HONORS ENGLISH 9
Week 13: – November 12 - 16, 2012
Due Today:
TKAM Ch 10
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2012
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Walk-In: Pick up the two handouts on the table.
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Learning Objective:
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Students will be able to define a fallacy in general and
read to locate specific types of fallacies.
Agenda:
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Love is a Fallacy Video
Homework:
Read To Kill a Mockingbird
Chapter 11 and complete Reading
Log
Vocab Workbook pages 149-153
Due Tuesday
WHAT IS A FALLACY?
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fal·la·cy
noun, plural -cies.
1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.:
That the world is flat was at one time a popular
fallacy.
 2. a misleading or unsound argument.
 3. deceptive, misleading, or false nature;
erroneousness.
 4. Logic . any of various types of erroneous reasoning
that render arguments logically unsound.
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LOVE IS A FALLACY
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While reading the first part of the story, answer
questions 1- 3.
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http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/wat
ch?v=eK_tb7ob8Kg
While reading the second part of the story,
identify the 8 fallacies mentioned.
After finishing the video, answer question 4, 5,
and complete the back side of the handout.
VOCABULARY WORKBOOK: CONTEXT CLUES
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Context Clues
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Re-read pages 141 and 142 for main ideas related to
using context clues and types of context clues to
determine the meaning of unknown words.
Vocabulary Workbook Unit 2 pages 149-153
For pages 149-150, underline context clues in each
sentence that help you guess the definition.
 Label the types of context clues you underlined.
 Guess the definition.
 For pages 150-151 write synonyms for the word.
 For pages 151-153 complete the multiple choice.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2012
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Due Today:
TKAM Ch 11
Walk-In: Take out your Vocabulary Workbook and the
handout for Love is a Fallacy.
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Learning Objective:
 Students will be able to define a fallacy in
general and read to locate specific types of
fallacies.
Homework:
Agenda:
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Vocabulary Workbook Review
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Pages 15-18
pages 149-153
Love is a Fallacy Continued
Study for Vocabulary
Quiz on Friday
Review your TKAM
Reading Logs
VOCABULARY WORKBOOK
Answers for pages 17
Answers for pages 18
11. D - defile
12. E - entice
13. J - meditate
14. H - undergo
15. I - omen
16. C - citadel
17. G - retrieve
18. B - emissary
19. A - herald
20. F - garb
21. C
22. C
23. B
24. A
25. A
26. D
27. B
28. E
29. D
30. E
VOCABULARY WORKBOOK
Answers (may vary) for
Page 150-151
Answers (may vary) for
Page 150-151
1. kings
2. friendship
3. of the Middle Ages
4. pious
5. clothing
6. respectable
7. inherited
8. code of knighthood
9. skill
10. endure
11. think seriously
12. search
13. bring back
14. fortress
15. tempt
16. damage
17. messenger
18. drink
19. warning
20. Person who makes
heraldry
VOCABULARY WORKBOOK
Answers for pages 151154
Answers for pages 151154
1. A
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. E
6. C
7. A
8. E
9. A
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. E
18. A
19. B
20. E
DEFINING KEY TERMS
In the reading section of your notebook,
title a new sheet of paper “Grappling with
Claims”
 Then copy down the following definitions.
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 CLAIM
– noun
 a statement made as if it were fact
(assertion)
 ARGUMENT – noun
 proof or evidence
 reasons presented for or against
something
DEFINING KEY TERMS
 FALLACY
– noun
 a deceptive, misleading, or false idea, belief,
etc
 a misleading or unsound argument.
 In logic . any of various types of erroneous
reasoning that render arguments logically
unsound.
 DEBATE – verb or noun
 To discuss opposing view points (verb)
 A formal discussion where both sides of an
issue or question are presented (noun)
GRAPPLING WITH CLAIMS AND FALLACIES
Love is a Fallacy
Worksheet
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Finish Questions 1-5
Finish the Somebody,
Wanted, But, So fill in
the blanks and
complete the
vocabulary portion on
the handout.
Identifying Fallacies
Skim back through the
story and see how many
fallacies you can find.
 Find examples where the
characters are guilty of
committing a fallacy
instead of where the
narrator is defining them.
 When you find a fallacy
record the detail that
relates to the fallacy, pg
number, and briefly
explain why.
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Due Today:
WED/THURS, NOVEMBER 14 - 15, 2012
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Walk-In: Take out To Kill a Mockingbird and your
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Learning Objective:
reading logs for Chapter 10 and 11.
Students will identify and explain elements of plot,
answer key questions, and analyze specific quotes
from a novel.
 Students will demonstrate their reading
comprehension, literature study proficiency, and
word study context clue proficiency through multiple
Homework:
choice and short answer.
TKAM Ch 12
Reading Log
 Agenda:
Study for vocab quiz.
 To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 10-11 Discussion
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To Kill a Mockingbird Part 1 Reading Test
CHAPTER 9 REVIEW QUESTIONS
1.
What does Scout promise Atticus? How does she break it and uphold it in
this chapter?
2.
What does Scout ask Atticus about after her first run-in with Cecil Jacobs?
What does she learn about the N-word? What does she learn about his job
and his reasons for taking the job?
3.
What do the children get for Christmas from Uncle Jack?
4.
Who is Francis and what type of person is he? What happens between
Francis and Scout?
5.
What does Scout teach to Uncle Jack?
6.
Who is involved in Atticus’ court case?
7.
What is Atticus concerned about for the future of his children? What is he
afraid they are going to catch?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD REVIEW QUOTES
1.
Chapter 9: “ ‘Atticus, are we going to win it?’ ‘No
honey.’ ‘Then why—’ ‘Simply because we were
licked a hundred years before we started is no
reason for us not to try and win’ ” (Lee 76) (Lee 101).
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What are they talking about and what does Atticus
mean and how does this relate to the trial?
2.
Chapter 9: “ ‘When a child asks you something,
answer him, for goodness’ sake. But don’t make a
production of it. Children are children, but they
can spot an evasion quicker than adults, and
evasion simply muddles ‘em’ ” (Lee 87) (Lee 116).
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Do you agree with Atticus? Should adults and parents
answer all questions truthfully for children? Why or
why not?
CHAPTER 10-11 REVIEW QUESTIONS
1.
How did the children see their father, Atticus? What reputation is Scout getting
because of Atticus?
2.
Who is Tim Johnson? How does the town view him? What is his “madness” or sickness?
3.
Who is Heck Tate and what does he ask Atticus to do in chapter 10? What
explanation does Miss Maudie offer for “Ol’ One-Shot” putting down his gun
thirty years ago?
4.
Miss Maudie states that, “people in their right minds never take pride in their talents.”
What does she mean? Do you agree with her?
5.
Why won’t Jem allow Scout to brag about Atticus at school? Do you agree with
him?
6.
Who is Mrs. Dubose? How do the children feel about her and what types of things does
she say to Jem and Scout? What does Jem do one day concerning Mrs. Dubose? How is
this different from Scouts prior actions?
7.
Why does Scout think Atticus is the bravest person in the world?
8.
How does Atticus tell the children to deal with Mrs. Dubose? Why is Atticus so insistent
about Jem and Scout being polite to Mrs. Dubose? Why did he want Jem to read to her?
9.
Describe Mrs. Dubose. What is her physical appearance like and what items are
in her room?
10.
What happened to Mrs. Dubose after a certain period of time passed while Jem was
reading to her? How did this change over the course of the month?
11.
What does Atticus say about the word “n-----lover,” the people who use it and
himself?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD REVIEW QUOTES
1.
Chapter 10: Explain the importance of the following quote:
“Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to
enjoy . . . but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a
sin to kill a mockingbird” (Lee 90) (Lee 119).
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What or whom might the mockingbird symbolize?
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Chapter 11: “I wanted you to see what courage is, instead of
getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his
hand. It’s when you know you are licked before you begin,
but you begin anyway, and you see it through no matter
what” (Lee 112) (Lee 149).
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What does Atticus mean?
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How does this relate to Mrs. Dubose?
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How might Jem see her and her behavior from a different point
of view?
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How does this quote apply to Atticus?
Due Today:
TKAM Log
Chapter 12 - 13
 Walk-In: Turn in your Reading Log for chapters 12 and 13.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012
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Get out a sheet of paper and set up your answer sheet
for the vocabulary quiz.
Learning Objective:
Identify and explain differences and similarities between a
novel and a screen play. Why did the writer, producer and
director make specific changes to Harper Lee’s text?
 Demonstrate knowledge of context clues and the meaning of
words.
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Agenda:
Vocab Quiz p. 11-18, 149-154
 TKAM Viewing
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Homework:
TKAM Reading & Logs
Chapters 14 & 15
Chapters 16 & 17
Chapters 18 & 19
Love is a Fallacy Chart
UNIT 2 VOCABULARY QUIZ
ON A SHEET OF PAPER SET UP THE FOLLOWING FORMAT.
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Directions:
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Write the letter of the correct answer for each vocab word.
Write 1 or 2 sentences using the following words correctly.
1. VENERABLE
2. ENTICE
Underline the word. Write sentences that fit into the context of
To Kill a Mockingbird. These can be about events or characters.
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
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Identify and explain differences and similarities
between a novel and a screen play.
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Why did the writer, producer and director make
specific changes to Harper Lee’s text?
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What effect do these changes have on character
development, elevating or deemphasizing certain
motifs or themes, and or the audience’s experience?