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Fourth Annual Maycomb County Tea Party

To Kill a Mockingbird

The good people of Maycomb County have decided to gather together and celebratetheir town heroes with their Annual Maycomb County Tea Party and YOU are invited! Likeany good citizen, you should be prepared with a few items so that you may impress your

neighbors and fully partake in the festivities. Have fun with this; you earned it!

You will select a character from To Kill a Mockingbird and will BECOME this personfor the tea party. You are expected to socialize with your neighbors as your MaycombCounty self. You are to discuss the recent events in your town and will provide a toast toyour neighbors celebrating Maybcombs heroes and expressing how you feel about being apart of this party.

As a good citizen of Maycomb, you are also expected to contribute to the party withfood, beverages, or utensils. There will be a sign up sheet for this.

Finally, Aunt Alexandra is also organizing a Maycomb County cookbook that will be

sold to help out Tom Robinsons wife Helen and her three young children. Every person inMaycomb needs to provide their favorite recipe for a Southern Style dish and include asolid paragraph (MEL-Con format) about why this is their favorite food.

STEPS:

1. Choose the character you will portray for the tea party. We will draw numbers todecide choosing order in class. You will dress, act, speak, and behave like this characterduring the party! You can earn extra credit for dressing up for the entire day andpromoting the book. You may earn additional extra credit by coming prepared with aPROP for your character. (Atticus=book)

2. Research Southern Style recipes and select one that best fits with your character. Forexample, Scout loves crackling bread so she would probably look up that recipe toinclude it in the cookbook. Beyond just liking this food, she is like crackling bread in thatshe surprises you. Then she would need to write a decent paragraph explaining why thisrecipe is representative of her. The recipe and explanation should be typed neatly andready to be included in the cookbook. Please proof read carefully!

CRACKLING CORN BREAD

1 1/2 c. corn meal

1 c. self-rising flour1 tbsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1 c. pork cracklings

2 c. buttermilk

1/4 c. cooking oil

Mix all ingredients except oil. Add oil to iron

skillet, place skillet in oven and preheat to 450

degrees. Add corn bread batter to hot skillet.

Bake at 450 degrees until golden brown.

Some Websites to Begin Your Research:http://www.easysouthernstylerecipes.com/

http://teriskitchen.com/southern.htmlhttp://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1,southern_style,FF.hmlhttp://www.thatsmyhome.com/mainstreet/beans/index.htm

http://www.olsouthrecipes.com/

http://www.southernliving.com/food/http://allrecipes.com/recipes/usa-regional-and-ethnic/southern-

cooking/southern-cooking-by-state/main.aspx

http://www.easysouthernstylerecipes.com/http://teriskitchen.com/southern.htmlhttp://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1,southern_style,FF.htmlhttp://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1,southern_style,FF.htmlhttp://www.thatsmyhome.com/mainstreet/beans/index.htmhttp://www.olsouthrecipes.com/http://www.southernliving.com/food/http://allrecipes.com/recipes/usa-regional-and-ethnic/southern-cooking/southern-cooking-by-state/main.aspxhttp://allrecipes.com/recipes/usa-regional-and-ethnic/southern-cooking/southern-cooking-by-state/main.aspxhttp://www.easysouthernstylerecipes.com/http://teriskitchen.com/southern.htmlhttp://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1,southern_style,FF.htmlhttp://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1,southern_style,FF.htmlhttp://www.thatsmyhome.com/mainstreet/beans/index.htmhttp://www.olsouthrecipes.com/http://www.southernliving.com/food/http://allrecipes.com/recipes/usa-regional-and-ethnic/southern-cooking/southern-cooking-by-state/main.aspxhttp://allrecipes.com/recipes/usa-regional-and-ethnic/southern-cooking/southern-cooking-by-state/main.aspxhttp://www.soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com/

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3. Sign up to bring something to the party and FOLLOW through on this!

4. Write a toast to say during the party. You will celebrate the Maycombs heroes withyour toast expressing why one or two people are heroes to you. Be sure to includeevidence from the book that backs up why your character would view these peopleas heroes! You must conclude your speech with a statement about how you

personally feel being included in this Maycomb event.

5. Write a personal reflection on attending the tea party after you attend. Your reflectionshould discuss what you enjoyed about this activity, what you did not like, who wasyour favorite character and why, and what was your favorite dish and why. Thisshould be between to 1 page long.

TEA PARTY DATES: Gold:May 24th Purple: May 25th

You must come in dressed as your character, have your speech ready to go, have

your dish ready to pass, and have your recipe ready for Aunt Alexandras book. All of thisis due on your tea party date!

Grading:

Characterization (outfit, speech, mannerisims) 20 points

Speech (written work) 10 points

Speech (presentation) 10 points

Recipe with paragraph 20 points

Personal reflection 20 points

Participation in the event (food, effort, etc) 20 points

TOTAL 100 points (THIS IS A SUMMATIVEGRADE)

EXTRA CREDIT Prop up to 5 team points in total

Dressing for the day up to 15 team points in total