1. English I Honors—April 14, 2015
Bell work: What is the external conflict between Miss Caroline and Scout in Chapters 2 and 3? What internal conflicts do both characters face that cause this conflict? How is the conflict resolved (for Scout) at the end of Chapter 3?
Homework:
Guided Reading questions for Part 1 are due to the CPATC website by midnight on Friday.
Quiz over Chapters 1-11 on Friday.
FSA ELA next Tuesday and Wednesday. You need to be here both days.

2. Boo Radley’s Story (p. 12- middle of p. 16) Questions/Commentary
Analyzing Boo
Subplot: a secondary or side story that supports the main plot and usually involves minor characters.
Motif: a recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work or text.
Boo Radley’s Story (p. 12- middle of p. 16)
Textual Evidence
Questions/Commentary
Facts
I wonder. . .
Rumors
As we read Chapter 4, think about the following question: How has the experience of finding the gifts in the knot-hole of the Radley live-oak tree helped Jem and Scout come of age?

3. Questions/Commentary
Analyzing Boo
Subplot: a secondary or side story that supports the main plot and usually involves minor characters.
Motif: a recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject, or narrative detail that becomes a unifying element in an artistic work or text.
Boo Radley’s Story
Textual Evidence
Questions/Commentary
Facts
Boo’s father locked him in the house after he got in trouble with the law as a teenager; as an adult, he was locked in the courthouse basement for a time; when his father died, Boo’s older brother Nathan moved in with him.
“Mr. Radley’s boy was not seen again for fifteen years.”
“The sheriff hadn’t the hear to put him in jail, alongside Negroes, so Boo was locked in the courthouse basement.”
Boo was 18 when his dad locked him up. Why didn’t he try to run away?
The Jim Crow Laws applied to jails as well. I wonder if Boo would have preferred to have company of any race after 15 years alone.
Rumors
He goes out at night and terrorizes the town; his pecan trees are poisonous; he may have stabbed his father or tried to kill his whole family; he eats squirrels and cats with his bloodstained hands and rotted teeth.
“Once the town was terrorized by a series of morbid nocturnal events: people’s chickens and household pets were found mutilated; although the culprit was crazy Addie. . .people still looked at the Radley place, unwilling to discard their initial suspicions.”
People were so prejudiced against Boo that they associated him with crimes even when they knew better.
I wonder if Harper Lee is using Boo to introduce the idea of prejudice in the community.
As we read Chapter 4, think about the following question: How has the experience of finding the gifts in the knot-hole of the Radley live-oak tree helped Jem and Scout come of age?

4. Analyzing Boo Objective Summary of the Passage
Statement About How this is a Coming-of-Age Experience
Key Textual Evidence to Support Your Interpretation
Passage 1: Chapter 4 middle of p. 49 (from “Let’s roll in the tire. . .” to the end of Chapter 4)
Passage 2: Chapter 5 middle of p. 61 (from “Next morning when I. . .” to the end of Chapter 5)
Passage 3: Chapter 6 top of p. 69-end of p. 73 (from “What are you gonna do?” to “Settle it yourselves.”)
Finish for homework as you complete Chapters 5 and 6. Be prepared to discuss your interpretations when we come to class tomorrow.

5. Ch. 4 Guided Reading Questions
What does Scout’s observation that she “inched sluggishly along the treadmill of the Maycomb County school system” suggest about her experience in public school? What do you think she means when she says she had the impression she was “being cheated out of something”?
What is the first thing that Scout finds in the oak tree on the edge of Boo Radley’s property? How does Jem react when he learns about her discovery?
What is the second thing that Scout finds in the oak tree? What do you think it means when Scout writes, “Finders were keepers unless the title was proven”? Why would she say, “money is different”? What do these sayings reveal about her values?
How can you tell that Scout, Jem, and Dill all believe in superstitions? Support your answer with a quote from the text.
What game do the children invent? How does Atticus respond when he suspects what they are doing? What does his response suggest about his values?
Why does Scout want to stop playing the game? What does Jem say to get her to keep playing? What does this interaction reveal about their characters and relationships with each other?

6. Ch. 5 Guided Reading Questions
How does Miss Maudie Atkinson display Southern charm and manners? What do you think Scout means when she says “her speech was crisp for a Maycomb County inhabitant”?
According to Miss Maudie, what makes someone a “foot-washing Baptist”?
What does Atticus say God is? How is this different from what foot-washing Baptists believe?
Does Miss Maudie believe the rumors about Boo Radley? Support your answer with a quote from the text.
What plan related to Boo Radley do Dill and Jem devise? How does Atticus respond to their plan?
Explain the “lawyer’s trick” that Atticus uses to get Jem to confess the truth about the game that the children play.
Why does Jem wait until Atticus is “out of earshot” to yell back at him? What does this suggest about Jem’s relationship with his father?

7. Ch. 6 Guided Reading Questions
Explain how the arrival and departure of Dill helps signify the passage of time.
What reasons does Jem give for waiting until the last night of summer vacation to approach the Radley house?
Who does Nathan Radley blame for trespassing on his property? What does the response of his neighbors suggest about racial tension and relationships in Maycomb County?
How does Jem lose his pants? What lie does he tell to explain what happened? Do you think Atticus believes him?
What do you think Scout means when she says, “matches were dangerous, but cards were fatal”.
Why does Jem want to go back to get his pants? What does his reason tell you about his relationship with his father? Cite a specific quote to support your answer.
Explain how the events in this chapter help develop the relationship between Scout and Jem.