Monday, May 22 Agenda

}Bell Ringer: Formative Experiences: what are they (class discussion)

◦On your blog, write a bit about these questions:

–What are some formative experiences in the novel for Jem and Scout?

–How did they help form their identity at the end of the book (do you think)?

–What are some lessons they will take away from these different formative experiences? (specifically the trial and aftermath)

}Thesis question (form): Go to Schoology. Click on the link in the TKaM folder (last post); answer that question. Then read your commenting collaborator’s post on formative experiences and comment on theirs and one other person’s

}Analysis paper assignment –a THEME connected to: any focus question more in depth, any idea examined by us as a group or you as an individual, any quote, life lesson, real world parallel, etc

◦What is a theme?

◦Textual Evidence: 3-6 final, find as many as you can now

–Things that can be ANALYZED –they don’t say EXACTLY what you are trying to say, but you read between the lines and infer and interpret to get to proving your thesis

}Summary of Article 1: check through yours vs. mine

}Critique of TKaM: Article 2

◦While reading, close read (highlight/comment) what needs to be in summary, what you want to respond to

}Homework

◦Thesis (rough draft) –checked in class

◦Article 2 Response

–One paragraph summary and one paragraph response (on own) with FANTASTIC TOPIC SENTENCES: author, article title, topic of article (for summary)

–Article summary and response (1 para each) due tomorrow