To Kill A Mockingbird: Reading Journal Introduction

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To Kill A MockingbirdReading JournalIntroductio
n Chapters 1-2

• Get your TKAM folder ready.
• Get out a clean sheet of paper.
• At the top of the page, label Mockingbird
  Journal

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Journal Entry

• On the left side of the paper under your title
  (Mockingbird Journal), label todays date
• September 10, 2012
• This is the first entry in your To Kill A
  Mockingbird Journal. From this point on, you
  will label each entry with the date and
  heading/topic of the day.
• It is YOUR responsibility to maintain this
  journal. It will be submitted after the Chapters
  1-5 quiz on September 20.

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Vocabulary Ch. 1-5

1. Assuage to soothe, to ease
2. Benevolent having good intentions
3. Malevolent having bad intentions
4. Ethical relating the values of right wrong
5. Mortified embarrassed beyond belief
6. Apprehensive hesitant or reluctant, unwilling to
   do something
7. Diminutive very small
8. Desolate empty or completely deserted
9. Sluggish moving slowly, dragging on
10. Aloof not appearing to care

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Video The Great Depression

• The following video consists five segments.
• Watch each segment of the video, and then answer
  the questions on the screen.
• This entry follows right after your Chapter 1-5
  vocab. Please title The Great Depression.

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The Depression Begins
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Black Tuesday
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Short Answer

• Directions Read each of the following statements
  or questions and respond in 2-3 sentences.
•  
• Briefly describe the event of "Black Tuesday" and
  its significance.
• Describe at least TWO key events that lead to the
  Great Depression.

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Welcome to Hooverville
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Short Answer

• 3. What was a Hooverville? Describe the
  conditions of such a place.

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The New Deal
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Short Answer

• 4. Describe FDRs Fireside Chats and their
  significance.

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The Second New Deal
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Short Answer

• 5. What event finally lifted the United States
  out of the Great Depression and WHY it was able
  to do so?

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TKAM Group Project Introduction

• Team up with your group members.
• Discuss your findings What interested you the
  most? Angered you? Surprised you? What did you
  learn? (5-10 minutes)
• List the FIVE most interesting facts about your
  topic AND at least one of the above topics from
  your group discussion.
• Create a poster that displays your information.
  (15-20 minutes). Make it look pretty! (colorful,
  pictures, use the entire page!)
• Present your information to the class (2-3
  minutes each).

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Quick-Write 9-13-2012

• Answer ALL of the following questions in a
  PARAGRAPH of 5-7 sentences. Remember you must
  write for the full time. Be sure to label the
  heading and date. Group discussion to follow.
  
• What does it mean to grow up?
• How important are parents in shaping their
  childrens values and beliefs?
• What is the role of the community in shaping
  young peoples values and beliefs?
• How can we ensure that people are treated equally
  even though they differ in race, wealth,
  religion, etc.?
• What is your definition of prejudice?  Does
  prejudice still exist today?  Explain your
  reasoning.

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Reading Workshop 9-14-2012

• Get your TKAM books ready!
• Immediately begin reading Chapter 1 (where we
  left off, p. 4).
• Finish Chapter 1. Move on to Ch. 2, or find
  something else to read.
• Review questions to follow.
• Group presentations after.

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Chapter 1 9-14-2012

• Short Answer Questions RESTATE the question in
  your answer.
• How many years older than Scout is Jem?
• How did Scout's mother die, and how old was Scout
  when it happened?
• Who is the young boy that visits Maycomb every
  summer?
• Why do you suppose there is a whole page on the
  history of the Finch family? How does the history
  help the reader? (3-5 sentences).

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Vocab Bell-Ringer 9-17-2012

• Use of the following words in a sentence. One
  sentence for each word. Be sure to enter date
  and topic in your journal.
• Assuage, Benevolent, Malevolent, Ethical,
  Mortified
• Hint look at your previous notes for the
  definition.

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US History Civil Rights

• Pre-viewing question answer in your
  Mockingbird Journal
• Consider the ideal expressed in the Declaration
  of Independence that all men are created equal.
  Do you think the United States has always
  operated under this idea, or have we, as a
  country, fallen short of this idea? Explain in
  4-5 sentences.

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US History Civil Rights

• Post-viewing question answer ONE of the
  following in your Mockingbird Journal
• How might America be different today if people
  such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and
  Robert Kennedy hadnt been murdered? Explain
  your answer in 4-5 sentences.
• Reflect on at least ONE of the many issues that
  divided the country during the civil rights
  movement? Were these issues overcome? How?
  Respond in 4-5 sentences.

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Chapter 2 9-18-2012

• Short Answer Questions RESTATE the question in
  your answer.
• What does the new teacher from northern Alabama
  not understand about her Maycomb students?
• What type of people are the Cunninghams?
• For what you have read so far, make THREE
  predictions about what could happen next,
  explaining the reasons for your predictions.

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Bell-Ringer 9-19-2012

• Today we will assign new numbers for the clicker
  system.
• Take a clicker from the basket on your desk. DO
  NOT press ANY buttons.
• Quietly await further instructions.

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TKAM Ch. 1-2 Journal Entries

• You will submit your journal entries tomorrow,
  September 20, 2012. Please ensure you submit ALL
  of the following items
• Chapter 1-5 vocab (10 terms) (9/10)
• The Great Depression Video Questions (9/10-11)
• Quick-Write (9/13) growing up values
• Chapter 1 Review Questions
• Vocabulary Sentences (9/17) 5 total
• Civil Rights video pre-write and post-write (2)
  (9/17-18)
• Chapter 2 Review Questions (9/19)