Mockingbird Packet
Please go to this Google document to complete today’s work.
Check out this link to some pretty amazing (and terrifying) information about the “Jim Crow” laws of the south.
Some images of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression.
Billie Holiday singing Strange Fruit live.
A haunting, horrific slideshow set to Billie Holiday’s song.
Part one of a documentary explaining the basics of civil rights movement and the murder of Emmett Till. Part two.
Beverages: Vocabulary
(hydration is non-negotiable: you must take two servings)
vocabulary 1
vocabulary 2
Appetizers: Reading guides
(please choose one)
Mild
Study Guide: Complete the questions that go with each chapter
Medium
Reading Log: keep a log or blog for each time you read that includes the following:
a. How many pages you have read in that sitting
b. One interesting quotation and why you chose it
c. A summary of what happened
Spicy
Reading Journal: please keep an ongoing journal or blog that discusses your thoughts, reactions, and connections to the events as you read them. You should write in the journal each time you read.
Side dishes: Editorials
(Please choose two)
Mild
1. Letter from Judge Taylor explaining why Atticus needed to take this case
2. Letter from Jem explaining why his father demonstrates real strength
Medium
1. Letter from Aunt Alexandra or Miss Stephanie explaining why the town of Maycomb is not racist
2. Letter from Link Deas or Adolphus Raymond explaining why the town of Maycomb is racist
Spicy
1. Write one of Mr. Underwood’s editorials mentioned in the book
Main Course: Response to text
(please choose one)
Mild
Build a defense case for Boo Radley.
Medium
Analyze Atticus’s final argument for the defense of Tom Robinson. Analyze the rhetorical devices he uses, looking carefully for elements of ethos, pathos, and logos.
Spicy
Analyze Atticus’s defense for Tom Robinson. Think about the rhetorical devices he used and the devices he could have used. How might he have improved his case?
Dessert
(please choose one)
Quotation/illustration combination (see models)
Write an additional chapter of the book
Write a narrative describing one event from a different character’s perspective
Create an alternative text that follows the story
Create a Photostory project telling about an event from one character’s perspective
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