We are finishing our 4th Year Lit class...

This is going to be our last class...I would like to share our feelings about the year we've had. Open your hearts and write about our Lit class...

We've finished To Kill a Mockingbird!

We've finished reading TKAM and we've also seen the movie. Mention at least three differences between the book and the movie. Which one do you prefer? Why?

TKAM- Chapters 25-26

Answer these questions asked by your clasmates:
1- If you knew who Hitler was and he was drowning, would you save him? Is it wrong to hate?
2- Why was Scout so angry about what the teacher had said?
3- Why do you think Scout thought Jem would understand her better than Atticus?

Chapters 20-23

Have you imagined that the jury was going to declare Tom Robinson guilty?

What is your opinion of Atticus' reaction when Bob Ewell curses him out and spits in his face? What would you have done in Atticus' place?

TKAM - Chapters 15-16

1- Tom Robinson is in jail because he was acussed of raping a white woman. To the crowd of friends in front of his house, Atticus says, "Link, that boy might go to the chair, but he's not going till the truth's told... And you know what the truth is." We readers, however, do not know what the truth is, but we might speculate. What do you think the truth might be?

2- Chapter 16 gives a picture of the customs and social attitudes of a small Southern town in the late 1930's. What particularly caught your attention?

TKAM - Chapters 10-13

1- Atticus said that Mrs Dubose had real courage. Courage, he says is, "...when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what." What is your opinion of his definition? What is your definition of courage?

2- Atticus tells Scout, "It's not time to worry." Explain what foreshadowing is to someone who is not familiar with the term, and explain what this comment probably foreshadows.

To Kill a Mockingbird - Chapter 9

What can be deduced about the character of Atticus from his defense of Tom Robinson? Has your idea about Atticus changed in this last chapter?

TKAM - Chapter 5

Miss Maudie says, "... sometimes the Bible in the hand of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hand of (someone else)." Try to explain her meaning to a classmate who doesn't understand.

TKAM - Chapters 3-4

Atticus tells Scout, "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." Think of someone you were upset with or argued with recently, and try to write down the incident that upset you from the other person's point of view.


What is your initial opinion of Atticus as a father?

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD

Chapters 1-2:

- In 1934, in Maycomb, Alabama, things seemed to move quite slowly. As you read the description of Maycomb, how do you think you'd feel about living and growing up in that town at that time?

- What is your opinion of the scene in which Scout is trying to tell her teacher something, but the teacher won't listen to her? Has anything like this ever happened to you? Explain.

A Time to Kill

You already know what the themes of a movie or novel can be. In your opinion, what are the themes in A Time To Kill? What do you think of the movie? Have you enjoyed it? Why/ why not?

Movie or Book?

After watching Animal Farm, do you think the movie resembles the story in its full extent? Is there any detail of the story that you could understand better by watching the movie? What have you enjoyed the most, reading or watching Animal Farm?

Chapter 10 and the end!!!

Explain the transformation that can occur by association and aspiration. When have you, or others you have known or have read about, come to resemble a group you/they wished to join or recently did join? In what way can someone you once knew become unrecognizable to you? What factors change people?

Are you ready for the movie?

Here's a trailer of ANIMAL FARM the movie....is it what you have imagined?
http://www.imdb.com/rg/VIDEO_PLAY/LINK//video/screenplay/vi498532633/

Reading books

Guille, Esteban, Matías and Billy, you are reading a book of your choice. Please, tell your classmates what your are reading and what your book is about up to now. Maybe you can motivate your classmates to read it in their spare time!

Animal Farm- Chapters 8-9

Do you believe that animals can have human qualities? Write about an animal you have known who acted as "human". Do you believe humans can sometimes act like animals? Give examples of this as well.

Animal Farm- Chapters 4-6

"Nothing could have been achieved without Boxer." Tell who Boxer symbolizes and what the windmill represents. Then explain the deeper meaning of this sentence.

Short Stories: "TEA" by Saki

What do you think of the title of the story- TEA? Is the story really about tea , or is it tea used as a symbol for something else? If so, what? What other title would you suggest for this story?

The World and Our Country Today...?

For both of you, the ones who are reading Animal Farm and the Short Stories...Can you find any resemblance between what you have read and what is happening in our country (or the world) today? Any character that can be compared to a 'real' human being? Any attitude or behaviour that can be considered a parallel to our reading?

Educating the Young

Napoleon took Jessie and Bluebell's puppies away with the statement that "the education of the young was more important than anything that could be done for those who were already grown up." Explain why it is important to absolute rulers to "educate" the young.

Animal Farm- Chapters 1-3/ Short stories: "Human Is" and "It's a Good Life"

After reading chapters 1-3 of Animal Farm please comment on how you felt reading the first chapters of a book in which the main characters are animals. While reading these chapters, have you felt anything special that you would like to share with your classmates and teacher?
Some of you are reading short stories. Please comment on how the stories you have read are similar and which one you liked the most and why.