Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: What is required within parenthesis for a proper MLA in-text citation? 

Activities: 

1. Type essay 

2. Review of MLA formatting requirements  

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: What is the role of quotation analysis within a body paragraph? 

Activities: 

1.  Essay outline (body paragraphs)

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: What is the significance of the claim within a topic sentence? 

Activities: 

1.  Essay outline (body paragraphs)

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: Reading check for TKAM Ch. 30-31  

Activities: 

1.  Introduction to unit three essay assignment 

2. Essay outline (thesis)

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: Class reading of TKAM chapter 29

Activities: 

1. Silent reading chapters 30-31  

Reminders: Reading check for TKAM 30-31 tomorrow! 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: Any student who needs to make up a quiz, now is the time!  

Activities: 

1.  View TKAM film (00:00-44:00) 

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: How does Harper Lee utilize conflict in her novel to advance theme? 

Activities: 

1.  Read TKAM chapter 28 (20 min. -14 pgs.) 

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: How does Harper Lee utilize symbolism in her novel to advance theme? 

Activities: 

1. Read TKAM chapter 27 (15 min. -8 pgs.) OR make up yesterday's reading check  

Homework: Read TKAM chapter 27 if you didn't finish in class! 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: TKAM reading check chapters 23+24 

Activities: 

1.  Collect unit 8 vocab packet (practice exercises 1-3)

2. Read TKAM chapters 25+26

Homework: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: Identify a theme from TKAM. How does Harper Lee use setting in the novel to advance the theme? 

Activities: 

1.  Unit 8 vocab packet 

   • • Practice exercises 1-3

Homework: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Bell-Ringer: Mrs. Vallincourt is out today. Sub reviews assignment list. 

Activities: 

1.  Read TKAM chapters 23+24 

Reminders: N/A 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: What universal experiences transition a person from childhood to adulthood? 

Bell-Ringer: Prepare for text annotations. You will need one highlighter for today's work. 

Activities: 

1.  Read and annotate "Through the Tunnel" (pink unit packet, pg. 20)

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: How do authors use literary elements to advance theme? 

Bell-Ringer: Explain what is happening to Dill on pages 225 and 226 of the novel.

"This was as much as I heard of Mr. Gilmer's cross-examination, because Jem made me take Dill out. For some reason Dill had started crying and couldn't stop..."

Activities: 

1.  Jem character study

   • • Characterization map

     • Paragraph response: Identify a character from TKAM. How does Harper Lee develop this character in the novel to advance the theme?   

Reminders: N/A 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: What societal responsibilities, if any, does a person assume as they approach adulthood? 

Bell-Ringer: Atticus' closing argument--what's the rhetorical situation? 

Activities: 

1.  SPACE-A analysis of Atticus' closing argument (TKAM pgs. 231-234) 

Reminders: Read TKAM Chapters 21+22 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: What societal responsibilities, if any, does a person assume as they approach adulthood? 

Bell-Ringer: How do Jem and Scout interpret Tom Robinson's trial? What do they seem to grasp, and what do they struggle to understand? 

Activities: 

1.  Sesame Street Challenge TKAM Ch. 9-16  

Reminders: Read TKAM Chapters 19+20 (Reading check tomorrow!) 

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: What societal responsibilities, if any, does a person assume as they approach adulthood? 

Bell-Ringer: Consider a responsibility typically linked to adulthood (e.g. decision-making, protecting others, advocating for what’s right). In what way(s) has Jem started to take on this kind of responsibility in the novel? Discuss with a partner. 

Activities: 

1. Blooket - Unit 5 vocab review 

2. Review of unit 5 vocab packet, practice exercises 1-4

3. Unit 5 vocab skill drill

Reminders: N/A

Unit EQ: At what point does a person become an adult? 

Lesson EQ: What societal responsibilities, if any, does a person assume as they approach adulthood? 

Bell-Ringer: TKAM reading check Ch.17+18 

Activities: 

1. TKAM reading check review

2. Class discussion over Sherman Alexie's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" 

   • Does Sherman have a moral responsibility to stay on the reservation and to better his community?

Reminders: N/A