Unit+2+-+Writer's+Purpose



__**Skills to be covered in this unit: **__ - Making inferences - Vocabulary building - Understanding plot - Figurative language like: historical allusion, regionalism, theme - Writer's purpose - Understanding Dialectical Journal writing

__**Unit length**__: 9 weeks

**As a group**: Talk about the following. Come to an agreement about your opinion of the statements. Copy the table below into your ISN. Write "agree" or "disagree" in the //Before Reading// boxes. You must be able to support your opinions orally when asked.


 * = =**//Before Reading//** = ||= =**//After Reading//** = ||= =**//Statements//** = ||
 * ||  || ==Injustices are a matter of opinion. == ||
 * ||  || ==Loyalty is the most important part of a relationship between family or friends. == ||
 * ||  || ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Success often has as much to do with luck as with our choices, actions, or abilities. == ||
 * ||  || ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">When in danger, it is best to play it safe rather than take a risk. == ||
 * ||  || ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">In a life-or-death situation, almost any action is forgivable. == ||
 * ||  || ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Prejudice and racism are here to stay and there is nothing anyone can do about it. == ||
 * ||  || ==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">A parent is the most important person in a child’s life. == ||

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Get the hype on Jim Crow and Civil Rights from this brief video:
==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">﻿﻿ @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bX_S7y_iiMg ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">1. **YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO READ EVERY NIGHT.**
==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**2. Vocabulary for __A Lesson Before Dying__. Look at the vocabulary acquisition page on this wiki and follow the directions.** Vocabulary is extensive and should be done at home when you cannot finish in class. There are also words that have pages after them. These are words in context. Go to the pages. Read the sentences around the words. Write down what you think they mean, then look them up and do the vocabulary chart page for them as well as the others listed. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">3.**__Individual comprehension questions__**. These must be turned in on notebook paper. I will adhere to due dates.
==<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">**4.** //**Group Discussion Questions for**// **__A Lesson Before Dying__:** You will need to discuss these questions by posting your thoughts on the discussion link as well as reading and responding to the comments of your classmates. You must post respectful, thoughtful, and thorough comments. ==

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 1: (Chapter 1 - 3)** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Vocabulary__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Grinding - pg. 5 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Nannan - pg. 6 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Modicum - pg. 7 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Parain - pg. 12 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Quarter - pg. 14 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Tante - pg. 11 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Antebellum - pg. 17 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Back Stairs - pg. 19

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Comprehension Questions__ - <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">1. Why is Jefferson on Trial? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">2. What is the setting? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">3. How did Jefferson's defense attorney do a bad job? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">4. Why does Grant end up going to Henri Pichot's house with Tante Lou and Miss Emma? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">5. What is the tie between Henri Pichot and Miss Emma? How does this tie in with her plan?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">**Week 2: (Chapter 4 - 9)** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Vocabulary__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Jim Crow - pg. 25 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Parish - pg. 25 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Plantation - pg. 29 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Wescott Ruler - pg. 35

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">3. What is the bet between Henri Pichot and Mr. Louis?
===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 25.6px;">4. What time does Grant arrive at the Pichot house for his 5:00 appointment? When does he actually get to talk to Pichot and Sheriff Guidry? ===

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">8. Describe Paul, the prison guard. What does Grant think of him?
<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">**Week 3: (Chapter 10 - 15)** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Vocabulary__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Ice box - pg. 105 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Mulatto - pg. 62 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Rustic - pg. 105 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">Uppity - pg. 100

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Comprehension Questions__

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">2. Why does Jefferson ask if Grant has brought corn for his meal?
===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">3. While Grant is at the Rainbow Club, who are the other customers discussing? Why is this man important to them? ===

===<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. How do Tante Lou and her friends react upon meeting Vivian? ===

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">**Week 4: (Chapter 16 - 21)** <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">__Vocabulary__ <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">File - pg. 159 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Obligation - pg. 139 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Coon - pg. 145 <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 170%;">Wool Gathered - pg. 127

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">__Comprehension Questions__

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. What surprising thing happens when Miss Emma and her group visit Jefferson?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Which white man is Grant beginning to trust? Explain why

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3. What is different about the visitation rules after this visit?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4. In their first dayroom visit, Grant brings up the words “moral obligation” for discussion with Jefferson. Why?

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. List some phrases at the end of chapter 18 that show foreshadowing.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7. Christmas has arrived and, with it, the annual Christmas program at Grant’s school. What is different about this event this year? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">8. Why has the governor chosen the second Friday after Easter for Jefferson’s execution? <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 160%;">9. So far in the story, we have met three teachers. Now we are told that there is another supporting character who also wants to be a teacher. Who is it?

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 29.95px;">1. What evidence is there that Jefferson worked very hard writing in his notebook?
===<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 29.95px;">2. What information does the reader find out about execution by the electric chair at the end of chapter 28? ===

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 190%;">**Major Projects**

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 190%;">Dialectical Journals to be completed at you read __A Lesson Before Dying__. <span style="color: #06ce06; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 190%;">Due - October 28, 2011.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 190%;">**As a group:** Revisit the anticipation guide under the pre-reading activities. Fill out the "after reading" section and be prepared to defend and explain your answers orally.