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We read THIS ARTICLE and then answered the following discussion questions for chapters 14 and 15:
Chapter 14 9. How does Atticus respond to Alexandra’s suggestion that they don’t need Cal anymore? 10. Explain the relationship between Jem and Scout in this chapter. What reunites them after a fight? Quote: 11. What does Scout find under her bed and how does Atticus deal with the situation? 12. What question does Scout ask Dill about Boo Radley? What is Dill’s response? Chapter 15 13. Why did Dill and Scout’s peace end after a week or so? 14. Describe Dill’s latest plan to get Boo Radley to come out. 15. When Jem asks Atticus if the men who came to the house were a “gang,” what is Atticus’ response? 16. What does Jem tell Scout he fears? 17. After Atticus leaves the house late at night, where do the children find him? What is he doing? 18. Explain why the men have come to the jail. 19. After Scout talks to Mr. Cunningham about Walter and the entailment of his farm, what happens? Quote: 20 . What had Mr. Underwood been doing? Thursday Video and Questions for Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvLj3OIQHuEVideo Link Questions: “How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” Use the following questions to guide your note-taking (in your composition notebook) as you view the video: 1. How does Claude Steele define stereotype threat? What does he say is the threat that stereotypes pose, and how does that threat affect the way people function? 2. Whom does he say stereotype threat affects? 3. Summarize the ways in which Jonathan Lykes says stereotypes have affected him. 4. Why does Sonya Sohn say she lost a lot of confidence when she was the only black girl in a class of white students? What role did stereotypes play? 5. Summarize the experiment Steele describes. What stereotype about women was at the heart of his experiment? What effect did the stereotype have? How was he able to eliminate the effects of stereotype threat in this situation? 6. According to Steele, how does stereotype threat help explain the impact of history on the present? 7. Based on what you have learned from this video, explain in your own words how stereotypes may impact how one thinks about his or her own identity Friday video and discussion questions: www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/video/understanding-jim-crow-setting-setting Video Link Chapter 12
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Review week 1 and 2 vocabulary and your discussion questions.
The test is tomorrow, Wednesday (2/15). Reading is extremely important! The most effective thing you can do if you're behind is READ. Chapter 9
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1. Read Ch. 5 and 6 for homework (we read ch. 4 in class on Friday)
2. Book check is Monday! 3. Study Week 2 Vocabulary for Tuesday Quiz Week 2 Vocabulary
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Note: If you are asked to give a reason, you must give a quote from a page in the book and explain your reasoning.
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