Tuesday October 27th

Today we discussed the importance of keeping up with work and taking responsibility for your work. After giving very specific instructions on what to study on Friday for the Short Story test, many students failed to do so. A calendar was handed out for the next five weeks. On it is all the work for both the ISU and TKAM. It is very important for students to keep on top of the work in the upcoming weeks, as it is going to be very busy.

The main focus for the ISU right now is finishing the novel (should be done for Nov. 2nd) and completing the five sets of Reader's Notes.

For TKAM, students must keep up with the reading schedule on the calendar and be maintaining their TKAM journals. This is the main mark component of the novel study. Epitomes were handed out today. Journals (summary, character development, themes, and vocabulary) should take up 1-1/2 pages. The epitomes are the final addition to each journal and should be the point where you make connections and draw in the themes. Each eptiome should be 3/4 to a full page long. The epitome handout is included below:

TKAM
Journal Epitomes

Epitomes (given below) are for you to show all you can ascertain about each epitome including themes like:
prejudice, the “class system”, acceptance and inclusion, stereotyping, justice, persuading, courage and self-identity, or items like character development, dialogue, structure, point of view/narration or vocabulary.

Your journal (summary, character development, themes, and vocabulary) will be approximately 1-1 ½ pages. Each epitome should be an additional 3/4 - a full page.

Ch 1-2: (p. 21) Miss Caroline’s reprimand of Scout

Ch 3-4: (p. 30) “until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”

Ch 5-6: (p. 55) “Had Jem’s pants been safely on him, we would not have slept much anyway.”

Ch 7-8: (p. 72) Atticus’ revelation to the children that Boo Radley put the blanket around Scout during the fire

Ch 9-11: (p. 111) The revelation about Mrs. Dubose

Ch 12-15: (pp. 153-154) Scout’s discussion with Mr. Cunningham

Ch 16-21: You choose the epitome for these chapters

Ch 22-25: (pp. 234-237) “After all, if Aunty could be a lady at a time like this, so could I.”

Ch 26-31: (p. 278) “‘Mr Arthur, bend your arm down here, like that. That’s right, sir.’”