All Classes should be finished reading chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird for class tomorrow.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
What is a metaphor?
Write your own original example.
Today's Goals:
1. Understand and recognize metaphor.
2. Read "Strange Fruit" and understand the realities and fears faced by African Americans in the South.
Extra Credit Opportunity:
Go to this link http://www.billieholiday.com/about/biography.htm and read the short biography about Billie Holiday. Write a 1 paragraph response explaining some important aspects of her life.
Exit Ticket: On the back of your "Entrance Ticket," answer the following question:
What is the "Strange Fruit" being spoken/ sung about in the poem/song?
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
This week, we are beginning discussions on our novel for the year, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel follows the lives of Jean Louise Finch (Scout) and her older brother Jem. It takes place in rural Alabama during the 1930's.
To Kill a Mockingbird takes place in Alabama during the 1930’s. What social conditions existed during this
time that would have made it difficult for African Americans or anyone who
wasn’t rich?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Novel written by: Harper Lee (female)
Novel- long
work of fiction usually broken up
into chapters or sections.
Setting- Maycomb,
Alabama during the 1930’s
Point of View- the
perspective from which a story is told. TKAM
is written in the first-person narrative. (Scout Finch)
***Theme- a message about life that is communicated through a work of
literature. TKAM- prejudice,
growing up, and courage.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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