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LA.910.1.6.8: Words and Phrases
Vocabulary- Write a sentence using each word correctly.
1. inquisitive-
2. amiable-
3. malignant-
4. haughty-
5. unfathomable-
LA.910.1.6.9: Multiple Meanings
Multiple meaning- Provide the multiple definitions of the words and write a sentence using each definition correctly.
6. custom
6a. Definition and sentence-
6b. Definition and sentence-
7. solution
7a. Definition and sentence-
7b. Definition and sentence-
8. patient
8a. Definition and sentence-
8b. Definition and sentence-
9. cabinet
9a. Definition and sentence-
9b. Definition and sentence-
LA.910.2.1.5: Literary Elements
Characterization: Jem and Scout. Describe each character with an adjective from the beginning of the story, the middle, and the end. Do you think the characters changed throughout the story? Explain in a brief sentence.
10. Jem: Beginning Middle End
11. Scout: Beginning Middle End
LA.910.1.7.2: Author’s Purpose
12. Why did the author, Harper Lee, end the novel by showing the readers Boo Radley’s perspective of the neighborhood? What did that reveal to you about the character?
LA.910.1.7.7: Compare/Contrast
13. In at least 5-7 sentences, describe why you think Jem was affected so much by the outcome of the trial. How did this help him mature so much compared to Scout?
LA.910.2.1.7: Descriptive and Figurative Language
14. Recall an example of a metaphor from the story.
LA.910.2.1.7: Descriptive and Figurative Language
15. Recall a simile from the story or create a simile that has to do with the story.
LA.910.2.1.5: Literary Elements
LA.910.2.1.7: Descriptive and Figurative Language
Directions: Read the passage below and answer questions 16-20
Excerpt from To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee, 1960
Miss Caroline apparently thought I was lying. “Let’s not let our imaginations run away with us, dear,” she said. “Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore. It’s best to begin reading with a fresh mind. You tell him I’ll take over from here and try to undo the damage—“
“Ma’am?”
“Your father does not know how to teach. You can have a seat now.”
I mumbled that I was sorry and retired meditating upon my crime. I never deliberately learned to read, but somehow I had been wallowing illicitly in the daily papers. In the long hours of church—was it then I learned? I could not remember not being able to read hymns. Now that I was compelled to think about it, reading was something that just came to me, as learning to fasten the seat of my union suit without looking around, or achieving two bows from the snarl of shoelaces. I could not remember when the lines above Atticus’s moving finger separated into words, but I had stared at them all the evenings in my memory, listening to the news of the day, Bills To Be Enacted into Laws, the diaries of Lorenzo Dow—anything Atticus happened to be reading when I crawled into his lap every night. Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.
16. Based on the passage, with which of the following statements would the narrator agree?
a. Parents are better than teachers at teaching children to teach.
b. Parents have no business trying to teach children to read.
c. Some parents are naturally good at teaching children to read.
d. Teachers are the only adults qualified to teach children to read.
17. The shift in tone occurs in which sentence of the passage?
a. “I mumbled that I was sorry and retired to meditating upon my crime.”
b. “Miss Caroline apparently thought I was lying.”
c. “Now you tell your father not to teach you anymore.”
d. “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read.”
18. Which to words best describe the teacher’s tone?
a. authoritative and condescending
b. bitter and sarcastic
c. emotional and indignant
d. scholarly and compassionate
19. The tone of the last paragraph can be best described as
a. concerned and apologetic
b. disgusted and resentful
c. outraged and insolent
d. reflective and introspective
20. What does the character intend to convey in the last sentence of the passage, “One does not love breathing,”? Use details from the passage to support your answer.
Directions: Fill in the plot diagram according to the novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In the “Conflict” box state the main conflict--M vs. M, M vs. N, M vs. S, M vs. Society, and give an example.
LA.910.2.1.5:Literary Elements