- Finish the CL (see BW for lens)
- Read Chapter 1 in TKAM for Friday
- TKAM Chapters 1-11 due 3/1
- BW
- Here are the Chapter 1 questions. They will not be checked on Friday but here they are until tomorrow, when I will hand out the question packet for Chapters 1-11
Chapter 1
1)
How
does the novel’s setting, 1930’s Alabama, affect the plot? Consider segregation and the Great
Depression.
2)
Inequality
is a major theme of the novel. Provide
definitions for racial, class, and gender inequality.
3) The
1st person narrator, Scout Finch, is a 6 year old girl. Why is it important to remember this fact?
4)
What
facts do we learn about Maycomb and the Finch family from the exposition of the
novel?
5)
Characterize
Calpurnia. Why is her presence deemed
necessary in the Finch Household?
6)
According
to Scout, the narrative truly begins with the arrival of Dill (Charles Baker
Harris). Characterize him.
7)
What
information do we learn in chapter one about the Radleys and the Radley house? Give detail.
8)
Characterize
Miss Stephanie Crawford and Miss Rachel Haverford.
9)
What
does Dill dare Jem to do? What, if
anything, is the outcome of this dare?
SSocio:
- - Continue with the themes we've been discussing
