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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