Chapter 9

Good morning,

Your homework tonight is to read chapter 9 in To Kill a Mockingbird,  and answer the following questions:

Chapter 9

1.How well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson?

2.Scout and Jem have “mixed feelings” about Christmas? What are these feelings and why?

3.Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants. What does this mean?

4.When Francis talks to Scout he reveals an unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this?

5.Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus's conversation with Uncle Jack? What does she learn?

6.Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it is important to the story.

See you tomorrow,
Ms. Betsy

Perception!

Good morning,

What a lovely rainy day!  Thank you for all of your hard work this morning.

Your homework tonight:

Scout's perception of Boo has changed through the first half of the story.  Write a well developed paragraph about how it's changed from chapter 1 through chapter 8.  Explain some of the reasons for this change and use direct evidence from the text.

See you tomorrow,
Ms. Betsy

There's no better time to do homework than on a cold Monday afternoon...

Hello,

Great work today.  Sometimes we need to read a text more than once to truly understand what the author is saying.  Your homework for tonight is to revisit the poem "Those Winter Sundays" and compare it to chapter 6 of To Kill a Mockingbird.  Use the table below to structure your answers.

	“Those Winter Sundays”	Chapter 6
How does this text relate to the Golden Rule?
How is this text structured?
How does the structure help create the meaning?

I'll see you tomorrow,

Ms Betsy

To Kill a Mockingbird

Good morning,

Great job today.  Your homework for the weekend is to read chapter 6.  Use the following questions as a guide to help you understand the chapter.

1. Why does Dill and Jem want to go for a walk?

2.  Why do the kids wait until nighttime before peeking into Boo's window?

3.  What does Jem keep calling Scout that bothers her so much and starts to become a bad word to her?

4. What happens after Dill's 2nd attempt to look inside the house?

5. What happened to Jem?

6.  What did the children do after?

7.  What does Nathan Radley call the intruders in his garden?

Have a great weekend,

Ms Betsy

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view-"

Good morning,

Thank you for your hard work today.  Your homework for tonight is to answer the following questions:

1. What do you think of Miss Caroline Fisher as a teacher? List qualities which would make her good or not so good at her job.

2. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?

3.  What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behavior during lunch suggest about his home life? \

4. How does Atticus treat Walter, and what does this show about Atticus’s character? What does it show about Walter?

5. Contrast the difference in the way Jem and Scout treat Walter. What does this show about the difference
between Jem and Scout at this point in the novel?

6. Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy thing for Scout to learn? Why?

7. What do you learn in this chapter about the Ewells?

Remember, I will be at a meeting tomorrow morning.  Be respectful and work hard.

See you tomorrow (afternoon),
Ms. Betsy

What is the context??

Good morning,

Based on our reading this morning, use the context clues to finish your vocabulary practice.

Find the following words/phrases in the text and use context clues to figure out the definition.

Malevolent phantom (10)

Stealthy (10)

Alien (11)

See you tomorrow,

Ms Betsy

A new journey!

Good morning,

Welcome back from your long weekend.  I hope your holiday was filled with joy and great company.  Your homework for tonight:

Answer the following questions:

1. How is the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird similar to the setting of the story "Of Mice and Men"?

2.  What is 1st person point of view?