ENGLISH I
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Unit: To Kill a Mockingbird
Assignments for the week of Nov. 24-25
*Final draft of research paper due Monday!!!*
Monday: Research Paper DUE! Bellwork for chapters 2-4. Setting extra credit. HW: Read chapters 5-6.
Tuesday: Bellwork on chapters 5-6. Theme work. HW: Prepare for discussion on Growing Up for Monday.
Wednesday: NO SCHOOL
Thursday: NO SCHOOL HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Friday: NO SCHOOL
No Greek Vocab this week!
Bellwork for TKAM:
Write the chapters and the date, draw a line, then answer the questions in complete sentences, so that the question is embedded in your answer.
You may use your books.
Chapter 1:
1. What do you learn in this chapter about Maycomb?
2. What do you learn in this chapter about Atticus Finch and his family?
3. What do you learn about Dill?
4. Why does the Radley place fascinate Scout, Jem, and Dill?
5. What do you notice about the narrative voice and viewpoint of this novel?
Chapters 2-4:
1. What opinions does Scout have of school, and is she justified in her feelings? Why?
2. Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?
3. What is Walter Cunningham like? Does Scout learn anything from his visit?
4. What do you learn about the Ewells?
5. What do the children do in their Boo Radley game?
Chapters 5-6?
1. Describe Miss Maudie Atkinson. What do the children think of her?
2. What does Miss Maudie tell Scout about Boo? How does this compare with what Scout already believes?
3. What reasons does Atticus give for the children not to play the Boo Radley game? Do you think he is right? Why?
4. What does Mr. Nathan Radley know about the intruders in his garden?
5. Why does Dill's explanation of Jem's state of dress almost land him in trouble?
Chapters 7-8:
1. When Jem tells Scout about getting his trousers back, he tells her of something strange. What is it?
2. Does Jem still fear the gifts in the tree? Give reasons for your answer.
3. When the children plan to send a letter to the person who leaves the gifts, they are prevented. How does this happen? Who does it, and why might he do so?
4. When Atticus asks Scout about the blanket around her shoulders, what does Jem realize?
Chapters 9-10:
1. What promise does Scout break that she had made to Atticus? How was it broken?
2. What are the reasons that Atticus gives Scout for defending Tom Robinson?
3. What lesson does Scout teach Uncle Jack about children and what further lesson does Atticus add?
4. Why is Jem ashamed of Atticus? How does Atticus redeem himself (in the incident with the dog?)
5. Why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?
Chapters 11-12:
Chapters 13-15:
1. Why does Aunt Alexandra come stay with the Finch family? What is she like?
2. What is Atticus's explanation of rape? How does Scout feel about his answer?
3. Why does Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond to the suggestion?
4. Describe the "nightmare" that descends on the children?
5. Describe the lynching party that comes for Tom Robinson's life? Who persuades them to give up?
Chapters 16-17:
1. What changes (subtle or obvious) does Scout notice in Atticus?
2. What kind of person is Mr. Dolphus Raymond? What is his private life like? Do you respect him or think his choices are bad?
3. Comment on Judge Taylor's attitude toward his job. Does he take the trial seriously or not? Give some specific examples of his behavior.
4. What are the main points in Heck Tate's evidence? What does Atticus show in his cross examination of Tate?
5. What does the reader learn about the home life of the Ewells? Be speciic with examples from the text.
Chapters 18-19:
1. Is Mayella Ewell like her father or different from him? In what ways?
2. How does Dill react to the trial? Why is this, in your opinion?
3. How well do you think Mr. Gilmer proves Tom's guilt? Why? Why not?
4. What made Tom robinson visit the Ewell's house in the first place?
5. In your own words, explain Mayella's relationship with her father.
Chapters 20-21:
No Bellwork due to classwork assignment
Chapters 22-24:
1. Although Atticus did not want his children in court, he defends Jem's right to know what has happened. Explain, in your own words, Atticus's reasons for this (look at the speech beginning "this is their home, sister...)
2. Why does Dill say that he will be a clown when he grows up?
3. Why is Bob Ewell so angry with Atticus? Do you think his threat is a real one? Why/Why not? What do you think about Atticus's reaction to Bob Ewell's challenge?
4. What does Atticus tell Scout about why the jury took so long to convince Tom?
5. Explain, briefly, how Tom was killed. What is Atticus's explanation for Tom's attempted escape?
Chapters 25-27:
1. How does Maycomb react to the news of Tom's death?
2. Why did Jem not want Scout to tell Atticus about Bob Ewell's comment? Was this a wise thing to ask her to do?
3. In the lesson on Hitler, Miss Gates says that "we (American people) don't believe in persecuting anyone." What seems odd to the reader about this claim?
4. What are three things that Bob Ewell does that alarm Aunt Alexandra?
5. What was the purpose of the halloween pageant? What practical joke had persuaded the grownups to have an organized event?
Chapters 28-31:
1. Write down 10 details from the attack.
Greek Vocabulary Week 1 Roots
1. anthrop = man; mankind
2. phil = love
3. miso = hate
4. biblio, bibl = book
5. phon = sound
6. graph, gram = write; draw; describe; record
7. scop, scept, skept = look at; examine
8. arch, archi = rule; govern** (make sure not archae = ancient)
9. dem = people
10. gen, gon = kind; race; origin** (make sure not gon = angle)
WEEK 2 (PREFIXES & SUFFIXES)
1. eu- = good; well
2. caco- = bad; ill
3. mega-, megalo- = large
4. micro- = small
5. macro- = large; long
6. tele-, tel-, telo- = far; distant
7. ortho- = correct; right; straight
8. archae-, archa- = ancient
9. -mania, -maniac, -manic, -maniacal = madness for; excessive
fondness for ; one who has a madness for
10. - phobia, -phobe, -phobist, -phobic, -phobiac = dread of;
morbid fear of; one who has a morbid fear of
WEEK 3 (ROOTS & PREFIXES)
1. gon = angle
2. gyn, gyne, gynaec, gynec = woman
3. log = idea; word; speech; discussion; study of** (Please
memorize log as study of.)
4. hetero- = various; unlike
5. homo- = same
6. olig- = few
7. pan-, panto- = all
8. poly- = many
9. mono- = one
10. bi- = two
11. dis-, di- = two; twice
12. iso- = equal
WEEK 4 (ROOTS & SUFFIXES)
1. theo = god
2. geo = earth
3. helio = sun
4. dyn, dynam = power; force
5. chron = time
6. chrom, chromat, chro = color
7. meter, metr = measure
8. center, centr = center
9. cycl = circle
10. -latry, -later, -latrous = worship; worshipper; worshipping
11. -mancy, -mancer, -mantic = divination; prophecy
WEEK 5 (ROOTS & PREFIXES)
1. path= feeling; disease
2. batho, bathy = depth
3. therap = cure
4. haem, hem, -aem, em = blood
5. rhea, rheo, rrh, rhag = flow; gush; burst
6. stat, stas = stand; stop
7. gno, gnos = know
8. hemi- = half
9. tauto- = same
WEEK 6 (ROOTS)
1. tom = cut
2. ton, ten = stretch; tone
3. chir = hand
4. pod = foot
5. cephal = head
6. dactyl = finger; toe
7. gloss, glott, glot = tongue; language
8. osteo = bone
9. derm, dermat = skin
10. plas, plasm, plast = mold; shape; form; substance
WEEK 7 (ROOTS)
1. bio = life
2. phys = nature; growth
3. psych = mind; soul; spirit
4. soma, somat = body
5. lith, -lite = stone
6. petr, peter = rock
7. glyph, glypt = carving
8. icon = image; idol
9. astr = star
10. nom = arrangement; law
WEEK 8 (ROOTS, PREFIXES, & SUFFIX)
1. onoma, onym = name
2. ec, oec = house; environment
3. ethn = nation
4. paleo- = ancient
5. neo- = new
6. hier- = sacred
7. idio- = oneís own; individual
8. ideo-, idea- = idea
9. auto- = self
10. -clasm, -clast = breakage; destruction; one who shatters or
destroys
WEEK 9 (ROOTS & SUFFIXES)
1. cosm = order; world
2. polit, polis = city
3. crit, cris = separate; discern; judge
4. top = place
5. thalass, thalatt = sea
6. naus, nau = ship
7. plut = wealth
8. -cracy, -crat, -cratic = rule; government; one who rules
9. athl = prize
WEEK 10 (ROOTS)
1. dendr, dender = tree
2. phyll, phyllo = leaf
3. phyt = plant
4. anth = flower
5. sperm, spermat, spor = seed; sowing
6. zo = animal
7. hipp = horse
8. drom = a running; course
9. ornith = bird
10. ichthy = fish
WEEK 11 (ROOTS, PREFIXES, & SUFFIXES)
1. entom = insect
2. tox, toxic = poison
3. phag = eat
4. gam = marriage
5. morph = form
6. holo- = whole
7. allo- = other
8. acro- = top; tip; end
9. -oidism, -oidal, -oid = resemblance; that which resembles;
like
10. paed-, ped- = child; instruction
WEEK 12 (ROOTS)
1. techn = art; skill
2. mim = imitate
3. crypt = conceal
4. phan, phen = show; appear; shine
5. trop = turn; respond to
6. troph = feed; nourish (not trophyóit comes from trop)
7. dox- = belief; opinion
8. klin, clin = lean; lie; incline
9. ag, agog = lead
WEEK 13 (ROOTS)
1. bas, bat = step; go
2. bal, ball, bol, bl = throw
3. therm = heat
4. hydr = water
5. hygr = moisture
6. bar = weight; pressure
7. phot, phos = light
8. pyr = fire
9. aer = lower air
10. ether = upper air
11. kin, kino, cinem, cinemat = movement
WEEK 14 (ROOTS, PREFIXES, & SUFFIXES)
1. caust, caut = burn
2. schiz, schis = split; cleave
3. od = way; path (not ode, parody, or rhapsody)
4. aesth, esth = feeling; perception
5. neur = nerve
6. pseudo- = false; counterfeit
7. dys- = difficult; bad
8. -phoria, -phery, - phor, - pher, -phorous, -phoric = that
which bears; carries; produces
9. -orama, -oramist, -oramic = view; one who views;
pertaining to viewing
WEEK 15 (ROOTS)
1. pneum, pneumat, -phea = breath; wind
2. opt, ops, op = sight; view; eye
3. ophthalm = eye
4. them, the, thet, thec, thek = put; place
5. thanat, thanas = death
6. necro = dead
7. mnem, mne, mnes = memory
8. soph = wise
9. tax, tact = arrangement; order
(Donít confuse with tact meaning touch)
WEEK 16 (PREFIXES)
1. proto- = first
2. deutero- = second
3. tri- = three
4. tetra- = four
5. penta- = five
6. hex- = six
7. hepta- = seven
8. octo- = eight
9. deka-, deca-, dec- = ten
WEEK 17 ( PREFIXES)
1. hecato-, hecatom-, hecaton-, hect- = hundred
2. kilo-= thousand
3. a-, an- = without; not
4. amphi-, amph- = both; around
5. anti-, ant- = against
6. apo-, ap- = from; off
7. cata-, cat- = down; against; very
8. dia- = through; across
9. ec-, ecto-, ex- = out
WEEK 18 (PREFIXES)
1. en-, em- = in
2. endo-, enter-, end-, ent- = within
3. epi-, ep- = upon; at; in addition
4. hyper- = over; excessively
5. hypo- hyp- = under; less than; too little
6. para-, par- = beside; contrary; amiss; astray
7. peri- = around
8. pro- = before
9. pros- = toward
10. syn-, syl-, sym-, sy- = with; together
THE 3 OPTIONAL WEEKS:
WEEK 19 (ROOTS)
1. alg, algia, algo = pain
2. andr, andro = man; male
3. arthr, arthro = joint; speech sound or articulation
4. blast, blasto = bud; formative substance; embryonic cell
5. cardi, cardio = heart
6. chlor, chloro = green; yellowish-green; chlorine
7. chondr, chondri, chondro = cartilage
8. cocc, cocci coccus = berry; grain; seed; spherical bacterium
9. cyst, cysto = bladder; sac; sac containing morbid matter
10. cyt, cyto = cell
WEEK 20 (ROOTS)
1. gastr, gastro = stomach
2. ger, geront = old age; old people
3. hepat, hepato = liver
4. hist, histo = tissue
5. hyster, hystero = uterus; hysteria
6. laryngo, laryng = throat; larynx
7. leuc, leuk = white
8. mast, masto = breast
9. melan = black; dark
10. my, myo = muscle
WEEK 21 (ROOTS)
1. nephr, nephro = kidney
2. ot, oto = ear
3. pep, pept = digest
4. phleb, phlebo = vein
5. phren, phreno, phrenia = mind; diaphragm
6. py, pyo = pus
7. rhin, rrhin = nose
8. stom, stomat, stomato = mouth
9. throm, thromb = clot
10. ur, uro = urine
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