TKAM ch 24-25: honing our writing skills + learning new vocabulary

Today I Will:
~Write a claim and select relevant text evidence
~Define new vocabulary terms, use them in context, and apply the knowledge to skits
~Conduct independent research that connects with and extends the curriculum

Agenda:
Warm-up: Find a significant quote from ch 24 or 25. Write it down on the top of a sheet of paper. Then we will do a "write-around" in table groups. (20 min)

Table Groups: Vocabulary teaching
Each group will make a poster with: 1) Word; 2) definition 3)Example sentence 4) In context in TKAM 5)Picture/illustration

1. Audible: Able to be heard with the ear
2. Aggregation: A group or collection of unlike things
3. Convene: To come together or gather for a meeting
4. Dialectic: An action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a goal
5. Repertoire: A set of skills, abilities or knowledge that a person regularly uses
6. Tactic: An action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a goal
7. Vague: Uncertain, indefinite, unclear

Independent Practice: Different activities, depending on CP/H (40 min)

Honors: Move into Honors groups of 3-4. Discuss the homework questions, and begin conducting research. Begin a rhetorical precis for your selected article.

CP: Practice organizing your thoughts and significant quotes from the novel by writing a short analytical paragraph.

Homework:
Read chapter 26 of TKAM (pp.241-247). If you fell behind in this week's reading, get caught up through page 247. THEN, you have a close-reading task:

CP: Choose 2 questions from below; use at least one ES in each response.

HON: This requires independent research. Choose a question below, and find an outside source that addresses similar themes, social issues, etc. Read that article/podcast closely. Then, answer the question, utilizing text evidence from both your article and the novel. Your response should be typed.

1. Harper Lee reintroduces Boo Radley into the novel in this chapter. What

role has he played in the story so far? Is there any connection between

the Boo Radley subplot and the story of the Tom Robinson trial so far in

the book?

2. How do you explain why the townspeople continue to support Atticus

and his children while at the same time seeming to approve of the guilty

verdict? What does it suggest about the way the people in Maycomb

think about justice?

3. How does Miss Gates explain why Hitler is able to treat Jews so poorly

in Germany? What irony is exposed in her explanation? What is she

forgetting or ignoring? Why do you think Harper Lee chose to include

this current events lesson in the novel? What point was she making?

4. How does Scout define democracy? Do you think her definition is

satisfactory? Would you add or change anything?

5. Why is Scout confused when Miss Gates explains, “Over here we don’t

believe in persecuting anybody. Persecution comes from people who are

prejudiced”? What is ironic about Miss Gates’s explanation?

6. How is Jem’s forgetting similar to Miss Gates’s forgetting? How is it

different? What role does forgetting play in allowing us to live our daily

lives and be “ourselves”? When is forgetting dangerous?