HW#34

Read Chapters 27-28 (go ahead and finish the novel if you can't resist!)

Continue your research about your character and/or start writing a journal entry/monologue in their voice.

HW#33

Start searching for answers to some of the questions you came up with about life in the 1930s South/Alabama. Be sure to record your sources and put quotation marks around quotes. This will prepare you to inhabit the life of your character for the cycle project.

HW#32

Read chapters 25-26 carefully.

Think of at least 6 questions about life in Alabama / the South in the 1930s that you need to answer to help you better understand the life and times of your character, and better understand their life experiences, worldview, and actions. These questions should be about about people back then, not your character specifically.

Examples:
--What laws in Alabama determined whether women could serve on juries?
--What were games children commonly played in the 1930s?
--What was life like for poor sharecropper families in the South in the 1930s?

You may start researching the answers to these questions using your own internet research and/or some relevant research websites I have collected on this page.

HW#31

Read Chapter 24. Write me an explanation of which character you would like to be for the cycle project and why you are interested in taking on that character's point of view and writing in their voice. Refer to the project guidelines I gave you (also here). You can get started on writing your first journal entry/ inner monologue from their point of view if you're ready!

HW#30

Read Chapter 23 and make a representation of Aunt Alexandra's point of view of the trial, Maycomb society, etc.

HW#29

Read Chapter 22. Make a visual or written representation of Dill's point of view in this chapter and his earlier reaction to the trial.

HW#28

Read chapter 20 and chapter 21 until the bottom of page 281 ("But Mr. Tate said, 'This court will come to order,'"). Imagine you are in the jury room after the witnesses' testimony has been given and the lawyers have made their closing statements. Write a script of the discussion the jurors are having as they debate their decision on the verdict. What would be reasons jurors might argue for a guilty verdict or a not guilty verdict? In the end, what do you think will be their verdict: guilty, not guilty, or will they not be able to come to a unanimous (12-0) decision (this is called a hung jury)? You may need to do a little research to find out which kinds of people were allowed to serve on juries in Alabama in the 1930s to understand these jurors. At least one FULL page (you probably will need longer). Then finish reading chapter 21.

HW#27

Finish Chapter 18 and read Chapter 19. Represent Tom's inner thoughts / feelings about Mayella, OR Mayella's inner thoughts / feelings about Tom, visually and/or in written form. Be sure to use specific ideas and details from these chapters in your work.

HW#26

Read Ch. 17. Describe your first impressions of:

--Judge Taylor
--Mr. Gilmer (the prosecutor)
--Bob Ewell

HW#25

Read Chapter 16 and react to / analyze the way the characters talk about biracial children.

HW#24

Read Chapters 14 and 15. Make a written or artistic representation showing the point of view of Jem, Scout, and/or Tom Robinson about what happens at the town jail.