HW 4/30 and 5/1

read The Pearl chapter 1 and 2
write 1 page of analysis with one GOLDEN LINE integrated in your analysis

continue freerice

Freerice Round #2

Freerice round 2 ended on Saturday at midnight 4/27

A-1 => 700                21 pts
A-2 => 0                    19 pts
A-3=> 1900               23 pts
A-4 => 4040              25 pts

C-1 => 1750              19 pts
C-2 => 20,800            25 pts
C-3=> 26,600             25 pts
C-4 => 36,570            25 pts
C-5 =>430                  17 pts

D-1 => 1320               23 pts
D-2 => 12,210            25 pts
D-3 => 910                 21 pts 

E-1 => 4,420               23 pts
E-2 => 8,620               25 pts

F-1 => 16,500             23 pts
F-2 => 11,560              21 pts
F-3 =>  0                      12 pts
F-4 => 20,360               25 pts
F-5 => 6,640                 19 pts

Next week's freerice competition runs until May 3 at midnight

HW April 28 and 29

Finish To Kill a Mockingbird essay

hw 4/16 and 4/17 over April break

If you have completed at least the first draft of your To Kill a Mockingbird essay about Atticus's argument, then your only homework is to play freerice for your group.  COMPLETE THE FIRST DRAFT OVER BREAK IF YOU HAVE NOT FINISHED IN CLASS.

The baseline total for session #2 is 20,000 for your team to get full credit.

The username is jeffrey184
The password is english9

Click on the groups within your class on the left of the group page and you will find the students in the group.

great freerice words for essay writing

diplomatic--tactful
overpower--subdue
unsavory--distasteful
barbarism--savagery
premise--assumption
assemblage--gathering
recuperate--convalesce
disposed--inclined
zest--gusto
debility--weakness
submit--yield
lingo--jargon
belated--delayed
foreshadow--indicate in advance
malevolence--ill will
loll--droop
indolence--laziness
preoccupy--engross
ail--trouble
omniscient--all-knowing
immaterial--unimportant
hark--listen
quip--clever remark
criminate--accuse

trial notes for TKAM essay

 first paragraph; 

Tate: medical evidence? 

 -hit on right side of face

 -bruises all around her neck

 B. Ewell:

- I seen him --> Tom Robinson 

- run for a doctor? No need

- Bob signs his name with his left hand

Second Paragraph;

Papa: 

-"who done it?"

Mayella:

- Tom reaches for glass with right hand, he can't with his left hand.

Atticus:

- "Is this the man that raped you? How?"

Mayella:

- " If you ain't going to do something about it, your all just about of cowards."

Tom:

- Mayella invited Tom inside

- There were no Chifferrobes

- Mayella told him that she had a door that needed fixing

- get gets on top of a chair to fix the door and Mayella hugs his legs.

-Tom tries to run away but Mayella kissed him on the face and said that he needed to kiss her back, thats when Tom ran out of the house.

Giber:

- "You felt sorry for a white woman?"

Third Paragraph; (closing)

- no medical evidence

-Brings up how Mayella was beaten severely to her face by someone who was left handed, however Tom Robinson had no use in his left hand and testified that he could only use his right hand.

- Mayella needed to make up this story or else she herself faced serious problems.

- Atticus brings up that MAYELLkissed a black man, no code mattered to her then, it only mattered to her afterwards once she was caught.

Atticus says that all men are created equal but only in the court of law.

Twice he says "In the name of God" believe Tom Robinson

Free rice totals for week 1

A 2=15290 for 1st place 25/25

A 3=3540 for 2nd place 23/25

A 4 = 2490 for 3rd place 21/25

A 1 = 1910 for 4th place 19/25

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C 3 = 48640 for 1st place 25/25

C 1 = 12610 for 2nd place 25/25

C5 = 12390 for 3rd place 25/25


C 2 = 8310 for 4th place 21/25

C 4 = 2720 for 5th place 19/25

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D 2 = 2480 for 1st place 25/25

D1 = 50 for 3rd place 21/25

D 3 = 40 for 3rd place 21/25

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E 2 = 16100 for 1st place 25/25

E 1 = 3980 for 2nd place 23/25

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F 3 = 26910 for 1st place 25/25

F 4 = 23020 for 2nd place 25/25

F 2 = 19510 for 3rd place 25/25

F 1 = 3980 for 4th place 21/25

F 5 = 1390 for 5th place 19/15

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Howell standard = 9300

Freerice #2 class competition end date 4/26

Freerice #2 class competition end date 4/26

20,000 grains are the base line for your team to get full credit for this two week period.

All #2 totals will be the difference between week 1 totals and competition 2.

HW Monday and Tuesday 4/14 and 4/15 TKAM essay graphic organizer

1.  Play freerice for your team and select 10 really good advanced words to use in your Mockingbird essay

2. Be prepared to write your To Kill a Mockingbird essay by
completing this Graphic Organize.

Prompt:  Did Atticus make a strong enough argument to persuade the 1930’s Alabama jury?  Write a well-developed essay supporting or refuting the idea that Atticus made an effective defense for Tom Robinson.

Introduction:

1. Introductory Statement

_______________________________________________________________________________________

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Thesis Road Map

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Introduce Thesis Statement

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Body Paragraphs:

First Supporting Idea: Body 1

1. Transition & topic sentence

         _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Discussion, examples, and analysis

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

   ________________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Concluding sentence

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Second Supporting Idea: Body 2

1. Transition & topic sentence

         _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Discussion, examples, and analysis         

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

   ________________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Concluding sentence

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Third Supporting Idea: Body 3

1. Transition & topic sentence

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

2. Discussion, examples, and analysis         

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

   ________________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

         _____________________________________________________________________________________

3. Concluding sentence

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Conclusion:

1. Transition & statement reflecting back on thesis

__________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Restate key points

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Ending statement that provokes thought

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Source:  MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education)

weekly group standard for freerice

If your group has a total of at least 12,000 grains of rice, you will earn full credit (25/25) for the week.  Otherwise the team rankings hold sway.


Go to freerice.com

login with the username:  jeffrey184             and password:  english9

scroll down to your class sub group

select English vocab

start at level 20

play as long as you want

If your sub group has the highest score, you'll get 25 our 25 points on the weekly vocab homework grade.

2nd place gets 23/25.

3rd place gets 20./25.

4th place gets 18/25.

HW 4/10 and 4/11

Read To Kill a Mockingbird to the end.

Prep for open notes quiz.

HW 4/8 and 4/9, including Freerice instructions

Read To Kill a Mockingbird 24, 25 and 26
Prepare for open note quiz


Start playing Freerice for credit

Go to freerice.com

login with the username:  jeffrey184             and password:  english9

scroll down to your class sub group

select English vocab

start at level 20

play as long as you want

If your sub group has the highest score, you'll get 25 our 25 points on the weekly vocab homework grade.

2nd place gets 23/25.

3rd place gets 20./25.

4th place gets 18/25.

class notes A period Tom's testimony, Atticus's closing

• Tom is sad for mayella because she has no friends and her dad is an abusive drunk

•  Seven unhelpful siblings
• Tom used to fix a lot of things for mayella
• Tom says on his way home he saw mayella on the porch and she asked him to help her with something inside
• Door she asked him to fix was fine
• Get something from ontop of the chifferobe
• Pulls him down and kisses him
• "Ive never kissed a man before, might as well kiss a n*****" mayella
• Knocks chair over and tries to get away
• "are you saying that mayella is lying?" no she is mistaken in her mind
• Double edge sword
• Saying that white person is lying
• "why did you run" i was scared when bob came in
• "if you were not guilty why would you run" if im a black man in there i will be blaimed
• double-bind situation
• someone put a rope and tied you on one wrist and another rope on the other wrist and send them off in different directions
•  
• Atticus' final testimony
• 
  
• This case is black and white
• black and white = plain to see OR about racism
• No medical evidence of rape
• There is no one in this courtroom who hasn't told a lie
• There isn't a single man here that hasn't ever looked upon a white woman with desire
• One place where we are all equal: the court room
• Some people bake better cakes
• 
  

HW 4/4 and 4/7

Read To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 21 and 22 and 23

Answer the following prompts related to the chapters, integrating and citing at least one quote per answer.

A) Before the jury returns with its verdict, explain Calpurnia and Alexandra's different reactions to the children attending the trial.

B)  Why does the jury take so long to render its verdict?

C)  In chapter 23, why does Atticus say that he wished Bob Ewell didn't chew tobacco?  What are the strengths and weaknesses to his reaction?

This is a 4th term assignment.
Green day received it on April 4 and will hand it in on April 8.
White day received it on April 7 and will hand it on April 9.

HW 4/2 and 4/3

Read To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 19  and 20:

Answer each chapter question with 1/2 page, including 1 well-integrated quote per question:
 
chapter 19:  Explain why Tom Robinson feels bad for Mayella, and why that would be controversial at the time.
 
chapter 20:  Identify and explain the reason that Mr. Raymond feels drawn to talk to Dill and his response to the trial

Green Day homework is due Friday 4/4
White Day homework is due Monday 4/7

This is a term 4 assignment.
The end of term 3 is Friday April 4, and I will not accept any term 3 work after 2:04 pm on Friday.