Symbols in To Kill a Mockingbird: Miss Maudie's Nut Grass, The Mockingbird, and Tim Johnson

1. English 9, Day 34 * Wed 56) More Symbols Make a ½ page 4 square. VAULT your cell phone! Do BR (format), then . . . Review spellings of words!!! Get ready for vocab quiz (NOTE: now is not the time for people of honor and integrity to work on vocab activities, which should already be done) Notebooks will be turned in at END of class.

2. Vocabulary 8 = quiz today!!! • Close all books, notebooks, etc. & tuck them away. • Cover sheet / doodle sheet • Remember you are a person of integrity & honor!!! • When you are done . . . Turn in quiz to the “turn in” box . . . Place cover sheet on table in front of roomAnd . . . then . . .read (tkam or self-selected)

3. 56) More Symbols Make a ½ page 4 square.

4. 56) More Symbols Sketch & Discuss & Write Explanation (don’t copy quotation) 1st Symbol: Miss Maudie’s Nut Grass (Chapter 5) “If she found a blade of nut grass in her yard it was like the Second Battle of the Marne: she swooped down upon it with a tin tub and subjected it to blasts from beneath with a poisonous substance she said was so powerful it’d kill us all if we didn’t stand out of the way” (56). “Why can’t you just pull it up?” . . . “Why, one sprig of nut grass can ruin a whole yard. Look here. When it comes fall this dries up and the wind blows it all over Maycomb County” (56). ________________________________________________

5. 56) More Symbols 1st Symbol: Miss Maudie’s Nut Grass (Chapter 5) Miss Maudie's nutgrass is symbolic of her belief that racism must be eliminated by its roots. When it comes to her garden (and to her baking, especially her beloved Lane Cake), Miss Maudie is a perfectionist. Part of the beauty of her plants comes with the loving attention that she shows them. She knows that the nutgrass cannot be eradicated simply by "pulling them up"; like the racism rampant in Maycomb, it must be destroyed at its origins. She worries about her plants on the day of the unseasonal snow that hits Maycomb, and she shows more concern about their possible demise than that of her house after it burns. She loved everything that grew in God's earth... and that extended to people.

6. 56) More Symbols 1st Symbol: Miss Maudie’s Nut Grass (Chapter 5) Literally, this is about _______________________ _______________________________________________; but figuratively, it is associated with, _________________________________________

7. 56) More Symbols Sketch & Discuss & Write Explanation (don’t copy quotation) 2nd Symbol: The Mockingbird (Chapter 10) “Remember it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.” That was the only time I ever heard Atticus say it was a sin to do something, and I asked Miss Maudie about it. “Your father’s right,” she said. “Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird” (119).

8. 56) More Symbols 2nd Symbol: The Mockingbird (Chapter 10) The title of To Kill a Mockingbird has very little literal connection to the plot, but it carries a great deal of symbolic weight in the book. In this story of innocents destroyed by evil, the “mockingbird” comes to represent the idea of innocence. Thus, to kill a mockingbird is to destroy innocence. Throughout the book, a number of characters (Jem, Tom Robinson, Dill, Boo Radley, Mr. Raymond) can be identified as mockingbirds— innocents who have been injured or destroyed through contact with evil. Jem and Scout’s last name is Finch (another type of small bird), which indicates that they are particularly vulnerable in the racist world of Maycomb, which often treats the fragile innocence of childhood harshly.

9. 56) More Symbols 2nd Symbol: The Mockingbird (Chapter 10) Literally, this is about _______________________ _______________________________________________; but figuratively, it is associated with, ______________ ________________________________________________

10. 56) More Symbols Sketch & Discuss & Write Explanation (don’t copy quotation) 3rd Symbol: Tim Johnson, the Mad Dog (Chapter 10) “. . . I hope and pray I can get Jem and Scout through it without bitterness, and most of all, without catching Maycomb’s usual disease. Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand” (117). Atticus says this right before the dog incident . . . CONNECTION????

11. 56) More Symbols 3rd Symbol: Tim Johnson, the Mad Dog (Chapter 10) It may seem odd to give an animal the last name of the family it belongs to, but it’s apparently common practice in Maycomb – Judge Taylor’s pooch gets the same treatment. But more interestingly, it allows the dog’s name to sound suspiciously like that of another character. But Scout’s memory of her father shooting the dog pops up more than once in situations involving Tom, and doesn’t get mentioned otherwise. Perhaps they’re both examples of Atticus doing tough things he doesn’t want to do. Or of Atticus facing off with a mindless threat. (He does later refer to the men in the lynch mob as "animals.“)

12. 56) More Symbols 3rd Symbol: Tim Johnson, the Mad Dog (Chapter 10) Literally, this is about _______________________ _______________________________________________; but figuratively, it is associated with, ______________ ________________________________________________

13. 56) More Symbols Box 4: How do these symbols affect your understanding & appreciation of the novel? (25ish words)

14. Q2 book talks = due Wed-Thurs, Jan 10-11 Upcoming. . . Mandatory Griz for students w/ failing grades in any classes

15. Finish Reading Before Christmas break

16. Ch 18 – Mayella’s testimony • What is a chiffarobe?

17. Narrative Stories

18. Q1 Writing Prompt = Write a Non-Fiction Narrative Revise/Edit On the back of your paper: PROVE that you have engaged in the Revision/editing process. For each box, include examples, highlight & color code, etc. SOMEHOW show evidence that you have thought through the step.

20. Resubmitting Narrative Stories 1 3 2 • If you plan to resubmit, you will fix your story and SUBMIT ENTIRE HARD COPY PACKET for regrading. • New packet will include (in this order) 1. New white “request to resubmit” sheet 2. New lavender cover sheet (filled in, again) 3. New (green) evidence of revision sheet 4. Revised/edited / newcolors on “new” final copy5. Old packet

22. Q2 Book Talks Rubric = Same!!!! Project = Diff!!!!

23. prezi Learn Prezi Fast: https://prezi.com/lqkhr5nnh9n8/edit/#142_30863873 How to Make a Prezi:http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-a-Prezi/

24. #????? Last Notebook Entry of Semester: Q2 Book Talks (full pager, plus a bit!!) 2A = 26 3A = 32 2B = 29 4A = 27 3B = 32

25. 2nd quarter CECE = #4 due today!! • “current event CHALLENGE & exploration” • You should be getting BETTER each time!!!

26. Review of CECEs • Format blank sheet of paper into = fold into two columns, hot dog fold.

27. Peer Review • You are taking role of teacher-peer • You are a nice person of honor and integrity • Your peer belongs in this class, just as you do: help him/her succeed • Be honest, but also kind.

28. Review of CECEs • Staple to front of CECE packet • In top margin, write NAME AND PERIOD NUMBER of author.

29. Review of CECEs #1 Format = Article attached? MLA format? Works Cited?

30. Review of CECEs #2 CONTENT Does it follow the Jane Schaffer chunk paragraph model? Is it fluent and readable? Do you learn what the writer learned?

32. HOMEWORK • Next class: BYOB & TKAM (always) • TKAM 17-18 by next class • Q2 CECE #5 w/ 5 Works Cited = due Wed • Book Talk / Prezi due Jan 10 Turn in notebooks on way out the door!!

34. TKAM: The Movie 0:20:59 – 0:??:?? Please – no reading books, working on other assignments, etc., during movie. 

35. Q2 book talks = due Wed-Thurs, Jan 10-11 Upcoming. . . Mandatory Griz for students w/ failing grades in any classes

36. Finish Reading Before Christmas break

37. Ms. T’s Schedule • GRIZ 7:15-7:40 (usually) • LUNCH (usually) • AFTER SCHOOL 2:40-3:15 (sometimes)

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