Educational Quote

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
-William Butler Yeats

Thursday, March 27, 2014

3/27/14-Thursday-B day

Eng 9

Warm Up: What do you know about the treatment of African-Americans from 1860's (after slavery) until the 1960's (before the Civil Right's Act)?
How were African-Americans treated at this time?
Classwork: Compare and contrast the Scottsboro and Tom Robinson trial.
Description-Read the text for each trial. Create a three column chart and answer the questions in the center column: 1. who vs who? 2. Describe the jury. 3. What are the defendants accused of? 4. Who defends the defendants? 5. What is the outcome?
Compare- Create a "top hat" chart. List the differences of each trial. In the bottom strip, list the similarities.
Conclusion- Answer the following questions: what has happened to justice in the trials? why? and who demonstrates moral courage?
no Journal
HW: 5 paragraph essay on "Why does Tom Robinson and the Scottsboro boys symbolize the mockingbird?"

Eng 10

Sorry, you have missed the quiz.
Silent Reading
Classwork: Peer Revision of LOTF Rough Draft of Theme Essay
After lunch we completed a short Reading Comprehension test as practice for the SAT.
 
Close: Mad Libs
No journal
HW: Read chapters 11 and 12. 1 paragraph Summaries. Same page.

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