1. Social Justice in To Kill a Mockingbird
Social Justice Unit
Day 20

2. Daily agenda Bell Ringer: Verb Tense
Vocab Spotlight: Repudiate, vindicate, virulent, allusion
Reading Lesson: Poetry Connection
Writing Lesson: Symbol for Character
Fishbowl: Share out questions/initial thoughts

3. Bell Ringer Minutes
Instructions: Make corrections to the following sentence.
Gone with the Wind the only book ever written by Margaret Mitchell was published in 1937 and sells 1,500,000 copies in its first year it weighed 3 pounds, ran 1,037 pages, and sells for 3 dollars.

4. VOCABULARY SPOTLIGHT 15 Minutes
Sample Sentences
Although Atticus refuted the charges against Tom, the jury repudiated his argument.
Atticus hoped that his logical argument would vindicate Tom; however, he found that deeply rooted prejudice does not respond to reason.
Bob Ewell’s virulent lies permeated the courtroom and destroyed an innocent man.
Allusion: Look at TKAM chapter one and explain what it means that General Jackson “ran the Creeks up the creek”.
Repudiate
Vindicate
Virulent
Allusion

5. Poetry Connection: Responding to Poetry Using ICI 25 MINUTES
Instructions:
Put your name on the front of your paper.
Flip it over and read “Sympathy”.
Think about how the poem makes you feel. On the other side of the sheet, in the margin, write a short sentence about how this poem makes you feel.
Now, flip back over and circle all of the mood words that contribute to that feeling.
3. Complete the same steps for “Caged Bird”
4. Next, identify the tone of each poem. Highlight words that help you know
the speaker’s feelings and attitudes.
5. How does the tone of “Sympathy” compare to the tone of “Caged Bird”?

6. Creating Symbols Instructions: Take out your character log.
30 MINUTES
Creating Symbols
Instructions:
Take out your character log.
Select one character.
Create a symbol for that character based on what you know about him/her.
In your picture, include the quotes that you have gathered about the character.

7. Clean-up & Announcements 5 minutes
Clean-up your work area:
Dispose of garbage
Pack-up your belongings
Homework:
Finish answering the fishbowl guide questions and review the Unit 3 study guide. Bring your Unit 3 questions to SMART Lunch tomorrow!