game anymore.
Chapter 5
1) If Scout felt left out of the friendship of Jem and Dill, then how come she didn’t go to her friends her age, and not her uncle’s friend, Miss Maudie?
I think that Scout hung out with someone older than her because maybe she doesn’t feel comfortable with her age group. That since she’s so smart they’ll say o she’s to smart we don’t want to hang with her. Or maybe because she’s used to hanging out with her older brother, she’s used to hanging out with older people.
2) If you knew the truth about someone, but you still heard all the rumors about him, would you tell your friend the truth, or not tell them at all and make them think what they hear?
Miss Maudie grew up with Boo Radley. In fact he was a very nice boy. And he is still alive. If you knew that your friend knew these rumors, would you say something even though they knew bad things about him? If it was me I would most definitely tell my friend because you wouldn’t want bad things said about you even though your friend thought he was dead. I would say something to my friend, and I would want a friend to say something to me so I wouldn’t spread rumors.
3) Do you think it was nice that Jem and Dill put a note through the window asking Boo Radley if he wanted to get ice cream?
If you look it in a way, you’d think it’s so nice that they’re asking Boo Radley to come with them to get ice cream. But if you read on, you will see that they were actually teasing him and tormenting him. But Atticus come out and finds them doing that and orders them to stop tormenting that man with either notes or the “Boo Radley” game.
-Jillian
1)Do you think it was really necessary for CALPURNIA to smack Scout when she was being a bad hostess to Walter, or do you think her father, Atticus should have done it?
In my opinion, I think Scout’s father, Atticus should’ve pulled Scout into the kitchen to smack her and tell her that she wasn’t being a good hostess. It was Atticus’ place to do it because he is her father. When on the other hand, Calpurnia is just the housekeeper and has no right to smack her. Think about it, if your parents invite some friends over and you weren’t being polite and your housekeeper pulled you into the kitchen, and smacked you, is it her place or your father or mother’s? I think your parents.
2)Do you think it was right for Miss Caroline to overreact when a “cootie” jumped out of Burris Ewell’s hair?
How would you feel if a teacher on the spot went in front of the whole class and embarrassed you? How would you feel? In chapter 3, it doesn’t say how Burris Ewell felt, but how would you feel? It was wrong for Miss Caroline to embarrass the poor child in front of the whole grade 1 class and put him on the spot. My answer for this question is: “How would you feel?”
3)Do you think it was right for Atticus to go behind the teacher’s back and still read with Scout when the teacher said not to?
I think Atticus was smart to keep on reading with Scout even though Miss Caroline said not to because you always want to do better. It would enhance many things like your reading, writing, and vocabulary. It’s always a good thing to be better than to be worse and you always want to excel in school.
Chapter 4
1) If the curriculum is going to slow for somebody, and they’re doing well, but you see he or she is not paying attention, would you move him or her up or keep him or her at the same level?
Imagine, sitting in French class, in group 3, and you know everything already but your teacher doesn’t want to take the chance and move you up. Would you want to move up? Something like this happened to me last year. I kept getting high marks and it was just so boring for me, that at times I just didn’t want to listen. So my teacher moved me up and did the right thing so I could challenge myself and see if I could do it. Not Miss Caroline. Even though she knew that Scout was more advanced, and she knew that it would be boring for her, she still didn’t want to move her up. If I was Scout, I would go to Miss Caroline and say “move me up so I can see for myself that I can do it. Let me take a risk.”
2) Why do you think Jem and Scout made such a big deal about seeing chewed gum and Indian coins in a knot whole?
I think Jem and Scout made a big deal because they knew the stories of what happened about that house. They knew who might live in it. And they knew the scary ancient legends about it.
3) How did Harper Lee make the game that Jem, Scout and Dill were playing, Boo Radley seem scary?
The way that Harper Lee made the game “Boo Radley” scary was by putting in the fact that Atticus came outside to where the kids were playing and asked what they were doing and if it had something to do with Boo Radley. Jem lied to him and then Atticus went back in the house. The kids wondered if it’s safe to play their game anymore.
Chapter 5
1) If Scout felt left out of the friendship of Jem and Dill, then how come she didn’t go to her friends her age, and not her uncle’s friend, Miss Maudie?
I think that Scout hung out with someone older than her because maybe she doesn’t feel comfortable with her age group. That since she’s so smart they’ll say o she’s to smart we don’t want to hang with her. Or maybe because she’s used to hanging out with her older brother, she’s used to hanging out with older people.
2) If you knew the truth about someone, but you still heard all the rumors about him, would you tell your friend the truth, or not tell them at all and make them think what they hear?
Miss Maudie grew up with Boo Radley. In fact he was a very nice boy. And he is still alive. If you knew that your friend knew these rumors, would you say something even though they knew bad things about him? If it was me I would most definitely tell my friend because you wouldn’t want bad things said about you even though your friend thought he was dead. I would say something to my friend, and I would want a friend to say something to me so I wouldn’t spread rumors.
3) Do you think it was nice that Jem and Dill put a note through the window asking Boo Radley if he wanted to get ice cream?
If you look it in a way, you’d think it’s so nice that they’re asking Boo Radley to come with them to get ice cream. But if you read on, you will see that they were actually teasing him and tormenting him. But Atticus come out and finds them doing that and orders them to stop tormenting that man with either notes or the “Boo Radley” game.
-Jillian
Session 2 - Image Maker
In the illustration that I drew, I portrayed the scene where Jem, Dill and Scout are playing outside. They have decided to roll each other in tires and Jem pushes Scout really hard and she lands in the Radley’s yard. She is afraid of what going to happen to her and quickly runs as far as she can.
-Matthew
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Session 2 - Passage Master
“I don’t know of any landowner around here who begrudges those children any game their father can hit”
This quote is about the Ewells. It is talking about how they are considered exceptions to the law. The town ignores that the father hunts out of season and that the kids only go to school once a year. Scout says that this is bad, and Atticus explains to her that since the father spends all his relief check on alcohol, and his children cry from hunger, no “landowner around here … begrudges those children any game their father can hit.” Scout says that Mr.Ewell shouldn’t do that, and Atticus tells her that even though he shouldn’t nothing is going to change. This quote is important because it shows how certain exceptions are made to the law when people realize that nothing will change the way things are.
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than whisky in the hand of – oh, of your father.”
This quote is about how certain men take the Bible so seriously that they will injure, or hurt the feelings of, people because they are too concerned with not going to Hell. These “foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin.” They will not only restrict their own lives, but they will try to restrict other peoples’. They told Miss Maudie that her and her flowers were going to Hell, because she spent too much time enjoying the outdoors and not enough time studying Bible. It is also important because it affects Scout’s faith in God when she hears the Miss Maudie is going to Hell. “How so reasonable a creature could live in peril of everlasting torment was incomprehensible.”
- Bailey
This quote is about the Ewells. It is talking about how they are considered exceptions to the law. The town ignores that the father hunts out of season and that the kids only go to school once a year. Scout says that this is bad, and Atticus explains to her that since the father spends all his relief check on alcohol, and his children cry from hunger, no “landowner around here … begrudges those children any game their father can hit.” Scout says that Mr.Ewell shouldn’t do that, and Atticus tells her that even though he shouldn’t nothing is going to change. This quote is important because it shows how certain exceptions are made to the law when people realize that nothing will change the way things are.
“Sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than whisky in the hand of – oh, of your father.”
This quote is about how certain men take the Bible so seriously that they will injure, or hurt the feelings of, people because they are too concerned with not going to Hell. These “foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin.” They will not only restrict their own lives, but they will try to restrict other peoples’. They told Miss Maudie that her and her flowers were going to Hell, because she spent too much time enjoying the outdoors and not enough time studying Bible. It is also important because it affects Scout’s faith in God when she hears the Miss Maudie is going to Hell. “How so reasonable a creature could live in peril of everlasting torment was incomprehensible.”
- Bailey
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