"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 24 & 25 Reaction

- - - Explain why I said that Mrs. Merriwether is one of the most evil characters that you'll ever read in fiction.

- - - what changes have occurred in Scout and Jem? Explain.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 19 through 21 reaction

Due Wednesday

- - - What is the significance of Atticus' closing argument?

- - - What is the significance of Jem's reaction to the verdict?

- - - Where can the book possibly go from here?

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 17 and 18 Reaction

- - -  Explain the significance of Mayella's CHARACTER in the novel.  Not her responses to Atticus, or her actions on the stand, but only her character.

- - -  Explain Lee's use of setting in the two chapters.  This is bigger than just where the Finch kids are sitting in the courtroom.

Off the Hook - for Tonight!

- - -  Blog site was down and I could not post until now, so there will be no blog tonight, but look for one tomorrow :)

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 12 and 13 Reaction

- - -  Explain how the tone has changed from Pat One to Part Two.  What is the significance of this change?

- - -  Why does Lee wait until now to have Jem and Scout accompany Calpurnia to church?  Explain the significance of that scene.
 

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 10 & 11 Reaction

- - -  If Book One of To Kill a Mockingbird was all you had, what would be the main theme of the book.  Explain using the conflict/resolution/expression of learning formula.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapter 8 Reaction

- - - What is the overall significance of Chapter 8 within the framework of the novel? 

- - -  Explain Lee's use of bird imagery in Chapter 8.

"To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 1-2 Reaction

- - -  What is Lee establishing in the first two chapters of the novel?  Explain.

- - -  What seems to be the central conflict of Part One?  Explain the significance of this.

No Blog Tonight

Take a night off from the blog. 

You're welcome 😊

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 7

- - - What is the significance of the scene in The Tenth Tuesday when Janine sings for Morrie?  Explain.

- - -  Are Morrie's views on marriage too contrived for today's society?  Too simple?  Too unrealistic?  Explain your reasoning.

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 6

- - -  Explain Morrie's lesson in The Eighth Tuesday about money.

- - -  What would you say to Morrie about his favorite poet's take on humans?

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 5

- - -  Explain what Morrie is teaching Mitch, and ultimately his audience, about emotions.  Use details from text to support your assertions.

- - -  Explain the significance of the first scene in The Sixth Tuesday, and what this scene suggests about Mitch.  Support your response.

- - -  How does The Professor, Part Two develop Morrie as a character in the memoir?

"Tuesays With Morrie" Blog 4

- - -  What is happening to Mitch Albom as we enter the hinge chapters of the book?  Explain with evidence from text to support.

- - -  The section that follows The Fifth Tuesday, the flashback of Mitch and his brother, is my favorite part of the book.  Why?  Why would such an innocuous flashback have impacted an unfeeling scab like me?

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 3

- - -  What major concepts are covered in The Audiovisual, Part Two?  Defend your response with evidence from the text.

- - -  How does the story of Morrie's childhood serve to develop him as a character in the memoir?

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 2

- - -  Explain, "Love is the only rational act."  What does the quote mean to Morrie and how does it apply to Mitch?

- - -  Explain the much larger significance of Morrie's class exercise at the end of the Second Tuesday.  Much larger than the obvious point of the exercise.  In other words, why does Mitch include this exercise in the book?

"Tuesdays With Morrie" Blog 1

- - -  Please respond to the following:  What has Albom established about each of the following:  characters, setting, plot, and mood and tone?

- - -   Cast judgments on Mitch Albom as he presents himself in The Student.  Use evidence from text to support your judgments.  Remember, I did not ask for your opinion, I asked for a judgment.  Judgments are based on fact and evidence, not conjecture and specualtion.

 

Reaction to "Harrison Bergeron"

Item 1:  Identify the central conflict of "Harrison Bergeron," the resolution of that conflict and the resulting main theme of the story.

Item 2:  Explain how TWO of the elements of short fiction discussed during the unit are used by Kurt Vonnegut to reveal the theme you identified in Item 1.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" Reaction

- - -  Identify the central conflict of the story and the resolution.

- - -  What theme can be derived?  Support your response with details.

- - -  How did Poe use plot to deliver theme?

Figurative Language Task

- - -  Identify and explain the use of at least three figurative language devices in If you Forget Me.

- - -  Do the same for Root Cellar.

- - -  Explain the extended metaphor in A Negro Speaks of Rivers. 

"The Lottery" Reaction

- - -  What is the main theme in The Lottery?  Support your response with evidence from text.

- - -  Explain how you used your understanding of character to derive theme.