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Based on chapter 1, Scout seems to understand much of what’s going on around her.
• Explain your stance using evidence from the book. This evidence does not have to be directly cited. No more than ½ page.
1. Topic Sentence (rephrase prompt)
2. Assertion (introduce evidence)
3. Evidence (example from book)
4. Elaboration (explain quote)
5. Elaboration (if necessary)
6. Conclusion (restate/reword topic sentence)
• The narrator describes the cook, Calpurnia, on the bottom of page 6 and top of page 7. Does this description seem reliable? Why/why not?
• Why would Lee choose to have the story told through the eyes of a child? What are the benefits/setbacks to this?
• “Atticus said no, it wasn’t that sort of thing, that there were other ways of making people into ghosts” (Lee14).
• What does this mean?
• “Miss Stephanie Crawford said he was so upright he took the word of God as his only law, and we believed her, because Mr. Radley’s posture was ramrod straight” (Lee 14).
• What does this statement show you about Scout?
Pg. 17
•Reread the discussion about making a turtle come out. Again, what does this show about Scout?
Page 21 & 22
•Describe Miss Caroline.
• What’s she look like?• Where is she from?• How old is she?• What’s with her teaching
method?
Page 23/24•Explain how Scout (Jean Louise) learned to read and write.
•What does Miss Caroline think of this?
Meet John Dewey (1859-1952)•Education
Reformist.
•Believed that students thrive in an environment where they are allowed to experience and interact with the curriculum.
Page 26 • “Miss Caroline, he’s a Cunningham” (Lee 26). • “You’re
shaming him, Miss Caroline” (Lee 28).• What’s this
show you about Scout and Maycomb?
Pages 28 & 29
• What’s Miss Caroline do as a result of Scout speaking up on Walter’s behalf? What did Scout THINK she was going to do?
• Was this punishment justified?
Page 29
• At the end of the chapter, Miss Caroline is left crying at her desk. Where’d she go wrong?
Scout and Cal: Love/Hate• Who was right
in the fight between Cal and Scout?
• What does Scout’s outburst show you about her?
Page 38 Scout and Cal: Love/Hate
• How has Scout and Cal’s relationship changed?
• Why do you think Cal offers Scout a treat?
MIQ PAGE 39
• First of all, he said, “if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point a view– until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”
The Tire Incident: Page 50
•Why does Jem push Scout harder than normal?•Where does she end up?•Who retrieves the tire?
Page 50• “Scout
sometimes you act so much like a girl it’s mortifyin’” (Lee 50).
• What’s the significance of this quote?