@Jenna's level 3 I would probably be annoyed with her because she thinks that just because someone can read means that they are bad, and also she can not take any constructive criticism. -Haley
Level 2: Pretend you are Miss Caroline. What would you have done with Scout?
Level 3: Imagine if you were in the same position as Jem when he had to take his sister to school with him. Would you have reacted the same way? -Haley
@ Haley's level 3 question: I can say without a doubt in my mind that I would do the same thing. I know this because I have two younger brothers myself and I would walk them to school but after that I want to go my own way.
@ graces level 2: I get a kind of creepy vibe from it, I like that the author includes this because I generally like books that are based on horror/mystery/conspiracy so I have begun to enjoy this book. I think she used that diction to add more to scouts character and or perspective.
Graces level 3: Heck yeah I would have run up and touched the house, though a silly and childish fear, I would have enjoyed the tiny rush from being brave enough to do that, then again the scale of bravery has changed from when was Jem's age.
Level two question: "There are ways of keeping them in school by force, but it's silly to force people like Ewells into a new environment-"(Lee page 40) What does Atticus mean by a new environment?
Level three question: Imagine that you are an Ewell. You have the choice of not going to school and instead getting to stay home and do whatever you want. Would you change your way of living? And how would you do that?
Level 2 - Infer why you think Miss Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout already knew how to read? And, why do you think Atticus makes a deal with her that she is still allowed to read at home?
Level 3 - Imagine you were Miss Caroline... how would you react and then deal with all these students. She isn't from around there and she doesn't really know why some of the kids act the way they do.
@Ashlyn's level 3: I would sit down with each of them, individually, and talk to them, ask questions. Where are you from? What is your family life like? What are you beliefs/routines? What influence you? How do you learn effectively? Etc... (Of course, I would make it so a first-grader could understand (: )
Level 2: Explain why Atticus allowed Mr.Cunningham to pay him back in goods instead of money. Was he sympathetic towards the Cunningham family? Was this fair to do as a lawyer?
Level 3: Defend Ms.Caroline's reasoning that Scout should stop learning from other people. As a normal teacher, wouldn't you encourage this behavior? Why is it right for her to have only one source of learning?
-Aissa @haley in response to your level 2 question....
If I were Ms.Caroline, I would have set Scout aside with more difficult material so she can grow. Since she is further ahead, I would provide her with chapter books so she could advance instead of stop learning. Scout seems like an incredibly intelligent child, so it is only fair to treat her as such. "Reading was just something that came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union belt without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.: (Lee 23) Since reading is so natural for her, she should be faced with new challenges.
Level 2: Is Miss Caroline a good teacher? Why or why not? Level 3: Infer why people are scared of "a long, jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth... yellow and rotten; his eyes popped... drooled most of the time." (Lee 16) What is it about those features that make them "frightening" or "scary?"
Jenna @ Reagan's Level 3: When primitive humans had to fight for survival, where most things could be a threat, we learned to quickly survey our surroundings for danger. We use our past experience and what other people tell us to judge our surroundings. This used to be helpful when threats were plentiful, but in the past 200 years they've become less useful and more harmful. We make these associations because were programmed to by what we've learned since we're young to make certain connotations with images or dscriptions like this.
Level 2: Compare Jem and Dill. Do you think they started off on the wrong foot?
Level 3: Why do you think the Cunninghams don't just sell their crops rather than giving them away to pay back debt?
Response to @jenna level 3: I would get so bored if I had Miss Caroline as a teacher. But if I were in a class where I was the only one who could read like that, it would make me feel smarter. I would also have more time to do my own thing and work on extra things with the free time I save.
response @Hannah level 3 I think the Cunninghams give away their crops as a trade. As mentioned in the book they paid people with their crops because they didn't have any money and farming was really all they knew how to do. "'Not in money,' Atticus said, 'but before the year's out Ill have been paid. You watch' We watched. One morning Jem and I found a load of stovewood in the back yard. Later, a stack of hickory nuts appeared on the back steps. With Christmas came a crate of smiliax and holly. That spring when we found a crokersack full of turnip greens, Atticus said Mr. Cunningham had more than paid him. 'Why does he pay like that?' I asked. 'Because that's the only way he can pay me. he has no money.'" (Lee 27) I also think they probably do sell some crops but it is a win-win situation when he gives them crops in exchange for whatever they need. And they feel like they don't really need the money they would make selling the crops.
@Ashlyn to your level two: I think the reason why Mrs. Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout already knew how to read is because she wants to be able to teach Scout her method, and if someone already knows something about the material, it messes up the process. I think that it also caught her by surprise a little. She came into the little town not thinking that the kids would know anything, and got caught off guard when Scout started actually reading. I think Atticus made the deal with Scout because he doesn't trust the way that they are teaching kids at school.
Level 2: Compare Atticus to your own parent/s or guardians. Are they alike or different?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Imagine if you had a teacher like Ms. Caroline. How would you react?
@Jenna's level 3
DeleteI would probably be annoyed with her because she thinks that just because someone can read means that they are bad, and also she can not take any constructive criticism.
-Haley
Level 2: Pretend you are Miss Caroline. What would you have done with Scout?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Imagine if you were in the same position as Jem when he had to take his sister to school with him. Would you have reacted the same way?
-Haley
@ Haley's level 3 question: I can say without a doubt in my mind that I would do the same thing. I know this because I have two younger brothers myself and I would walk them to school but after that I want to go my own way.
DeleteLevel 2: What is the feeling you get toward the Radleys and their house. And why do you think the author used this diction.
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Put yourself in Jem's shoes when he was dared to go to the Radley's would you do, or would you chicken out?
-Grace
Good question Grace. I definitely see the foreshadowing there don't you?
Delete@ graces level 2:
DeleteI get a kind of creepy vibe from it, I like that the author includes this because I generally like books that are based on horror/mystery/conspiracy so I have begun to enjoy this book. I think she used that diction to add more to scouts character and or perspective.
Graces level 3: Heck yeah I would have run up and touched the house, though a silly and childish fear, I would have enjoyed the tiny rush from being brave enough to do that, then again the scale of bravery has changed from when was Jem's age.
Level two question: "There are ways of keeping them in school by force, but it's silly to force people like Ewells into a new environment-"(Lee page 40) What does Atticus mean by a new environment?
ReplyDeleteLevel three question: Imagine that you are an Ewell. You have the choice of not going to school and instead getting to stay home and do whatever you want. Would you change your way of living? And how would you do that?
Do you think the Ewells have a choice? Is it really that easy to break free from the community and habits that you were shaped in and from?
DeleteLevel 2: Based on the events on 25-27 what do you think ' The Crash' is?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: How would you feel if you were Walter Cunningham? What would you do if you were Scout in that situation?
Level 2 - Infer why you think Miss Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout already knew how to read? And, why do you think Atticus makes a deal with her that she is still allowed to read at home?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3 - Imagine you were Miss Caroline... how would you react and then deal with all these students. She isn't from around there and she doesn't really know why some of the kids act the way they do.
-Ashlyn
@Ashlyn's level 3:
DeleteI would sit down with each of them, individually, and talk to them, ask questions. Where are you from? What is your family life like? What are you beliefs/routines? What influence you? How do you learn effectively? Etc... (Of course, I would make it so a first-grader could understand (: )
Level 2: Explain why Atticus allowed Mr.Cunningham to pay him back in goods instead of money. Was he sympathetic towards the Cunningham family? Was this fair to do as a lawyer?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Defend Ms.Caroline's reasoning that Scout should stop learning from other people. As a normal teacher, wouldn't you encourage this behavior? Why is it right for her to have only one source of learning?
-Aissa @haley in response to your level 2 question....
If I were Ms.Caroline, I would have set Scout aside with more difficult material so she can grow. Since she is further ahead, I would provide her with chapter books so she could advance instead of stop learning. Scout seems like an incredibly intelligent child, so it is only fair to treat her as such. "Reading was just something that came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union belt without looking around, or achieving two bows from a snarl of shoelaces.: (Lee 23) Since reading is so natural for her, she should be faced with new challenges.
Awesome response! To be honest, I really don't like Miss Caroline. She really should've done that.
Delete@Aissa- YES! I completely agree. It sounds like you may be a future teacher:)
ReplyDeleteLevel 2: Is Miss Caroline a good teacher? Why or why not?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Infer why people are scared of "a long, jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth... yellow and rotten; his eyes popped... drooled most of the time." (Lee 16) What is it about those features that make them "frightening" or "scary?"
Jenna @ Reagan's Level 3:
DeleteWhen primitive humans had to fight for survival, where most things could be a threat, we learned to quickly survey our surroundings for danger. We use our past experience and what other people tell us to judge our surroundings. This used to be helpful when threats were plentiful, but in the past 200 years they've become less useful and more harmful. We make these associations because were programmed to by what we've learned since we're young to make certain connotations with images or dscriptions like this.
Very smart analysis. Do you think Boo is symbolizing something or someone?
DeleteLevel 2: Compare Jem and Dill. Do you think they started off on the wrong foot?
ReplyDeleteLevel 3: Why do you think the Cunninghams don't just sell their crops rather than giving them away to pay back debt?
Response to @jenna level 3:
I would get so bored if I had Miss Caroline as a teacher. But if I were in a class where I was the only one who could read like that, it would make me feel smarter. I would also have more time to do my own thing and work on extra things with the free time I save.
response @Hannah level 3
ReplyDeleteI think the Cunninghams give away their crops as a trade. As mentioned in the book they paid people with their crops because they didn't have any money and farming was really all they knew how to do. "'Not in money,' Atticus said, 'but before the year's out Ill have been paid. You watch' We watched. One morning Jem and I found a load of stovewood in the back yard. Later, a stack of hickory nuts appeared on the back steps. With Christmas came a crate of smiliax and holly. That spring when we found a crokersack full of turnip greens, Atticus said Mr. Cunningham had more than paid him. 'Why does he pay like that?' I asked. 'Because that's the only way he can pay me. he has no money.'" (Lee 27) I also think they probably do sell some crops but it is a win-win situation when he gives them crops in exchange for whatever they need. And they feel like they don't really need the money they would make selling the crops.
^from ashlyn
DeleteThanks:)
Delete@Ashlyn to your level two: I think the reason why Mrs. Caroline didn't like the fact that Scout already knew how to read is because she wants to be able to teach Scout her method, and if someone already knows something about the material, it messes up the process. I think that it also caught her by surprise a little. She came into the little town not thinking that the kids would know anything, and got caught off guard when Scout started actually reading. I think Atticus made the deal with Scout because he doesn't trust the way that they are teaching kids at school.
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