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Thursday, May 18, 2017

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

Thursday, May 4, 2017

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