Tonight please read chapters 22 and 23 of To Kill a Mockingbird.   Then write your response.  Please consider the following questions:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What topics do you want to discuss with the class tomorrow?
• Why do you think these topics may generate interesting discussion?

As always, please use standard written English in your comment and respond to at least one other comment in this thread.

Two reminders:  Keep annotating and review those flash cards!  Make sure you quiz yourself each and every night, once or twice on the words.  If you do, you are sure to ace the vocabulary section of our Mockingbird assessment.

TKM blog #10

Tonight please read chapters 20 and 21 of To Kill a Mockingbird.   Then write your response.  Please consider the following questions:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What topics do you want to discuss with the class tomorrow?
• Why do you think these topics may generate interesting discussion?

As always, please use standard written English in your comment and respond to at least one other comment in this thread.

Two reminders:  Keep annotating and review those flash cards!  Make sure you quiz yourself each and every night, once or twice on the words.  If you do, you are sure to ace the vocabulary section of our Mockingbird assessment.

TKM blog #9

Tonight, you don’t have any new reading to do.  Rather, I’d like you to review the last few chapters (annotate some more if you are minded to do so) and prepare two EXCELLENT discussion questions for your table.

• Remember, a good discussion question does not have a single answer.  Good questions lead to interesting conversations.

Also, rather than comment on anyone else in general, look to see if anyone at your table has already commented and look at their questions.  Make sure that yours are not mere repeats.

Once you’ve made sure you have original questions for your table (and no fair just taking a great question from another table, unless you genuinely thought of it yourself), write your questions in the comment box and explain why you think they would be good questions.  In addition, please write each question on a separate piece of looseleaf paper.  We’ll be using them in a class activity.

Mockingbird blog #8

After you have read chapters 16-17 of To Kill a Mockingbird, please respond on our blog:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What questions do you want to discuss with the class?
• Why do you think these questions may generate interesting discussion?
• Remember, a good discussion question does not have a single answer.  Good questions lead to interesting conversations.

Also remember to:

• Annotate!  Annotate!  Annotate!  Use post-it notes to mark important passages and to write two or three discussion questions to direct our discussion tomorrow.  Remember!  Everyone must participate.

Mockingbird blog #7

Tonight please read chapters 14 and 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird.   Then write your response.  Please consider the following questions:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What questions do you want to discuss with the class tomorrow?
• Why do you think these questions may generate interesting discussion?

Keep annotating!

Mockingbird blog #6

After you have read chapters 12-13 of To Kill a Mockingbird, please respond on our blog:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What questions do you want to discuss with the class?
• Why do you think these questions may generate interesting discussion?
• Remember, a good discussion question does not have a single answer.  Good questions lead to interesting conversations.

Also remember to:

• Annotate!  Annotate!  Annotate!  Use post-it notes to mark important passages and to write two or three discussion questions to direct our discussion tomorrow.  Remember!  Everyone must participate.

Mockingbird blog #5

Tonight, after you have re-read chapters 10-11 of To Kill a Mockingbird, please respond on our blog:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What questions do you want to discuss with the class?
• Why do you think these questions may generate interesting discussion?
• Remember, a good discussion question does not have a single answer.  Good questions lead to interesting conversations.

Also remember to:

• Annotate!  Annotate!  Annotate!  Use post-it notes to mark important passages and to write two or three discussion questions to direct our discussion tomorrow.  Remember!  Everyone must participate.

Mockingbird blog #4

Tonight, after you have re-read chapters 8-9 of To Kill a Mockingbird, please respond on our blog:

• What passage or passages strike you as interesting or singular and why?
• What questions do you want to discuss with the class?
• Why do you think these questions may generate interesting discussion?
• Remember, a good discussion question does not have a single answer.  Good questions lead to interesting conversations.

Also remember to:

• Make sure that you read all or some of your classmates posts and comment on at least one other post in this thread.
• Annotate!  Annotate!  Annotate!  Use post-it notes to mark important passages and to write two or three discussion questions to direct our discussion tomorrow.  Remember!  Everyone must participate.

Mockingbird blog #3

Tonight you should read chapters 4-7 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

• Choose a passage from tonight’s reading, which you would like to analyze in class.  Explain why you think it may be significant.
• Make sure that you read all or some of your classmates posts and respond to at least one other comment in this thread.

Mockingbird blog #2

Tonight please read chapters 1-3 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

• Choose a passage from tonight’s reading, which you would like to analyze in class.  Explain why you think it may be significant.
• Make sure that you read all or some of your classmates posts and comment on at least one other post in this thread.
• Also, consider questions you may want to discuss on Monday.
• Don’t forget to use post-it notes to mark important passages and to write two or three discussion questions to direct our discussion tomorrow.  Remember!  Everyone must participate!

Mockingbird blog #1