To Kill A Mockingbird

To Kill A Mockingbird

Basic ELL

Chapters 4 through 6

Do Now: Point of ViewRead the excerpt below and identify the narrator’s point of view.

The glow from the campfire lit up the faces of the two boys. They were exhausted but in high spirits. Mark was thinking about the huge trout he had snagged earlier and how proud his dad would have been. Carter was stretched out on the ground, glad to be on land after spending most the day in the boat. The first day of the trip had been a good one.

_____ third-person omniscient _____ first person _____ third-person limited

auspicious (adj)

promising success

مبشر 吉兆的 благоприятный propicio

The remainder of my schooldays were no more auspicious than the first.

arbitrate (V)

To come to a decision

Jem arbitrated, awarded me first push with an extra time for Dill, and I folded myself inside the tire.

公断 نزاعا عرض

выносить третейское решение

resolver

melancholy (n)

A feeling of thoughtful sadness

سوداء 忧郁 подавленность melancólico

I was in a melancholy mood when my brother moved to another state.

evasion (n)

the act of avoiding or escaping from

للتعذر حيلة 逃避 уклонение evasión

His evasion of the question wasvery creative.

tacit (adj)

understood without being said; clearly implied

مقدر 无言的 подразумеваемый tácito

Our tacit treaty with Miss Maudie was that we could play on her lawn, if we didn't jump on the arbor.

pestilence (n)

Any epidemic disease with a high death rate.

Bubonic plague was an evil pestilence and took many lives.

الدبلي 瘟疫 бубонная чума pestilencia

benevolence (n)

Showing kindness and good will.

تبرع 仁慈 благожелательностьbenevolencia

Mary is known for her benevolence to little children.

placidly (adv)

In a quiet and tranquil manner

بسكينة 安详地 безмятежно plácidamente

The seagull flew placidly over the beach.

edification (n)

act of enlightening or informing

التنوير 启示 Новодевичьем кладбище إلنقاذ

educar

The vocabulary review was for the students' edification.

malignant (adj)

evil in nature; injurious

غلول 有恶意的 зловредный malvado

Mr. Marsh had a malignant brain tumor.

inquisitive (adj)given to inquiry, research, or asking questions; eager for knowledge; intellectually curiousباحث 想问的 любознательный curioso

The inquisitive children wondered what was in the gated tunnel.

pilgrimage (n)

a journey to a sacred place

سفر 朝圣之旅 паломничество peregrinación

Sometimes when we made a midnight pilgrimage to the bathroom we would find him reading.

Do Nowpestilence

edification

auspicious

melancholy

malignant

____ Any epidemic disease with a high death rate,

____ a feeling of thoughtful sadness

____ promising success

____ act of enlightening, informing

____ evil in nature, injurious

Do Nowdomiciled

indigenous

vapid

piety

meditatively

____ to dwell in a particular place

____ lacking liveliness, briskness, or force

____ occurring in a particular region

____ contemplatively; reflectively

____ dutifulness in religion; devoutness

Chapter 4He broke his arm.Law

4. Touches the Radley’s house

Finch’s Landing

She is very strict, nearsighted, tyrannical, scares the kids

Maycomb is a slow moving town where everyone knows everyone , it’s a small town

1. 2. 3.

Dill5.6.7.

Chapter 5Play with him, hang around him and his friends.Disdain, surprise, tells Scout to tell her father not to teach her anymore, that she needs to learn to read with a fresh mind

3.

That Walter wouldn’t be able to pay back the quarter Miss Fisher wants to lend him for lunch; that Miss Fisher is embarrassing Walter by calling attention to his poverty.

1. 2.

4.

Calpurnia

Chapter 5Hite her hand with a ruler and makes her stand in the corner..

Miss Caroline collapses with her head on herdesk . Scout assumes that she is crying..

5.

6.

7.

Harper Lee is portraying school as a boring place where smart people are punished for being ahead of the rest of the class.

Do Now: Short Answers

2. Johnny looks really _______ today, he’s really out of it!

1. Mrs. Bean changes her hair color everyday, she’s an ________ lady.

3. I have a ___________ for French fries over mash potatoes.

4. Scrooge is a ___________ person, he’s mean to everyone.

5. He turned out to be quite __________, he doesn’t say a word.

malevolent

taciturn

eccentric

vapid

predilection

Chapter 6Invites him home to lunch.

He pours molasses all over his food.

3.

If she agrees to go back to school, he will keep reading to her every night

1. 2.

4.

Any of these will work: A. they are humans, but live like animals;

C. they haven’t done an honest day’s work in their lives;

B. the kids are dirty and only go to school the first day;

D. their father is an alcoholic and hunts out of season

Chapter 6

Climbs up the tree and stays up all day, refusing to come down.

Calpurnia tells Scout that being a good hostess is about treating your guests well. She lectures her on hospitality.

5.

6.

7.

She beats him up in the schoolyard.

Do Now: Short Answers

2. Last night Mitt Romney gave his ____________ speech on losing to Obama.

1. St.Agustine is known for his _________ to his faith.

3. The child sat _______________ thinking what he wanted for Christmas.4. While in the Army, I ____________ in Germany for three years.

5. Sand storms are _______________ in the Sahara Desert.

concession

indegenous

meditatively

piety

domiciled