Tuesday, January 20, 2014

Do Now: What can you imagine life must have been like for a black teenager in Alabama in 1930? (5 lines/5 minutes)

Classwork: Today we start To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee!

Read
1. "The Author's Connection on your handout.
.Underline events in the author's life and in the novel that are similar.
2. Summarize them briefly in the margin.
3. Read the Historical Connection focusing on The Great Depression and four key facts
Homework: Read and follow the annotation directions for "The Jim Crow South".