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

Monday we are starting a new novel. Choose a level and read about the author of our new book. Be prepared to share thoughts and responses in class. 

Option 3: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the brilliantly written To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best seller internationally and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1962. Although Harper’s contribution to literature has been limited to one novel only, she has achieved what many writers can only wish for even after authoring volumes.

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature. Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their exemplary childhood companionship was to grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

1.       How successful was Harper Lee’s novel?

2.       What did she accomplish with just one book?

3.       Where was she from and who were her parents?

4.       How is she described?

5.       When and where did she finish her manuscript?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of … To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book instantly became a best seller internationally and was also adapted into an Academy Award winning movie in 1962. ..

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and member of the Alabama State Legislature. Her mother was mentally unwell and mostly stayed inside the house. Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer. Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys for being sissy and dressing up in fancy clothes. Their …childhood companionship was to grow stronger into a lifelong friendship.

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950 where worked at an airline as a reservations officer. It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

1.       Who is Harper Lee?

2.       Where was she born?

3.       Who were her parents?

4.       How was she as a little girl?

5.       When and where did she finish her book?

Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions below.

Harper Lee is the Pulitzer Prize winning author of … To Kill a Mocking Bird. The book.. became a best seller… and was also adapted (made) into a… movie in 1962. ..

1.Who is Harper Lee?

Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama. Lee’s father was a lawyer and … mother was … unwell and mostly stayed inside the house.

2. When and where was she born?

 Lee was the youngest child of her parents with 3 siblings. Most part of her childhood was spent in a small town being a tomboy with close friend Truman Capote who too became a famous writer.

3. Where did she spend most of her childhood? Doing what?

Unlike girls of her age, Lee was as tough as boys and always stood up for Truman when he was being picked on by other boys ...

4. How was she as a young girl?

She dropped out of the university and moved to New York in 1950.... It is during her time in New York that she wrote and finished the manuscript of To Kill a Mocking Bird in 1959.

5.When and where did she write her book?

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Homework: Dear parents, please assist your child with today’s homework. Choose one or MORE levels to complete. Respond to the best of your abilities. Base answers on what you learned and your own understanding. THERE are NO wrong answers.

Topic: We have finally reached the end the of The Outsider’s novel.  The passage above is the final paragraph of the novel. The last sentence of the novel is also the first sentence of the novel.

Option 3: Read passage and answer questions. Write full sentences and give examples to support your points.   

I sat down and picked up my pen and thought for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a bitter grin on his hard face. Remembering- -- and this time it didn't hurt--- a quiet, defeated-looking sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting badly and who had black eyes with a frightened expression to them. One week had taken all three of them. And I decided I could tell people, beginning with my English teacher. I wondered for a long time how to start that theme, how to start writing about something that was important to me. And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...

1.      What did you think of the novel? Write a few sentences explaining why you liked it or did not like.

 2.What was your favorite thing about this novel? What did you not like about the novel? Explain why. 


3.What do you think about the ending of the novel?   Was it a good ending or bad? Explain.


4.  If you could change the ending, how would you do it? Write a new ending to the novel (at least 2 sentences)

Option 2: Read passage and answer questions. Write full sentences and give examples to support your points.   

I sat down and picked up my pen and thought for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a hard face. Remembering- -- and this time it didn't hurt--- a quiet, defeated-looking sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting badly and who had black eyes with a frightened expression to them. One week had taken all three of them. And I decided I could tell people, beginning with my English teacher. I wondered for a long time how to … start writing about something that was important to me. And I finally began like this: When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...

1.      Who was your favorite character(s) in the novel? 

2.      What did you like about this character?

3.       What do you or don’t you have in common with this character? Explain.

4.      What character did you like the least? Explain why.

Option 1: Read passage and answer questions. Write full sentences and give examples to support your points.   

I sat down and picked up my pen and thought for a minute. Remembering. Remembering a handsome, dark boy with a reckless grin and a hot temper. A tough,… boy with … a hard face.

1.           Who do you think is writing?

2.    Who is the dark boy?



Remembering- -- and this time it didn't hurt--- a quiet… sixteen-year-old whose hair needed cutting badly…One week had taken all three of them (clue Dally, Bob and who else?)

3.    Do you think the writer is happy or sad? Explain why.


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

Option 3:  Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Write Complete sentences. Use examples from the text to support your responses/points.

•Tolerance is the word used …when this kind of coexistence succeeds, but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word, standing for little more than…letting others live unremarked and unmolested.

•Pride seems …, given the American willingness to endlessly complain about them…whoever is new, different, unknown or currently under suspicion. But patriotism is partly taking pride in this … ability to throw all of us together in a country that across its length …is as different as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name.

1.     What does tolerance mean? When is the word used?

2.     What does co existence mean? Give an example of coexistence from the outsiders?

3.     Who do Americans endlessly complain about? Why?

4.     What is patriotism? What does the passage say people take pride in?

5.     Based on this quote, what is special about our country? “all of us together in a country that across its length …is as different as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name.”

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Write Complete sentences. Use examples from the text to support your responses/points.

•Tolerance is the word used …when this kind of coexistence succeeds, but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word, standing for …letting others live unremarked and unmolested.

•Pride seems …to endlessly complain about them…whoever is new, different, unknown or currently under suspicion. But patriotism is taking pride in this … ability to throw all of us together in a country that …is as different as a dozen countries, and still be able to call it by one name.

1.    What does tolerance mean? When is the word used?

2.    What does co existence mean? Give an example of coexistence from the outsiders?

3.    Who do Americans endlessly complain about? Why?

4.    What is patriotism? What does the passage say people take pride in?

Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. Write Complete sentences. Use examples from the text to support your responses/points.

 but tolerance is a vanilla-pudding word, standing for …letting others live 

1. What does the word tolerance stand for?

•…But patriotism (pride in one’s country) is ... taking pride in this ability to throw all of us together in a country that …is as different as a dozen countries…

2. What does patriotism mean? 

3.Are you a patriotic person? Why or why not?

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