when i was younger, i wasn't concentrating on good days. i was managing a career and trying to...

When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.

Albert Brooks

Question of the Day Type I Writing

What is one change that you would want to make at West Perry that is not on our graphic organizer.

Explain. Minimum 30 words.

The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.

Ferdinand Foch• Question of the Day:• Look at your gradesheet. What are the

easiest things to fix? What are the hardest? How is revision like a second chance?

Question of the Day: Type I Writing

Who is your hero? In 50 words

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Benjamin Disraeli

Question of the DayType I Writing

What makes a person a hero?50 words

To Kill a Mockingbird

Question of the DayType I 1x

Describe your very 1st day of school. If you can’t remember it, share your earliest memory of school.

60 words

To Kill a MockingbirdQuestion of the Day Type I

1x

Begin with, “When I first heard we were going to read To Kill a Mockingbird, my initial reaction was…” {Explain}

[THEN]“As I read, I discovered…”

[THEN]“What I am most curious about now is…”

30 words

To Kill a MockingbirdCharacterization

Physical Description

How other characters react to them

What the character says, does, thinks

Narrator’s comments


Question of the Day Type I 1x

If I had to choose, I would say that my favorite character is ________. The reason I feel this way is that ___________.

15 words.


Question of the Day Type II writing

Identify 4 methods authors use for characterization.


Question of the Day Type IDate

Write a personal response to the behavior of Mrs. DuBose.

50 words


To Kill a Mockingbird Notes

Author’s purpose: The author’s intent: Usually

– To inform or explain– To persuade– To entertain– To express thoughts or feelings

An author can have more than one purpose.


What is the author’s purpose for including Mrs. DuBose in the novel? Explain.


Question of the Day Type I writing

Give Chapter 15 a rating: 1 to 5 stars

Provide your personal reader response to this chapter`. 30 words


Types of characters:• Static: Stay the same• Dynamic: Change in

personality or attitude (i.e., dynamite before and after)

To Kill a MockingbirdTypes of characters:

Round characters: take center stage and seem the most lifelike

We know a lot about themRole: to advance the plot, to develop the theme

Flat characters: are defined by only one or two traitsWe know little about themRole: advance the plot or provide information,

reveal something about the main characters


Conflicts: A struggle or clash between opposing forces. • Internal conflict: Man vs. Self• External Conflict:

Man vs. nature or an obstacle

Man vs. Man


Identify a character and one of the conflicts they face. How do they respond to the conflict? What does it say about their character?


Character MotivationThe reasons behind a character’s actions.

Look for:• The narrator’s direct comments about a

character’s motivation• The character’s actions, thoughts, and values• The moral dilemmas, or questions, the character

faces• Your own insights into human behavior


Question of the Day Type II

Describe the character of Mayella Ewell. Consider the narrator’s comments, physical description, actions, thoughts, and words, as well as the reaction of other characters to her. Include the one piece of evidence from the text that you think is most significant or interesting and explain your reasoning.

You may use your book to find evidence. 100 words, ten minutes

Be prepared to read your response to the whole class.


MoodThe prevailing emotions or atmosphere of

a work derived from literary devices such as dialogue and literary elements such as setting. The mood of a work is not always what might be expected based on its subject matter.


p. 160 Starting with “It was a gala occasion” and ending with “Mr. Dolphus Raymond sat with them.”

What words help to indentify the mood?

What role does the setting play in creating the mood?

In 25 words or more, describe the mood in this scene.


MoodIn literature,

consider setting and word choice to identify the mood


Question of the Day Type 1

Two descriptive words that describe Atticus are ___.

Write two quotes from your notes that support your word choice.


Text OrganizationThe author's method of structuring a text;

the way a text is structured from beginning to end. In literary works, the sequence, question answer, cause‐ ‐effect, chronological, etc.


Text Organization

In To Kill a Mockingbird, Plot, Flashback, and Foreshadowing are incorporated into the text organization.


Text Organization

Plot - The structure of a story. The sequence in which the author arranges events in a story. The structure often includes exposition, the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution. The plot may have a protagonist who is opposed by an antagonist, creating what is called conflict.


Text Organization

• Flashback - An organizational device used in literature to present action that occurred before current (present) time of the story. Flashbacks are often introduced as the dreams or recollections of one or more characters.

How is Flashback used in the opening paragraphs of TKAM?

To Kill a MockingbirdText Organization

Foreshadowing - An organizational device used in literature to create expectation or to set up an explanation of later developments.

Are there phrases about the future?Is there a change happening in the weather, the setting, or the mood?Are there objects or scenic elements that suggest something happy, sad,

dangerous, exciting, etc.?Do characters or the narrator observe something in the background that might

be a hint about something to come later?Tip: Foreshadowing often appears at the beginning of a story or chapter. Keep an

eye out for signs of potential conflict between characters. Look for signals that things might not be what the initially seem. Pay close attention to any details that seem unusual or have particular emotional significance. These might be clues about what is to come.

Questions and Tip from: http://udleditions.cast.org/craft_elm_foreshadowing.html 11/19/2014

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Question of the DayType I

Personal response to the events of Chapter 20-21.

50 words Be prepared to read aloud.

Research PaperBody Paragraph 1 Due 12-9-14

10 points

• Thesis Statement – Subject + Opinion

• Summary of the article – 2 to 3 sentences

• 3 CDs – Easy to read Signal Phrases, effective Concrete Detail, proper punctuation and citation

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• Allusion• Irony• Flashback• Metaphor• Foreshadowing• Personification• Hyperbole• Simile•

• Allusion• An implied or indirect reference in literature

to a familiar person, place, or event.

• Hyperbole• An exaggeration or overstatement (e.g., I had

to wait forever.)

• Irony• The use of a word or phrase to mean the exact

opposite of its literal or usual meaning; incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the expected result.

• Metaphor• The comparison of two unlike things in which

no words of comparison (like or as) are used (e.g., The speech gave me food for thought.)

• Simile• A comparison of two unlike things in which a

word of comparison (like or as) is used (e.g., The ant scurried as fast as a cheetah.)

• Personification• An object or abstract idea given human

qualities or human form (e.g., Flowers danced about the lawn.)

Idioms - a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g., rain cats and dogs, see the light ).

Quotation Identification

Atticus MayellaJem Reverend SykesScout Miss MaudieDill Little Chuck LittleMr. Gilmer Link DeasHeck Tate Walter Cunnigham, Jr.

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