homework:
1. Please read chapters two and three of To Kill a Mockingbird.
2. Please annotate the chapters with sticky notes by marking the following:
a. Put sticky notes by unfamiliarwords.
- Then check to see if these words are on the vocabulary list on the following pages.
- If they are, reread the passage, substituting the definition for the unfamiliar word.
- If the passage still does not make sense, please write a question about it.
b. Put sticky notes by sections you don’t understand or find confusing, puzzling, or mysterious.
- Write your questions about these sections on the sticky notes.
- Come to class with at least five questions about the chapter to discuss with your small group.
c. Put sticky notes by parts of the book you especially enjoy.
- Come to class with at least two passages you’d like to discuss with your small group.
3. Answer the following questions about chapter two:
a. Who has taught Scout how to write?
b. Why does Walter Cunningham refuse Miss Caroline’s quarter?
4. Answer the following questions about chapter three:
a. Why does Calpurnia get angry with Scout?
b. Why does Miss Caroline tell Burris Ewell to go home and wash his hair?
c. What advice does Atticus give Scout?
On what page is this information found?
Vocabulary for To Kill a Mockingbird
chapter 2
indigenous: native, originating in and typical of a region or country
illicitly: in a wrong or unlawful manner
catawba worms: “the larvae of a moth that only eats the leaves of a ‘catalpa/catawba’ tree.” quoted from
union suit: a one-piece undergarment covering the entire body, arms, and legs
covey: a small group of people or things
hog wallows: swamps, bottomlands
entailment: the limiting of the future ownership of bequeathed real estate to particular descendants
smilax: a vine with small white or yellowish flowers, red or bluish-black berries, and prickly stems
crokersack: a sack made from coarse material such as burlap
vexations: annoyances, irritations
mortgaged: borrowed on
hilt: maximum
WPA: “The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a relief measure established in 1935 . . . . [It] offered work to the unemployed on an unprecedented scale by spending money on a wide variety of programs, including highways and building construction, slum clearance, reforestation, and rural rehabilitation.”
quoted from
sojourn: short stay at a place, stopover
chapter 3
dispensation: the distribution or giving out of something
a hain’t: a ghost
iniquities: great injustices
cootie: a louse; a parasitic insect that lives among human hairs
truant: someone who is absent without permission or good reason, especially from school
contentious: often arguing and getting involved in conflicts
fraught: full of problems, dangers, difficulties, or tensions
fractious: irritable and likely to complain
amiable: friendly and pleasant to be with
compromise: a settlement of a dispute in which two or more sides agree to accept less than they originally wanted
mutual concession: when two or more people yield to each other
concede: admit or acknowledge
disapprobation: expression of moral or social disapproval
discernible: visible, perceptible