really put time to read the novel To Kill A Mockingbird. The timing in class was hard because in other classes I was so used to turning in assignments at anytime but in this class it was a challenge to do my work on time. At the end I started to slack off and i couldn’t finish my work. I need to improve on not wasting my time and to focus. I didn’t really write my best so I need to improve on my writing and to write as best as I can. A challenging assignment was analysis…
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To Kill a Mockingbird Active Reading Log One major objective of our course is to create active, critical readers who engage with the text they are reading rather than passively receiving it or simply reading the words on the page. To help you “actively” read Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, you will complete the following tasks as you read the book. To be kept in the book Post-it notes: Post a minimum of three sticky notes per nightly…
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they believe that some books If the library agrees with what they are saying, than the book goes off the shelf in that library. A lot of books have been banned by many libraries around the world. The most banned books include: Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tango Makes Three, and more. Banning books should not be allowed, but people should censor what they or their kids read rather than banning it for many people. First, banning books is a form of censorship or freedom of speech. Christopher…
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In conclusion, I increased my knowledge of stewardship through the exposure of two different examples. Although lessons were learned while reading both texts, I enjoyed To Kill a Mockingbird more. Sleeth’s text ostensibly portrayed a “do what I tell you” scenario, rather than a critical thinking provocation. Lee’s text taught by allowing one the use of imagination, and empathy. To fully understand stewardship, one must consider how one’s actions and behaviors will affect others. Lee wrote a thought…
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In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, there are several instances where hypocrisy is shown. By including hypocrisy Harper Lee is showing the complexity of ignorance in the 1930s. Many characters show hypocrisy throughout the novel, but some of the main ones are Miss.Gates, Lula, and Mrs.Merryweather. Hypocrisy is shown in one way through Miss Gates when her class had the current events assignment. A student brought up the topic about Hitler and what he is doing to the Jews. Miss Gates…
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2013-2014 Summer Reading Assignment Note to parents/guardians Below is a list of suggested reading titles for the summer reading assignment. Red Bank Regional High School is implementing a new format for the summer reading assignment for the upcoming school year. Students will have the option of reading any book from suggested list below or students can also choose a book of their choice. There will be a written assignment that is required of the students that will be turned in on the first day…
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literature interpretation, marketing and technology. • Literature Strain. This course helps students understand literature by emphasizing critical reading and character analysis. Students study The Outsiders, House On Mango Street, To Kill A Mockingbird, and a work by Shakespeare, among others, and short stories. Students also analyze and write poetry and learn the basics of grammar by identifying vocabulary, as well as the parts of simple sentences. • Writing strain. Students will submit…
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Halle BosoTKM Literary Assignment: Rough Draft10-14-13 It is never easy to stand up for something someone believes in, to face ones town and friends to fight for something even if one knows it is the right thing to do. It is never easy to have one’s own townspeople upset and bitter towards them, even if it is for a worthy cause. However, that is exactly what Atticus Finch did. He stood up and took the abuse from his friends, the town, and even his own family for someone he barely even knew…
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Summer Reading Lists and Assignments 2012 Campbell County High School What follows are the expectations for students who will be attending CCHS for the 2012-2013 school year. ALL English classes grades 9 - 12 require summer reading. Below you will find the lists for 9th grade. During the summer, students are expected to complete the reading in addition to the following assignment. As the first day of school is Wednesday, August 15th, next year, it is the expectation that by Monday, August…
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Harper Lee’s presentation of Atticus Finch in the novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird” Harper Lee’s novel, “To Kill A Mockingbird”, was written in 1960 and set in the 1930s in Maycomb County, a small fictitious town in Alabama. It is a time and place dominated by economic depression, racial segregation and prejudice against African-Americans. Scout, the narrator of the book is similar to Harper Lee. Harper Lee is telling her own story of prejudice against African-Americans replacing herself with Scout…
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