Week+2

//Silent reading...a more lengthy time today.// //Continue / complete Boo Radley activity.// //Read aloud chapters 1 and 2.// //What does it mean to be an 'Outsider'? What elements of a persons personality make him or her an outsider?// //Which characters in the novel may be considered as 'outsiders'?// //Silent reading// //Silent writing on this prompt...// //Do you feel that racism is still an important topic today? Does it exist in any form in our school? City? Country? If so, is it being addressed?//
 * //15 September//**

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 * //The Scotsboro Boys vs. State of Alabama//**


 * //14 September//**

//Silent reading...15 minutes//

//Introductions -- 6 or so.//

//Pair up and put the following headings in your notebook...Discuss the importance of 'Identity' in your lives. How does it play a role in respect to:// //* Your family// //* Your background// //* Your peer group and choice of friends// //* Social ethnicity (majority vs. minority)//
 * //Intro to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'//**

//As a class, discuss the importance family history had at that time in America. The results of the civil war still had dramatic effect on identity.//

//Read chapter 1 aloud.//

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 * //Terms to know as we go into this...//**

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//Silent reading (15 minutes). Those w/o books have a lunch date with me tomorrow.//
 * //13 September//**

//Silent writing...offer prompt or free write.// //Introductions// //Begin TKAM (finally)// //Silent reading / collect assignments// //Assign partners for interview and allow time to conduct these. I do one as well.// //For tomorrow:// //Intro to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'//
 * //12 September//**
 * //Please take the responses you have collected and create a short written presentation of your interviewee. This should be in paragraph form, changing paragraphs as needed according to topic -- and presented as a formal introduction. Really promote the positive qualities of your partner.//**

//Pair up...Discuss the importance of 'Identity' in your lives. How does it play a role in respect to:// //* Your family// //* Your background// //* Your peer group and choice of friends// //* Social ethnicity (majority vs. minority)// //As a class, discuss the importance family history had at that time in America. The results of the civil war still had dramatic effect on identity.//


 * //The Scotsboro Boys vs. State of Alabama//**
 * //Terms to know as we go into this...//**



//Black vs. White in American Depression-era South//

//Explaining theme of perspective and identity//

//Class activity -- 'What does Boo Radley Look Like?' Use of quotations to support ideas.//

//Look for commonalities and differences in our impression.//

//FOR TOMORROW -- Reading to end of chapter 2. Complete Boo's quotation sheet.//
 * //15 September -- Wednesday//**

//Silent reading//

//Introductions...complete//

//Checking from yesterday...complete notes and review anything new or foreign.//

//Review the TKAM intro notes.//

//Read chapter 1//

//Reading to end of chapter 1 for tomorrow.//

//* Silent reading --15 minutes minimum. Brief detention for those w/o books.// //* Surprise quiz to make sure you did the pre-reading.//
 * //13 September//**
 * //Presentations -- Introduce yourself. Hand in paragraphs.//

//Book sign out.//

//Begin reading 1st chapter aloud.//