VACATION HOMEWORK: WORK ON YOUR PACKETS AND REFLECTIONS ON TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD AND OTHER BOOKS WE HAVE READ

COMPARISON OF TRAYVON MARTIN CASE AND TOM ROBINSON CASE

WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE INJUSTICE IN THESE CASES. WHAT CAN WE DO TO STOP THIS KIND OF INJUSTICE?

INJUSTICE IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD....DO YOU THINK BOO SHOULD GO ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF BOB EWELL...WHAT IS THE RIGHT JUSTICE?

WHAT DO YOU PREDICT WILL BE THE VERDICT OF THE TRIAL? GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY? EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER.

SCOUT SAVES ATTICUS FROM THE MOB

Scout was able to stop the men from trying to lynch Tom Robinson. What can we do to make sure that people get their right to a fair trial? Do you know someone who didn't get a fair trial? Describe what happened.

COMPARISON OF APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA TO SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH

TODAY WE READ AN ARTICLE COMPARING APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA TO SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH. WE SHOWED OUR CONCLUSIONS ON A VENN DIAGRAM. HOMEWORK IS TO REFLECT ON THESE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES AND THINK OF ANY OTHER ONES YOU CAN THINK OF. WRITE A BRIEF PARAGRAPH ON WHAT WAS WORSE: APARTHEID OR SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH. GIVE YOUR REASONS FOR YOUR ANSWER.

RACISM IN SOUTH AFRICA AND AMERICA

WE HAD SUCH A LIVELY DISCUSSION OF RACISM TODAY WE DIDN'T GET TO MAKE ALL THE COMPARISONS OF APARTHEID AND SEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH. WE WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW. MEANWHILE, YOUR HOMEWORK FOR TOMORROW IS TO DESCRIBE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY BECAUSE OF YOUR RACE, GENDER, OR AGE. GIVE REASONS WHY YOU THINK YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY.

LIVESTREAMING THE MEMORIAL CEREMONY FOR NELSON MANDELA AND THE USE OF THE "N" WORD

WE WATCHED LIVE THE END OF THE CEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR NELSON MANDELA. WE WERE ALL IN AWE OF WATCHING WITH MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD THE FINAL WORDS SPOKEN OF MANDIBA, AS THEY CALLED HIM. wE HEARD THE FINAL PRAYER OF ARCHBISHOP DESMOND TUTU. WE ALL FELT WE SHOULD MAKE CONNECTIONS TO THE RACISM OF SOUTH AFRICA TO THAT IN THE BOOK, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD. WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE DIFFERENCE IN FEELING ABOUT USING THE "N" WORD AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS. WE ARE GOING TO EXPLORE THIS MORE TOMORROW.

COURAGE IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

ATTICUS FINCH AND MRS. DUBOSE BOTH SHOWED COURAGE IN THEIR LIVES. DESCRIBE A SITUATION IN YOUR OWN LIFE WHERE SOMEONE SHOWED COURAGE. TELL WHAT THEY DID SPECIFICALLY THAT WAS COURAGEOUS. WE DISCUSSED THE COURAGE OF NELSON MANDELA IN HIS LIFE IN SOUTH AFRICA. YOU CAN DESCRIBE WHAT HE DID IN HIS LIFE THAT WAS COURAGEOUS.

LEGACY OF NELSON MANDELA

WE PAID OUR RESPECTS TO THE LIFE AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NELSON MANDELA. AMONG THE MANY GREAT STATEMENTS HE HAS MADE, EVERYONE LIKED THIS ONE: "TO BE FREE IS NOT MERELY TO CAST OFF ONE'S CHAINS, BUT TO LIVE IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS AND ENHANCES THE FREEDOM OF OTHERS." WE MADE MANY CONNECTIONS TO PREVIOUS READINGS: BURIED MY HEART AT WOUNDED KNEE, GRAPES OF WRATH, AND THINGS FALL APART. JASMINE THOUGHT WE SHOULD EACH WRITE A LETTER TO NELSON MANDELA SAYING WHAT WE THINK OF HIM AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD.

SCOUT UNDERSTANDS SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES WHEN SHE GOES TO SCHOOL

SCOUT TELLS THE NEW TEACHER MISS CAROLINE ABOUT SOME OF THE STUDENTS IN CLASS LIKE WALTER CUNNINGHAM WHO IS TOO POOR TO BRING LUNCH TO SCHOOL. THEY HAVE TO BARTER FOR THINGS THEY NEED. SHE ALSO SEES BURRIS EWELL WHO IS FILTHY AND ONLY COMES TO SCHOOL ON THE FIRST DAY. WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE SOCIAL CLASSES WE SEE IN OUR SOCIETY TODAY.WHAT ARE PREJUDICES WE KNOW BETWEEN RICH AND POOR.

WHO IS "BOO" RADLEY AND WHY ARE SCOUT, JEM AND DILL FASCINATED BY HIM?

WE DISCUSSED THE MAIN CHARACTERS SCOUT, JEM AND DILL AS THEY ENJOY THEIR SUMMER. DILL STARTS TO BECOME FASCINATED BY THE STORY OF BOO RADLEY AND DARES JEM TO GO UP TO HIS HOUSE. WHAT ARE WE LEARNING ABOUT THESE CHILDREN AS THE MAIN CHARACTERS? HOW OLD ARE THEY? WHT ARE THEY LIKE? HOMEWORK IS TO COMPLETE THE CHART DESCRIBING YOUR FAVORITE CHARACTERS SO FAR.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD--INTRODUCTION TO SETTING AND MAIN CHARACTERS

YESTERDAY YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO OUR NEW BOOK, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, AND HEAR THE FIRST CHAPTER THROUGH AUDIOBOOKS. YOUR HW WAS TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS BOOK MIGHT BE ABOUT. TONIGHT'S HOMEWORK IS TO DESCRIBE A SITUATION YOU SAW OF PREJUDICE IN ONE OF THE AREAS WE DISCUSSED. FOR JASMINE WHO WANTS ANOTHER HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT, SHE CAN TALK ABOUT WHY "BOO" STABBED HIS DAD IN THE LEG.