HW Mr. Padilla 12.23.16

Homework:

 Dear parents/guardians, your child has been provided with a homework packet. Please assist your child with the homework. 

Have a wonderful holiday break! 

Mr. Padilla 

HW Mr. Padilla 12.22.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework. 

Read the passage and answer questions that follow.  Write complete sentences and use evidence from the text. 

Option 3:

—Cecil Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. 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 Nwords, Atticus?” …

—“Of course I do. Don’t say Nword., Scout. That’s common.

—” “‘s what everybody at school says.”

— “From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…

—…. “Do all lawyers defend n-Negroes, Atticus?”

— “Of course they do, Scout.”

— “Then why did Cecil say you defended Nword.? 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.”

1.       What is being said in school about Atticus?

2.       Why do you think Jem tells Scout to ask Atticus? Explain

3.       What does this quote say about 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.”

Option 2:

—Cecil Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. I denied it, but told Jem.

—“What’d he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus...

—” “Do you defend Nwords, Atticus?” …

—“Of course I do. Don’t say Nword., Scout. ..

—” “‘s what everybody at school says.”

— “From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…

—…. “Do all lawyers defend n-Negroes, Atticus?”

— “Of course they do, Scout.”

— “Then why did Cecil say you defended Nword.? ...”“

— Atticus sighed. “I’m simply defending a Negro—his name’s Tom Robinson...you aren’t old enough to understand some things yet…

—“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.”

1.                   What did Cecil Jacobs announce in school?

2.                   What does Atticus not want Scout to say?

3.                   Why is Atticus defending Tom Robison?

Option 1:

—Cecil Jacobs… announced in the school …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended Nword. I denied it, but told Jem.

1.     What did Cecil Jacobs announce in school?

—“What’d he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked. “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus...

—” “Do you defend Nwords, Atticus?” …

2.     What 2 things does Scout want to know?

—“Of course I do. Don’t say Nword., Scout. ..

—…. “Do all lawyers defend n-Negroes, Atticus?”

3.     What does Atticus not want Scout to say?

—“If you shouldn’t be defendin‘ him, then why are you doin’ it?”

Atticus said. … “if I didn’t (defend Tom Robinson) I couldn’t hold up my head in town…

4.     Why is Atticus defending Tom Robison?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.21.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

The residents of Maycomb are so angry that Atticus is defending a black man that they formed an angry mob and threatened to hurt Atticus if he didn’t let them get Tom Robinson.  Afterward Jem and Atticus have a conversation:

Option 3:

“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. “What have you been reading?” he asked. Then he said gently, “No son, those were our friends.”

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to stifle a smile but didn’t make it. “No, we don’t have mobs and that nonsense in Maycomb. I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “you’re confusing that with something else. Way back about nineteen-twenty there was a Klan, but it was a political organization more than anything. Besides, they couldn’t find anybody to scare. They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy’s house one night, but Sam just stood on his porch and told ‘em things had come to a pretty pass, he’d sold ’em the very sheets on their backs. Sam made ‘em so ashamed of themselves they went away.”

1.     Do you think Jem is scared? Explain why or why not? Give evidence from the reading.

2.     How does Atticus try to make Jem feel better? Cite the text to back up your response.

3.     What story does Atticus tell Jem about the Klu Klux Klan?

Option 2:

“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. “What have you been reading?” he asked. Then he said…, “No son, those were our friends.”

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to stifle a smile but didn’t make it. “No, we don’t have mobs and that nonsense in Maycomb. I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “you’re confusing that with something else. Way back … there was a Klan, but it was a political organization more than anything. Besides, they couldn’t find anybody to scare. They paraded by Mr. Sam Levy’s house one night, but Sam just stood on his porch and told ‘em things …Sam made ‘em so ashamed of themselves they went away.”

1.                   What did Jem want to know?

2.                   What did Atticus say?

3.                   Who did Jem think was after his dad, Atticus? 

4.                   Who does Jem say the Ku Klux went after once?

5.                   What did Atticus say about the Ku Klux Klan?

Option 1: Read conversation between Jem and Atticus.

“They were after you, weren’t they?” Jem went to him. “They wanted to get you, didn’t they?”

1.     What did Jem want to know?

Atticus lowered the paper and gazed at Jem. .. Then he said…, “No son, those were our friends.”

2.     What did Atticus say?

 

“It wasn’t a—a gang?” Jem was looking from the corners of his eyes.

Atticus tried to… smile but didn’t make it. “No, … I’ve never heard of a gang in Maycomb.”

3.     Who did Jem think was after his dad, Atticus? 

“Ku Klux got after some Catholics one time.”

“Never heard of any Catholics in Maycomb either,” said Atticus, “…Way back … there was a Klan, but… they couldn’t find anybody to scare.

4.     Who does Jem say the Ku Klux went after once?

5.     What did Atticus say about the Ku Klux Klan?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.20.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your children with today’s homework.

Option 3: Read the passage and answer questions below:

Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, probably because he never behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do, give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs he employed. One Christmas I lurked in corners nursing a twisted splinter in my foot, permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking … and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by who desired spiritual comfort. I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing, that was what was known as relativity.

1.    Who is Uncle Jack? How does Scout feel about him?

2.    What did Scout like about him?

3.    How did Uncle Jack remove Scout’s splinter?

4.  Explain why Scout means when she says using your own words: “one of the few men of science who never terrified me, … because he never behaved like a doctor”

5.    What example does she give in the reading that shows her point? Clue: laughing…

Option 2: Read the passage and answer questions below:

Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified me, … because he never behaved like a doctor. Whenever he performed a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do, give us an estimation of how much it would hurt, and explain the use of any tongs he employed. One Christmas I… twisted splinter in my foot, permitting no one to come near me. When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church so much that every day he stood at his gate in his dressing-gown, smoking … and delivering five-minute sermons to any passers-by…I interrupted to make Uncle Jack let me know when he would pull it out, but he held up a bloody splinter in a pair of tweezers and said he yanked it while I was laughing…

1.            Who was uncle Jack?

2.            Why wasn’t Scout cared of him?

3.            What did he before doing a minor service?

4.            How did Uncle Jack make Scout laugh?

5.            Why do you think Uncle Jack was making Scout laugh? 

Option 1: Read the passage and answer questions below:

Uncle Jack…was one of the few men of science who never terrified(scared) me, … because he never behaved like a doctor.

1.    Who was uncle Jack?

2.    Why wasn’t Scout cared of him?

Whenever he performed (did) a minor service for Jem and me, as removing a splinter from a foot, he would tell us exactly what he was going to do…

3.    What did he before doing a minor service?

One Christmas I… twisted splinter in my foot…When Uncle Jack caught me, he kept me laughing about a preacher who hated going to church …

4.    How did Uncle Jack make Scout laugh?

…I interrupted .. Uncle Jack to let me know when he would pull it (the splinter) out, but he held up a bloody splinter … and said he yanked it while I was laughing…

5.    Why do you think Uncle Jack was making Scout laugh? 

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.19.16

Homework:  Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 1: Read the passage and complete task that follows:

Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it.

“Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

1. According to Atticus, why is it a sin to kill a mocking bird?

2.     What advice does Atticus give Scout in quote #2?

3. Explain this quote in your own words. Give a real life example to support your argument.

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."

Option 2: Read the passage and complete task that follows:

Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something and I asked Miss Maudie about it.

“Your father’s right,” said Ms. Maudie, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view […] until you climb into his skin…”

Task:

1.            What did Atticus tell Scout?

2.            Had Atticus ever told Scout it was a sin to do something? How do you know

3.            What did Maudie say about Mockingbirds?

4.            What will happen if Scout learns a little trick?

5.            What does it take to understand a person?

Option 1: Read the passage and complete task that follows:

Quote 1: “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something…

1.    What did Atticus tell Scout?

2.    Had Atticus ever told Scout it was a sin to do something? How do you know?

“Your father’s right,” said Ms. Maudie, “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.”

3.    What did Maudie say about Mockingbirds?

Quote 2: "First of all," he said, "if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of people. You never really understand a person until you see things from his point of view…”

4.    What will happen if Scout learns a little trick?

5.    What does it take to understand a person?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.16.16

Homework: Parents/guardians please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3:  “Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that’s all,” said Miss Maudie. “Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?”

—“Yessum, but I’d wana come out. Why doesn’t he?”

—Miss Maudie’s eyes narrowed. “You know that story as well as I do.”

— “I never heard why, though.Nobody ever told me why.”

—Miss Maudie settled her bridgework. “You know old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing Baptist-”

—“That’s what you are, ain’t it?”

—“My shell’s not that hard, child. I’m just a Baptist.”

—“Don’t you all believe in foot-washing?”

—“We do. At home in the bathtub…Foot-washers believe anything that’s pleasure is a sin. Did you know some of ‘em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this

—place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?”

—“Your flowers, too?”

—“Yes ma’am. They’d burn right with me. They thought I spent too much time in God’s outdoors and not enough time inside the house reading the Bible.”

Q: 1. How do you think Ms. Maudie feels about some Baptists and about Boo?

2. How do you know this?

3. Give a quote from the text.

4. Explain the meaning of the quote to support your point.

Option 2:

“Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that’s all,” said Miss Maudie. “Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?”

—“Yessum, but I’d wana come out. Why doesn’t he?”

—Miss Maudie’s eyes narrowed. “You know that story as well as I do.”

— “I never heard why, though.Nobody ever told me why.”

—Miss Maudie settled her bridgework. “You know old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing Baptist-”

—“That’s what you are, ain’t it?”

—“…I’m just a Baptist.”

—“Don’t you all believe in foot-washing?”

—“We do. At home in the bathtub…Did you know some of ‘em came out of the woods one Saturday and passed by this

—place and told me me and my flowers were going to hell?”

—“Your flowers, too?”

—“Yes ma’am. They’d burn right with me. They thought I spent too much time in God’s outdoors and not enough time inside the house reading the Bible.”

1. Who is Ms. Maudie talking about?

2. What does Ms. Maudie call the Baptists?

3.What did she say a Baptist do to her?

Option1: Read the conversation between Miss Maudie and Scout.

—“Arthur Radley just stays in the house, that’s all,” said Miss Maudie. “Wouldn’t you stay in the house if you didn’t want to come out?”

1.      Where does Arthur Radley stay?

—“Yessum, but I’d wana come out. Why doesn’t he?”

—…“You know that story as well as I do.”

2.      What does Scout want to know?

— “I never heard why, though. Nobody ever told me why.”—…“You know old Mr. Radley was a foot-washing Baptist-”

3.      What does Maudie call Mr. Radley?

—“Don’t you all believe in foot-washing?”

—“We do. At home in the bathtub…some of ‘em came out of the woods one Saturday … and told me and my flowers were going to hell?”

4.      Where does Maudie say people should wash their feet?

5.      What did someone say to her once?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.15.16

Homework:  Parents/guardians please assist your child with the homework.

The great depression affected many people of different classes, races, etc.  Discrimination was very common during this time.  

Option 3:

Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers. Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations. The acres not entailed were mortgaged to the hilt, and the little cash he made went to interest…Mr. Cunningham could get a WPA job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.

Pick one of the following questions to respond to:

A.      Write a paragraph in which you compare the theme of discrimination in To Kill a Mockingbird and Mice and Men (you may use other books read in class as well if you wish). You may use a venn diagram to organize your ideas.

B.      Is segregation and or/ discrimination over? Is it still going on? If so, are things better or worse today? Include evidence from any source. Write a paragraph.

Option 2:

Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor. As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers.  Entailment was only a part of Mr. Cunningham’s vexations. The acres not entailed were mortgaged …and the little cash he made went to interest…Mr. Cunningham could get a… job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.

1.According to Atticus why are professionals in Maycomb poor?

2.What is hard to come by for professionals?

3.What is Mr. Cunningham willing to do to keep his land? 

Option 1:

Atticus said professional people were poor because the farmers were poor.

1.    Why were professionals poor?

As Maycomb County was farm country, nickels and dimes were hard to come by for doctors and dentists and lawyers.…

2.    What kind of county was Maycomb?

3.    What was hard for doctors and dentists and lawyers to get?

Mr. Cunningham could get a… job, but his land would go to ruin if he left it, and he was willing to go hungry to keep his land and vote as he pleased.

4.    What would happen if Mr. Cunningham got a job?

5.    What was Mr. Cunningham willing to do to keep his land?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.14.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic: Nelson Mandela: who spent 27 years in prison for fighting against segregation (apartheid) and became president of South America after his release.

Option 3:  Base responses on the reading.

 “I have walked that long road to freedom. I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”

Q: What does this quote by Nelson Mandela mean to you?  Write a paragraph in which you summarize or explain this passage in your own words.

Option 2:   Base responses on the reading.

 “I have walked that long road to freedom. … I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to … view… the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back on the distance I have come. But I can only rest for a moment, for with freedom come responsibilities, and I dare not linger, for my long walk is not ended.”

1.     What has happened to Mandela on his long road?

2.     What did he discover along the way?

3.     Why can he rest for only a moment?       

Option 1: Base responses on the reading.

 “I have walked that long road to freedom. … I have made missteps (mistakes) along the way.

1.    What are 2 things Mandela has done?

But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill… there are many more hills to climb.

2.    What has Mandela learned along the way?

 I have taken a moment… to rest, … to look back on the distance I have come.

3.    Why has Mandela taken a moment?

But I can only rest for a moment,.. with freedom come responsibilities, and … my long walk is not ended.”

4.    How long can he rest for?

5.    Why can he only rest for a moment?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.13.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 3: Base response on reading.

—“Did you forget your lunch this morning?” asked Miss Caroline.

—Walter looked straight ahead. …

—“Did you forget it this morning?” asked Miss Caroline. ..

— “Yeb’m,” he finally mumbled.

—Miss Caroline went to her desk and opened her purse. “Here’s a quarter,” she said to Walter. “Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow.”…

— “Nome thank you ma’am,” …:

— “Here Walter, come get it.”

— Walter shook his head again.

—When Walter shook his head a third time someone whispered, “Go on and tell her, Scout.”

—I turned around and saw most of the town people and the entire bus delegation looking at me. …

— “What is it, Jean Louise?”

— “Miss Caroline, he’s a Cunningham.”

—“What, Jean Louise?”            

—I thought I had made things … clear. It was clear enough to the rest of us: Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. He had probably never seen three quarters together at the same time in his life.

Q:  Is the incident between Ms. Caroline a misunderstanding based on class? Write a paragraph in which you explain your opinion using evidence.

Option 2: Base response on reading.

—“Did you forget your lunch this morning?” asked Miss Caroline.

—Walter looked straight ahead. …

—“Did you forget it this morning?” asked Miss Caroline. ..

— “Yeb’m,” he finally mumbled.

—Miss Caroline went to her desk and opened her purse. “Here’s a quarter,” she said to Walter. “Go and eat downtown today. You can pay me back tomorrow.”…

— “Nome thank you ma’am,” …:

— “Here Walter, come get it.”

— Walter shook his head again.

—When Walter shook his head a third time someone whispered, “Go on and tell her, Scout.”

….

— “What is it, Jean Louise?”

— “Miss Caroline, he’s a Cunningham.”

—“What, Jean Louise?”

—… Walter Cunningham was sitting there lying his head off. He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. ..

1.What does Ms. Caroline want from Walter?

2. What does someone whisper to Scout?

3. What does Scout tell Ms. Caroline?

4. Do you think the teacher is flaunting (showing off) or is she trying to be nice?  Explain why?

Option 3: Base response on reading.

—“Did you forget your lunch this morning?” asked Miss Caroline.

—Walter looked straight ahead. …

—“Did you forget it this morning?” asked Miss Caroline. ..

1.     What does Miss Caroline want to know?

—Miss Caroline went to her desk and opened her purse. “Here’s a quarter,” she said to Walter. “Go and eat…You can pay me back tomorrow.”…

2.     What did Miss Caroline offer Walter a quarter for?

— “Nome thank you ma’am,” …:

— “Here Walter, come get it.”

— Walter shook his head again.

3.     Did Walter take the quarter?

—When Walter shook his head a third time someone whispered, “Go on and tell her, Scout.”

— “What is it, Jean Louise?”

4.     What did someone whisper to Scout?

—… Walter Cunningham was…lying…He didn’t forget his lunch, he didn’t have any. He had none today nor would he have any tomorrow or the next day. ..

5.     Could Walter ever pay Miss. Caroline her quarter back? Why or why not?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.12.16

Homework: Parents/guardians please assist your child with today’s homework. Choose a modified reading below and a task to complete.

Option 3:  Base response on the reading.

Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the… shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps…

People moved slowly then. They… took their time about everything. A day was twenty-fourhours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.

1.     How was Maycomb town when Scout first knew it?

2.     Do you think that summers were comfortable in Maycomb? Why or why not? Give an example from the reading. Complete one of the sentences below.

Maycomb was comfortable because:

Maycomb was not comfortable because:

3.  Why were people in Maycomb take their time about everything?

Option 2: Base response on the reading.

Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the … grass grew on the sidewalks… Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to … the… shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’clock naps…

People moved slowly then. They… took their time about everything. A day was twenty-fourhours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County.

1.       How does Scout describe Maycomb?

2.       How was the summer for dogs and what did mules do?

3.       What did men and women do?

4.       How did Scout describe people and days then?

5.       Why were people not in a hurry?

Option 1: Base response on the reading.

 Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it.

1.     What kind of town was Maycomb?

In rainy weather the … grass grew on the sidewalks… Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day…

2.     What happened on rainy days?

People moved slowly then. They… took their time about everything.

3.     How did people move then?

A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer.

4.     How did the day seem?

There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside … of Maycomb County.

5.     Why were people not in a hurry?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.9.16

Homework:

Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework. 

As we are studying the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, we are also learning about Hatred. There is plenty of hate in the novel. There was plenty of hate in the Civil War. Nat Turner was a slave who tried to free slaves.  This is a reading passage from Collections.

THE CONFESSION OF NAT TURNER, 1831

Option 3: 

In the summer of 1831, Nat Turner led a rebellion of some 70 slaves in Southampton

County, Virginia. After planning the rebellion, Turner and six other slaves killed Turner's owner and then created a slave army. They gathered arms as they marched from plantation to plantation on the way to a nearby town. Nearly 60 white men, women, and children were killed before the slaves were scattered by a group of white people on horses. Turner escaped into hiding. In the aftermath of the rebellion more than 120 slaves were killed by white people. Turner was later captured, tried, and executed by hanging in the fall of 1831.

1. Who was Nat Turner and what was he responsible for in 1831? 

2. Where and during what period of time did these events take place? 

3. What happened after they planned a rebellion? 

4. What type of damage did they cause? 

5. What happened to Turner and how was he dealt with? 

THE CONFESSION OF NAT TURNER, 1831

Option 2: 

In the summer of 1831, Nat Turner led a rebellion of some 70 slaves in…Virginia. .. Turner and six other slaves killed Turner's owner and then created a slave army. They gathered arms as they marched from plantation to plantation on the way to a nearby town. Nearly 60 white men, women, and children were killed before the slaves were scattered by a group of white people on horses. Turner escaped into hiding. In the aftermath of the rebellion more than 120 slaves were killed by white people. Turner was later captured… and executed by hanging in the fall of 1831.

1. What happened in 1831?

2. What did Nat and the others do?

3. What damage did they cause?

4. What happened to Nat Turner?

5. Based on what we learned today, why did he do these things? 

THE CONFESSION OF NAT TURNER, 1831

Option 1: 

In the summer of 1831, Nat Turner led … some 70 slaves in…Virginia.
1. What happened in 1831?
 .. Turner and six other slaves killed Turner's owner and then created a slave army
2. What did Nat and the others do?
… Nearly 60 white men, women, and children were killed
3. What damage did they cause?
…Turner escaped into hiding…Turner was later captured… and executed by hanging in the fall of 1831.
4. What happened to Nat Turner?
5. Based on what we learned today, why did he do these things? 

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.8.16

Homework:Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.  Students should read choose one reading and one task to complete.

Option 3: 
 —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.”

Task:  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: 
—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.”

         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?

Option 1: 
Cecil Jacobs…had announced in the schoolyard …that Scout Finch’s daddy defended negroes. I denied it…

1. What  did Cecil do? 

—“What’d he mean sayin‘ that?” I asked Jem (her brother). “Nothing,” Jem said. “Ask Atticus, he’ll tell you.
2. What did Scout want to know?

—” “Do you defend negroes, Atticus?” …

—“Of course I do. Don’t say “n….”, Scout. That’s common.
3. What did Atticus tell scout?

—”N “‘s what everybody at school says.”

— “From now on it’ll be everybody less one—”…
4. What else does Atticus tell Scout?

— Atticus sighed. “I’m simply defending … Tom Robinson... but there’s been some …talk …that I shouldn’t do much about defending this man…
5. What is Atticus doing? 

6. What is the talk about? 

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