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TKAM super-quiz

Today I will:

  • Demonstrate my comprehension of reading TKAM by taking a multiple-choice super-quiz
  • Define vocabulary from TKAM and apply that knowledge in writing example sentences

Agenda:

  • Quiz
  • Individual vocabulary study (Google Classroom)
  • Begin reading chapter 10 together out loud

Homework:

Everyone: Finish reading chapter 10

CP (1 paragraph):  In Chapter 10, the reader learns that Atticus has a private and a public identity.
  • What have Scout and Jem discovered about Atticus’ private & public identity in ch. 10 and how are those identities different?
  • Why would his children be unaware of his public and personal identity until now?  

HON:
Create this chart in your notebook.  Call it “Atticus Chart”.   Find three pieces of text evidence to show how Jem and Scout’s opinion of their father changes between Chapters 1 and 10.  


Beginning of the novel
Subsequent moment
Where we are now in the novel
Jem and Scout think their dad is...
Write a descriptive phrase
Write a descriptive phrase
Write a descriptive phrase
Text evidence from the book


What does this moment reveal about the Finch children’s perceptions of Atticus?  What kind of man is he really?
This moment reveals….


(Two sentences)
This moment reveals….


(Two sentences)
This moment reveals….


(Two sentences)

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