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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HW Mr. Padilla 12.7.16

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

Option 3: Read the passage and answer questions that follow using complete sentences.

  Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors…

It was customary for the men in the family to remain on …Finch’s Landing, and make their living from cotton. The place was self-sufficient: …the Landing …produced everything …except ice, wheat flour, and articles of clothing, supplied by river- boats from Mobile.

…the disturbance between the North and the South, …left his (Simon’s) descendants stripped of everything but their land, yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law…

1.       How did men in the Finch family traditionally make a living?

2.       How was the land self-sufficient?

3.       What disturbance is Scout referring to?

4.       What did the disturbance do?

5.       What was the tradition for men and how did Atticus break it?

How do you think the Southerners feel about losing the civil war?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer questions that follow using complete sentences.

 Being Southerners, it was a source of shame to some members of the family that we had no recorded ancestors…

It was customary for the men in the family to remain on …Finch’s Landing, and make their living from cotton. The … Landing …produced everything …except ice, wheat flour, and articles of clothing, supplied by river- boats from Mobile.

…the disturbance between the North and the South, …left his (Simon’s) descendants stripped of everything but their land, yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until well into the twentieth century, when my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law…

1.     What was the custom for the men in Scout’s family?

2.     Why do you think that Finch’s Landing is important?

3.     What happened to Finch’s Landing during the war between the North and South?

4.     What did Atticus do that broke the tradition of living on the land?

Option 1: Read the passage and answer questions that follow using complete sentences.

It was customary for the men in the family to remain on …Finch’s Landing, and make their living from cotton.

1.    What was customary for the men in the family?

The … Landing …produced everything …except ice, wheat flour, and articles of clothing…

2.    What did the landing produce?

…the disturbance (problem) between the North and the South, …left his (Simon’s) descendants stripped of everything but their land,

3.    What did the disturbance do between North and South do?

yet the tradition of living on the land remained unbroken until … my father, Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law…

4.    How did Atticus break the tradition of living on the land?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.6.16

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

Collections Reading: 

·         The Battle of Shiloh, April 1862 --John S. Jackman 

Option 3:                    

April 5th, 1862 --This morning, I felt completely broken down. I felt so bad, I thought I would go no further. That evening, there was some artillery firing towards Shiloh. Again had fever that night. 

April 6^th--This day will long be remembered. Soon after the sun had risen, the firing of artillery became so general, … I knew the battle had commenced. I wished to be on the field, but was not able to walk so far. Soon we met ambulances and wagons loaded with wounded, and I could hear the poor fellows groaning …. over the rough road. We were now in proximity of the fighting, and we met crowds of men.., wounded in the legs or about the body. … I happened to see one of our company lying by a tent wounded. I went out to see him…There were…lying  about . Dr. P told me to stay with him, that I was not able to go on the field— that I would be captured. There was no one to help him, and I turned surgeon…

1.      1.  Why did John Jackman not join in the fighting?

    

2.    2.    Based on what we learned in class, what war is Jackman fighting in? 

3.   3.    What this  war have to do with To Kill a Mockingbird?

44. Based on the text, what are the conditions of the soldiers?
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55. Instead of fighting, what did Jack have to do?

**           The Battle of Shiloh, April 1862 --John S. Jackman\

READING FOCUS:

                    

April 5th, 1862--This morning, I felt completely broken down. I felt so bad, I thought I would go no further. That evening, there was some artillery firing towards Shiloh. Again had fever that night. 

April 6^th--This day will long be remembered. Soon after the sun had risen, the firing of artillery became so general, … I knew the battle had commenced. I wished to be on the field, but was not able to walk so far. Soon we met ambulances and wagons loaded with wounded… I happened to see one of our company lying by a tent wounded. I went out to see him…There were…lying  about . Dr. P told me to stay with him, that I was not able to go on the field— that I would be captured. There was no one to help him, and I turned surgeon…

1.  How did Jack feel the morning of April 5th 1862?

2. Based on what we discussed in class, what war was going on?

3. What happened in the morning on April 6th?

4. What was in the ambulance? Who did he recognize?

5. Instead of fighting, what did Jack have to do? 

***        The Battle of Shiloh, April 1862 --John S. Jackman 

READING FOCUS:  Why did John Jackman not join in the fighting?   

                    

April 5th, 1862 

This morning, I felt completely broken down. I felt so bad, I thought I would go no further.
1. What happened to Jack in the morning?

 That evening, there was some artillery firing towards Shiloh. Again had fever that night. 
2. How did he feel in the evening?

April 6th 

This day will long be remembered. Soon after the sun had risen, the firing … became so general, … I knew the battle had commenced.
3. Why will this day be remembered?

 I wished to be on the field, but was not able to walk so far. Soon we met ambulances and wagons loaded with wounded…
4. What did Jack wish?

5.What did he see on his way?

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HW Mr. Padilla 12.5.16

Parent/guardians: Please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic: To better understand the novel and the characters, today we learned briefly about the American Civil War.  We talked about how the South lost to the North and how to this day many still talk about the civil war.

In his paragraph Scout wants to know why Atticus is defending Tom Robinson. 

Option 3: 

 “Atticus, are we going to win it?”

•“No, honey.”

•“Then why—”

•“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” Atticus said.

•“You sound like Cousin Ike Finch,” I said. Cousin Ike Finch was Maycomb County’s sole surviving Confederate veteran. He wore a General Hood type beard of which he was inordinately vain. At least once a year Atticus, Jem and I called on him, and I would have to kiss him. It was horrible. Jem and I would listen respectfully to Atticus and Cousin Ike rehash the war. “Tell you, Atticus,” Cousin Ike would say, “the Missouri Compromise was what licked us…when Stonewall Jackson came around by—I beg your pardon, young folks. Ol’ Blue Light was in heaven then, God rest his saintly brow...”

•“Come here, Scout,” said Atticus. I crawled into his lap and tucked my head under his chin. He put his arms around me and rocked me gently. “It’s different this time,” he said.

•“This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees, we’re fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they’re still our friends and this is still our home.”

1. Do you think Scout wants Atticus to defend Tom Robinson? 

2. When Atticus says: "simply because we were licked a hundred years before" what is he talking about? 

3. Why does Scout say her dad sounds like Ike Finch? 

4. How did Scout feel abou Ike Finch? 

5. Why would things be different this time?  

Option 2: 

“Atticus, are we going to win it?”

•“No, honey.”

•“Then why—”

•“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” Atticus said.

•“You sound like Cousin Ike Finch,” I said. Cousin Ike Finch was Maycomb County’s sole (only) surviving Confederate veteran. …At least once a year Atticus, Jem and I called on him, and I would  have to kiss him. It was horrible. Jem and I would listen .... to Atticus and Cousin Ike rehash (remember) the war. “Tell you, Atticus,” Cousin Ike would say, “…when Stonewall Jackson came around by—….God rest his saintly brow...”

•“Come here, Scout,” said Atticus. I crawled into his lap and tucked my head under his chin. He put his arms around me and rocked me gently. “It’s different this time,” he said.

•“This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees, we’re fighting our friends. But remember this, no matter how bitter things get, they’re still our friends and this is still our home.”

1. What is Atticus saying they are going to win?

2. What is the reason hey should not give up? 

3. Who did Atticus sound like? Why? 

4. How did Scout feel about Ike?

5. Why is this time different? 

Option 1: 

“Atticus, are we going to win it?”

•“No, honey.”

•“Then why—”

1. What does Scout want to know? 

•“Simply because we were licked (beat) a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win,” Atticus said.

2. What happened a 100 years ago? 

•“You sound like Cousin Ike Finch,” I said. Cousin Ike Finch was Maycomb County’s sole surviving Confederate (civil war soldier)  veteran. …It was horrible. Jem and I would listen 

3. Who was cousin Ike Finch? 

•“Come here, Scout,” said Atticus…He put his arms around me and rocked me gently. “It’s different this time,” he said.

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4. What did Aticus tell Scout?  

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•“This time we aren’t fighting the Yankees, we’re fighting our friends. But....no matter how bitter (bad)  things get, they’re still our friends and this is still our home.”

5. What are 2 things that Atticus tells Scout? 

•Summative Task: Option 1: Base your response on today’s reading, video clip, lesson, and previous 

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