All students should be finished reading Part I of To Kill a Mockingbird.   Study guide work for chapters 1-11 is being collected in class today. 

Quiz tomorrow on Part I.  Make sure to keep up with your reading.

All Classes should be finished reading chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird for class tomorrow.

Do Now: On your "Entrance Ticket" answer the following question:

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.

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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?

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.  

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Cumulative Task #2 Begins Today

Come Ready to Write!

Tonight's Homework: complete both sides of worksheet on "lie, lay, sit, set."

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Do you think it’s ok to perform brain surgery in an effort to increase human intelligence?  Explain your answer.

“Flowers for Algernon”

by: Daniel Keyes

setting- March-July 1965 in New York City

Literary Element

Characterization- (The way the character is described)

Words to Know

tangible- (adj.) able to be touched or observed

          Ex. The doctors wanted to see tangible results of the brain operation.

          specter- (noun) a disturbing thought.

          Ex.  Any specter of doubt would have ruined her chances of survival.

refute- (verb) to prove wrong

Scholars often attempt to refute one another’s theories.

vacuous- (adj.) empty; showing a lack of intelligence

          Ex. The mentally challenged man had a vacuous look in his eyes.

obscure- (adj.) hidden; not easily discovered

          Ex. Our knowledge of life on Mars is obscure.

convolutions- (noun) uneven ridges on the brain’s surface

          Ex. Scientists study brain convolutions when treating mental illness.

fissures- (noun) narrow openings; crevices

          Ex. The earthquake produced many deadly fissures in the earth’s crust.

introspective- (adj.) looking inward

          Ex.  Some people keep an introspective journal to record their thoughts.

regression- (verb) to return to a less developed condition

          Ex.  As the athlete got older, his regression was more noticeable.



“Stop the Sun”

by: Gary Paulsen

setting- present day

main character- Terry Erickson

Literature Elements

Theme- the message that an author wishes to get across

Flashback- going back to an earlier time

3^rd person point of view- the narrator of the story is an outsider that is not a character in the story

a.            objective- the narrator only has limited knowledge of the characters

b.           omniscient- the narrator is all knowing

Words to Know

persist (verb)- to continue stubbornly

     ex. At times, students persist at being obnoxious.

dry (adjective)- direct and without emotion

     ex. After winning the World Series, the players seemed dry.  They weren’t even excited.

founder (verb)- to get stuck or to break down

     ex.  Cars that don’t have four-wheel drive often founder in the snow.

inert (adjective)- having no power to move or act; lifeless

     ex.  After being struck by the winning punch, the boxer became inert.

chant (verb)- singing or speaking in monotone.

     ex. One will often hear the crowd chant at a football game.