Define And Model

• used to show interactions develop setting/character and revealing details
• 2 types of dialogue
• direct- exactly what someone said and is placed in quotations most commomnly found in fiction
• “Please remember to do the laundry,” Elena said.
• indirect is a second-hand report of what happened no quotes 
• Elena asked Ron to do the laundry, and Ron assured her that he would.
• use speech tags to identify speakers and convey emotion/situation
• use quotation marks to indicate spoken words "" 
• begin a new paragraph every time speaker changes
• make clear who is saying what is clear
• indirect
• paraphrasing an interaction
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Group Discussion TKAM 5/4

• How do the themes race, education and wealth surface during the court scene? Find textual evidence to support your claimed theme. Do you think the court scene would have been different is Mr. Ewell was wealthy or educated? If so, what does that say about our justice system? Are there prejudices in the justice system?
• from the very beginning, Atticus was expecting to loose just because of the race of his defendant
•  Is Mayella Ewell like her father or different from him? In what ways?
• they are both critical and kind of condescending but the girl seems a little less inherently mean than the dad
•  How does Atticus use Mr. Ewell’s literacy to build his case?
• uses it to show that he is not a well-respected person that because of his status shouldn't be trusted
•  How does Dill react to Mr. Gilmer’s questioning of Mr. Robinson? What about Dill’s character could have triggered his response? (Think about all the places he has lived, his unknown family history, etc).
• There are many other kids in the court but he is the only one to react this severely to the intensity of the lawyer 
• shows that he has a problem with his dad abuse or just a screamy intense man 
• obviously has issues with bullies in power tho
• How does Mr. Gilmer try to prove that Tom is guilty? What key question does he ask? And why did Tom’s answer cause the courthouse to react?
• he asks why he did  all the cores fro her if he wasnt recieving pay
• Gilmer hants him to admit that he had affection for her because that would create a motive in the eyes of the jury
• he replies that he felt sorry for her and this csaused an uproar because it is "rediculous" for a black man to feel sorry for a white girl

TKAM Discussion

1. Why does Aunt Alexandra come to stay with Atticus and his family? What is she like? How does she view herself in comparison to the family? How does she view the “Finch Family” in comparison to Calpurnia and other folks from Maycomb?
2. Why did Dill run away? What can we infer about Dill’s life based on Scout’s retelling of events? In other words, can we trust the narrator to tell us the “true” story? How does Scout’s naive perspective shape Dill’s story, the story of Boo Radley, and Jem’s story?
3. What was (and is) the Ku Klux Klan? What do you think of Atticus's comment “The Ku Klux's gone. It'll never come back"?
4. Why was the mob at the jail? Why was Atticus at the jail? What stopped the mob from following through with their goal?
5. Other questions or observations? Consider the analyzing through a literary len to deepen your analysis. If you finish with time, note important points in your digital notebooks.

Ch 13-15

TKAM Discussion

Today, my group discussed the following questions.

• In chapter 9, we are introduced to the controversial case Atticus has been given. Who is he representing? What has this person been charged with? How does the town feel about Atticus taking this case? What does this reveal about the time period?
• he is representing a young black man named tom Robinson
• he is charged of raping an Ewwels daughter
• Atticus knows that this case is impossible but takes it because he is moral courageous, and wants to lead by example for his kids
• The town is strongly opposed and the kids get harassed bc of it
• this reveals an inherent racism in the town and how strongly they feel about black people common for this time
• What is the significance of the scene with the dog? What does this scene reveal about Atticus and how the kids view their father?
• Atticus is the character that introduces the title explaining that his father told him it was “a sin to kill a mockingbird.” What do you think this means? Why might Harper Lee use this for her title?
• How has the kids’ perception of Boo Radley changed?
• Now that scout and Jem are preoccupied with more important and stressful things than seeing Boo's face like defending their dad's schoolyard honor
• after fire scout is still disgusted by the idea of boo touching her but I think has warmed slightly over time to the him
• Other questions?
• Why is rabies seasonal?
• How is it Transmitted