Ms. Tyre's English 10 Homework for Thursday Nov. 28:

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (written in 1960)

Monday: 1) Read to p.6 "That was the summer Dill came to us."  2) Do vocabulary work.  See yesterday's blog entry.

Tues/Wed: 1)Read to the end of Chapter 1.   2)Add to your vocabulary- same format as yesterday.  3)Do all "The Facts" and all the "Focus on Thinking" questions.  Answer in full sentences and incorporate the questions into your answers. 

For example: The novel takes place in the southern United States in the state of Alabama, in the rural town of Maycomb. For example: Scout and Jem's father is a lawyer in Maycomb County, where he was "born and bread" and "knew his people."

Questions about Setting: The story begins in the summer of 1933 and ends October 31, 1935.  Answer the following questions:  1)Research: What happened worldwide in the 1930's. Describe the  conditions.  2) Describe the town of Maycomb and its inhabitants.  3) Why does Scout, the narrator, tell us her family lineage?  What does it suggest about the importance of family background to these people?

Research Questions: go to www. ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/timeline.htm.  From this site click on the appropriate area and take notes:      1) Slavery in America  1619 -  end of Civil War     2) American Civil War to the Jim Crow Laws and Segregation (be sure to include examples of segregation).  3) Civil Rights Movement to 1964/5.