Atticus and Taking a Stand

Essential Question: Why does taking a stand in small ways show integrity?

Goal: to get a better understanding of Atticus

Reading: Make sure you still make progress in your independent reading book.

Agenda:

1. Grade your vocabulary. Your new list is HERE.
2. Add the following to TKAM003 GOOGLE CLASSROOM
1. Atticus defends Tom Robinson.
3. Add the following to TKAM002 GOOGLE CLASSROOM
1. “First of all ... 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 of view—until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” pg. 39
2. “If you’ll concede the necessity of going to school, we’ll go on reading every night just as we always have. Is it a bargain?” pg. 41
3. “Atticus Finch is the same in the house as he is on the public streets.” (Miss Maudie) pg. 61
4. “Simply because we’re licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” pg. 101
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   “I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease. Why otherwise reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.” pg. 117
4. Read TKAM chapter 10

Homework:
1. Your homework tonight is to read a summary of chapters 11-15. CLICK HERE TO READ THE SUMMARY. You will have a quiz tomorrow on these chapters.
2. Start your new vocabulary unit.