December 22--Parent Support

December 15--Parent Support

December 12

Chapter 7

1. When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strange. What is this?
2. Can you find any evidence that Jem is beginning to understand more than Scout about Boo Radley? What do you think this is?
3. Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer.
4. When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. How does this happen? Who does it, and why might he do so?

Homework: Complete 1 of 2 options.

 

Option 1: Please answer the 4 questions above.

Option 2: Please answer the 4 questions above and please provide evidence from the novel pages 77-84.

 

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December 11

 

Chapter 6

1. Why does Scout disapprove of Jem's and Dill's plan of looking in at one of the Radleys' windows?
2. What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden? Why does Miss Stephanie refer to a “negro” over whose head Mr. Nathan has fired?
3. Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?

Homework: Complete 1 of 2 options.

 

Option 1: Please answer the 4 questions above.

Option 2: Please answer the 4 questions above and please provide evidence from the novel pages 67-76.

 

 

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December 10

Please click on the link to listen to every chapter of this month's novel. Select the appropriate chapter assigned. Tonight please finish Chapter 5.

To Kill a Mockingbird Audiobook

1. Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson? How typical is she of Maycomb's women? What do the children think of her?
2. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?
3. Scout claims that “Dill could tell the biggest ones ” (lies) she ever heard. Why might Dill have told such lies?
4. What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game? Do you think he is right? Why?

Homework: Complete 1 of 2 options.

 

Option 1: Please answer the 4 questions above.

Option 2: Please answer the 4 questions above and please provide evidence from the novel pages 55-66.

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December 9

Please click on the link to listen to every chapter of this month's novel. Select the appropriate chapter assigned. Tonight please finish Chapter 4.

To Kill a Mockingbird audiobook

1. What does Scout think of current fashions in education?
2. What superstitions do the children have in connection with the Radley house?
3. Why do the children make Boo's story into a game? 
4. What do they do in this game? Do you think the game is an accurate version of what happens in the Radleys' home? 
5. What might be the cause of the laughter from inside the house? 

Homework: Complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please answer the 5 questions above.

Option 2: Please answer the 5 questions above and please provide evidence from the novel pages 43-54.

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December 8

Please click on the link to listen to every chapter of this month's novel. Select the appropriate chapter assigned. Tonight please finish Chapter 3.

To Kill a Mockingbird--AudioBook from Chapter 1-31

1. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?
2. What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behavior during lunch suggest about his home life?
3. What do you think of the way Atticus treats Walter? 
4. Does Scout learn anything from Walter's visit? What do you think this is?
5. Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? 

Homework: Complete 1 of 2 options.

Option 1: Please answer the 5 questions above.
Option 2: Please answer the 5 questions above and please provide evidence from the novel pages 30-42.


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