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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