Homework:
Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s
homework. Students should read
choose one reading and one task to complete.
* —Cecil
Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended negroes.
I denied it, but told Jem.
—“What’d
he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus, he’ll tell
you.
—”
“Do you defend negroes, Atticus?” …
—“Of
course I do. Don’t say “n….”, Scout. That’s common.
—”N
“‘s what everybody at school says.”
—
“From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…
—….
“Do all lawyers defend Negroes, Atticus?”
—
“Of course they do, Scout.”
—
“Then why did Cecil say you defended negroes? He made it sound like you were runnin‘
a still.”“
—
Atticus sighed. “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson...you
aren’t old enough to understand some things yet, but there’s been some high
talk …that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man…
—“If
you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”
“For a number of reasons,” said Atticus. “The main one is,
if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…I couldn’t even tell you or Jem
not to do something again.”
** —Cecil
Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended negroes.
I denied it, but told Jem.
—“What’d
he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus, he’ll tell
you.
—”
“Do you defend negroes, Atticus?” …
—“Of
course I do. Don’t say “n….”, Scout. That’s common.
—”N
“‘s what everybody at school says.”
—
“From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…
—
Atticus sighed. “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson...you
aren’t old enough to understand some things yet, but there’s been some …talk
…that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man…
—“If
you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”
“For a number of reasons,” said Atticus. “The main one is,
if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…I couldn’t even tell you or Jem
not to do something again.”
***
—Cecil Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy
defended negroes. I denied it…
—“What’d
he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked Jem (her brother). “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask
Atticus, he’ll tell you.
—”
“Do you defend negroes, Atticus?” …
—“Of
course I do. Don’t say “n….”, Scout. That’s common.
—”N
“‘s what everybody at school says.”
—
“From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…
—
Atticus sighed. “I’m simply defending … Tom Robinson...you aren’t old enough to
understand some things yet, but there’s been some …talk …that I shouldn’t do
much about defending this man…
—“If
you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”
“For a number of reasons,” said Atticus. “The main one is,
if I didn’t I couldn’t hold up my head in town…”
Option 1: Base on
what we discussed in class and the reading. How does Scout feel about her father, Atticus, defending a black
man? Do you think she is ashamed or does she not understand? Write a paragraph
in which you discuss how Scout feels and why. Give examples from the reading.
Option 2: We also learned about the Scottsboro Boys. To the
best of your ability, use the 5 W’s to summarize The Scottsboro Boys story.
Who (general description):
What:
When (the decade and or era):
Where:
Why:
Option 3: Base responses on the passage.
1.
What did a student announce at school? What did
Scout do?
2.
What
does Atticus tell Scout when she uses the ‘N” word? Do you think that Atticus approves of her saying this word?
3.
Why does Atticus say that he is defending Tom Robinson?
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