Homework:
Parents/guardian, please review and assist your child with today’s
homework. Read one of the modified
passages and choose one option task to complete.
A.
When he was
nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it
healed…he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat
shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at
right angles to his body, his thumb parallel to his thigh. He couldn’t have
cared less,
so long as he could pass and punt. When enough years had gone by to enable us
to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his
accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four
years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer
Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come
out.
B.
When he was
nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it
healed…he was seldom self-conscious about his injury. His left arm was somewhat
shorter than his right; when he stood or walked, the back of his hand was at
right angles to his body… He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass
and punt. When enough years had gone by…we sometimes discussed the events
leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem,
who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began
the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo
Radley come out.
C.
When he was
nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow. When it
healed… His left arm was somewhat shorter than his right; when he stood or
walked… He couldn’t have cared less, so long as he could pass and punt. When
enough years had gone by…we sometimes discussed …his accident. I maintain that
the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it
started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when
Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out.
Topic: Today
we begin a new novel: To Kill a Mockingbird. This is the opening paragraph. The
narrator is Scout Finch, Jem’s younger sister and Atticus Finch’s daughter. In this paragraph she is an older person
going back to her childhood. Today
we did a brief summary of the main characters, the setting and the plot.
Option 1: Write
a one paragraph summary of today’s introduction to the novel. Who are some of the
main characters? What is the novel about? Where and when does it take place?
Option 2:
Write a two sentence paragraph summary of the first paragraph of the story. To help you, think of today’s lesson and
use the five W’s. Who, What,Where, When, and Why.
Option 3: Base
your response on the passage.
a.
Do
you remember who is telling this story?
b.
Who
is Jem and what happened to him?
c.
What
did the person telling this story discuss with Jem years later?
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