To Kill A Mockingbird: April 2011

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Chapter 11

As always, please respond to one of the three prompts to the right. This time though, I'd like you to connect your response to one of the six topics that we have focused on in class: education, friendship, community, femininity, judgment, prejudice. Remember to cite page numbers and proofread before you post.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Chapters 8-10

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Chapters 4-7

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Chapters 1-3

3 Forms of Reflection

"Center of Gravity"
A "center of gravity" refers to a key word, phrase, action, or idea that causes a strong emotion (a feeling of anger, moroseness, exuberance, etc) or provokes your thoughts. Identify that "center of gravity" by page number and quotation, and write your response. Explain why the passage affected you this way.

Empathy
Place yourself in the shoes of one of the characters. How would you feel? What would you be thinking about if you were that person at that point in the story? Write from the first person point of view -- use your "I" voice.

Beliefs
Most of us have some strong opinions or beliefs. If some of your beliefs surfaced either in support of, or against, someone/something in the story, then write about them. What made them surface? Where did your beliefs originate? How did those beliefs affect your response to the story?