So, this week we will be practicing speeches and beginning To Kill A Mockingbird.
This week I'd like you to read chapter 1 and 2 of To Kill A Mockingbird by Thursday and watch my lecture notes below.. You can also watch the movie on Amazon for free if you have AMAZON PRIME or you can rent it for $3.99.
Study Questions:
Chapters 1-4 Questions
What is the background of the Finch family? Where did they come from?
List three allusions from Chapter 1.
Who is Dill? What is Dill like?
How does the book start with a foreshadow?
What happens at school during Scout's first day?
Who is Calpurnia? What is her place in the Finch household?
What is Walter Cunningham like? What does his behaviour during lunch suggest about his home life?
What do you think of the way Atticus treats Walter?
Does Scout learn anything from Walter's visit? What do you think this is?
Atticus says that you never really understand a person “until you climb
into his skin and walk around in it”. What does this mean? Is it an easy
thing for Scout to learn? (In the last chapter of the novel, Scout
repeats this, but she changes “skin” to “shoes” - this is probably not a
mistake: Harper Lee suggests that Scout cannot clearly recall exactly
what Atticus said and when, but the reader can check this!)
What do you learn in this chapter about the Ewells?
Today, we are going to practice delivering your speech. First, I want you to make sure you have read through your speech a few times and then I'll get you in front of the classroom to practice and give you feedback.
ORAL RUBRIC
Criteria
Exceeds Standard
(4)
Meets Standard
(3)
Needs
Improvement (2)
Volume: How well
you can be heard
Voice is loud
and clear without the student yelling.All words are heard.Student
projects words from their diaphragm.
Voice is loud
throughout most of presentation.One
or more words might be lost because of projection of volume, but the idea is
still clear.
Voice fades in
places so that the listener loses or misses parts of the presentation, or
parts of the idea
Pronunciation:
How well you say all your words
Words are
pronounced perfectly and sentences flow off of tongue
The speaker
trips in one or two places either in the pronunciation of a word or in
reading a sentence.The presentation
is effected only slightly by the mistakes.
The speaker
trips in quite a few places.The
presentation is effected more than slightly by the mistakes.Mistakes either make the presentation hard
to listen to or cloud the ideas of the writing
Tone: Do you
vary how you say your sentences
Speaker as
Actor:The speaker’s delivery makes
the writing come alive by giving it emotion, character, emphasis, by
breathing life into it
Speaker varies
most of sentences to express emotion or to emphasis importance of parts, but
there are still places when the speaker spoke in a lifeless monotone
Speaker speaks
in a monotone that reveals no emotion or does not emphasis any importance on
any idea
UHMS or AHS
NONE
1 or 2 but the
uhms or ahs do not distract the presentation
3 or more uhms
or ahs
Eye Contact: do
you look at your audience
The speaker made
a point to look at everyone in the room and rarely looked as if they were
reading from a paper
Some eye contact
is made, but mostly the presenter read off of his or her paper
Today, you will be putting your speeches on cards and practicing your delivery. Note, I will have anyone practice this week, and we will present some of the speeches on Thursday.
Today we are going to continue with your essays, and some of you are going to be putting your speech on index cards and practicing reciting. I will also go over MLA format again for those of you having trouble.
1) Last Name/First Name of Author
2) Title of article or title of webpage
3) Title of book or website
4) Place of publication
5) Publisher
6) Date of publication
7) Page number
8) Source of publication (example: Web, Print, DVD, etc)
9) (Internet) Date of access.
go here for sample MLA Citation pages or in-text citations.
Here are two short - but decent - videos are in-text citations and works cited page
The best place to go for help with MLA structure or any other essay question is Purdue OWL online.
Finally - Conclusions:
Unit
Learning goal:Students will be able to research, write and perform an
original expository essay that informs or explains some idea, task, or problem
of the student’s choice.
Scale/Rubric
relating to learning goal:
4 – The student can write and perform an original
expository speech that both informs/explains and persuades some idea or problem
of that the student is interested in.The writing and performance are both exemplarily effective.
3 – The student is able to write an original expository
speech that informs or explains something that the student is interested in.
2 – With some direction/help from the teacher the student
is able to write an original expository speech that informs or explains
something that the student is interested in.
1 – Even with help from the teacher the student is unable
to write an original expository speech that informs or explains something that
the student is interested in.
Students will be able to
1)Write a hook, thesis statement, and order of development
2)Organize an essay according to introductory paragraph, body paragraphs and conclusion
3)Write a proper conclusion
4)Use specifics to back up ideas
5)Use the order of development as a map for the essay
6)Cite sources according to proper MLA format
7)Deliver
a speech by making eye contact, using proper pronunciation and
effective enunciation, and avoiding the use of “uhms” or other filler
words or sounds.
MLA
1) Last Name/First Name of Author
2) Title of article or title of webpage
3) Title of book or website
4) Place of publication
5) Publisher
6) Date of publication
7) Page number
8) Source of publication (example: Web, Print, DVD, etc)
9) (Internet) Date of access.
go here for sample MLA Citation pages or in-text citations.
Here are two short - but decent - videos are in-text citations and works cited page
The thesis
statement is clear, well-developed and relevant to the topic.
Transitions
within and between paragraphs flow smoothly.
There are four
well chosen, concrete details or examples of evidence in each paragraph.**The concrete details support the thesis.
All commentary
synthesizes concrete details and supports the thesis statement.**
The style is
engaging and effective.
The essay
contains few if any errors in the conventions* of the English language.(Errors are generally first-draft in
nature.)
4
The thesis
statement is clear and relevant to the topic.
The structure
within paragraphs is clear and easy to follow.
There are three
concrete details or examples of evidence in each paragraph.The concrete details support the thesis.
All commentary
explains concrete details and supports the thesis statement.
The style is
appropriate for an academic paper.
The essay
contain some errors in the conventions* of the English language.(Errors do not interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the essay.)
3
The thesis
statement is somewhat relevant to the topic and/or somewhat clear.
There are
clear introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs.
There are two concrete details or examples of evidence.
AND/OR
Some concrete
details from the text support the thesis.
Some or most
commentary explains the concrete details and supports the thesis statement.
AND/OR
Commentary
re-states concrete detail.
The style is
sometimes appropriate for an academic paper.
The essay
contains several errors in the conventions* of the English language.(Errors may interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the essay.)
2
The thesis
statement is not clear.
The essay is
missing an introduction, body or concluding paragraph.
There are some
concrete details.
Some or all
commentary is unclear or irrelevant and does not support the thesis
statement.
The style is
rarely appropriate for an academic paper.
The essay contains
serious errors in the conventions* of the English language.(Errors interfere with the reader’s
understanding of the essay.)
1
The thesis
statement is missing or off topic.
There is no
organization to the essay.
There are no
concrete details.
The writer
does not include commentary.
The style is
never appropriate for an academic paper.
The paper is
incomprehensible because of the number of convention* errors.
* Conventions of the English language refer to
grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization and usage.
** Details from text must be cited appropriately and
all commentary must be of the writer’s own views and thoughts.Plagiarism is not tolerated and will result
in a zero for the assignment.
Today is your last full day to get the rough draft of your essay done. Next week will will be reading and discussing some examples of informative and looking closer at the objectives for the unit.
Today, we will continue to write essays and I will continue to give feedback, but quickly here is a short video about in-text citations and opening paragraphs.
