To Kill a Mockingbird

1. To Kill a Mockingbird Comparing and Contrasting

2. Agenda • Bell work • Word work • Review chapters 22-23 • Read chapters 24-25 • Skill Focus: Compare and Contrast • Whole Group Practice • Independent Practice • Home work • Exit Slip

3. Bell Work #10: Thursday 5/5/11 • Respond to the following in a well-developed paragraph. • While reading, we’ve learned a lot about Jem and Scout’s childhoods. Think back to your own childhood---what similarities do you share with them? What are the differences?

4. Word Work: Complete the following chart for KIM

5. Reading Chapters 24-25 • Chapter 24: Missionary Circle Meeting • Chapter 25: The Death of Tom Robinson

6. Chapter 24 • What adjective would you use to describe the missionary circle? • Give an example from the chapter that supports this adjective. • Explain the irony behind Mrs. Merriweather’s admiration for J. Grimes Everett and her attitude toward the trial. • Compare and contrast the reasons why Scout compares men to women. • In what way does Miss Maudie believe Maycomb is “paying the highest tribute” possible to Atticus? • What news does Atticus bring in the middle of the missionary circle? •  What has Scout learned about being a true lady? Compare and contrast this lesson with her original opinion about women.

7. Chapter 25 • 1. Why does Jem advise Scout against killing the roly-poly? What could this symbolize? • 2. How does most of the town react to Tom’s death? • 3. Compare and Contrast Mr. Underwood’s editorial and Atticus’ / Miss Maudie’s “mockingbird” advice to Jem and Scout.

8. Compare and Contrast • Today’s Skill Focus: • Compare and Contrast • Definition: when an author organizes their information to show similarities or differences between two or more ideas or thing • Key Question to ask yourself when reading: Does the author organize ideas or events to show what is alike and different? • Key Words: • Similarities: also, and , as well as, similarly, likewise, alike, in addition, too, at the same time, resemble • Differences: differ, however, while, but, on the contrary, conversely, though, on the other hand

9. Independent Practice: • Read the following passage. • 1. What are they comparing or contrasting in the passage? • 2. Are there key words used in the passage that signal a comparison or contrast? What are they?

10. What are they comparing or contrasting? • Although they are sisters, Jennifer and Jessica are complete opposites. Jennifer enjoys playing sports, while Jessica would rather watch. Jennifer has no interest in playing a musical instrument, while Jessica is the first chair violinist. Jennifer listens to new age music, while Jessica prefers country. Jennifer’s favorite subject is English, and Jessica’s favorite is math. Jennifer likes to curl up in a chair on a rainy day and read a good book , but Jessica would rather sleep all day. No one would ever guess that they are actually twins.

11. What are they comparing or contrasting? • As a child, I thought my parents were ignorant and out of touch with reality. They couldn’t possible understand anything I thought or felt. When they weren’t annoying me with their ridiculous lectures, or grounding me for minor infractions of the rules, they were embarrassing me in public. As a parent, I find it frustrating that my children think I have no clue about their lives, even though I understand perfectly well what they are thinking or feeling. I find myself giving my children the same lectures I once thought were ridiculous. My children can not seem to follow the rules their father and I have set, and they are continuously embarrassing me in public. My, how things have changed.

12. Home work • Read chapters 26 and 27 • Complete Home work page for Chapters 26 and 27.

13. Exit Slip: Compare and Contrast • Guns are shot at least three times in the novel. In one paragraph, compare and contrast the circumstances. Remember to use “key words” to organize your writing.