abase
intolerable
ad infinitum
knave
adept
languid
annex
lithe
apportion
lofty
appreciable
migration
assurance
momentous
asylum
obtrusive
autocratic
pallor
avert
pensive
bona fide
perceive
brawny
precipitous
brunt
preposterous
buoyant
proponent
candid
protract
clique
pugnacious
concerted
quarry
concise
quaver
cordial
rejuvenated
demure
relentless
despicable
remunerate
devitalize
render
dilated
repugnant
divulge
rivulets
dubious
scuttle
dwindle
sever
embroil
skeptical
envoy
sprightly
erroneous
spurn
exorbitant
statutes
expedient
subterfuge
extemporaneous
synthetic
flippant
temperate
glib
threadbare
grievous
venomous
heterogeneous
versatile
impair
vindicate
impel
wane
institute
warp
interim
wily
Monday, June 7, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Chapter 25 by Krishna Sharma
Krishna Sharma
F Block
6/5/10
TKAM Chapter 25
Plot Summary: At the beginning Jem stopped Scout from crushing a bug, showing his maturity. After that, Dil repeats his experience with Jem about how they got into Atticus’s car and drove to the black neighborhood with him and Calpurnia. Atticus told Helen Robinson that Tom was dead. She feinted from it. Afterwards, Scout summarizes how Maycomb felt about his death; interested for at most two days. Mr. Underwood wrote an article about it, saying that is a sin to kill a cripple. After this, Scout cogitates about the situation, and how she hated the Ewells. The chapter ends with Jem telling Scout that Tom’s accuser now claimed he had two more people in this town to kill, and Jem tells Scout not to tell Atticus.
Major Changes and Developments: Jem’s maturity is shown when he scolds Scout for trying to crush a bug. The new character Sam is met, who is a black boy who tells Helen that Atticus was there. A hint that there will be a plot change is Mr. Ewell saying that he will kill two more people.
Significant quotations:
“’Why couldn’t I mash the bug?’ I asked him. ‘Because they don’t bother you’”. This quote shows how Jem is maturing and coming of age.
“Just shows you, that Robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line, the veneer’s mighty thin. Nigger always comes out in ‘em”. This quote shows how the town hardly affected by the case, and how truly racist they are.
Literary Elements: Simile- Dil says that Helen fell as if a giant foot stepped on her, because she fell when Atticus told her about Tom.
Vocab: Veneer (a vocab word that we have had before, but it is a good one)- The appearance, or outside, of someone (usually used to show how someone thinks something different then what they are showing or doing).
Demise- the end of something or someone, especially if it is slow and painful.
Critical thinking-Do you agree with Mr. Underwood that it is a sin to kill cripples, even if they are criminals escaping?
Mr. Underwood related Tom’s death to the sensless slaughter of a songbird by hunters. With this subtle yet obvious reference to the title of the book, do you now think that the title refers to Boo Radley (being ostracized and hated even though he can be kind and help people like Scout) or Tom Robinson? Or both?
F Block
6/5/10
TKAM Chapter 25
Plot Summary: At the beginning Jem stopped Scout from crushing a bug, showing his maturity. After that, Dil repeats his experience with Jem about how they got into Atticus’s car and drove to the black neighborhood with him and Calpurnia. Atticus told Helen Robinson that Tom was dead. She feinted from it. Afterwards, Scout summarizes how Maycomb felt about his death; interested for at most two days. Mr. Underwood wrote an article about it, saying that is a sin to kill a cripple. After this, Scout cogitates about the situation, and how she hated the Ewells. The chapter ends with Jem telling Scout that Tom’s accuser now claimed he had two more people in this town to kill, and Jem tells Scout not to tell Atticus.
Major Changes and Developments: Jem’s maturity is shown when he scolds Scout for trying to crush a bug. The new character Sam is met, who is a black boy who tells Helen that Atticus was there. A hint that there will be a plot change is Mr. Ewell saying that he will kill two more people.
Significant quotations:
“’Why couldn’t I mash the bug?’ I asked him. ‘Because they don’t bother you’”. This quote shows how Jem is maturing and coming of age.
“Just shows you, that Robinson boy was legally married, they say he kept himself clean, went to church and all that, but when it comes down to the line, the veneer’s mighty thin. Nigger always comes out in ‘em”. This quote shows how the town hardly affected by the case, and how truly racist they are.
Literary Elements: Simile- Dil says that Helen fell as if a giant foot stepped on her, because she fell when Atticus told her about Tom.
Vocab: Veneer (a vocab word that we have had before, but it is a good one)- The appearance, or outside, of someone (usually used to show how someone thinks something different then what they are showing or doing).
Demise- the end of something or someone, especially if it is slow and painful.
Critical thinking-Do you agree with Mr. Underwood that it is a sin to kill cripples, even if they are criminals escaping?
Mr. Underwood related Tom’s death to the sensless slaughter of a songbird by hunters. With this subtle yet obvious reference to the title of the book, do you now think that the title refers to Boo Radley (being ostracized and hated even though he can be kind and help people like Scout) or Tom Robinson? Or both?
Chapter 29 by Stacey Pilla + Melanie Walsh- Mager
Plot Summary:
In Chapter 29, Heck Tate asks Scout what had happened. She then tells him her side of the story in detail. Scout mentions the man that brought Jem home. Tate then asks who the man is and that is the point where Scout realizes it is Boo, looking normal and acting normal except for his coughing. She then starts crying and then through the tears says hello to Boo.
Major Changes and Development:
Scout now has found that Boo came out of the house to help the kids when they really needed it.
Significant Quotations:
Atticus and Tate are having a conversation:
Tate( in chapter 28): “Bob Ewell’s lyin’ on the ground under that tree down yonder with a kitchen knife stuck up under his ribs. He’s dead, Mr. Finch.” ( in chapter 29):”Are you sure?” Atticus said bleakly.” He’s dead alright,” said Mr. Tate.”He’s good and dead. He won’t hurt these children again.”
Literary Elements:
Vocabulary:
Turmoil: a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance.
Reprimand: to reprove or rebuke severely.
Critical Questions:
1. How do you think Scout knew the man who brought Jem home and standing in the corner was Boo Radley?
2. Why does Aunt Alexandra ask to leave the room before they start talking about what happened?
In Chapter 29, Heck Tate asks Scout what had happened. She then tells him her side of the story in detail. Scout mentions the man that brought Jem home. Tate then asks who the man is and that is the point where Scout realizes it is Boo, looking normal and acting normal except for his coughing. She then starts crying and then through the tears says hello to Boo.
Major Changes and Development:
Scout now has found that Boo came out of the house to help the kids when they really needed it.
Significant Quotations:
Atticus and Tate are having a conversation:
Tate( in chapter 28): “Bob Ewell’s lyin’ on the ground under that tree down yonder with a kitchen knife stuck up under his ribs. He’s dead, Mr. Finch.” ( in chapter 29):”Are you sure?” Atticus said bleakly.” He’s dead alright,” said Mr. Tate.”He’s good and dead. He won’t hurt these children again.”
Literary Elements:
Vocabulary:
Turmoil: a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance.
Reprimand: to reprove or rebuke severely.
Critical Questions:
1. How do you think Scout knew the man who brought Jem home and standing in the corner was Boo Radley?
2. Why does Aunt Alexandra ask to leave the room before they start talking about what happened?
Chapter 28 by: Stacey Pilla + Melanie Walsh -Mager
Plot Summary:
In Chapter 28, Jem and Scout are walking to the high school auditorium walking past the Radley’s house and the Big Oak tree. While they were walking they were talking about the Haints, Hot streams, incantations, and secret signs. They were almost at the school when Cecil jumped out of the darkness and scared both of them. When they finally make it to the auditorium Jem gives Scout money and goes off with his friends. The pageant has then started and when it is time for Scout to come out she is not there. She had missed her que because she fell asleep waiting. After everyone leaves the two also leave, Scout forgets her shoes but they just keep walking. Jem think he hears something, they think it is Cecil again trying to scare them but instead it is an unknown person attacking both of them. The figure attacks Jem and breaks his arm and tried to strangle Scout but Scout had thought that then Jem had stood up and pulled the stranger off of her. When it is done the shadow runs underneath the Oak tree to catch its breath. Jem was now where to be heard and it was all Scout now. On 352 Scout sees and man and Atticus bring in Jem to the house. Aunt Alexandra calls the doctor, Dr. Reynolds, and Atticus tells Mr. Heck Tate to go and see if the man who did this is still out there. Later Heck Tate , Atticus, Scout, the man who brought Jem, and Aunt Alexandra were talking about how the man who attacked the kids was Bob Ewell and they him dead will the knife in his ribs under the Oak tree.
Major Changes and Development:
Bob Ewell was killed. Aunt Alexandra only wants to comfort Scout so she gives her her overalls and doesn’t care like she has in the past. The relationship between Jem and Scout has grown closer and matured because they walked together to the pageant and had a normal conversation.
Significant Quotations:
1. Scout asking repetitively to different people:
“Is Jem dead?”(Lee 353, 354, 355)
This shows how much she cares about him and how much their relationship has grown.
2. Jem and Scout are walking home when Jen hears something:
“I hear it when we’re walkin’ along, but when we stop I don’t hear it.”
This quote shows that Jem does hear something and is trying to figure it out to protect Scout ad himself.
Literary Elements:
Foreshadowing: At the end Mr. Heck Tate is telling Atticus that Bob Ewell was found with a kitchen knife under his ribs. There has to be something more about this and what happened and who did it.
Vocabulary:
Irascible (Lee342): easily provoked to anger.
Critical Questions:
1. What’s the significance of there being no moo n that night and Jem forgetting the flashlight?
2. How do you think the knife ended up in Mr. Bob Ewell?
3. What do you think outcome of Jem’s condition is going to be? Is there any connection to his injuries and the first part of the book?
In Chapter 28, Jem and Scout are walking to the high school auditorium walking past the Radley’s house and the Big Oak tree. While they were walking they were talking about the Haints, Hot streams, incantations, and secret signs. They were almost at the school when Cecil jumped out of the darkness and scared both of them. When they finally make it to the auditorium Jem gives Scout money and goes off with his friends. The pageant has then started and when it is time for Scout to come out she is not there. She had missed her que because she fell asleep waiting. After everyone leaves the two also leave, Scout forgets her shoes but they just keep walking. Jem think he hears something, they think it is Cecil again trying to scare them but instead it is an unknown person attacking both of them. The figure attacks Jem and breaks his arm and tried to strangle Scout but Scout had thought that then Jem had stood up and pulled the stranger off of her. When it is done the shadow runs underneath the Oak tree to catch its breath. Jem was now where to be heard and it was all Scout now. On 352 Scout sees and man and Atticus bring in Jem to the house. Aunt Alexandra calls the doctor, Dr. Reynolds, and Atticus tells Mr. Heck Tate to go and see if the man who did this is still out there. Later Heck Tate , Atticus, Scout, the man who brought Jem, and Aunt Alexandra were talking about how the man who attacked the kids was Bob Ewell and they him dead will the knife in his ribs under the Oak tree.
Major Changes and Development:
Bob Ewell was killed. Aunt Alexandra only wants to comfort Scout so she gives her her overalls and doesn’t care like she has in the past. The relationship between Jem and Scout has grown closer and matured because they walked together to the pageant and had a normal conversation.
Significant Quotations:
1. Scout asking repetitively to different people:
“Is Jem dead?”(Lee 353, 354, 355)
This shows how much she cares about him and how much their relationship has grown.
2. Jem and Scout are walking home when Jen hears something:
“I hear it when we’re walkin’ along, but when we stop I don’t hear it.”
This quote shows that Jem does hear something and is trying to figure it out to protect Scout ad himself.
Literary Elements:
Foreshadowing: At the end Mr. Heck Tate is telling Atticus that Bob Ewell was found with a kitchen knife under his ribs. There has to be something more about this and what happened and who did it.
Vocabulary:
Irascible (Lee342): easily provoked to anger.
Critical Questions:
1. What’s the significance of there being no moo n that night and Jem forgetting the flashlight?
2. How do you think the knife ended up in Mr. Bob Ewell?
3. What do you think outcome of Jem’s condition is going to be? Is there any connection to his injuries and the first part of the book?
Chapter 27 by: Stacey Pilla + Melanie Walsh- Mager
Plot Summary:
In Chapter 27, Mr. Ewell blamed Atticus for “getting” his job. Then one night Judge Taylor was home alone and heard a noise, he went to his back porch and saw the screen door swinging open, this noise was thought to be Bob Ewell. Another instance is when Helen Robinson was walking to and from Mr. Link Deas’s store an extra mile because she did not want to pass the Ewell’s house. Link realized that she was doing this and walked her home past the Ewell’s house. On his way back he stopped at the house and was threatening to have them thrown in jail even though no one was responding. The next morning Helen walked by the house and nothing happened at first, but when she looked behind her, Mr. Bob Ewell was walking several yards behind whisper cuss words. The “old” scout then went on talking about why that year they had a Halloween pageant. There was some mischief the year before and they wanted the kids to be safe and together in the High school Auditorium. Atticus, Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia got a preview of Scout in her Ham costume for the pageant because none of them could go. Jem was the one who was going to walk her there.
Major Changes and Developments:
Scout was changing more and more with everything she did. Also the town had made a change of the Halloween pageant because they had realized what the kids had gotten into last year.
Significant Quotations:
Hellen Robinson talking to Mr. Link Deas:
“Just let it be, Mr. Link, please suh,” (Lee333)
This shows that Helen doesn’t want to cause much trouble and she knows if he makes it a big deal she will get punished for it.
Literary elements:
Foreshadowing:
“thus began our longest journey together”
Scout says this at the end of chapter 27 say that there are many things a head they have to go through together.
Vocab:
Nondescript (Lee333): of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind.
Radical (Lee 336): favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms.
Critical Questions:
1. What do you think is Mr. Link Deas’s perspective on the colored community? Why do you think he is so protective of Helen Robinson?
2. What do you think Mr. Bob Ewell thinks he will get out of disturbing the peace in Maycomb?
In Chapter 27, Mr. Ewell blamed Atticus for “getting” his job. Then one night Judge Taylor was home alone and heard a noise, he went to his back porch and saw the screen door swinging open, this noise was thought to be Bob Ewell. Another instance is when Helen Robinson was walking to and from Mr. Link Deas’s store an extra mile because she did not want to pass the Ewell’s house. Link realized that she was doing this and walked her home past the Ewell’s house. On his way back he stopped at the house and was threatening to have them thrown in jail even though no one was responding. The next morning Helen walked by the house and nothing happened at first, but when she looked behind her, Mr. Bob Ewell was walking several yards behind whisper cuss words. The “old” scout then went on talking about why that year they had a Halloween pageant. There was some mischief the year before and they wanted the kids to be safe and together in the High school Auditorium. Atticus, Aunt Alexandra and Calpurnia got a preview of Scout in her Ham costume for the pageant because none of them could go. Jem was the one who was going to walk her there.
Major Changes and Developments:
Scout was changing more and more with everything she did. Also the town had made a change of the Halloween pageant because they had realized what the kids had gotten into last year.
Significant Quotations:
Hellen Robinson talking to Mr. Link Deas:
“Just let it be, Mr. Link, please suh,” (Lee333)
This shows that Helen doesn’t want to cause much trouble and she knows if he makes it a big deal she will get punished for it.
Literary elements:
Foreshadowing:
“thus began our longest journey together”
Scout says this at the end of chapter 27 say that there are many things a head they have to go through together.
Vocab:
Nondescript (Lee333): of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind.
Radical (Lee 336): favoring drastic political, economic, or social reforms.
Critical Questions:
1. What do you think is Mr. Link Deas’s perspective on the colored community? Why do you think he is so protective of Helen Robinson?
2. What do you think Mr. Bob Ewell thinks he will get out of disturbing the peace in Maycomb?
Friday, June 4, 2010
Vocab for Final
70 vocab words to know:
abridge
abscond
adjourn
admonish
altercation
annihilate
arbitrary
arduous
assimilate
atone
auspicious
biased
catalyst
cherubic
circumspect
compensate
condone
credible
daunt
diffuse
dilemma
diligent
efface
eminent
erratic
exorbitant
exorcised
fated
fortify
ghastly
hamper
impoverished
inanimate
incessant
incorrigible
intrepid
intricate
inundate
irate
latent
lucid
malign
marauder
meander
mediocre
momentous
morose
obstreperous
opaque
pensive
perilous
pilfered
pompous
prim
rectify
relinquish
reprieve
reprimand
salvage
slapdash
succumb
sully
superfluous
surly
surmount
tantalize
tenacious
tirade
trite
usurp
abridge
abscond
adjourn
admonish
altercation
annihilate
arbitrary
arduous
assimilate
atone
auspicious
biased
catalyst
cherubic
circumspect
compensate
condone
credible
daunt
diffuse
dilemma
diligent
efface
eminent
erratic
exorbitant
exorcised
fated
fortify
ghastly
hamper
impoverished
inanimate
incessant
incorrigible
intrepid
intricate
inundate
irate
latent
lucid
malign
marauder
meander
mediocre
momentous
morose
obstreperous
opaque
pensive
perilous
pilfered
pompous
prim
rectify
relinquish
reprieve
reprimand
salvage
slapdash
succumb
sully
superfluous
surly
surmount
tantalize
tenacious
tirade
trite
usurp
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
Plot Summary:
In chapter 22, Bob Ewell spat on Atticus and cursed him. In chapter 23, everyone is worried about Bob Ewell's threat besides Atticus. Atticus explained to Jem and Scout that the only reason Mr. Ewell did this is because Atticus dissolved every last bit of Bob Ewell's credibility in the trial. Tom Robinson was sent to Enfiled Prison Farm, seventy miles away. Scout then asks Atticus what will happen if Tom is found guilty and he tells him that he will get the chair because rape is a capitol offense in Alabama. Jem and Atticus get into a conversation about changing the law so rape is not a capitol offense. Jem also asks Atticus why women can't serve on juries. Jem and Atticus also talk about the prejudiced of the jury in the trial. Atticus also explains to Jem and Scout that in court, a white man's word also beats a Negroes. Jem and Scout also are told that Mr. Cunningham was in the jury and the only one who wanted to acquit him. Scout comes up with the idea of having Walter Cunningham come over and stay the night but Aunt Alexandra shoots it down because she says that he is trash and the Finches do not associate with them. This infuriates Scout to the point that Jem has to take her to his room. Jem gives Scout a Tootsie roll and shows her his hair. The two talk about different kinds of people. Jem thinks there are four types; Ordinary people, people like the Cunninghams, people like the Ewells, and Negroes. Scout disagrees and thinks there is only one type of people, Folks. On the last page in the chapter Jem tells Scout that he thinks Boo Radley doesn't come out because he wants to stay inside.
Major Changes and Developments:
Jem- In this chapter Jem is maturing even more and his now having mature conversations with Atticus. They talk about the trials and the prejudices. They also talk about how they wish they could change the law so rape was not a capitol offense.
Significant Quotations:
Atticus to Jem and Scout:
“As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it-whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine of a family he comes from, that white man is trash”(Lee295).
This is explaining the background of Maycomb and how prejudiced they are.
Atticus to Jem:
“If you had been on that jury, son, and eleven other boys like you, Tom would be a free man.”(Lee295)
This is Atticus saying that Jem is young enough that he has not seen and heard enough for anything to effect his decisions.
Literary Elements:
Vocab:
Critical Thinking:
Why does Jem say that Boo Radley wants to stay inside?
Why is Atticus unfazed by Bob Ewell's threat? Do you think Bob Ewell will really harm Atticus?
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